Andreas Provo
@andreasprovo.bsky.social
Mostly econ and EU banter. I retain the right to eat my own words. Currently @EUCouncil working on tax and MFF
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It's time to remove laptops from classrooms.
24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.
The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.
The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
November 20, 2025 at 3:09 PM
It's time to remove laptops from classrooms.
24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.
The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
24 experiments: Students learn more and get better grades after taking notes by hand than typing. It's not just because they're less distracted—writing enables deeper processing and more images.
The pen is mightier than the keyboard.
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Trigger warning.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
November 15, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Trigger warning.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
“In crashes, SUVs are more likely to strike vital organs in the core of adults’ bodies & heads of children. Hitting pedestrians above their center of gravity means they’re more likely to be knocked forward & down and then be driven over.”
Plus more likely to hit in the 1st place.
on.ft.com/3LqC6y6 The cable news-ification of everything
The cable news-ification of everything
New research shows how incentives in the modern media ecosystem help explain rising polarisation and negativity
on.ft.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:20 AM
on.ft.com/3LqC6y6 The cable news-ification of everything
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By focusing the political debate on the wrong issue, Europe’s car industry may well turn into the next industrial policy train wreck.
The real risk is a costly muddle of regulatory rollbacks, bailouts, and a patch work of national subsidies - only for the sector to slow-walk into oblivion anyway
The real risk is a costly muddle of regulatory rollbacks, bailouts, and a patch work of national subsidies - only for the sector to slow-walk into oblivion anyway
October 23, 2025 at 8:04 AM
By focusing the political debate on the wrong issue, Europe’s car industry may well turn into the next industrial policy train wreck.
The real risk is a costly muddle of regulatory rollbacks, bailouts, and a patch work of national subsidies - only for the sector to slow-walk into oblivion anyway
The real risk is a costly muddle of regulatory rollbacks, bailouts, and a patch work of national subsidies - only for the sector to slow-walk into oblivion anyway
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'Politicians decry decisions made by the EU as if they were edicts handed down by some foreign power. But given that national governments form the backbone of the EU, “blaming Brussels” is akin to a ventriloquist haranguing his own puppet for being foul-mouthed'
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
“Brussels” is the phantom menace Europe loves to blame
Why bashing the EU is likely to become ever more popular
www.economist.com
October 11, 2025 at 2:31 PM
'Politicians decry decisions made by the EU as if they were edicts handed down by some foreign power. But given that national governments form the backbone of the EU, “blaming Brussels” is akin to a ventriloquist haranguing his own puppet for being foul-mouthed'
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
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They always start by saying it's legitimate to be concerned about flows, but ultimately the rage is about the stock. Think I've first said this as a silly quip ten years ago, and well, here we are
To remove indefinite leave to remain from people who already have it they'd have to dismantle our entire system of rights legislation and probably end judicial independence.
But they could do that with a majority. They've said they'd do that.
But they could do that with a majority. They've said they'd do that.
September 22, 2025 at 7:26 AM
They always start by saying it's legitimate to be concerned about flows, but ultimately the rage is about the stock. Think I've first said this as a silly quip ten years ago, and well, here we are
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Children are ***82%*** more likely to be killed when hit by an SUV than by a regular passenger car.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
August 29, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Children are ***82%*** more likely to be killed when hit by an SUV than by a regular passenger car.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Almost every headline today screams that Europe has been humiliated, Trump wins, and we’ll pay 15% tariffs.
That story is wrong.
Trump hasn’t won. The EU hasn’t lost. And Americans—not Europeans—will foot the bill.
My latest piece explains why this deal may actually be a small win for Europe. 👇
That story is wrong.
Trump hasn’t won. The EU hasn’t lost. And Americans—not Europeans—will foot the bill.
My latest piece explains why this deal may actually be a small win for Europe. 👇
Trump didn’t win. Europe didn’t lose
The new tariff deal looks like a humiliation for the EU. In reality, Americans will foot the bill—and Europe may have scored a quiet victory
civiceconomist.substack.com
July 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Almost every headline today screams that Europe has been humiliated, Trump wins, and we’ll pay 15% tariffs.
That story is wrong.
Trump hasn’t won. The EU hasn’t lost. And Americans—not Europeans—will foot the bill.
My latest piece explains why this deal may actually be a small win for Europe. 👇
That story is wrong.
Trump hasn’t won. The EU hasn’t lost. And Americans—not Europeans—will foot the bill.
