Bas Jacobs
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Professor of Public Economics Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Columnist EW Magazine https://jacobs73.home.xs4all.nl/

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basjacobs.bsky.social
Podcast Droom en Daad - Aflevering 4 - Alleen goede schoolleiders kunnen ons onderwijs redden - Met hoogleraar onderwijseconomie Inge de Wolf - VU/EW: www.ewmagazine.nl/politiek/ach...

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Aankondiging: Podcast Droom en Daad met Esther van Rijswijk over politieke economie in aanloop naar de verkiezingen.
www.ewmagazine.nl/economie/ach...

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financialtimes.com
The new administration’s revelations need not justify vengeance — reconstruction can go hand in hand with reconciliation. But for reconciliation to take place, there must first be truth, writes technology entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel www.ft.com/content/a46c...
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Opinion: Europeans need to start preparing fast for the day when the US security guarantee to Europe is definitively removed www.ft.com/content/11f1...
James Ferguson illustration of a Nato flag with the outline of Europe torn out. Overlaid text reads 'Opinion: Vance's real warning to Europe'

gabrielzucman.bsky.social
The G7 is exempting American multinationals from the global minimum tax. It’s pathetic and scandalous.

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justinwolfers.bsky.social
1. Trump's tax cuts overwhelmingly help the rich
2. His spending cuts are targeted at the poor
3. Tariffs cost the poor a larger share of their income

Roll these three regressive policies together and you get the largest redistribution from poor to rich in American history.

The anti-Robin Hood.

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pkrugman.bsky.social
Folks, CBO estimate of the distributional effect of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is out: www.cbo.gov/system/files...

It's grotesque