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Which does not mean that the EU needs no reform:
The key priority should be to invest massively in education, universities, research, public infrastructure, and energy transition
The key to its future productivity and prosperity
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The key priority should be to invest massively in education, universities, research, public infrastructure, and energy transition
The key to its future productivity and prosperity
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December 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Which does not mean that the EU needs no reform:
The key priority should be to invest massively in education, universities, research, public infrastructure, and energy transition
The key to its future productivity and prosperity
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The key priority should be to invest massively in education, universities, research, public infrastructure, and energy transition
The key to its future productivity and prosperity
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More leisure, better health outcomes, less inequality, less carbon emissions, all of which with broadly similar productivity:
The EU can be proud of its development model, and the Trumpists (and European conservatives that echo them) should keep it down a bit
The EU can be proud of its development model, and the Trumpists (and European conservatives that echo them) should keep it down a bit
December 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
More leisure, better health outcomes, less inequality, less carbon emissions, all of which with broadly similar productivity:
The EU can be proud of its development model, and the Trumpists (and European conservatives that echo them) should keep it down a bit
The EU can be proud of its development model, and the Trumpists (and European conservatives that echo them) should keep it down a bit
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It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
December 12, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
Reposted by Georg von Graevenitz
it would be a genuine novelty if a billboard on the 101 in the bay area tried to sell me a burger / soda / ambulance-chasing legal advice
December 14, 2025 at 5:00 AM
it would be a genuine novelty if a billboard on the 101 in the bay area tried to sell me a burger / soda / ambulance-chasing legal advice
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WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
December 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
Reposted by Georg von Graevenitz
NEW!! Senator Shaheen Condemns 'Unprecedented' Steps to Silence Georgian Citizens
The top Senate Democrat on foreign policy warns GD's repressive laws and crackdown on opposition 'align squarely with Moscow’s interests' as democratic future is threatened.
www.facebook.com/a.raufoglu/p...
The top Senate Democrat on foreign policy warns GD's repressive laws and crackdown on opposition 'align squarely with Moscow’s interests' as democratic future is threatened.
www.facebook.com/a.raufoglu/p...
December 13, 2025 at 1:38 AM
NEW!! Senator Shaheen Condemns 'Unprecedented' Steps to Silence Georgian Citizens
The top Senate Democrat on foreign policy warns GD's repressive laws and crackdown on opposition 'align squarely with Moscow’s interests' as democratic future is threatened.
www.facebook.com/a.raufoglu/p...
The top Senate Democrat on foreign policy warns GD's repressive laws and crackdown on opposition 'align squarely with Moscow’s interests' as democratic future is threatened.
www.facebook.com/a.raufoglu/p...
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Garcia: "Some of the other photos that we did not put out today are incredibly disturbing"
December 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Garcia: "Some of the other photos that we did not put out today are incredibly disturbing"
Reposted by Georg von Graevenitz
I comment on the AI bubble risk in China Daily. www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202512/11/...
The bubble risk in AI investment boom
The more productive path forward is to recognize AI's strengths, acknowledge its limits and invest accordingly in the human capabilities that make any transformative technology truly valuable.
www.chinadaily.com.cn
December 11, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I comment on the AI bubble risk in China Daily. www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202512/11/...
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Attention PhD students: @theifs.bsky.social PhD studentships and PhD enrichment placements are now open for application.
If you're interested, fulfill the criteria and work broadly on productivity, firm dynamics, IO or org econ, feel free to reach out for a chat.
If you're interested, fulfill the criteria and work broadly on productivity, firm dynamics, IO or org econ, feel free to reach out for a chat.
Accepted onto, working on or about to complete an economics PhD? We're hiring for the following roles in the New Year:
📊 PhD Studentship (apply by 6 Feb 2026)
📊 PhD Enrichment Placement (by 6 Feb)
📊 Postdoctoral Fellow (by 4 Jan)
Find out more: ifs.org.uk/jobs
📊 PhD Studentship (apply by 6 Feb 2026)
📊 PhD Enrichment Placement (by 6 Feb)
📊 Postdoctoral Fellow (by 4 Jan)
Find out more: ifs.org.uk/jobs
December 11, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Attention PhD students: @theifs.bsky.social PhD studentships and PhD enrichment placements are now open for application.
