Učené společnosti děkuji za přijetí do svých řad i za uspořádání přednášky.

There were times when Eastern Europe had attention of the West. Now, when prime minister of Slovakia visits Putin in Kremlin, it doesn’t even get on the front page of CNN. Consistent with my inability to entertain my western colleagues with eastern anecdotes. We became the hopeless end of the world.

UZH, a university that can afford to waste this view on its bathrooms windows.

In a bit of a random walk, Larry Samuelson and I wrote a macro paper on the impact of redistribution on economic growth. It has now been (cond.) accepted by AER:Insights with the feedback "This is weird but interesting." I am glad our profession gives a chance to heresies. Let me share it with you.

Forthcoming article by Nick Netzer, Arthur Robson @jaksteiner.bsky.social and Pavel Kocourek "Risk Perception: Measurement and Aggregation" @eeanews.bsky.social Teaching materials available: www.eeassoc.org/teaching-mat... doi.org/10.1093/jeea...

What about a little competition for the most bro-ey email from a student? Here goes my humble kickoff: Hi I was not able to come to the last lecture so I was wondering how far did you get in the slides of lecture 9? Best regards XY

It is to be seen whether the alternative to X, where people passionately argue about the role of math in the dismal science, instead of transgender rights, will fly.