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Sébastien Turban @ptitseb.bsky.social · 11d

How much would mothers earn if they didn't have children?

A review of the child penalty literature

China's "Anti-Involution" Campaign: Global Implications

Sébastien Turban @ptitseb.bsky.social · 18d

China's "Anti-Involution" Campaign: Global Implications
theovershoot.co/p/chinas-ant...

Slashing excessive investment seems to be easier than ramping up domestic consumption. Net exports, supported by FX management, seem to be making up the difference.

theovershoot.co

www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...

Sébastien Turban @ptitseb.bsky.social · Sep 1

« Le budget de l’éducation nationale est artificiellement gonflé »

Les débats sur la dépense d’éducation, souvent jugée trop élevée, sont biaisés par les règles de calcul de la retraite des fonctionnaires d’Etat, juge l’économiste Julien Grenet.

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www.theargumentmag.com/p/giving-peo...

Sébastien Turban @ptitseb.bsky.social · Aug 19

Giving people money helped less than I thought it would

Ending the war on poverty will take more than cash transfers

www.theargumentmag.com

For Some Patients, the ‘Inner Voice’ May Soon Be Audible

Reposted by Sébastien Turban

Ben Golub @bengolub.bsky.social · Jul 24

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Sébastien Turban @ptitseb.bsky.social · Aug 15

For Some Patients, the ‘Inner Voice’ May Soon Be Audible www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/s...

Kennedy Cancels Nearly $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Contracts

Sébastien Turban @ptitseb.bsky.social · Aug 6

Kennedy Cancels Nearly $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Contracts www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/h...

Why Are Americans So Scared of Talking to Each Other?

Sébastien Turban @ptitseb.bsky.social · Jul 28

Why Are Americans So Scared of Talking to Each Other?
www.derekthompson.org/p/why-are-we...

An interview with the social psychologist Adam Mastroianni about American aloneness and why the secret to great conversations is ... "doorknobs."

www.derekthompson.org

Sébastien Turban @ptitseb.bsky.social · Jul 26

Don’t Blame AI For The Rise in Recent Graduate Unemployment employamerica.org/labor-market...

Don’t Blame AI For The Rise in Recent Graduate Unemployment

AI may be a hot topic, but there isn't strong evidence that it’s responsible for the weaker labor market for recent college graduates.

employamerica.org

Who will train the next generation?

Sébastien Turban @ptitseb.bsky.social · Jul 23

The AI Becker problem
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The AI Becker problem

Racial Inequality in France

Sébastien Turban @ptitseb.bsky.social · Jul 14

Racial Inequality in France nber.org/papers/w34013 "We study racial inequality in 21st century France. Using parents’ nationality at birth, we overcome the lack of ethno-racial statistics stemming from the country’s “color-blind” approach."

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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Sébastien Turban @ptitseb.bsky.social · Jun 7

Trump thinks Americans consume too much. He has a point
www.economist.com/finance-and-...
From The Economist

Trump thinks Americans consume too much. He has a point

He will not like the remedy, however

www.economist.com

Sébastien Turban @ptitseb.bsky.social · Jun 5

Comment mesurer l'évolution du pouvoir d'achat de l'ensemble des ménages ? blog.insee.fr/mesurer-l-ev...

Comment mesurer l'évolution du pouvoir d'achat de l'ensemble des ménages ?

Si la crise inflationniste des années 2022 et 2023 a remis la question du pouvoir d’achat au centre des préoccupations des Français, elle a aussi ravivé les

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Sébastien Turban @ptitseb.bsky.social · May 30

www.noahpinion.blog/p/service-co...

Service costs aren't exploding anymore

Another common economic narrative that's out of date.

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Sébastien Turban @ptitseb.bsky.social · May 25

The Spy Factory www.nytimes.com/2025/05/21/w...

The Spy Factory

How Xi sparked China’s electricity revolution

Sébastien Turban @ptitseb.bsky.social · May 17

How Xi sparked China’s electricity revolution ft.com/content/f867... via @financialtimes.com

Beijing’s aggressive pursuit of energy self-sufficiency could give it the upper hand in the trade war with the US

ft.com

Sébastien Turban @ptitseb.bsky.social · May 15

Why are solar panels and batteries from China so cheap?
www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/china-chea...

Why are solar panels and batteries from China so cheap?

It's more to do with automation and state-of-the art manufacturing processes than cheap labour.

www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com

Location Effects or Sorting? Evidence from Firm Relocation

Sébastien Turban @ptitseb.bsky.social · May 12

Location Effects or Sorting? Evidence from Firm Relocation www.nber.org/papers/w33779 "location effects...account for only 2%–5% of the total variance in log wages...Differences in worker composition across cities explain ~ 30%..., diff in firm composition...an additional 15%."

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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Should We Worry About Global Imbalances?

Sébastien Turban @ptitseb.bsky.social · May 2

Understanding the Effects of Tariffs www.aei.org/research-pro... This is really well written

www.aei.org

Sébastien Turban @ptitseb.bsky.social · May 1

Should We Worry About Global Imbalances?
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On the significance of safe asset shortages

Sous-indexer certaines pensions de retraite : pourquoi et comment ? - Blog IPP

Sébastien Turban @ptitseb.bsky.social · Apr 27

Sous-indexer certaines pensions de retraite : pourquoi et comment ? blog.ipp.eu/2025/04/08/s...

Les débats récents ont fait émerger, entre autres, l’idée d’une modération des dépenses de retraite par le biais d’une revalorisation des pensions inférieure au taux prévu par la Loi, à savoir l’infla...

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Sébastien Turban @ptitseb.bsky.social · Apr 20

Is Dollar Dominance Good for the U.S.?
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Is Dollar Dominance Good for the U.S.?

Thoughts on the U.S.'s so-called exorbitant privilege.

Daily Pill May Work as Well as Ozempic for Weight Loss and Blood Sugar

Sébastien Turban @ptitseb.bsky.social · Apr 18

Daily Pill May Work as Well as Ozempic for Weight Loss and Blood Sugar www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/h...

Eli Lilly said clinical results of its GLP-1 in pill form showed safety and efficacy data similar to blockbuster injectable drugs.