Alexandre delaigue
@adelaigue.bsky.social
Économiste, blogueur a l’arrêt
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How AI is affecting productivity and jobs in Europe cepr.org/voxeu/column...
How AI is affecting productivity and jobs in Europe
Artificial intelligence promises to reshape economies worldwide, but firm-level evidence on its effects in Europe remains scarce. This column uses survey data to examine how AI adoption affects produc...
cepr.org
February 19, 2026 at 7:06 AM
How AI is affecting productivity and jobs in Europe cepr.org/voxeu/column...
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Interesting piece on population growth and dependency ratios by Martin Wolf
The truth about population decline - www.ft.com/content/0ae2... via @FT
The truth about population decline - www.ft.com/content/0ae2... via @FT
The truth about population decline
Arguments about the dangers of falling fertility deserve much closer scrutiny
www.ft.com
February 19, 2026 at 6:06 AM
Interesting piece on population growth and dependency ratios by Martin Wolf
The truth about population decline - www.ft.com/content/0ae2... via @FT
The truth about population decline - www.ft.com/content/0ae2... via @FT
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My column
Everyone loves progressive tax changes in theory but seem to hate them when they face the consequeuences
One for UK graduates on Plan 2 loans to read...
as.ft.com/r/d9c65a3c-1...
Everyone loves progressive tax changes in theory but seem to hate them when they face the consequeuences
One for UK graduates on Plan 2 loans to read...
as.ft.com/r/d9c65a3c-1...
February 18, 2026 at 2:43 PM
My column
Everyone loves progressive tax changes in theory but seem to hate them when they face the consequeuences
One for UK graduates on Plan 2 loans to read...
as.ft.com/r/d9c65a3c-1...
Everyone loves progressive tax changes in theory but seem to hate them when they face the consequeuences
One for UK graduates on Plan 2 loans to read...
as.ft.com/r/d9c65a3c-1...
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My vote for the most prescient book of the century so far...
as.ft.com/r/5ca641f2-4...
as.ft.com/r/5ca641f2-4...
The link between material and moral flourishing is real
[FREE TO READ] Two decades after he wrote it, an economics professor’s thesis is still one of this century’s most prescient
as.ft.com
February 18, 2026 at 1:05 PM
My vote for the most prescient book of the century so far...
as.ft.com/r/5ca641f2-4...
as.ft.com/r/5ca641f2-4...
Lagarde présidente en 2027. Vous l’aurez lu ici en premier
February 18, 2026 at 9:04 PM
Lagarde présidente en 2027. Vous l’aurez lu ici en premier
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📍📅 Neuvième séance du séminaire Reparvie, consacrée à "Inégalités de niveau de vie et retraite", vendredi 20 mars au matin, avec notamment @michaelzemmour.cpesr.fr @gallegre.bsky.social @julienblasco.fr
chaireesops.fr/seminaire-re...
chaireesops.fr/seminaire-re...
Séminaire « Retraites et parcours de vie » Neuvième séance - Chaire ESoPS
Le 14 juin 2024 se tiendra la séance inaugurale du Séminaire « Retraites et parcours de vie ». Le séminaire est organisé par la DPS de la CDC, la Chaire ESoPS de la Fondation Panthéon-Sorbonne et l'IP...
chaireesops.fr
February 18, 2026 at 5:21 PM
📍📅 Neuvième séance du séminaire Reparvie, consacrée à "Inégalités de niveau de vie et retraite", vendredi 20 mars au matin, avec notamment @michaelzemmour.cpesr.fr @gallegre.bsky.social @julienblasco.fr
chaireesops.fr/seminaire-re...
chaireesops.fr/seminaire-re...
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"L’écosystème du bruit et la fabrique de l’autorité" freakonometrics.hypotheses.org/88516
L’écosystème du bruit et la fabrique de l’autorité
Depuis quelques moi, j’essaye d’écrire un billet sur le greenwashing (“écoblanchiment” comme on dirait au Québec). Et forcément, ça prend du temps, parce que j’ai souvent tendance à me perdre dans tes...
