Fiona Scott Morton
@proffionasm.bsky.social
Economics professor;, competition, antitrust, IO, healthcare
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Best way to stop the conquest of Greenland is to point out the likelihood of two additional Democratic senators.
January 14, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Best way to stop the conquest of Greenland is to point out the likelihood of two additional Democratic senators.
The FT writes: Jamie Dimon warns Trump administration’s attacks on Fed could boost inflation
Sounds like many of these people thought they could get a dragon elected and then control the dragon. But it turns out (as one could know from history, literature, myths) that dragons can’t be controlled.
Sounds like many of these people thought they could get a dragon elected and then control the dragon. But it turns out (as one could know from history, literature, myths) that dragons can’t be controlled.
January 14, 2026 at 2:15 AM
The FT writes: Jamie Dimon warns Trump administration’s attacks on Fed could boost inflation
Sounds like many of these people thought they could get a dragon elected and then control the dragon. But it turns out (as one could know from history, literature, myths) that dragons can’t be controlled.
Sounds like many of these people thought they could get a dragon elected and then control the dragon. But it turns out (as one could know from history, literature, myths) that dragons can’t be controlled.
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First Amendment does not protect protesters but it does protect CSAM social media apps.
Rep. Roger Williams: "People need to quit demonstrating, quit yelling at law enforcement, challenging law enforcement, and begin to get civil."
January 9, 2026 at 2:41 PM
First Amendment does not protect protesters but it does protect CSAM social media apps.
What he said! 👇
New article🚨: @proffionasm.bsky.social & I have written an article titled "Monopolization in Europe: Understanding Dominance as an Ability". Our starting point: Why has #competition law enforcement failed us so often in recent years (esp. in cases of abusive practices by dominant companies)? (1/3)
January 8, 2026 at 12:35 AM
What he said! 👇
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What is wrong with men?
NEW Economist/YouGov
Net job approval for Donald Trump [at the start of his second term | now] among...
U.S. adult citizens +6 | -17
Men +17 | -2
Women -5 | -31
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Net job approval for Donald Trump [at the start of his second term | now] among...
U.S. adult citizens +6 | -17
Men +17 | -2
Women -5 | -31
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d3nkl3psvxxpe9.cloudfront.net/documents/ec...
January 7, 2026 at 11:27 PM
What is wrong with men?
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Steph Curry Finally Finishes Eating Mouthguard
January 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Steph Curry Finally Finishes Eating Mouthguard
I have a new paper w Andrea Prat & Jake Spitz. We show that Republican appointed Supreme Court Justices vote in favor of the richer party by over 70% today, as compared to D’s at 30%. In the 1950s and both were at 50%. This strong trend may contribute to rising inequality. www.nber.org/papers/w34643
Ruling for the Rich: the Supreme Court over Time
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
January 5, 2026 at 9:14 AM
I have a new paper w Andrea Prat & Jake Spitz. We show that Republican appointed Supreme Court Justices vote in favor of the richer party by over 70% today, as compared to D’s at 30%. In the 1950s and both were at 50%. This strong trend may contribute to rising inequality. www.nber.org/papers/w34643
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"Looking at the share of a justice's decisions that favor the wealthy over the course of our analysis period, we see that the court becomes more and more polarized along partisan lines." www.nber.org/papers/w34643
American democracy is truly in dire straits...
American democracy is truly in dire straits...
January 5, 2026 at 7:11 AM
"Looking at the share of a justice's decisions that favor the wealthy over the course of our analysis period, we see that the court becomes more and more polarized along partisan lines." www.nber.org/papers/w34643
American democracy is truly in dire straits...
American democracy is truly in dire straits...
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After this, the EU should absolutely proceed on the assumption that Trump meant what he said about Greenland. Nothing is off the table anymore.
January 3, 2026 at 10:41 AM
After this, the EU should absolutely proceed on the assumption that Trump meant what he said about Greenland. Nothing is off the table anymore.
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Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
January 3, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Marco Rubio is reportedly saying Maduro will stand trial in US courts.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
Which means it’s now the US administration’s position that US courts can hold foreign presidents, but not the US president, accountable for crimes.
