Jonathan Báez Valencia
@jbaezvalencia.bsky.social
Professor "How to study inequalities? Economic, political and sociological approaches" at FLACSO Ecuador
Inequalities and Elites
Inequalities and Elites
Pinned
And after a long journey is here
"TRUSTS: Searching for the Hidden Treasure in Ecuador" in The Political Economy of Elites in LA, edited by Jan and Rebeca dla @uni_kassel and published in @routledgebooks
It shows 84 companies in tax havens hidden in
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"TRUSTS: Searching for the Hidden Treasure in Ecuador" in The Political Economy of Elites in LA, edited by Jan and Rebeca dla @uni_kassel and published in @routledgebooks
It shows 84 companies in tax havens hidden in
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“Specifying an extreme wealth line would facilitate measurement of a growing democratic, environmental, economic and social problem – and spark debate about how to tackle it”
– Tania Burchardt @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social and @michaelvaughan.bsky.social in our latest blog post
– Tania Burchardt @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social and @michaelvaughan.bsky.social in our latest blog post
Let’s be clear – an Extreme Wealth Line is not a cap on wealth
An extreme wealth line (EWL) defines a level where the harms associated with extreme wealth become socially unacceptable. It is not the same as a cap on wealth
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November 23, 2025 at 12:30 PM
“Specifying an extreme wealth line would facilitate measurement of a growing democratic, environmental, economic and social problem – and spark debate about how to tackle it”
– Tania Burchardt @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social and @michaelvaughan.bsky.social in our latest blog post
– Tania Burchardt @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social and @michaelvaughan.bsky.social in our latest blog post
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There's still time to register for this week's CEPEO seminar!
We are hosting Dr Judith Delaney from University of Bath who will presenting work on the effect of university grade inflation on graduate outcomes
REGISTER NOW: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
We are hosting Dr Judith Delaney from University of Bath who will presenting work on the effect of university grade inflation on graduate outcomes
REGISTER NOW: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
November 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
There's still time to register for this week's CEPEO seminar!
We are hosting Dr Judith Delaney from University of Bath who will presenting work on the effect of university grade inflation on graduate outcomes
REGISTER NOW: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
We are hosting Dr Judith Delaney from University of Bath who will presenting work on the effect of university grade inflation on graduate outcomes
REGISTER NOW: ucl.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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🚨 Upcoming: "Brave New Data Access World: What the Digital Services Act (DSA) Means for Researcher Access to Digital Platforms"
👤 @dscheykopp.bsky.social (Weizenbaum Institute Berlin)
🗓️ Wed, December 3, 13:45-15:15 CET
📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
👤 @dscheykopp.bsky.social (Weizenbaum Institute Berlin)
🗓️ Wed, December 3, 13:45-15:15 CET
📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
![Brave New Data Access World: What the Digital Services Act (DSA) Means for Researcher Access to Digital Platforms
Hybrid event [A5, 6, Room A231 + Zoom]
Dezember 03, 2025, 13:45-15:15
Abstract
The European Union’s Digital Services Act (DSA) marks a turning point for the study of digital platforms by establishing a legal framework for researcher access to platform data, including from major social media companies. Article 40 of the DSA outlines how researchers can request such access, opening unprecedented possibilities for empirical investigations into the digital public sphere. Yet, the practical implementation of this right to data access raises important challenges. Questions of eligibility, the scope of accessible data, and the ethical and technical standards required for secure processing are central to understanding what this new regime will mean in practice. This talk provides an overview of the DSA’s data-access provisions, explains their relevance for the research community, and discusses what opportunities—and limitations—emerge for studying systemic risks, algorithmic effects, and platform governance. It reflects on early experiences with Article 40 implementation and considers what it will take to build a sustainable infrastructure for independent, policy-relevant research on digital platforms in Europe.
