On June 26 UMN will confer its Outstanding Achievement Award on Andreu Mas-Colell.  Andreu earned his PhD here in 1972.
We honor him for achievements as economic researcher, builder of academic institutions, and leader in graduate education in economics.
sites.google.com/umn.edu/oaa-an…

This, by Yuval Noah Harari, is masterful. It gives me no satisfaction - only grief - to add that I’ve been saying all this since 10/10, but he says it much better. Enough. haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

Thank you for the invitation!. I am very excited about the opportunity to talk about top wealth inequality.

As the president of Columbia University is about to be grilled by a Republican-led House committee, 'Jewish faculty reject the weaponization of antisemitism.' columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2024/0…

I will say it again:
Pau Cubarsi is unreal! If you're not watching him (and Lamine Yamal!), you're missing football history in the making...

Thread on an interesting new paper on wealth mobility.

📢New paper!
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞-𝐂𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐃𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐨𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲
w/ Richard Audoly Rory McGee Gonzalo Paz-Pardo

Do rich and poor people remain that way throughout their lives? Do people experience reversals of fortune? When?

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Jon Stewart checks in on the war in Gaza and examines how America's 'values' stack up against its support of Israel

I love you all. #CurbYourEnthusiasm

The Italian volcano Etna has started erupting smoke rings

This phenomenon is rare, as smoke rings are formed only with a specific crater shape and geometry.

This is incredible.

From Jamie Lane where AirBnBs are fully booked next week.

When you are about to leave town for a packed 18 days of back-to-back trips, and realize that you haven't done your taxes yet, and April 15 falls in the middle of your trips... 😱

'We were targeted deliberately': Chef Jose Andres said the World Central Kitchen charity group he founded had clear communication with the Israeli military, which he said knew his aid workers' movements reut.rs/4am94Hm

Nothing has been more common in history than for victims to become oppressors when they gain power.

I've been thinking a lot about how to structure this and what to cover! I hope it'll be useful.

Last month, I experienced one of the most surreal sunsets I’ve ever seen in my life.

I hiked through fog to the top of the famous stratovolcano, Mt. Hekla, Iceland’s most active volcano. A small gap in the clouds by the horizon created this crazy explosion in the sky 🔥 (1/9)

If it is one of the goals of religion to liberate mankind as far as possible from the bondage of egocentric cravings, desires, and fears, scientific reasoning can aid religion in yet another sense. Although it is true that it is the goal of science to discover rules which permit

‘It’s Almost as If They Support a Hypothetical War’

I wrote about why America shouldn’t be supporting Israel’s war in Gaza.

The Atlantic

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‼️REMINDER ‼️

Don't forget to submit your paper to

GRID Conference on Global Trends in Inequality!!

It will take place in Barcelona on June 26, 2024.

The submission deadline is this Friday, March 29, 2024!

#econtwitter @griddatabase @mebdi8 Barcelona School of Economics Gianluca Violante