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by Christopher M. Meissner

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Welcome to California!
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Reposted by: Christopher M. Meissner, Alberto Bisin

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Oren Cass asks: "It would be wonderful to see economists willing to try a new course [tariffs?] when the one they’ve pursued has failed so spectacularly for so long." Actually, "we" did try another approach once and this is what we got . . .
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/o...
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by Mark Blyth — Reposted by: Christopher M. Meissner, William A. Allen

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For your weekend reading pleasure...

My first piece for The Atlantic is up. Its my take on what is going on at a macro level across the world. I hope you enjoy it, or they will not ask me to do another one: www.theatlantic.com/economy/arch...
The World Economy Is on the Brink of Epochal Change
Capitalism’s operating system is due for a major upgrade. How that turns out depends on enormously consequential political choices.
www.theatlantic.com
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by Mark Blyth — Reposted by: Christopher M. Meissner

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Inflation: A Guide for Users and Losers, makes the FT Best Summer Books List: ft.com/content/025b...

Just sayin...if you have beach day coming up...
Best summer books of 2025: Roula Khalaf, Stephen Bush and other FT journalists pick their favourites
FT editors, columnists and specialists share the titles that have inspired them
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Reposted by: Christopher M. Meissner, Noel D. Johnson

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And David Jacks with "Suez" #past #history #trade #technology #change #economics #econhis #shipping @chris-meissner.bsky.social
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by Christopher M. Meissner

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Yeah! Love it too but isn’t it a little dated?
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Pseudoerasmus @pseudoerasmus.bsky.social · Jun 10
This is better than Latin American structuralism or dependency theory or unequal exchange theory. But I'm not going to post this at the other place because I would be inundated with replies fans of those things, whereas the advantage here is I barely get engagement ;-)
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Reposted by: Christopher M. Meissner

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This is better than Latin American structuralism or dependency theory or unequal exchange theory. But I'm not going to post this at the other place because I would be inundated with replies fans of those things, whereas the advantage here is I barely get engagement ;-)
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by Christopher M. Meissner

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Just released. New WP on product quality and trade liberalization in France, 1850-1874. The economy was producing high quality items throughout, but liberalization decreased avg. quality but some main exports went up in quality.
www.nber.org/papers/w33902
The French Touch: Product Quality and France’s Great Trade Liberalization, 1850-1874
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...
www.nber.org
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by Christopher M. Meissner

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Looking forward to speaking later this week at Profs & Pints Alameda on "Trump, Trade Wars, and Globalization’s Future"
Thu, May 15th, 2025, 6:00 - 8:30 PM PDT
Faction Brewing, Alameda, CA
Tix here: www.ticketleap.events/tickets/prof....
More info: www.profsandpints.com/sfbayarea
Profs & Pints Alameda: Trump, Trade Wars, and Globalization’s Future
Profs and Pints Alameda presents: “Trump, Trade Wars, and Globalization’s Future,” with Christopher M. Meissner, professor of economics at the University of California Davis and author of One from the...
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Reposted by: Christopher M. Meissner

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Now at backgroundbriefing.org | @josephestiglitz.bsky.social - Trump's MAGA Economy Driven by Greed, Stupidity and Cowardice | Barry Eichengreen - Will Trump's Weakening of the Dollar Lead to a New Global Reserve Currency? | @chris-meissner.bsky.social - Trump's Hollow Promise of Gain After the Pain
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by Christopher M. Meissner

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Don’t forget to join us tomorrow for this amazing panel!
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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · Apr 1
9 Apr @17:00 CEST The International Macro History Online Seminar Series #IMHOS
Panel on 'Industrial Policy in History'
🗣️Giovanni Federico, Réka Juhász, @kevinhorourke.bsky.social
Chair: @chris-meissner.bsky.social
✍️ cepr.org/events/inter...
#EconSky
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by Christopher M. Meissner

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What if the new bilateral tariffs are just a natural experiment designed by the CEA economists to let trade economists get more credible estimates of trade elasticities? Nice opportunity in any case.
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by David K. Evans — Reposted by: Christopher M. Meissner

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A lot of how I used Twitter in the past was as a way of filing interesting research I came across: I used the advanced search function nearly daily to find old tweets with papers I'd shared.

