My attempt at this joke. Econ papers

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Foreign interference compliance is the first step towards the soviet style regulation of Australian universities. The medium term effect is researcher brain drain we are seeing in modern Russia.

Citation count of 1987 Harold Zurcher paper up to 2020 (Google scholar data, curtesy of Bertel Schjerning). That's what you call a classic! Happy birthday, John🍷

Register and dial in then - there will be an awesome interdisciplinary lineup, featuring Doris Fonini (ETHZ), Rick van der Ploeg (Oxford), Gregoire Mariethoz (from Université de Lausanne, Swiss Climact), Annica Ekman (Annica Ekman Stockholm University), Tony Smith (Yale Yale Department of Economics )

Submissions open for DSE2022 summer school and conference ift.tt/AYSxuT6KH DSE 2022 will take place at MIT in August 15-20 with 4 days of lecture and 2 days conference. The annual topic is “Market design”. Local organizers are Nikhil Agarwal and Whitney Newey. Sumbissi…

Suspending academic collaboration with Russian universities will undermine the people who are the remaining voice of reason in the country! The world is going mad. uniavisen-dk.translate.goog/danske-univers…

Brian P Schmidt Rabee Tourky I’m not often in agreement with Rabee but I’m worried this may be counterproductive. How are we going to support exchanges that can favor new oppositions? These people are likely to be our only real allies within Russia. We must fight for freedom, not fight Russians.

ANU scholars are signing the open letter against suspending ties and activities with Russian research institutions letter.iskh.me

Cutting ties with the Russian scholars who are the remaining voices of reason in the country is a mistake smh.com.au/world/europe/a…

Прекрасный Петербург

A Russian anti-war poster, March 6, 2022.

The government shut down the site that published the letter of >7000 Russian scientists pleading to stop the war. A new website was launched instead: t-invariant.org_))). .

About 4400 peaceful anti-war protesters have been detained by Russian police over the weekend. The total number of detained and arrested since the start of the war is over 13200 according to OVD-info NGO (ovdinfo.org)

The potential cost of anti-war protests in Russia is 15 years of imprisonment after Duma has passed the legislation in a special gathering on March 4. Nevertheless, thousands of people were protesting on Sunday across the country.

Putin is fighting two wars, one very deadly in the short term, but I believe Ukraine will remain free in the longer term. Russia is losing in the long term.

A well-constructed argument against academic sanctions without the emotional load.

PwC and KPMG exit Russia. We call for E&Y and Deloitte to follow. Don’t be complicit.

Для России смерть Навального означает утрату единственного кандидата в лидеры мирного транзита, и резко выросшую вероятность гражданской войны сразу после смерти Путина. Но это может оказаться гражданская война не такого сорта, которая дала бы передышку Украине и другим соседям

Лёша, спасибо тебе за 26 лет абсолютного счастья. Да, даже за три последних года счастья. За любовь, за то, что всегда поддерживал, за то, что смешил даже из тюрьмы, за то что ты обо мне всегда думал. Я не знаю, как жить без тебя, но я постараюсь так, чтобы ты там, наверху,