“Who cares about trade policy anymore? Don’t waste your time on that!” Advice from a very prominent trade economist to a young one in 2008. I’m glad I didn’t listen to him, but I wish I did not waste my time with the journals controlled by them.

Check out my new publication and get some insights on how wealth inequality affects the fragility of the banking systems. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Italy’s Highest Court Rules Children to Be Given Mother’s and Father’s Surnames nytimes.com/2022/04/27/wor…

Going through the hurdles of a dual career in academia. Universities talk the big talk, but when it comes to actually working to support women in underrepresented fields, very little is accomplished. Happy Women's History Month! #WHM2023 #WomenInScience #womenineconomics

Great summary of how exciting the local Triangle intellectual community of Trade looks like these days. More to come!

The first Devils (Duke) and Wolves (NCSU) International Economics workshop of 2024! We now have a designated hat. :) It is great to have Ferdinando Monte and @ReddingEcon here, with an exciting local Trade community Andrew Greenland Luca David Opromolla Rafael Dix-Carneiro Federico Huneeus

Great meeting at NC State University yesterday! Keep an eye open for the coming ones!

Bob Staiger, Eric Bond, Mary Lovely (Mary Lovely 🇺🇦), Emanuel Ornelas (Emanuel Ornelas), Kyle Bagwell, Gregory Shaffer (Gregory Shaffer), Giovanni Maggi, Rodney Ludema, Han-koo Yeo, Difei Geng, Kristy Buzzard, Scott Lincicome (Scott Lincicome)

Answer: they will all participate to the first NC State annual conference in international economics. "Rethinking the Global Trading System", organized by myself, Mostafa Beshkar (Mostafa Beshkar), Filomena Garcia (Filomena Garcia) and Andrew Greenland (Andrew Greenland). May 9th and 10th.

You can read my new paper here! Post-merger strategies of multiplatform monopolies * papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Do it, America.

Trump, overnight: “If Kamala wins, you are 3 days away from the start of a 1929-style economic depression.” What has happened since the last time he predicted a depression if a Democrat won: