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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 10h

Actually, the basic economics of it is even more ambiguous than that. First, opening up to trade results in a *rise* in the relative price of exportables. So it was not a good deal, even on prices, for consumers of food, say, or airplanes in the U.S. +

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Jesse D. Jenkins @jessedjenkins.com · 1d

Worldwide solar and wind power generation has outpaced electricity demand this year, and for the first time on record, renewable energies combined generated more power than coal, according to a new analysis.
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Solar and wind power has grown faster than electricity demand this year, report says

A new analysis of solar and wind power shows its generation worldwide has outpaced electricity demand this year.

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John Bistline @bistline.bsky.social · 14d

NEW TOOL: a one-stop, searchable home for 250+ state energy and climate policies, targets, and incentives. Perfect for planners, policy-makers, and analysts.

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Horatiu Rus @hrus.bsky.social · 14d

Inter-industry externalities

AERE @aereorg.bsky.social · 14d

📢 Out now in the September 2025 issue of #JAERE! 📢
"Industrial Water Pollution and Agricultural Production in India" by Nick Hagerty ( @hagertynw.bsky.social ) and Anshuman Tiwari.
Read it here: buff.ly/oAalYIW
📈📉 #Econsky

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 18d

Some new theoretical economics papers modelling the implications of AGI on the economy.

These two papers argue that a true AGI-level AI (equivalent to a human genius), if achieved, would eventually displace most human labor and reduce the economic value of remaining human work to near-zero.

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Horatiu Rus @hrus.bsky.social · 19d

After the entry into force of the WTO Fisheries Agreement, more good news for the fish! 🐟 🐠 #fishweek

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19d

Breaking News: A hard-fought international treaty to protect ocean life, decades in the making, cleared a final hurdle. It allows for the establishment of enormous conservation zones in international waters.

Hard-Fought Treaty to Protect Ocean Life Clears a Final Hurdle

The global High Seas Treaty, decades in the making, will become international law. It aims to create vast maritime conservation areas.

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Oliver Hanney @olihanney.bsky.social · 20d

🆕 Where to find development economics resources

I've updated my list of all the various sources of newsletters, articles, podcasts & videos relevant to development economics that I've come across in my three years at @voxdev.bsky.social: voxdev.org/topic/where-...

Where to find development economics resources: Newsletters, articles, podcasts & videos

Where can you find articles, podcasts, and videos about research and topics in development economics? This blog is your one-stop shop for accessible resources related to development economics.

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Mikal Skuterud @mikalskuterud.bsky.social · 22d

Please take some time to read the recommendations of the @CDHoweInstitute's Immigration Targets Council. The challenges are much bigger than the raw numbers. Canada's immigration policy needs a fundamental course correction.
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Immigration Policy Still in Need of a Course Correction – C.D. Howe Institute

Second Meeting of the C.D. Howe Institute Immigration Targets Council The C.D. Howe Institute Immigration Targets Council held its second meeting on August 26, 2025, bringing together leading academic...

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Horatiu Rus @hrus.bsky.social · 22d

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Horatiu Rus @hrus.bsky.social · 23d

A rare WTO & #globalgovernance win: Ban “subsidies for overfished stocks and for fishing in international waters beyond their jurisdictions. Poorer states will be able to access a fund to help ease them into the deal”

Reuters @reuters.com · 23d

Deal to curb billions in overfishing subsidies comes into force at WTO reut.rs/481RZV9

Deal to curb billions in overfishing subsidies comes into force at WTO

A landmark agreement to curb billions of dollars in subsidies contributing to overfishing came into force on Monday, the World Trade Organization said - a move activists hailed as a step towards helping global fish stocks recover.

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International Institute for Sustainable Development @iisd.org · 23d

🎉 The @WTO #FisheriesSubsidies Agreement is now in force–a big step to curb subsidies threatening #SustDev.

But the work isn’t over yet. It’s crucial to implement the agreement & conclude additional rules to #StopFundingOverfishing.

🔗 www.iisd.org/articles/sta...