Presenter
Jakob Ohme leads the interdisciplinary "Digital News Dynamics" research group at the Weizenbaum Institute in Berlin, exploring the impact and dissemination of professional journalism on digital platforms versus other sources like influencers or AI. His work emphasizes the changes digital and mobile communications bring to news consumption and political engagement, particularly across different generations. Jakob Ohme is dedicated to advancing digital methodologies in political communication and journalism research, notably through the innovative use of digital trace data. He's also a Co-Principal Investigator in the #DSA40 Collaboratory, foc…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:oizrkjzyr6vekl76tjctghcl/bafkreiel7po2hq6ec4nl66aupw2wper4yrmr4dywhmbeihjiki2mapsowe@jpeg)
November 26, 2025 at 10:12 AM
🚨 Upcoming: "Brave New Data Access World: What the Digital Services Act (DSA) Means for Researcher Access to Digital Platforms"
👤 @dscheykopp.bsky.social (Weizenbaum Institute Berlin)
🗓️ Wed, December 3, 13:45-15:15 CET
📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
👤 @dscheykopp.bsky.social (Weizenbaum Institute Berlin)
🗓️ Wed, December 3, 13:45-15:15 CET
📺 Register for the live stream: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Check out this 🧵 on our own @robertmanduca.bsky.social's work with @bhighsmith.bsky.social and Jacob Waggoner. 👇 #AcademicSky #WealthInequality
🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Check out this 🧵 on our own @robertmanduca.bsky.social's work with @bhighsmith.bsky.social and Jacob Waggoner. 👇 #AcademicSky #WealthInequality
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NEW BLOG POST
@lindseymacmillan.bsky.social, @clairetyler.bsky.social & Padmini Ayer share key findings and practical recommendations to support employers on their social mobility journey from their research on where inequalities arise in UK graduate recruitment.
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/cepeo/2025/1...
@lindseymacmillan.bsky.social, @clairetyler.bsky.social & Padmini Ayer share key findings and practical recommendations to support employers on their social mobility journey from their research on where inequalities arise in UK graduate recruitment.
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/cepeo/2025/1...
Social Mobility in Graduate Jobs – Still in First Gear? | UCL Centre for Education Policy and Equalising Opportunities (CEPEO)
UCL Homepage
blogs.ucl.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 4:54 PM
NEW BLOG POST
@lindseymacmillan.bsky.social, @clairetyler.bsky.social & Padmini Ayer share key findings and practical recommendations to support employers on their social mobility journey from their research on where inequalities arise in UK graduate recruitment.
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/cepeo/2025/1...
@lindseymacmillan.bsky.social, @clairetyler.bsky.social & Padmini Ayer share key findings and practical recommendations to support employers on their social mobility journey from their research on where inequalities arise in UK graduate recruitment.
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/cepeo/2025/1...
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James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
November 26, 2025 at 7:25 PM
James Bond supervillains threaten to blow up the world with their big laser unless you pay them a trillion dollars.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
Real American supervillains embed themselves in the economy and threaten to cause a depression unless you subsidize their sex robots and the weird chatbots they use to avoid humans.
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Use of the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard instead would allow for capturing high-quality standardised data which would be easier to exchange between registers and would allow information on complex corporate structures to be captured as usable data
stephenabbottpugh.medium.com/how-the-bene...
stephenabbottpugh.medium.com/how-the-bene...
How the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard can help to share information on corporate structures
Requesting information on how companies are owned or controlled by people or other companies is a crucial part of onboarding processes as…
stephenabbottpugh.medium.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Use of the Beneficial Ownership Data Standard instead would allow for capturing high-quality standardised data which would be easier to exchange between registers and would allow information on complex corporate structures to be captured as usable data
stephenabbottpugh.medium.com/how-the-bene...
stephenabbottpugh.medium.com/how-the-bene...
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« Marion Flécher montre que l'entrepreneur à succès ne doit pas tout à son mérite individuel. Au contraire, les fondateurs de start-ups sont "très diplômé·e·s, très jeunes, et souvent issu·e·s des classes moyennes et supérieures" » @franceculture.fr https://tinyurl.com/2s3h4763
November 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
« Marion Flécher montre que l'entrepreneur à succès ne doit pas tout à son mérite individuel. Au contraire, les fondateurs de start-ups sont "très diplômé·e·s, très jeunes, et souvent issu·e·s des classes moyennes et supérieures" » @franceculture.fr https://tinyurl.com/2s3h4763
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En colère pour nos étudiant·es, qui font de beaux parcours malgré les déterminismes sociaux, et qu'on cherche chaque jour à faire adhérer à l'idée d'une délibération pacifique, rationnelle et empirique. Nous sommes aussi très fièr·es de leur esprit critique et de leur refus de se laisser faire !
