In the first 8 months of 2023, German exports to Kyrgyzstan were up 1400% from the same period in 2019. A lot of these goods - mostly cars and car parts - never ends up in Kyrgyzstan, but go directly or indirectly to Russia. It's just business, and somebody's got to do it...

NEW: we need to talk about UK graduate wages, and the idea that Britain sends too many people to university. American readers should stick around for the UK/US comparisons 👀 Let’s start with this: the UK graduate wage premium has fallen substantially over the last 25 years

Summarize the UK AI summit in 25 words or less

A tribe full of centenarians attributes its longevity to a simple rule: leave the dinner table while still slightly hungry, feeling unfinished. The principle is similar in writing & conversation. Resist the compulsion to say everything there is to say on the topic.

Was really surprised when I saw a chart recently showing U.S. home prices stable or continuing to rise as of late, while home values are falling off a cliff in basically all other G7 countries. Took a moment today to see how unusual this recent trend is in historical comparison.

It's unlikely that Germany underperforms relative to the U.S. due to immigrants. x.com/cremieuxrecuei…

Sobering: "Of 100 random freshmen enrolling in college today, 40 will not graduate. Of the remaining 60 that earn a degree in six years, 20 will end up chronically underemployed." From: wsj.com/us-news/educat…

Thinking about (and discussing) these graphs a lot this weekend...! John Burn-Murdoch bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

European people’s common reaction when you start speaking their language [🗺️ u/droim]

After presenting it in Stanford, the first draft of our book "Reforming the Euro: Lessons from Four Crisis" with John Cochrane and Klaus Masuch is available (comments welcome). We analyze the enganglement of the European Central Bank in financing banks and governments johnhcochrane.com/research-all/e…

A qué edad se enteraron de que "Bach", en alemán, se traduce "arroyo". Y que por ende Johann Bach viene siendo el mismo Joe Arroyo.

Robin Brooks Exactly, it's not anti-European to bring this up. In fact, if you care about the European project, you should!

'EM equities at lowest vs US equities since 1969.' thedailyshot.com/2024/10/04/us-… via (((The Daily Shot)))

The late 2010s will be remembered as a crazy inflection point for depopulation: ft.com/content/386292…

I guess he watched Barbie instead

I am a former H1B visa holder and US citizen. When I arrived in the US in 2004 with a trekker's backpack, an F1 visa, and $2,000, I had no idea how this country would change my life. Within six years, I was hired by MIT as an Assistant Professor and within ten I had started my

The region’s fertility rates are falling faster than expected, forcing governments to rethink healthcare, education and pension policies, says @jpspinetto bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

Hoy ha salido publicada en EL MUNDO una entrevista que Dario Prieto me hizo hace unas semanas: elmundo.es/papel/2025/09/… Hablo de muchas cosas, desde inmigración hasta vivienda. Pero, personalmente, la parte que me parece más importante es la que incluyo en el pantallazo.