If you're interested, fulfill the criteria and work broadly on productivity, firm dynamics, IO or org econ, feel free to reach out for a chat.
If you're interested, fulfill the criteria and work broadly on productivity, firm dynamics, IO or org econ, feel free to reach out for a chat.
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Today's first annual conference of the Industrial Policy Lab at @kiel.institute @zew.de and @hertieschool.bsky.social is all about The New Economics of Industrial Policy. We are in Berlin, and it will be legendary
December 12, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Today's first annual conference of the Industrial Policy Lab at @kiel.institute @zew.de and @hertieschool.bsky.social is all about The New Economics of Industrial Policy. We are in Berlin, and it will be legendary
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Still time to get the "Too Like the Lightning" ebook for $2.99 today in the goldbox sale: www.amazon.com/Too-Like-Lig...
December 11, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Still time to get the "Too Like the Lightning" ebook for $2.99 today in the goldbox sale: www.amazon.com/Too-Like-Lig...
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Well now, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
December 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Well now, would you look at that? A massive, 4-YEAR-LONG study of NEARLY 30 MILLION people in France found that individuals who received a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine had a 74% LOWER risk of death from severe COVID-19 compared to unvaccinated individuals and ZERO increased risk of all-cause mortality.
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The European Union has triggered Article 122 to indefinitely immobilise the assets of the Russian Central Bank, worth a whopping €210 billion.
I explain what just happened and why this is such a big deal for Europeans.
🧵 Long thread.
I explain what just happened and why this is such a big deal for Europeans.
🧵 Long thread.
December 11, 2025 at 6:16 PM
The European Union has triggered Article 122 to indefinitely immobilise the assets of the Russian Central Bank, worth a whopping €210 billion.
I explain what just happened and why this is such a big deal for Europeans.
🧵 Long thread.
I explain what just happened and why this is such a big deal for Europeans.
🧵 Long thread.
Reposted by Georg von Graevenitz
On Tuesday, Pritzker signed a bill that makes it easier for Illinois residents to sue federal immigration agents for up to $10,000 if they believe their rights have been violated, and also restricts those agents from enforcement outside courthouses.
Governor Pritzker Makes It Easier for People to Sue ICE
The Illinois governor has signed a major bill to rein in ICE agents.
newrepublic.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
On Tuesday, Pritzker signed a bill that makes it easier for Illinois residents to sue federal immigration agents for up to $10,000 if they believe their rights have been violated, and also restricts those agents from enforcement outside courthouses.
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🔥 JUST IN: Now that protests are banned even on pavements and people will face up to a year in prison for that grave “crime,” Archimandrite Dorote Kurashvili announced a service to Saint George this evening on Rustaveli at 20:00, and said the service could be held every day upon public will.
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December 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
🔥 JUST IN: Now that protests are banned even on pavements and people will face up to a year in prison for that grave “crime,” Archimandrite Dorote Kurashvili announced a service to Saint George this evening on Rustaveli at 20:00, and said the service could be held every day upon public will.
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Reposted by Georg von Graevenitz
A big development of the last 6 weeks in UK-EU relations has been the understanding in the UK that deepening relations will mean greater movement of people as well as financial contributions to the EU. This actually opens up the debate from stale reruns... ukandeu.ac.uk/the-continui...
The continuing search for a workable Brexit - UK in a changing Europe
John Springford looks at the economic impact of the Brexit deal. He argues that while backtracking on Brexit red lines such as joining a customs union would not be politically simple, the domestic ref...
ukandeu.ac.uk
December 11, 2025 at 8:14 AM
A big development of the last 6 weeks in UK-EU relations has been the understanding in the UK that deepening relations will mean greater movement of people as well as financial contributions to the EU. This actually opens up the debate from stale reruns... ukandeu.ac.uk/the-continui...
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ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:16 AM
ICYMI — “I identified myself as a U.S. citizen and a veteran, but that didn't matter. ICE Agents smashed my window, sprayed tear gas and pepper spray into my car, dragged me out… this experience violated the very principles I fought to defend.”
Reposted by Georg von Graevenitz
This sounds quite difficult to administer.