My latest piece explains why this deal may actually be a small win for Europe. 👇
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New paper looking at health (mortality), education and earnings stagnation in the US through a cohort perspective. Somehow things really stop improving from the 1947 birth cohort onwards www.aeaweb.org/research/cha...
July 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
New paper looking at health (mortality), education and earnings stagnation in the US through a cohort perspective. Somehow things really stop improving from the 1947 birth cohort onwards www.aeaweb.org/research/cha...
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Amai. @ec.europa.eu over Belgisch beleid, incl. energie.
Je zult maar energieminister zijn en dit in je mailbox krijgen.
commission.europa.eu/document/dow...
Je zult maar energieminister zijn en dit in je mailbox krijgen.
commission.europa.eu/document/dow...
June 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Amai. @ec.europa.eu over Belgisch beleid, incl. energie.
Je zult maar energieminister zijn en dit in je mailbox krijgen.
commission.europa.eu/document/dow...
Je zult maar energieminister zijn en dit in je mailbox krijgen.
commission.europa.eu/document/dow...
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Deze quote van Fukuyama blijft echt de beste beschrijving van de wereld anno 2025.
May 4, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Deze quote van Fukuyama blijft echt de beste beschrijving van de wereld anno 2025.
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"Lending money to the British only prolongs the war", the 1917 version (from @edconway.bsky.social "The summit")
April 21, 2025 at 5:17 AM
"Lending money to the British only prolongs the war", the 1917 version (from @edconway.bsky.social "The summit")
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Europa’s beste optie: de “carry on as you were” strategie: een al bij al beperkt maar symbolisch pakket maatregelen. Nu China reageert en markten dalen, stijgt de druk in Washington sneller dan in Brussel.
April 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Europa’s beste optie: de “carry on as you were” strategie: een al bij al beperkt maar symbolisch pakket maatregelen. Nu China reageert en markten dalen, stijgt de druk in Washington sneller dan in Brussel.
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Aktuell wird darüber diskutiert, ob Europa mit einer Digitalsteuer auf die US-Zölle reagieren soll. Was würde das bedeuten? Ein Thread. 👇
April 4, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Aktuell wird darüber diskutiert, ob Europa mit einer Digitalsteuer auf die US-Zölle reagieren soll. Was würde das bedeuten? Ein Thread. 👇
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Have we solved tax competition?
In this post, I read the tea leaves and quietly whisper, "...yes?"
phdskat.org/2025/03/26/h...
Quick 🧵 below:
In this post, I read the tea leaves and quietly whisper, "...yes?"
phdskat.org/2025/03/26/h...
Quick 🧵 below:
Have we solved tax competition?
Does the global minimum tax mean the end of the race to the bottom? I review the emerging evidence.
phdskat.org
March 26, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Have we solved tax competition?
In this post, I read the tea leaves and quietly whisper, "...yes?"
phdskat.org/2025/03/26/h...
Quick 🧵 below:
In this post, I read the tea leaves and quietly whisper, "...yes?"
phdskat.org/2025/03/26/h...
Quick 🧵 below:
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This thread can be applied to practically any ground breaking science on social media. "Scientists at [university w good Marketing division] discovered a treatment that could potentially [cure disease]"
This is fun, I'm being science-splained on BlueSky because I pointed out that a viral post saying that a "groundbreaking" treatment for Alzheimer's disease was er...tested in rats. Apparently I do not understand the research process. It's like Twitter in the old days!
February 26, 2025 at 5:48 AM
This thread can be applied to practically any ground breaking science on social media. "Scientists at [university w good Marketing division] discovered a treatment that could potentially [cure disease]"
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🧵Three years ago, when Russia invaded Ukraine, EU, UK and other nations vowed to wage economic war, via the toughest sanctions in history.
So... how's that going?
We've spent months documenting what ACTUALLY happened. Here's a thread of our investigations on the REAL story on sanctions... 👇
So... how's that going?
We've spent months documenting what ACTUALLY happened. Here's a thread of our investigations on the REAL story on sanctions... 👇
February 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
🧵Three years ago, when Russia invaded Ukraine, EU, UK and other nations vowed to wage economic war, via the toughest sanctions in history.
So... how's that going?
We've spent months documenting what ACTUALLY happened. Here's a thread of our investigations on the REAL story on sanctions... 👇
So... how's that going?