November 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
En colère pour nos étudiant·es, qui font de beaux parcours malgré les déterminismes sociaux, et qu'on cherche chaque jour à faire adhérer à l'idée d'une délibération pacifique, rationnelle et empirique. Nous sommes aussi très fièr·es de leur esprit critique et de leur refus de se laisser faire !
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Newly accepted manuscripts at ESR, below.
Check it out for continuos updates
academic.oup.com/esr/advance-...
Check it out for continuos updates
academic.oup.com/esr/advance-...
November 23, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Newly accepted manuscripts at ESR, below.
Check it out for continuos updates
academic.oup.com/esr/advance-...
Check it out for continuos updates
academic.oup.com/esr/advance-...
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Are citizens supportive of public spending on education when it requires paying more taxes?
#ID_Özel #S_Parrado #K_Yıldırım new paper says: No!
Yet evaluations of one’s own children’s schooling reduce this cost sensitivity!
➡️Read the full paper at: doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf043
#ID_Özel #S_Parrado #K_Yıldırım new paper says: No!
Yet evaluations of one’s own children’s schooling reduce this cost sensitivity!
➡️Read the full paper at: doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf043
Attitudes towards education spending when facing a fiscal trade-off: an analysis of stakeholders
Abstract. Public investment in education is popular in advanced countries. This paper examines whether such public support prevails when individuals are as
doi.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Are citizens supportive of public spending on education when it requires paying more taxes?
#ID_Özel #S_Parrado #K_Yıldırım new paper says: No!
Yet evaluations of one’s own children’s schooling reduce this cost sensitivity!
➡️Read the full paper at: doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf043
#ID_Özel #S_Parrado #K_Yıldırım new paper says: No!
Yet evaluations of one’s own children’s schooling reduce this cost sensitivity!
➡️Read the full paper at: doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf043
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Fun fact: la durée médiane des doctorats soutenus aux US, quelle que soit la discipline, est d'au moins 5 ans, et ce depuis plusieurs années.
Pensez-y quand on vous mettra la pression pour faire soutenir les doc en trois ans parce que "les standards internationaux"
ncses.nsf.gov/browse-libra...
Pensez-y quand on vous mettra la pression pour faire soutenir les doc en trois ans parce que "les standards internationaux"
ncses.nsf.gov/browse-libra...
November 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Fun fact: la durée médiane des doctorats soutenus aux US, quelle que soit la discipline, est d'au moins 5 ans, et ce depuis plusieurs années.
Pensez-y quand on vous mettra la pression pour faire soutenir les doc en trois ans parce que "les standards internationaux"
ncses.nsf.gov/browse-libra...
Pensez-y quand on vous mettra la pression pour faire soutenir les doc en trois ans parce que "les standards internationaux"
ncses.nsf.gov/browse-libra...
si la banca en conjunto aumentó sus utilidades en un sorprendente 39,54%[1] (con datos de septiembre, utilizados por el presidente) en relación a 2024, lo justo sería que el aumento del salario básico unificado sea en ese mismo porcentaje. Es decir, un aumento de aproximadamente 185 dólares.
“La banca ha tenido su mejor año de la historia (…) El ejemplo empieza arriba. Si al Ecuador le va bien, a todos debe irles bien” es la frase del presidente Noboa. Bajo esta premisa ¿Cuánto debe subir el salario básico unificado en 2026?
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November 25, 2025 at 11:56 AM
si la banca en conjunto aumentó sus utilidades en un sorprendente 39,54%[1] (con datos de septiembre, utilizados por el presidente) en relación a 2024, lo justo sería que el aumento del salario básico unificado sea en ese mismo porcentaje. Es decir, un aumento de aproximadamente 185 dólares.
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🆕 The APPG has coordinated a letter to the Government signed by 18 cross party MPs calling for an end to “embarrassing and costly” offshore financial secrecy, as covered by Politico 👇
November 25, 2025 at 10:40 AM
🆕 The APPG has coordinated a letter to the Government signed by 18 cross party MPs calling for an end to “embarrassing and costly” offshore financial secrecy, as covered by Politico 👇
Un conjunto de personas muy valiosas sostienen la labor de investigación del espacio @aecuatoris.bsky.social Entre las más recientes el gran profesor @appdemography.bsky.social de la Pennsylvania State University. Es un honor y un aliciente que académicos de este nivel suscriban a dicha labor!