freakonometrics.hypotheses.org
February 18, 2026 at 3:05 AM
"L’écosystème du bruit et la fabrique de l’autorité" freakonometrics.hypotheses.org/88516
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@sarahoconnorft.ft.com one of the best columns I’ve read in FT in a while
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... We have to stop calling some jobs ‘low skilled’
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... We have to stop calling some jobs ‘low skilled’
We have to stop calling some jobs ‘low skilled’
Freeing ourselves of these labels might help young people to think more creatively about the future
giftarticle.ft.com
February 17, 2026 at 1:35 PM
@sarahoconnorft.ft.com one of the best columns I’ve read in FT in a while
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... We have to stop calling some jobs ‘low skilled’
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... We have to stop calling some jobs ‘low skilled’
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My column in today's paper: on banning the under-16s from social media, the trade-offs and assumptions that the ban makes:
Perhaps we should all be banned from social media
Focusing only on under-16s obscures the lack of internet safeguards for everyone else
www.ft.com
February 17, 2026 at 10:21 AM
My column in today's paper: on banning the under-16s from social media, the trade-offs and assumptions that the ban makes:
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Friends, I have created a Starter Pack of economics journals (and working paper series) active on Bluesky. Hope this is useful for academic, policy, and industry economists alike. #Econsky Please let me know if there are any that I missed!
February 17, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Friends, I have created a Starter Pack of economics journals (and working paper series) active on Bluesky. Hope this is useful for academic, policy, and industry economists alike. #Econsky Please let me know if there are any that I missed!
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February 16, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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I'm so sad to learn that Prof David Metcalf died earlier this month. I worked with him on the MAC. A lovely, and wise, person: blogs.lse.ac.uk/condolences/...
In memory of David Metcalf (1942-2026) - Condolences
Professor Sir David Metcalf, Emeritus Professor of Industrial Relations, London School of Economics and Political Science The Centre for Economic Performance is greatly saddened to share the news that...
blogs.lse.ac.uk
February 16, 2026 at 12:27 PM
I'm so sad to learn that Prof David Metcalf died earlier this month. I worked with him on the MAC. A lovely, and wise, person: blogs.lse.ac.uk/condolences/...
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So what will we call the offshore euro system? Dollareuro, euroeuro, continental, xenoeuro, exoeuro?
This facility now looks akin to the Federal Reserve's Foreign and International Monetary Authority (FIMA) repo facility, which was established in 2022 and allows foreign central banks to raise dollar liquidity by repo-ing and not selling US Treasuries.
EUREP expansion and the euro – going global
The ECB's expansion of its EUREP repo facility is an important step on the path to a global euro
think.ing.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:18 PM
So what will we call the offshore euro system? Dollareuro, euroeuro, continental, xenoeuro, exoeuro?
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“Rather than a clearly defined line of opposing trenches, the front line in this sector is a smear of scattered bunker positions across a wide belt of shell-churned snow. Movement of any kind is difficult. Soldiers commonly spend months in their positions, resupplied by drone. Fighting is intense.”
Robot’s 10-mile frontline scramble to rescue Ukrainian soldier — The Times and The Sunday Times
When the soldier codenamed Blackbird was bundled into the back of the rescue robot, wrapped in a sleeping bag and bound with bloodied tourniquets, his life hung in the balance. One leg was gone and th...
apple.news
February 16, 2026 at 9:04 PM
“Rather than a clearly defined line of opposing trenches, the front line in this sector is a smear of scattered bunker positions across a wide belt of shell-churned snow. Movement of any kind is difficult. Soldiers commonly spend months in their positions, resupplied by drone. Fighting is intense.”
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Great piece from @dsquareddigest.bsky.social, which touches on one of the big theories for why English-speaking countries do especially badly at housebuilding:
Adversarial and litigious common law systems (Anglo) vs judge-led civil law systems elsewhere.
samf.substack.com/p/build-the-...
Adversarial and litigious common law systems (Anglo) vs judge-led civil law systems elsewhere.
samf.substack.com/p/build-the-...
February 16, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Great piece from @dsquareddigest.bsky.social, which touches on one of the big theories for why English-speaking countries do especially badly at housebuilding:
Adversarial and litigious common law systems (Anglo) vs judge-led civil law systems elsewhere.
samf.substack.com/p/build-the-...
Adversarial and litigious common law systems (Anglo) vs judge-led civil law systems elsewhere.
samf.substack.com/p/build-the-...
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Hasn’t this already happened? Like, outside of Canada, does anyone buy US cars at scale anymore?
this is very bad but I’m curious what effect it’s going to have in practice - if American car manufacturers move back towards extremely emissions-heavy cars they are basically surrendering the global market and are extremely vulnerable to domestic politics shifting back
it’s bad business
it’s bad business
“The U.S. no longer has emission standards of any meaning,” said Margo T. Oge, who served as the E.P.A.’s top vehicle emissions regulator under three presidents and has since advised both automakers and environmental groups…
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
“Nothing. Zero,” she added. “Not many countries have zero.”
