Over the last century, many democracies have started down the road to autocracy. Some managed to turn around. What did these 'U-turns' have in common? Political economist @marinanord.bsky.social & colleagues' conclusions are clear and succinct. Full research summary: www.v-dem.net/media/public...

Some researchers are calling on public-health experts to tone down the emphasis on avoiding the sun, and to acknowledge that the risks and benefits of exposure differ between those with lighter or darker skin

Critical part of the President's new $100,000 charge for H1-B visas: The Administration can also offer a $100,000 discount to any person, company, or industry that it wants. Replacing rules with arbitrary discretion. Want visas? You know who to call and who to flatter.

The last political column I was allowed to write in the @washingtonpost.com was a criticism of Obama. His people took issue with my piece, but we were respectful. Now he is tweeting in support of me. This is how free political speech and respect for debate *actually works*. Or used to work.

Reducing access to abortions ... - increases families' economic hardship, - increases families' debt, - increases income inequality, - increases housing insecurity, and - increases financially motivated crime rates.

Great chart from WaPo. Print it out. Next time someone says EU carmakers are doomed because Tesla was born in a garage and embodies US business acumen they can’t match, remind them the story is incomplete. Musk’s rise was fuelled by $38 billion in gov contracts, loans, subsidies & tax credits.

This is such a great idea/service!! Have Brendan-bot give you pre-submission comments on your paper!

Jair Bolsonaro shut himself away in Brazil’s presidential palace for 40 days after he lost the 2022 election. 1843 uncovers what his advisors were plotting behind closed doors

Thread: 1/ What explains the rising prevalence of disability in the US? Over the past years, we've seen the share of over-16 Americans with a disability rise by ~1 percentage point, according to the Current Population Survey. Most of this increase has come in the last few years.

Remembering today when pro-GOP media erupted with outrage over Kamala Harris' warning that Trump had plans to militarize the national guard and deploy them on the streets of US cities. Indeed, he had such plans. And now he's implementing them.

Just in time as tariffs on Switzerland bite high end chocolate #econsky #chocolate marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/08/choc...

"Werden Häuser noch teurer?", fragt der Tagi bezüglich #Eigenmietwert. Meine Antwort: Selbstverständlich. Wenn man Steuern senkt auf ein inelastisch angebotenes Gut, dann steigt dessen Marktpreis. Wie stark wäre der Preisschub? Eine grobe Schätzung. 🧵 1/ www.tagesanzeiger.ch/eigenmietwer...

An experimental study investigated how “the effects of psilocybin”—the active ingredient in magic mushrooms—“are experienced and interpreted by religious clergy”. Here’s what they found

A seismic shift occurred in age-wealth profiles in the US over 1983-2022 with a sharp rise in the relative wealth of age group 75 and over and declines of all other age groups, from Edward N. Wolff https://www.nber.org/papers/w34131

I take no pleasure in reporting that social scientists' conclusions regarding the effect of immigration on support for the welfare state, based on the exact same data, are affected by their own political beliefs about immigration. Wild experiment by Nate Breznau et al. www.nber.org/papers/w33274

Excited to have this WP out! We use a real-stakes survey experiment to measure misperceptions about air pollution/health impacts & test whether updating beliefs changes WTP for clean air We find large misperceptions, but not strong evidence that rectifying these would close Black-White WTP gaps

This title is well put! But do not forget that not everyone has grandparents available. "Grandparents are the reserve army of society" www.ft.com/content/ca30...

The collapse of a critical climate system could mean a sudden, severe cooling in Europe—even as the rest of the world keeps warming. We explain what this devastating scenario would look like

Core goods inflation has been mainly supply-driven since January 2025. (Meaning prices up sales down)

🇺🇸🇨🇭 A 39% US tariff on Swiss exports: what does it mean for Switzerland? @fabricolella.bsky.social (‪@usiidep.bsky.social‬) with ‪@rlalive.bsky.social‬ & S. Schroeter (UNIL‬) examine the impact on cantons & firms, and discuss possible policy responses about it. Read more: www.eco.usi.ch/en/feeds/9993

Look at how parenthood imposes a greater mental health burden on mothers than on fathers! "[Parenthood] creates a long-run gender gap in antidepressant prescriptions of about 93.2% ([in] Austria) and 64.8% ([in] Denmark)."

Trump's nominee for BLS commissioner, EJ Antoni, is disastrously terrible. He's a 1200%, 1300% maybe 1400% in-the-tank Trumper, with few credentials beyond a history of misrepresenting or misunderstanding economic statistics. He has shown no commitment to truth www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Look at how Trump's tariffs are affecting retail prices.