We've spent months documenting what ACTUALLY happened. Here's a thread of our investigations on the REAL story on sanctions... 👇
For those who wonder which problem a central bank "digital euro" could solve
Maybe switch to Mastercard for credit payments
Musk is developing a payment app in partnership with Visa. Additionally, his staff has connected external hard drives to CFPB systems, raising serious concerns about unauthorized access to trade secrets from enforcement actions involving companies that compete with his future ventures.
February 10, 2025 at 12:44 PM
For those who wonder which problem a central bank "digital euro" could solve
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Since leaving the NYT and returning to blogging on Dec 11, @pkrugman.bsky.social has sent out a remarkable 17 newsletters, all of which are interesting. Poast king. paulkrugman.substack.com
Krugman wonks out | Paul Krugman | Substack
Notes on economics and more. Click to read Krugman wonks out, by Paul Krugman, a Substack publication with tens of thousands of subscribers.
paulkrugman.substack.com
January 2, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Since leaving the NYT and returning to blogging on Dec 11, @pkrugman.bsky.social has sent out a remarkable 17 newsletters, all of which are interesting. Poast king. paulkrugman.substack.com
Are we becoming a post-literate society? on.ft.com/3PdCJJZ
Are we becoming a post-literate society?
Technology has changed the way many of us consume information, from complex pieces of writing to short video clips
on.ft.com
December 27, 2024 at 2:27 PM
Are we becoming a post-literate society? on.ft.com/3PdCJJZ
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Made a starter pack of tax & public finance people as I hadn’t seen one on here - mainly names from the other place. Welcome suggestions for additions! go.bsky.app/Lo4XHFc
August 30, 2024 at 4:03 PM
Made a starter pack of tax & public finance people as I hadn’t seen one on here - mainly names from the other place. Welcome suggestions for additions! go.bsky.app/Lo4XHFc
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We will have ~no substantive returns before VA, FL, and NC polls close at 7:30, and even then it will be early stuff trickling in from KY and IN plus exit polling. You don't need news today at all, it's all noise!
November 5, 2024 at 1:31 PM
We will have ~no substantive returns before VA, FL, and NC polls close at 7:30, and even then it will be early stuff trickling in from KY and IN plus exit polling. You don't need news today at all, it's all noise!
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This old Quincy Jones interview recirculating and good God, I forgot how hilarious it is, top to bottom
www.vulture.com/2018/02/quin...
www.vulture.com/2018/02/quin...
Quincy Jones on the Secret Michael Jackson and the Problem With Modern Pop
Currently in the midst of an extended victory lap ahead of his turning 85 in March, the music legend talks like he has nothing to lose.
www.vulture.com
November 4, 2024 at 12:03 PM
This old Quincy Jones interview recirculating and good God, I forgot how hilarious it is, top to bottom
www.vulture.com/2018/02/quin...
www.vulture.com/2018/02/quin...
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Is de btw een regressieve belasting? Betekent een lagere btw lagere winkelprijzen? Hoe wordt de btw gebruikt als bedrijfssteun? En: waarom zegt Bouchez nee tegen de btw?
@matthias-somers.bsky.social over de politieke economie van de btw:
www.denktankminerva.be/analyse/2024...
@matthias-somers.bsky.social over de politieke economie van de btw:
www.denktankminerva.be/analyse/2024...
De politieke economie van de btw — Denktank Minerva
www.denktankminerva.be
September 16, 2024 at 7:46 AM
Is de btw een regressieve belasting? Betekent een lagere btw lagere winkelprijzen? Hoe wordt de btw gebruikt als bedrijfssteun? En: waarom zegt Bouchez nee tegen de btw?
@matthias-somers.bsky.social over de politieke economie van de btw:
www.denktankminerva.be/analyse/2024...
@matthias-somers.bsky.social over de politieke economie van de btw:
www.denktankminerva.be/analyse/2024...
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As you all may know, I’m typically very pro-EU/EZ, but there is something epically funny about an EU Commission led by an-ex CDU pol accusing China of engaging in insufficient fiscal stimulus to spur local demand and relying too much on exports to spur recovery from a financial crisis.
April 27, 2024 at 1:32 AM
As you all may know, I’m typically very pro-EU/EZ, but there is something epically funny about an EU Commission led by an-ex CDU pol accusing China of engaging in insufficient fiscal stimulus to spur local demand and relying too much on exports to spur recovery from a financial crisis.