At least the US isn’t due to host any major international sporting events attracting fans from dozens of countries any time soon.
news.sky.com/story/us-pla...
At least the US isn’t due to host any major international sporting events attracting fans from dozens of countries any time soon.
news.sky.com/story/us-pla...
US plans to start checking all tourists' social media
The potential social media mandate being proposed by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) would apply to anyone visiting, whether they require a visa or not.
news.sky.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
This sounds quite difficult to administer.
At least the US isn’t due to host any major international sporting events attracting fans from dozens of countries any time soon.
news.sky.com/story/us-pla...
At least the US isn’t due to host any major international sporting events attracting fans from dozens of countries any time soon.
news.sky.com/story/us-pla...
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Message from NBER President Jim Poterba
December 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Message from NBER President Jim Poterba
Reposted by Georg von Graevenitz
Danke für die wichtige und dringend nötige Replik!
December 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Danke für die wichtige und dringend nötige Replik!
Reposted by Georg von Graevenitz
Reposted by Georg von Graevenitz
🚨New publication alert #econsky🚨
Thrilled to have “Suspended from Work and School? Impacts of layoff events and unemployment insurance on student disciplinary incidence” forthcoming at Labour Economics with @riacton.bsky.social and Austin Smith
Paper thread incoming 🧵
tinyurl.com/susp-ws
Thrilled to have “Suspended from Work and School? Impacts of layoff events and unemployment insurance on student disciplinary incidence” forthcoming at Labour Economics with @riacton.bsky.social and Austin Smith
Paper thread incoming 🧵
tinyurl.com/susp-ws
Suspended from work and school? Impacts of layoff events and unemployment insurance on student disciplinary incidence
We examine the impact of local labor market shocks and state unemployment insurance (UI) policies on student discipline in U.S. public schools. Analyz…
tinyurl.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🚨New publication alert #econsky🚨
Thrilled to have “Suspended from Work and School? Impacts of layoff events and unemployment insurance on student disciplinary incidence” forthcoming at Labour Economics with @riacton.bsky.social and Austin Smith
Paper thread incoming 🧵
tinyurl.com/susp-ws
Thrilled to have “Suspended from Work and School? Impacts of layoff events and unemployment insurance on student disciplinary incidence” forthcoming at Labour Economics with @riacton.bsky.social and Austin Smith
Paper thread incoming 🧵
tinyurl.com/susp-ws
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250 Organisationen fordern die Bundesregierung dazu auf, afghanische Schutzsuchende aus Pakistan aufzunehmen. Im Kabuler Appell schließen sich dieser Forderung viele Prominente an 👇
www.kabulluftbruecke.de/updates/kabu...
www.kabulluftbruecke.de/updates/kabu...
Kabuler Appell - Kabul Luftbrücke
Die Würde des Menschen ist unantastbar: Helfen wir den afghanischen [...]
www.kabulluftbruecke.de
December 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM
250 Organisationen fordern die Bundesregierung dazu auf, afghanische Schutzsuchende aus Pakistan aufzunehmen. Im Kabuler Appell schließen sich dieser Forderung viele Prominente an 👇
www.kabulluftbruecke.de/updates/kabu...
www.kabulluftbruecke.de/updates/kabu...
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I’ve posted this before but the light was perfect today- a little Victorian cat paw in a brick at the front of the old Norfolk & Norwich Hospital. As this is on the front-facing corner of the main gates, the bricklayer quite clearly put it there on purpose, at a height where children would spot it.
December 10, 2025 at 4:07 PM
I’ve posted this before but the light was perfect today- a little Victorian cat paw in a brick at the front of the old Norfolk & Norwich Hospital. As this is on the front-facing corner of the main gates, the bricklayer quite clearly put it there on purpose, at a height where children would spot it.
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Chicago is where Michelle was raised, where I got my start as an organizer, and where we built a family together. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next June, it will be our way to give back to a city that has given us so much. obama.org/presidential-center
December 10, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Chicago is where Michelle was raised, where I got my start as an organizer, and where we built a family together. When the Obama Presidential Center opens next June, it will be our way to give back to a city that has given us so much. obama.org/presidential-center