This is the premier economics conference in the subfield of immigration to high-income countries. #EconConf #EconSky

Just published in @jpube.bsky.social: "The impact of economic opportunity on criminal behavior: Evidence from the fracking boom" By @brittanystreet.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #econsky #publiceconomics

In einer Grafik aktuell (@iabnews.bsky.social) zeigen Florian Zimmermann und ich, dass Betriebe mit Betriebs- oder Personalräten im Durchschnitt häufiger familienfreundliche Maßnahmen anbieten: iab-forum.de/graphs/in-be...

🚨 New working paper! 🚨 We ran a field experiment with >1,300 university students randomly assigned to online vs in-person lectures. What happens? Online instruction hurts performance, but only for women♀️📉 with Xiaoyue Shan & Uschi Backes-Gellner www.ifo.de/DocDL/cesifo...

Once firms were accused of “greenwashing”: making nonsense promises, and doing nothing to achieve their climate targets. Now they seem to be “greenhushing”—getting on with the job of decarbonisation without making a fuss econ.st/46z0jef Photo: Getty Images

Good News: In der Causa Adrienne Fichter/Republik vs. Amazon... 1:0 😎 ✌ Kollege @piit.ch fasst zusammen für Bluewin: www.bluewin.ch/de/news/schw...

Do Markets Value Fed Independence? An Event Study.

"China Shock 2.0, the one that’s fast approaching, is where China goes from underdog to favorite" a warning from @davidautor.bsky.social and Gordon Hanson www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/o... #EconSky

Across the rich world, politicians decry the dysfunction of the global asylum system. Might this be the least bad way to fix it? econ.st/4lX8x4m Photo: WFP/Julian Civiero

Xi Jinping wants to preserve manufacturing’s share of China’s output whether or not anyone wants to buy all those products. The problem is made worse by local governments scrambling to fulfil his wishes https://econ.trib.al/NtLqK0U

The dollar is off to its worst start to a year in more than half a century, down over 10%.

My newsletter Femonomics is live! This series will unpack the choices we face & the costs we carry to “have it all." The first edition looks at the economics of egg freezing and my own experience freezing embryos at 38 (📊 there's a chart in there I wish I'd seen sooner). Subscribe: bit.ly/femonomics

Growth can go hand in hand with degrowth in material use as economies shift toward quality and services, rising living standards and clean growth are possible, from Philippe Aghion, Timo Boppart, Michael Peters, Matthew Schwartzman, and Fabrizio Zilibotti https://www.nber.org/papers/w33634

Providing homeless people with housing: - reduces crime - increases employment - improves health - does not increase reliance on social benefits. 80% of the costs are offset by the benefits in the first 18 months. Evidence from the US

1. Trump's tax cuts overwhelmingly help the rich 2. His spending cuts are targeted at the poor 3. Tariffs cost the poor a larger share of their income Roll these three regressive policies together and you get the largest redistribution from poor to rich in American history. The anti-Robin Hood.

Danes go 100% Penguin 🐧

Super excited about this 🥳 Check the thread below for more information!

Less than 200 years ago, one in three Dutch children died before the age of five

Der Gletscherabbruch des Birchgletschers ist ausserordentlich für den Schweizer Alpenraum. Die Details werden noch untersucht. Nach einer Begehung vor Ort erläutern ETH-Forschende die Hintergründe des Abbruchs, der Blatten verschüttete, in einem aktualisierten Faktenblatt: ethz.ch/de/news-und-...

Greece is turning its back on coal and replacing it with solar and wind

Skandalös dass in die Gesundheit von Konsumentinnen weniger schützenswert gilt als der Verkauf von verseuchten Lebensmittel @nzz.ch @barbaragysi.bsky.social www.nzz.ch/schweiz/in-s...

Da hat eine Frau aus dem Unterland Courage gezeigt und bei der Zwangsversteigurung der Liegenschaften von Whistleblower Quadroni für lange Gesichter gesorgt. Sehr cool und clever 👏 www.srf.ch/play/tv/-/vi...

Trump's tariff threat on Apple knocked its stock down 2.75%, which for a company valued at nearly $3 trillion, amounts to the destruction of $80 billion of value. Or to put this in more human terms, it's an effective tax of nearly $250 per American.

Is it "good" or "bad" when skilled people leave low-income countries? We summarized the evidence in favor of "brain gain" vs. "brain drain": www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.... Ungated PDF: johanneshaushofer.com/research