February 16, 2026 at 8:42 PM
Hasn’t this already happened? Like, outside of Canada, does anyone buy US cars at scale anymore?
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Well, this morning has been a pleasant reminder of my public-facing reach as I see so many people reposting my series on Sparta talking about this.
But also, my dear friends do remember that @profpaulj.bsky.social knows as much about Sparta as I do, if not more.
But not dort. Dort is an idiot.
But also, my dear friends do remember that @profpaulj.bsky.social knows as much about Sparta as I do, if not more.
But not dort. Dort is an idiot.
February 16, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Well, this morning has been a pleasant reminder of my public-facing reach as I see so many people reposting my series on Sparta talking about this.
But also, my dear friends do remember that @profpaulj.bsky.social knows as much about Sparta as I do, if not more.
But not dort. Dort is an idiot.
But also, my dear friends do remember that @profpaulj.bsky.social knows as much about Sparta as I do, if not more.
But not dort. Dort is an idiot.
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This is happening because OpenAI - a company that does not have anything even approaching a viable business model and is setting money on fire - used borrowed money to advance buy all of the raw materials for RAM production so competitors couldn’t get it
this RAM crisis feels like it’s going to ruin consumer electronics over the next decade. Bloomberg reports that Sony is considering pushing the PS6 release to 2028 or even 2029 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
February 16, 2026 at 1:01 PM
This is happening because OpenAI - a company that does not have anything even approaching a viable business model and is setting money on fire - used borrowed money to advance buy all of the raw materials for RAM production so competitors couldn’t get it
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J’ai reçu un curieux mail il y a 5 jours. Franchement, j’ai cru à un spam 😅 . Une personne me disait vouloir faire un don de plusieurs milliers d’euros pour soutenir celles et ceux qui défendent les faits scientifiques sur le climat.
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February 16, 2026 at 11:02 AM
J’ai reçu un curieux mail il y a 5 jours. Franchement, j’ai cru à un spam 😅 . Une personne me disait vouloir faire un don de plusieurs milliers d’euros pour soutenir celles et ceux qui défendent les faits scientifiques sur le climat.
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1/8
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In this week's episode of The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes, I spoke with Yanmei Xie about China's fight against involution...
links to listen: www.ft.com/content/8953...
transcript: www.ft.com/content/1061...
links to listen: www.ft.com/content/8953...
transcript: www.ft.com/content/1061...
February 15, 2026 at 1:17 PM
In this week's episode of The Economics Show with Soumaya Keynes, I spoke with Yanmei Xie about China's fight against involution...
links to listen: www.ft.com/content/8953...
transcript: www.ft.com/content/1061...
links to listen: www.ft.com/content/8953...
transcript: www.ft.com/content/1061...
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I'm not sure I could ever forgive this government if it allows the BBC World Service to die
And another bites the dust?
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The BBC World Service will run out of funding in just seven weeks. Its funding arrangement with the Foreign Office finishes at the end of March. There is no plan for what happens next.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on the BBC World Service: this is London calling | Editorial
Editorial: With just seven weeks before its funding runs out, the UK’s greatest cultural asset and most trusted international news organisation must be supported
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 8:28 PM
I'm not sure I could ever forgive this government if it allows the BBC World Service to die
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What an incredibly cool FT article and WWI story!
The FT contest that challenged readers to redraw Europe’s borders (🎁🔗)
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
The FT contest that challenged readers to redraw Europe’s borders (🎁🔗)
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
The FT contest that challenged readers to redraw Europe’s borders
The extraordinary story of when, two months into the bloody Great War, the newspaper launched an unusual competition
giftarticle.ft.com
February 15, 2026 at 6:48 AM
What an incredibly cool FT article and WWI story!
The FT contest that challenged readers to redraw Europe’s borders (🎁🔗)
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
The FT contest that challenged readers to redraw Europe’s borders (🎁🔗)
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Très perturbant la différence entre Bluesky et X : rien dans mon fil ici mais là-bas, surtout depuis hier, tous les économistes (mainstreams) ne parlent que de papiers générés de A à Z (et en moins de 2h) par Claude Code et autres IA.
February 14, 2026 at 10:21 AM
Très perturbant la différence entre Bluesky et X : rien dans mon fil ici mais là-bas, surtout depuis hier, tous les économistes (mainstreams) ne parlent que de papiers générés de A à Z (et en moins de 2h) par Claude Code et autres IA.