Álvaro La Parra-Pérez
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Too economist to be a historian. Too historian to be an economist. More coffee, please.
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Claes de Vreese
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Copenhagen town hall square, Denmark right now. Massive solidarity with Greenland demonstrations. Source:
dr.dk
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Don Moynihan
about 10 hours ago
When the racist meme becomes national policy
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Michael Clemens
1 day ago
Striking new work on how gangs shape economic development in El Salvador, Melnikov et al. in Econometrica Stunted development in gang-controlled territory driven by labor mobility limits: harder to commute/work outside territory, smaller labor mkt, less specialization —>
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I was just unable to verify that I am human
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derek guy
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Trump accepting Machado's Nobel Peace Prize is a great insult to the FIFA Peace Prize committee
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Life is what happens between Windows updates
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Dean Obeidallah
3 days ago
NEW and WOW: Germany, Netherlands, Sweden, and Canada are sending troops to Greenland amid continued threats from U.S. President Donald Trump to annex the territory, multiple outlets reported.
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Germany, other NATO allies sending troops to Greenland amid Trump threats
Trump said Wednesday anything less than U.S. control of Greenland would be "unacceptable" in a warning to NATO allies about Arctic security.
https://www.newsweek.com/greenland-germany-sending-troops-nato-donald-trump-threats-11361535
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Mads Korsager
3 days ago
BREAKING part 3: Denmark is not acting alone. Several European allies are in dialogue with Copenhagen about providing military reinforcements to Greenland. Preparing for the arrival of allied forces is a key task for the advance unit now on the ground.
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LIVE: Storpolitisk drama mellem USA, Danmark og Grønland
https://www.dr.dk/tjenester/kimaira/article-by-path/nyheder/indland/groenland/live-storpolitisk-drama-mellem-usa-danmark-og-groenland?focusId=10847345
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Mads Korsager
3 days ago
BREAKING part 2: The Danish Armed Forces confirm the deployment, stating that the presence is part of routine operations and, here we go: “… preparations for upcoming activities.”
www.dr.dk/nyheder/indl...
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Kilder til DR: Danmark sender militære forstærkninger til Grønland
En fortrop fra Forsvaret er ankommet til Grønland, erfarer DR.
https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/groenland/efter-pres-fra-usa-danmark-er-nu-begyndt-sende-militaere-forstaerkninger-til-groenland
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Mads Korsager
3 days ago
BREAKING: Denmark has deployed an advance force and military equipment to Greenland, tasked with preparing to receive reinforcements from the rest of the Danish Armed Forces and allied nations. Follow the story on DR, Denmark’s public-service news outlet.
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Efter pres fra USA: Danmark er nu begyndt at sende militære forstærkninger til Grønland
En fortrop fra Forsvaret er ankommet til Grønland, erfarer DR.
https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/groenland/efter-pres-fra-usa-danmark-er-nu-begyndt-sende-militaere-forstaerkninger-til-groenland
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The Review of Economic Studies (REStud)
3 days ago
"Free markets failed for 700 years. When poor farmers couldn't pay, a simple quota beat auctions. Sometimes the invisible hand needs handcuffs." New paper by Donna & Espín-Sánchez
www.restud.com/the-illiquid...
#REStud
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Iñigo Sáenz de Ugarte
4 days ago
Julio Iglesias cultivó una imagen de latin lover para su carrera en EEUU. Era marketing y funcionó. Pero lo que contaron hace años personas que trabajaron para él permite entender las denuncias que se han conocido ahora. "Me he convertido en tu muñeca de trapo".
www.eldiario.es/cultura/hay-...
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Qué hay detrás de Julio Iglesias, el “latin lover devorador de señoras”
Los testimonios de dos extrabajadoras incluyen diferentes agresiones sexuales y abusos laborales en unas mansiones que parecen el paraíso y en cambio ocultan un régimen de terror y control, según esta...
https://www.eldiario.es/cultura/hay-detras-julio-iglesias-latin-lover-devorador-senoras_1_12903501.html
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María Ramírez
4 days ago
Esta ha sido la historia más dificil y también la más trabajada en la historia de
@eldiario.es
. Se publica por el tesón de
@elenacabrera.bsky.social
. Se publica por el esfuerzo de un grupo de reporteras a ambos lados del Atlántico entre las que tengo el honor de estar
www.eldiario.es/1_c4e019?utm...
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Extrabajadoras de las mansiones de Julio Iglesias acusan al cantante de agresiones sexuales
Una empleada del servicio doméstico y una fisioterapeuta afirman que trabajaron para el artista español en el año 2021 en un ambiente de control, acoso y terror en sus mansiones de República Dominican...
https://www.eldiario.es/1_c4e019?utm_campaign=botonera-share&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
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I’m still checking it isn’t The Onion
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Jugada maestra: ahora no podemos devolverles el cántico de “Xabi, quédate”
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My peace I give to you (after you awarded peace to me)
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En realidad, el nuevo nombre de Twitter es muy apropiado
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FC Barcelona
6 days ago
✨𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗠𝗩𝗣✨ of the Super Cup
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Al Roth
7 days ago
Anticipation
#econsky
#philosophy
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2026/01/what...
