Andy Weir's short story, The Egg, is one of the most mind-blowing things you will ever read. Do yourself a favor and find 10 minutes to enjoy it.

It's Nobel Day, and the prize goes to Acemoglu, Johnson and Robinson! I believe AJR 2001 is the most cited economics paper of the 21st century (~20k!). A brief thread on why this literature was so influential, and slightly controversial, and my read on how AJR got here. 🧵1/x

Thread zum US Wahlergebnis von gestern Abend, mit dem ich mich auch von hier fuer eine Weile verabschieden moechte. Ich lese weiterhin meine DM, freue mich ueber Kontakt via Text/Email, aber ich brauche hier einfach mal eine kleine Pause. #USWahl #USAElections2024

Instead of leadership, looks like Scholz wants to get out of any position of responsibility as soon as possible. Pathetic

Exciting news! Our PhD candidate, Lorenzo Mori, is on the #EconJobMarket this year! Check out his profile and research here: sites.google.com/view/lorenzomo… Lorenzo is an empirical macroeconomist. He's an expert on monetary & fiscal policy and the identification of macroeconomic shocks.

👨‍🎓Our PhD candidate, Lorenzo Mori, is on the #EconJobMarket this year! Lorenzo is an empirical macroeconomist with expertise in monetary and fiscal policy and the transmission of macroeconomic shocks. Check out his profile and research here: sites.google.com/view/lorenzomo…

Assad ist Geschichte, und Syrien ist... frei? Niemand sollte unterschätzen, welch enorme Konsequenzen die aktuellen Entwicklungen haben könnten -- und zwar innerhalb Syriens, regional und global. Ein THREAD 1/ 👇

An ad-hoc theory of markets rise and fall: - When introduced into a state of no markets (planned economies...), they improve most peoples well-being and are popular. - If left unchecked for too long, they concentrate profits in the hand of increasingly few, making them unpopular

As ever with comrade S Sebag Montefiore you get astute political analysis combined with broad historical sweep. The essay of the weekend. Read it if you care about what's happening in Syria - & you really should care. thetimes.com/article/ca3f28…

Could Donald Trump be a moderating influence on an Elon Musk presidency?

10pm, heard faint noises from 1yo’s room, turned up baby monitor, he’s just laying in bed in the dark singing Jingle Bells to himself “vaffing fru the snowwww, horse a horse a sleeeiiigh” Then he fell back asleep Is it possible to have children so cute that you actually die

For 10 years, you are your child’s favorite person in the entire world. After that, they have other favorite people: Best friends, girlfriends, boyfriends, partners, and eventually, their own children. The “magic years” will fade away and disappear if you let them. Always

Eighty years ago today, over 7,000 prisoners of the German Nazi camp #Auschwitz, including some 700 children, were liberated by the soldiers of the Soviet Army. 1,689 days of murder, pain, suffering, and humiliation were over. Today, we all remember. We must keep remembering.

DHS surveys—an essential piece of global health infrastructure—make you describe a research project before you can download data. My students are reporting nobody is responding anymore. 1. If you have DHS data downloaded, hang on to it! 2. Is anyone consolidating these?

Have you ever wondered how social networks differ by gender? Check out my team's new dataset, which uses Facebook data to measure regional differences in social networks by gender all across the world! A 🧵 with examples, a description of our methodology, and a download link:

📌2025 Padova Applied Economics Workshop 🗓13 March 2025 📍dSEA Unipd Università di Padova Keynote Speech by Paolo Buonanno UniBg Title: "Don't Be LATE"

Come work with me, Nina Buchmann, Andreas Menzel, and Lisa Ho in Jordan! Looking for a full-time RA. Updated details: povertyactionlab.org/careers/unpack… Econ RA Listings

This is what Russia’s war on Ukraine looks like. Two parents, waiting next to the ruins, before finally their boy’s body is found. This needs to stop.