November 25, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Un conjunto de personas muy valiosas sostienen la labor de investigación del espacio @aecuatoris.bsky.social Entre las más recientes el gran profesor @appdemography.bsky.social de la Pennsylvania State University. Es un honor y un aliciente que académicos de este nivel suscriban a dicha labor!
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New @creativepec.bsky.social report! “Who Stays and Who Leaves? Mapping Arts, Culture and Heritage Careers” pec.ac.uk/state_of_the...
Who Stays and Who Leaves? Mapping Arts, Culture and Heritage Careers - Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre
Read the latest State of the Nations research report from University of Sheffield on mapping arts, culture and heritage careers.
pec.ac.uk
November 19, 2025 at 11:09 AM
New @creativepec.bsky.social report! “Who Stays and Who Leaves? Mapping Arts, Culture and Heritage Careers” pec.ac.uk/state_of_the...
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🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
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Ifølge Landbrugsavisen er antallet af hekltidsgårdejere nu mindre end én promile af befolkningen. Vi nærmer os koncentration af jord som under feudalismen
November 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Ifølge Landbrugsavisen er antallet af hekltidsgårdejere nu mindre end én promile af befolkningen. Vi nærmer os koncentration af jord som under feudalismen
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A. Chaque. Fois (sociologie des élites intensifie)
Du Cap Ferret à Saint-Tropez : les luxueuses vacances de Sébastien Lecornu chez ses amis patrons et milliardaires
➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/MB1
➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/MB1
November 21, 2025 at 6:21 AM
A. Chaque. Fois (sociologie des élites intensifie)
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Dans la musette des cours sur les inégalités celle-ci
Bonjour et merci de mobiliser nos travaux dans le cadre du débat public. Entre 2003 et 2022, plus volatil, le revenu moyen des foyers à très hauts revenus (0,1 %) a augmenté de 119 % en euros courants, soit une hausse 2,6 fois + forte que pour le reste des foyers fiscaux
www.insee.fr/fr/statistiq...
www.insee.fr/fr/statistiq...
November 21, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Dans la musette des cours sur les inégalités celle-ci
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🚨 New publication: “The Wages of Ethnic Power: Socioeconomic Status, Group Threat, and Anti-Immigrant Attitudes in Western Europe” 🚨
Just published in the International Journal of Comparative Sociology with Charles Seguin and Brandon Gorman.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Just published in the International Journal of Comparative Sociology with Charles Seguin and Brandon Gorman.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
The wages of ethnic power: Socioeconomic status, group threat, and anti-immigrant attitudes in Western Europe - Ibrahim Enes Atac, Charles Seguin, Brandon Gorman, 2025
Group threat theories explain anti-immigrant attitudes as emerging from threats to the perceived or actual power of one’s ethnic group. Studies also show that i...
journals.sagepub.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:58 PM
🚨 New publication: “The Wages of Ethnic Power: Socioeconomic Status, Group Threat, and Anti-Immigrant Attitudes in Western Europe” 🚨
Just published in the International Journal of Comparative Sociology with Charles Seguin and Brandon Gorman.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Just published in the International Journal of Comparative Sociology with Charles Seguin and Brandon Gorman.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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“If this…elite remains poorly understood it may be because it is not just a financial elite or an educated elite, a noblesse-oblige elite, a political elite or a narrative-making elite; it straddles all of these, lucratively and persuaded of its own good intentions”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
www.nytimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
“If this…elite remains poorly understood it may be because it is not just a financial elite or an educated elite, a noblesse-oblige elite, a political elite or a narrative-making elite; it straddles all of these, lucratively and persuaded of its own good intentions”
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
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🚨 SCOOP: Toyota and Aston Martin secretly lobbied a Conservative cabinet minister to weaken Britain’s climate policy.
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
Victory! We’ve won major legal battle exposing car industry lobbying
After two years we can finally reveal “backdoor channels where corporate money hijacks our democracy.”
democracyforsale.substack.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🚨 SCOOP: Toyota and Aston Martin secretly lobbied a Conservative cabinet minister to weaken Britain’s climate policy.
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...
We only know this because Democracy for Sale won a two-year legal fight to force the government to hand over the documents.
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/victory-we...