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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 22d

Nice framework. And the normative complement would be that it is OK for majorities in power to delegate to technocratic bodies when they fear their future selves (the usual time inconsistency argument), but not OK when they want to lock in policy because the opposition might rule in the future.

Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 22d

Interested in a take that situates the Cook saga -- and concerns about the erosion of Fed independence -- in a broader theoretical framework? Then, check out the updated version of this working paper by @grattonecon.bsky.social and myself. gratton.org/papers/Techn...

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 22d

Interested in a take that situates the Cook saga -- and concerns about the erosion of Fed independence -- in a broader theoretical framework? Then, check out the updated version of this working paper by @grattonecon.bsky.social and myself. gratton.org/papers/Techn...

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · 24d

The new edition of Weber meets Kafka is out!
@grattonecon.bsky.social, Luigi Guiso, Claudio Michelacci, and Massimo Morelli. 2021. ‘From Weber to Kafka: Political Instability and the Overproduction of Laws’. American Economic Review 111(9): 2964–3003. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

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Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · Sep 2

🚨Announcing the 2025

Australian Political Economy Workshop (APEN 2025)

18 November, @unswecon.bsky.social

‪@lalthoff.bsky.social‬, @kathrynbaragwanath.bsky.social, P Bhattacharya, R Dahis, @anjaprummer.bsky.social , D Strömberg, L Welnner

REGISTER AT sites.google.com/view/apenetw...

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Australian Political Economy Network

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Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · Sep 1

Hyping!

2025 Australian Political Economy Workshop

@unswecon.bsky.social, 18 November

Announcements, emails, speakers list coming this week!

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UNSW Economics Dept @unswecon.bsky.social · Aug 29

Today’s econ seminar featured Ruben Durante presenting amazing work on the effect of GenAI on demand for news (joint with @filipecampante.bsky.social and @ananyasen.bsky.social)

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Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · Aug 24

Today at @sioecon.bsky.social 2025. How politicians polarize the public debate.

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Jacob Edenhofer @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social · Aug 24

Thermostatic public opinion seems to be something of a stylised fact. Its microfoundations are not obvious. If policymakers are vote-seeking and voters are spatial, and both are perfectly informed, then policy should converge to the vote-max. position with no systematic over- or undershooting.

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Filipe Campante @filipecampante.bsky.social · Aug 20

People will read this as “Democrats are doomed”, but in our duopolistic system it most likely means they’re ripe for the kind of hostile takeover that Trump pulled off in the GOP. It’s a good bet that the 2028 nominee won’t be an elected official. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/20/u...

The Democratic Party Faces a Voter Registration Crisis

www.nytimes.com

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UNSW Economics Dept @unswecon.bsky.social · Aug 20

Our seminar speaker today, Gianluca Russo, and our very own Pauline Grosjean discussing Gianluca’s amazing work uncovering the intended and unintended effects of transitional justice programs using aggregate and individual data from South Africa.

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Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · Aug 17

One of my fav conferences--and a mandatory experience for those interested in organizational and political economy. For the first time in the souther emisphere! 👇

UNSW Economics Dept @unswecon.bsky.social · Aug 17

Less than a week to go! We're looking forward to hosting more than 200 researchers for @sioecon.bsky.social 2025!

Program and info: www.sioe.org/conference/2...

SIOE 2025 | SIOE

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UNSW Economics Dept @unswecon.bsky.social · Aug 17

Less than a week to go! We're looking forward to hosting more than 200 researchers for @sioecon.bsky.social 2025!

Program and info: www.sioe.org/conference/2...

SIOE 2025 | SIOE

www.sioe.org

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · Aug 13

In econ, caring about causal identification is centrist-neoliberal coded. In poli sci, it's conservative coded. On twitter, it's left coded.

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Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · Aug 13

What is unclear to me is whether you find writing about Jesus less soothing per se or only if in combination with art, insanity, and sex and death. In any case, sounds like an interesting novel to me.

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Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · Aug 13

You already climb the walls.

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Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · Aug 13

I used to find it normal to get an espresso after dinner. My dad still does, so it’s not an age thing—I just became more boring.

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UNSW Economics Dept @unswecon.bsky.social · Aug 9

Do you want to read more about our research but are intimidated by the maths in our papers?
businessthink.unsw.edu.xn--aus-so0a research spotlights feature easy-to-read explainers of some of our most insightful research, together with policy and current event analysis by our researchers.

https://businessthink.unsw.edu.au’s

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UNSW Economics Dept @unswecon.bsky.social · Aug 9

Here an explainer featuring @grattonecon.bsky.social's insights into the roots of anti-technocratic populism. t.co/YsgwPmvfF6

https://www.businessthink.unsw.edu.au/articles/technocratic-democracy-populism-democratic-stability

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Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · Aug 9

I believe it’s the mullet star in the university (and state) crest, here marking what looks like an equilibrium point

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UNSW Economics Dept @unswecon.bsky.social · Aug 9

Check this out: we’ve got a new look!

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UNSW Economics Dept @unswecon.bsky.social · Aug 8

Terrific talk today by Lukas Wellner (Monash) on a sadly timely topic, using rich data from WWI and interwar Germany: how war losses in human capital affect postwar economic structural changes.

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Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · Aug 7

My letter to the editor in a just world 👇

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UNSW Economics Dept @unswecon.bsky.social · Aug 7

It was great to host our research partners from e61 Institute today. Looking forward to seeing our joint research projects contribute to academic research and enable positive societal change!

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Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · Aug 5

We have a logo! 💪

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Federico Trombetta @icotrombetta.bsky.social · Aug 4

🚨Davide Cipullo, Tommaso Colussi, Domenico Rossignoli and I are excited to open the call for the 2nd UniCatt Political Economy workshop! We have 2 great keynotes: Alessandra Casella and David Yanagizawa-Drott. Send us your papers (theory or empirics) and let us meet in Milano on December 18.

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