Der #AtomBrexitThread: warum mich Katrin Göring-Eckardt & Co an die Brexiteers erinnern. Im @AnneWillTalk hat etliche Falschaussagen über AKW emittiert- in der Sendung blieben diese unwidersprochen. Auf Twitter kam Widerspruch. Nun macht KGE, was Politiker häufig machen: 1/20

France proudly evacuating citizens from 41 countries Britain only evacuating British citizens. What happened to Britain? Genuinely. What the hell happened?

As a statistician, it is extremely frustrating to me to see an account called “World of Statistics” with over 1.5M followers spreading this pseudoscientific garbage. Statistics requires us to think critically about our data. This is *not* statistics.

In 1920, this historian managed to predict World War II step by step! He called out the Anschluss and the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact included, by reading maps and history books Buckle up, in this 🧵 we will explore the most prophetic book ever written in history

The following figure shows the spatial distribution of the number of naturopathic associations in 1900 (left) and COVID-19 vaccination rates (right). The thick black line indicates the border between West Germany and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). 5/n

People in the Middle Ages knew the earth was round, as you can see from this 900 year old drawing. So where did the myth come from that Medieval people thought the earth was flat? Well, it was once an important part of America's national identity...

"Live Tutoring Calls Did Not Improve Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Sierra Leone" is now forthcoming at the Journal of Development Economics! Read the nearly final working paper here cgdev.org/publication/li… by @LeeCrawfurd, @SusannahHares, Justin Sandefur, & me

Today we welcome Stephen Broadberry leading a seminar on "Innovation and the Great Divergence" - 1pm in A/D271 york.ac.uk/economics/abou…

DDR war nicht 1. Bunt, sie war nicht 2.friedlich , sie war nicht 3.menschlich, sie war nicht 4.moralisch & sie war schon garnicht 5.respektvoll ! Warum ich als Zeitzeugin widerspreche & das bewußt Belege,hat einen Grund, ich möchte gegen diese permanente Verherrlichung,

Oh, look what I got for my first father's day! #EconTwitter

Last day at #SPAconf2023 . Thank you to everyone who helped carry the pram up and downstairs, holding doors, bringing me coffee (🩷) while I was breastfeeding, for all the offers of help, and for all the words of encouragement. What an adventure, what a great community!

Another week another exciting conference. #JVET75 here we come! #phdchat #Momademia

Glad that this paper, which actually was the first project of Thilo Huning and me finally is published. It was an eight years roller coaster that taught me a lot about the the review process, and writing papers! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Imagine a world where students’ prospects are not locked-in with A-levels at age 18 and where university can be a place for personal growth & development…

⭐ VoxTalks Economics NEW EPISODE ⭐ Investors do more business than we would expect close to home. Can Germany’s car licence plates explain why? Thilo Huning Economics at York & Fabian Wahl Uni Hohenheim take Tim Phillips Talk Normal CEPR on an unlikely journey podfollow.com/voxtalks