It's good to see that BlueSky has similar advance search functionality! bsky.social/about/blog/0...
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by Christopher M. Meissner

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Looking forward to chairing this discussion and hearing the interventions from the participants and audience.
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Centre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · Apr 1
9 Apr @17:00 CEST The International Macro History Online Seminar Series #IMHOS
Panel on 'Industrial Policy in History'
🗣️Giovanni Federico, Réka Juhász, @kevinhorourke.bsky.social
Chair: @chris-meissner.bsky.social
✍️ cepr.org/events/inter...
#EconSky
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by Christopher M. Meissner

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With tariffs of 25%, the USA will be either the country with the second highest tariff rate in the world after North Korea - or else the highest (N. Korea isn't reported in the World Bank, so who knows?) Going into autarky mode now. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
List of countries by tariff rate - Wikipedia
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Reposted by: Christopher M. Meissner

cepr.org
9 Apr @17:00 CEST The International Macro History Online Seminar Series #IMHOS
Panel on 'Industrial Policy in History'
🗣️Giovanni Federico, Réka Juhász, @kevinhorourke.bsky.social
Chair: @chris-meissner.bsky.social
✍️ cepr.org/events/inter...
#EconSky
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by Christopher M. Meissner

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Thanks to Donald Boudreaux for his review of my book "One from the Many: The Global Economy since 1850". www.independent.org/publications...
Book Review | Book Review: One From the Many: The Global Economy Since 1850, by Christopher M. Meissner
Reviewed by Donald J. Boudreaux | The title of Christopher Meissner’s book on globalization is brilliantly appropriate: One From the Many. It’s a deliberate reference to the Latin phrase familiar to...
www.independent.org
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by Christopher M. Meissner

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Tracks with the idea they want to take us back to the late 19th c.
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James Wilson @wilsojam.bsky.social · Feb 27
The White House has referred to Keir Starmer as the Prime Minister of ‘Great Britain and Ireland’.
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Reposted by: Christopher M. Meissner

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The White House has referred to Keir Starmer as the Prime Minister of ‘Great Britain and Ireland’.
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by Christopher M. Meissner

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I mean on the y-axis.
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by Christopher M. Meissner

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Why did they leave theory out of this?
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by Christopher M. Meissner

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Uh, where’s theory on the plot?
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Prashant Garg @prashantgarg.bsky.social · Feb 24
Firstly, note that the gold standard of causality, RCTs, are used most frequently within Behavioural (20%) and Development (11%).
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Reposted by: Christopher M. Meissner

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If you’re the sort of person who reviews books for the press and you want a review copy of this. Do let me know.
Oh, and if you have a podcast and want a guest in late May/early June then yes, yes I will come on your podcast.
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Reposted by: Christopher M. Meissner

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Firstly, note that the gold standard of causality, RCTs, are used most frequently within Behavioural (20%) and Development (11%).
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Reposted by: Christopher M. Meissner, Mary E. Stuckey, Derek Edwards

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This is fascism.
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Reposted by: Christopher M. Meissner, James Allan, Charles J. Esdaile , and 4 more

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the single most un-american and anti-constitutional statement ever uttered by an american president
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by Menzie Chinn — Reposted by: Christopher M. Meissner

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Whatever else happens w/tariffs, mfg productivity doesn't rise #econsky

econbrowser.com/archives/202...
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by Carl T. Bergstrom — Reposted by: Christopher M. Meissner, Brady T. West, Juan-Camilo Cárdenas , and 11 more

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Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines?

Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take.

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INTRODUCTION
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by Douglas A. Irwin — Reposted by: Christopher M. Meissner, Stephen J. Redding

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A sign of the times . . . a whole podcast devoted William McKinley, infant industries, and tinplate from the Indicator at Planet Money
www.npr.org/2025/02/05/1...
Trump's tariff role model : The Indicator from Planet Money
President Trump speaks fondly of William McKinley, the 25th U.S. president who was a strong advocate for tariffs. He's credited with helping to protect the fledgling tinplate industry in the late 19th...
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by Christopher M. Meissner

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My book "One from the Many: The Global Economy since 1850" is out now on audio book. I have 3 free download codes. Reply to this post to get one. Check out: www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/on...
One From the Many: The Global Economy Since 1850
Amid a recent surge in arguments that the global economy has begun to 'de-globalize,' a question has emerged: will globalization survive? In One from the Many, Christopher M. Meissner argues that glob...
www.audiobooks.com
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