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Skiing, an activity that Paul calls outdated, fixes this.
Log number 830: the children are still here. We have completed our 1000th Lego project. I see the contours of the universe as Lego fragments. My daughter has already given me 45 dolls as grandchildren. Please start school soon.
Today marks 8 months since the last time my kids were last in school*
*time may have slowed down.
*time may have slowed down.
January 2, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Skiing, an activity that Paul calls outdated, fixes this.
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MAGA: Sweden is in the midst of civil war, on the cusp of civilisational erasure
Swedes: on your paid holiday, please borrow some free skates so you can enjoy our public rink in the middle of the idyllic square in the heart of our walkable city.
Swedes: on your paid holiday, please borrow some free skates so you can enjoy our public rink in the middle of the idyllic square in the heart of our walkable city.
December 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
MAGA: Sweden is in the midst of civil war, on the cusp of civilisational erasure
Swedes: on your paid holiday, please borrow some free skates so you can enjoy our public rink in the middle of the idyllic square in the heart of our walkable city.
Swedes: on your paid holiday, please borrow some free skates so you can enjoy our public rink in the middle of the idyllic square in the heart of our walkable city.
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I'm watching his speech and it's wild he has no idea what's going on in the country.
54% of Americans say they won't be able to pay for health care next year.
25% skipped a meal because they couldn't afford it.
The economy is good for billionaires. That's all he cares about.
54% of Americans say they won't be able to pay for health care next year.
25% skipped a meal because they couldn't afford it.
The economy is good for billionaires. That's all he cares about.
December 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I'm watching his speech and it's wild he has no idea what's going on in the country.
54% of Americans say they won't be able to pay for health care next year.
25% skipped a meal because they couldn't afford it.
The economy is good for billionaires. That's all he cares about.
54% of Americans say they won't be able to pay for health care next year.
25% skipped a meal because they couldn't afford it.
The economy is good for billionaires. That's all he cares about.
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The brilliant Kate Ho has passed away.
She was an amazing economist and a genuinely kind human being. Her work shaped how we think about healthcare markets and her generosity touched everyone lucky enough to know her.
The profession and the world are poorer without her.
She was an amazing economist and a genuinely kind human being. Her work shaped how we think about healthcare markets and her generosity touched everyone lucky enough to know her.
The profession and the world are poorer without her.
December 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The brilliant Kate Ho has passed away.
She was an amazing economist and a genuinely kind human being. Her work shaped how we think about healthcare markets and her generosity touched everyone lucky enough to know her.
The profession and the world are poorer without her.
She was an amazing economist and a genuinely kind human being. Her work shaped how we think about healthcare markets and her generosity touched everyone lucky enough to know her.
The profession and the world are poorer without her.
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💡Regime0: Kickstarting growth with an EU wide startup incorporation regime
🗓️10 December 2025 11:30-12:30
JOIN US TOMORROW!
W/ Reinhilde Veugelers, @proffionasm.bsky.social, Antonio García del Riego, Amaryllis Verhoeven, Martin Schoonbroodt and Robin Wauters.
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🗓️10 December 2025 11:30-12:30
JOIN US TOMORROW!
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December 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
💡Regime0: Kickstarting growth with an EU wide startup incorporation regime
🗓️10 December 2025 11:30-12:30
JOIN US TOMORROW!
W/ Reinhilde Veugelers, @proffionasm.bsky.social, Antonio García del Riego, Amaryllis Verhoeven, Martin Schoonbroodt and Robin Wauters.
🔗 Sign up: buff.ly/DD7EjWO
🗓️10 December 2025 11:30-12:30
JOIN US TOMORROW!
W/ Reinhilde Veugelers, @proffionasm.bsky.social, Antonio García del Riego, Amaryllis Verhoeven, Martin Schoonbroodt and Robin Wauters.
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‘Elon Musk won’t stop. It’s time the British government got off X’
✍️ @willjennings.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3LB746A
✍️ @willjennings.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3LB746A
‘Elon Musk won’t stop. It’s time the British government g...