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Raywat Deonandan @deonandan.bsky.social · 26d

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Horatiu Rus @hrus.bsky.social · 26d

#Hustlenothammock

Trending Finance @trending-finance.bsky.social · 27d

UBI nudges hustle, not hammock. #econsky

The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 27d

Economists worry that a "universal basic income" would make recipients lazier. Data from programs around the world suggests the opposite is true, write Nobel Prize-winners Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo.

Horatiu Rus @hrus.bsky.social · 26d

…and the wisdom to tell the difference

Trending Stocks @trending-stocks.bsky.social · 27d

Tariffs to protect, not provoke. #econsky

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 27d

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum defended her push to slap new tariffs on Chinese imports, insisting she does not seek conflict with the world’s No. 2 economy but instead wants to protect domestic industry

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · Sep 2

🆕 Climate change, natural resources, and conflict: Navigating a complex nexus

Today on VoxDev, Oliver Vanden Eynde (@pse.bsky.social)‬ & @jvargas.bsky.social (Collegio Carlo Alberto) discuss how extreme weather and the green transition are reshaping global conflict: voxdev.org/topic/energy...

Climate change, natural resources, and conflict: Navigating a complex nexus

Extreme weather and the green transition are reshaping global conflict. We summarise the evidence on this trend and explore how policy can respond.

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Oliver Hanney @olihanney.bsky.social · Sep 2

Back to teaching or studying economics at university this September?

@voxdev.bsky.social has tons of useful resources for university economics courses - I have included some examples in this thread. 1/n

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · Jul 25

🆕 How trade liberalisation erodes the advantage of political connections

Today on VoxDev, @sjavervall.bsky.social‬ (@kiel.institute) & @rkhoban.bsky.social‬ (@econ.uzh.ch) discuss how tariff cuts in India reduced firms' reliance on political connections: voxdev.org/topic/trade/...

How trade liberalisation erodes the advantage of political connections

Tariff cuts in India reduced firms’ reliance on political connections, lowering politically driven misallocation and addressing a common source of inefficiency.

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R.E.M. @remhq.bsky.social · Jul 24

You’re Gonna Be A 🌟

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Horatiu Rus @hrus.bsky.social · Jul 24

Should have said active agreement >> inactive :)

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Horatiu Rus @hrus.bsky.social · Jul 24

Abolutely, excellent point. But agreement >> no agreement.

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Horatiu Rus @hrus.bsky.social · Jul 24

5 countries to go

Peter Ungphakorn @coppetainpu.bsky.social · Jul 24

Argentina ratified the 2022 WTO Fisheries Subsidies Agreement on Tuesday. Only 5 more are needed to reach 111 (two thirds of the 166 members) and activate it in ratifying countries. In the pipeline: Brazil, Kenya and Mali. A special General Council meeting is being planned to celebrate 111

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WTO members are slow to ratify the Fisheries Subsidies Agreement

That was June 17, 2022. Now the third anniversary has come and gone, and still the much-celebrated “consensus” agreement isn’t in force anywhere in the world. Speaks volumes for governments’ commit…

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Horatiu Rus @hrus.bsky.social · Jul 21

Haha

Noah Williams @bellmanequation.bsky.social · Jul 21

A question no one has asked:

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Horatiu Rus @hrus.bsky.social · Jul 21

“bilateral asymmetry in import dependence [… as] a source of coercive power towards one another”
www.nber.org/papers/w34006

International Power

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...

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GeoffHiggins 🍉 @geoffhiggins.bsky.social · Jun 22

Terrifying. But important to share.

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Show Your Stripes

Visualising how the climate has changed for every country across the globe

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Environmental Politics @environmentalpol.bsky.social · Jul 17

New guest post!

In this interview, @profkharrison.bsky.social and @aleach.ca discuss the role of domestic forces versus external shocks in Canada’s climate policymaking.

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Title: Domestic forces versus external shocks: An interview about Canada’s climate policymaking.
Abstract: In this interview Kathryn Harrison and Andrew Leach discuss the research and findings of their recent article in Environmental Politics: Climate policymaking in crisis: the impact of declining oil prices, COVID-19, and the Ukraine war in Canada. This article is from a forthcoming Symposium, titled “Climate Policy in an Era of Disruption: The Impacts of COVID-19 and the War in Ukraine on the United States, Russia, Canada, and EU’, see also the interview with Laura A. Henry and Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom on their case study of Russia.

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