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Opeyemi Femi Olafunni Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Juridicas studies the intergenerational mobility of occupation and wealth in rural Spain, 1850-1936, at EH-Valencia Facultat d'Economia

Si vives o pasas con frecuencia por Madrid quizás te hayas dado cuenta de que hay más gente durmiendo en la calle. Tambiénen Barcelona. Las personas que duermen en los aeropuertos de Barajas o del Prat han sido noticia últimamente. Y me temo que lo seguirán siendo. 🧵👇

Artículo de Cristina Dolz sobre la evolución de la distribución de salarios reales desde 2008. Además de las diferencias entre deciles, llama la atención el pobre desempeño acumulado de todos ellos 👇 elconfidencial.com/economia/2025-… cc Miguel Cardoso Ángel Talavera

📢 It's coming 👉 Workshop on Technology and Long-Term Development: Lessons from the Past at EH-Valencia Facultat d'Economia #past #present #history #change #development #technology

A thought provoking piece! A cold case (over 160 years old): The effects of unification on Italy’s North-South divide cepr.org/voxeu/columns/… # vía CEPR

John Rentoul This is true but there’s an important wrinkle. In countries with DB pensions or very generous state pensions those won’t be accounted as part of personal wealth whereas those with DC / funded pensions will. So this makes the former look like they are more unequal than they are.

Delighted and honored that my "Visions of Inequality" was awarded 2025 Joseph Spengler award for the best book in history of economics by Economic History Society. Award received yesterday in Richmond, Virginia. (Photos to follow soon, hopefully.)

What Would Hayek Think of AI? by Gary Saul Morson and Julio M. Ottino The ‘fatal conceit’ that central planning can solve complex social problems arises in a new form. wsj.com/opinion/what-w… Wall Street Journal Opinion

Dozens more opposition politicians arrested in Turkey, including three more big-city mayors. Bottom line: Sensing that he can no longer win at the ballot box, Erdoğan is going full Sisi. If he has his way, Turkey will not have another meaningful election during his lifetime.

The importance of information for #tax design: Evidence from the French wealth tax Bertrand Garbinti CREST (UMR 9194) ENSAE Paris, Jonathan Goupille-Lebret @ENSdeLyon CNRS 🌍, Mathilde Muñoz, Stefanie Stantcheva, Gabriel Zucman ow.ly/auVo50WkSSf

🎓 Huge congrats to the graduates of the Master in Economic Development & Growth (Master in Economic Development and Growth- UC3M)! 🌍 Your hard #work, #passion & #perseverance paid off! 🚀 The future is yours—go make an #impact. We're always here for you! UC3M Master - UC3M

Big congratulations to my colleague Dr. Onur Yükçü on successfully defending his PhD yesterday! His thesis on economic nationalism in interwar Turkey was awarded the top distinction, richly deserved. UC3M Phd Done

End of this journey. Looking forward to the new ones… Thanks for sharing Leo Dolan

Hoy en Piedras de Papel escriben sobre la política como identidad Luis Miller e Isabel Rodríguez eldiario.es/piedrasdepapel…

An excellent survey! ‘Newest’ economic historians evaluate economic history over the past twenty-five years Network and language analysis of economic history cepr.org/voxeu/columns/… a través de CEPR

📢 Nuevo paper: Implicancias cíclicas de la restricción de Balanza de Pagos en 🇦🇷 entre 1930 y 2018. ➡️ Spoiler: el crecimiento siguió atado al cuello de botella externo y la vulnerabilidad externa creció. Sale 🧵con los principales resultados 📄 doi.org/10.1017/S02126…

Glad to see Yuzuru's paper forthcoming Argument: Tokugawa Japan had relatively low land inequality, which made people exceptionally poor, whereas W. Europe was much more unequal which gave it higher living standards. (This may seem paradoxical to some people but it's not really)

⚖️ Hace un mes hablábamos del escándalo Ábalos-Cerdán y de la corrupción ligada a la contratación pública en un #editorial en el #BlogHayDerecho. Hoy tenemos que volver a pronunciarnos ante un nuevo caso que revela otra cara del problema: la captura del Estado. Abrimos hilo 🧵

Food for thought! Why globalisation needs a leader: Hegemons, alignment, and trade cepr.org/voxeu/columns/… a través de CEPR

My friend, co-author, and mentor Peter Temin has passed away. I met him as a graduate student, and was amazed not just by his dazzling insights, but his consistent kindness and generosity. We have lost a giant in economic history. EHA