The platform has become a swamp of disinformation. Politicians should lead the way out of it
bit.ly
October 31, 2025 at 9:25 AM
‘Elon Musk won’t stop. It’s time the British government got off X’
✍️ @willjennings.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3LB746A
✍️ @willjennings.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3LB746A
Why has leaving X not already happened? What responsible government is propping up and giving revenue to X with its news?
Good. Now leave that platform.
Today, we fined X for non-compliance with transparency obligations under the DSA.
We're holding X accountable for:
🔹Deceptive design of its ‘blue checkmark’
🔹Lack of transparency of its advertising repository
🔹Failure to provide access to public data for researchers
link.europa.eu/bcmC87
We're holding X accountable for:
🔹Deceptive design of its ‘blue checkmark’
🔹Lack of transparency of its advertising repository
🔹Failure to provide access to public data for researchers
link.europa.eu/bcmC87
December 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Why has leaving X not already happened? What responsible government is propping up and giving revenue to X with its news?
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I happen to think Donald Trump getting a prize from the most corrupt organization in the world is actually perfect.
December 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I happen to think Donald Trump getting a prize from the most corrupt organization in the world is actually perfect.
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who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
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Just leaving this here. www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Why Canada should join the EU
Europe needs space and resources, Canada needs people. Let’s deal
www.economist.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Just leaving this here. www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
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💡Regime0: Kickstarting growth with an EU wide startup incorporation regime
🗓️10 December 2025 11:30-12:30
How to attract entrepreneurs to invest in Europe? W/ Reinhilde Veugelers, @proffionasm.bsky.social & Antonio García del Riego.
🔗 Sign up for the event: buff.ly/Q0h9oqa
🗓️10 December 2025 11:30-12:30
How to attract entrepreneurs to invest in Europe? W/ Reinhilde Veugelers, @proffionasm.bsky.social & Antonio García del Riego.
🔗 Sign up for the event: buff.ly/Q0h9oqa
November 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
💡Regime0: Kickstarting growth with an EU wide startup incorporation regime
🗓️10 December 2025 11:30-12:30
How to attract entrepreneurs to invest in Europe? W/ Reinhilde Veugelers, @proffionasm.bsky.social & Antonio García del Riego.
🔗 Sign up for the event: buff.ly/Q0h9oqa
🗓️10 December 2025 11:30-12:30
How to attract entrepreneurs to invest in Europe? W/ Reinhilde Veugelers, @proffionasm.bsky.social & Antonio García del Riego.
🔗 Sign up for the event: buff.ly/Q0h9oqa
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ICYMI: New paper for causal effects with panel data, subsuming other approaches. We generate realistic synthetic data based on commonly studied datasets, showing our method substantially outperforms others and providing insight about what in the data-generating process corresponds to gains.
New paper: Triply Robust Panel Estimators (TROP) by @susanathey.bsky.social @guidoimbens.bsky.social Zhaonan Qu @vivianodavide.bsky.social.
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.21536
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.21536
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
ICYMI: New paper for causal effects with panel data, subsuming other approaches. We generate realistic synthetic data based on commonly studied datasets, showing our method substantially outperforms others and providing insight about what in the data-generating process corresponds to gains.
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"academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it... The dominant four collectively generated... $12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024."
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 AM
"academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it... The dominant four collectively generated... $12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024."
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November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Just generally I wish there was more enforcement around scams and fraud. Maybe it’s a drop in the bucket, but enforcing the laws that protect our most vulnerable Americans from financial ruin seems like it’s always a good idea.
"Every six months, Meta earns $3.5 billion from just the portion of scam ads that 'present higher legal risk,' the [Meta] document says, such as those falsely claiming to represent a consumer brand...That figure almost certainly exceeds 'the cost of any regulatory settlement involving scam ads.'”
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Just generally I wish there was more enforcement around scams and fraud. Maybe it’s a drop in the bucket, but enforcing the laws that protect our most vulnerable Americans from financial ruin seems like it’s always a good idea.