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What to read in 2026: FT recommends Moral Economics (plus blurbs by Milgrom, Wilson and Goldin:)
https://marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2026/01/what-to-read-in-2026-ft-recommends.html?m=1
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Abolish ICE
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Spain ≠ US max heating: 21ºC (70ºF) max cooling: 26ºC (79ºF)
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Anne Applebaum
7 days ago
The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred. It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become
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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦
8 days ago
This is a fun video. A muntjak (a type of deer, not antelope) and Indian rhino playing in the snow. It looks like they're really having a great time :)
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The first -and only so far (knocking on wood)- hospitalization for my daughter was due to RSV when she was two weeks old. Vaccinate your kids. It's for them and for the rest of us.
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Jacob T. Levy
8 days ago
Happy 13th birthday to the most essential artwork of the current era,
@kcg.bsky.social
‘s “This is fine,” to all those who celebrate.
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Jo Michell
8 days ago
Graduate economists in the US learning about labour market supply and demand the hard way.
www.ft.com/content/eb08...
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Weird that they aren't asking Greenlanders *to pay* to join the greatest country on Earth
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8 days ago
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“the Downzoning was driven less by elite ideas than by the way that the Downzoning served the perceived interests of homeowners.” Fascinating history of low-density urban initiatives and the economic incentives behind their success (and sometimes failure!)
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The Great Downzoning - Works in Progress Magazine
It was once legal to build almost anything, anywhere. Then, in the space of a few decades, nearly every city in the West banned densification.
https://worksinprogress.co/issue/the-great-downzoning/
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VoxDev
9 days ago
🆕 Everything you need to know about a PhD in economics In this blog post, @AbdouNdiayeNYU provides a set of answers to many of the most common questions about economics PhDs:
voxdev.org/topic/everyt...
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Everything you need to know about a PhD in economics
A set of answers to many of the most common questions about economics PhDs, including: What is an economics PhD? Should I do an economics PhD? And how should I prepare and apply to a PhD programme?
https://voxdev.org/topic/everything-you-need-know-about-phd-economics
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I suspect democratic theorists and policy analysts are getting back to it (source:
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Dani Rodrik
9 days ago
Gets it right.
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Frankly, I’m done with 2026
10 days ago
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Micah
14 days ago
we have gone through to a mirror universe where instead of the government not caring about twitter because it isn’t real life, it doesn’t care about real life because it isn’t twitter
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Paris School of Economics
10 days ago
It is with deep sadness that the Paris School of Economics community and the academic world have learned of the passing of Roger Guesnerie, its founding president. His intellectual legacy will continue to inspire the academic community.
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There’s a point (long gone in the land of the free™️) beyond which “both sides” doesn’t make you look nuanced, smart, or evenhanded. You are just a dumb, coward collaborationist.
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“Todo ser humano vive una época en la que anhela el futuro y una época en la que anhela el pasado”. Kallifatides, “Campesinos y señores”
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Michael Clemens
11 days ago
A new paper by George Borjas—who served this past year in the Trump White House designing some of its anti-immigration policies—claims to display evidence of ideological bias among researchers who study immigration.
doi.org/10.1126/scia...
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Como adulto, la perspectiva del día de Reyes pierde bastante
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kelly jensen
11 days ago
BIG NEWS! Utah's chapter of the ACLU has filed a lawsuit against the state for its banning of 22 books from all public school students. This case could have massive implications nationwide.
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State ACLU, on Behalf of Authors and Students, Sues Utah Over Book Bans
The ACLU of Utah has filed a lawsuit against the state over legislation that has allowed them to ban books from public school students.
https://bookriot.com/utah-sued-over-book-bans/
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Owen Jones
12 days ago
BBC journalists have been banned from describing the kidnapped Venezuelan leader as having been kidnapped. The BBC News Editor has sent this to BBC journalists.
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I’m increasingly hearing people around me asking AI medical questions, whether something is safe for their babies… Folks: don’t.
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My wife took this picture during the Reyes Magos’ parade (my first in 20 years), and there’s a chance I was enjoying it more than my 7 year old….
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Fiona Scott Morton
12 days ago
I have a new paper w Andrea Prat & Jake Spitz. We show that Republican appointed Supreme Court Justices vote in favor of the richer party by over 70% today, as compared to D’s at 30%. In the 1950s and both were at 50%. This strong trend may contribute to rising inequality.
www.nber.org/papers/w34643
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Ruling for the Rich: the Supreme Court over Time
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
https://www.nber.org/papers/w34643
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Network externalities and first-mover advantage are sadly more powerful and resistant to decency concerns than I anticipated…
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(((Tendar)))
12 days ago
The leaders of all Nordic countries - Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland - express their strong support for Denmark and Greenland. What a time to live in, where this needs to be said.
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5 de enero: los Reyes Magos acaban de encontrar todos los regalos faltantes
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Paul Hünermund
12 days ago
"Looking at the share of a justice's decisions that favor the wealthy over the course of our analysis period, we see that the court becomes more and more polarized along partisan lines."
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American democracy is truly in dire straits...
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Tragedy and farce. All at once.
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Aaron Sojourner
13 days ago
More immigrants => better health for Americans. More deportations => worse health.
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