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by Menzie ChinnReposted by: Jan Eeckhout

mchinn.bsky.social
All core instantaneous inflation measures rose in July; CPI nowcasted to rise in August #econsky @clevelandfed.bsky.social @janeeckhout.bsky.social
econbrowser.com/archives/202...
paolocrosetto.bsky.social
The Economist covered our "Strain on scientific publishing" paper.

What is this all about?

We collectively churn out more & more papers *per scientist*, an increasing pace, in a rapidly changing publication landscape.

Why? How? Want to make sense of this? 🧵

www.economist.com/science-and-...
Scientific publishers are producing more papers than ever
Concerns about some of their business models are building
www.economist.com
janeeckhout.bsky.social
Onion headline:

Undocumented aliens bussed to Army Parade celebrating President’s birthday to pad crowds

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📢 Now open for applications! The 2025 ERC Advanced Grant call for proposals. 📢

Are you an established Principal Investigator who needs long-term funding to pursue ground-breaking research?

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Apply by 28 August 2025 👉 buff.ly/f6FEXHk

🧵Thread 1/5 👇

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kint.bsky.social
For those not on the other platform on Google and DOJ's proposed remedies for Google's 3rd antitrust defeat (adtech). I threaded Friday's hearing but this full doc is nothing short of beautiful. Best stuff may be missed so hear me out. This is a huge deal - 10yrs, "lifeblood of the Internet." /1
janeeckhout.bsky.social
Another killer acquisition… No more car sharing. Isn’t it poetic how they spin it?

by Menzie ChinnReposted by: Jan Eeckhout

mchinn.bsky.social
Instantaneous inflation down, but not as low as mid-2024 #econsky @janeeckhout.bsky.social
econbrowser.com/archives/202...
janeeckhout.bsky.social
Observing the handling of paper slips on Amtrak (reissuing new slips if you go past NY!) tells me there is still a lot of room for technological progress
janeeckhout.bsky.social
This is a position based in Barcelona
janeeckhout.bsky.social
If Europe doubles defense spending now, it will get substantially less than double in defense goods and services. Prices have gone up. What matters for security is quantities, not expenditure

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wisarchive.bsky.social
Happy 81st birthday to Brazilian mathematician Marilda Sotomayor! She has been a trailblazer in the area of game theory concerned with matching markets, which she started studying under David Gale in the 1980s, and subsequently brought back to Brazil.

#WomenInSTEM #WomensHistoryMonth 🧮

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imaciasaymar.bsky.social
Pumpkin vs. lettuce, the beginning?... from the Economist!

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jeeanews.bsky.social
Competition policy that sets market power to 1980s levels would lower the stock market by 45%. The remainder, due to accumulated retained earnings (35%) and a lower risk-free rate (20%), is unaffected.
janeeckhout.bsky.social
Let’s hope for the Liz Truss lettuce solution:

The tariffs are so bad for the economy that the markets take care of it. The only issue is that an orange pumpkin 🎃 takes longer to decay than a lettuce 🥬
janeeckhout.bsky.social
You mean like the tennis players FEderer and Federer are two different people?
princetonupress.bsky.social
Tools from macroeconomics and finance to incorporate the central role that data plays in the economy.

@isaacbaley.bsky.social and @laura-veldkamp.bsky.social's The Data Economy is out now. Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #EconSky
The Data Economy: Tools and Applications by Isaac Baley and Laura Veldkamp

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kint.bsky.social
wow. This AI lawsuit against Facebook keeps getting worse as they reluctantly unseal documents on Court orders. Check out this allegation. Not only two hrs before discovery cut-off but the Friday before we now know Mark Zuckerberg was deposed... more on that in a minute. /1

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emollick.bsky.social
New randomized, controlled trial by the World Bank of students using GPT-4 as a tutor in Nigeria. Six weeks of after-school AI tutoring = 2 years of typical learning gains, outperforming 80% of other educational interventions.

And it helped all students, especially girls who were initially behind.
lugaricano.bsky.social
My Christmas post in Silicon Continent is about economics lessons from The Wire- with implications for green washing and AI benchmarks- as well as a bit of career advice for young readers. I hope you enjoy it!

www.siliconcontinent.com/p/you-get-wh...
You get what you pay for
Learning from The Wire
www.siliconcontinent.com
florianederer.bsky.social
Academics from poorer socio-economic backgrounds are more likely to
- not publish
- have outstanding publication records
- introduce more novel scientific concepts
- less likely to receive recognition, as measured by citations, Nobel Prize nominations, and awards.
www.nber.org/papers/w33289

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florianederer.bsky.social
It still boggles my mind that only 66 years separate these photos.
ericcolumbus.bsky.social
100 years ago Saturday the NYT ran a story that did not hold up well at all.
www.nytimes.com/1924/12/21/a...
Headline: HITLER TAMED BY PRISON. 
BERLIN, Dec. 20 — Adolph Hitler, once the demi-god of the reactionary extremists, was released on parole from imprisonment at Fortress Landsberg, Bavaria, today and immediately left in an auto for Munich. He looked a much sadder and wiser man today than last Spring when he, with Ludendorff and other radical extremists, appeared before a Munich court charged with conspiracy to overthrow the Government. 

His behavior during imprisonment convinced the authorities that, like his political organization, known as the Volkischer, was no longer to be feared. It is believed he will retire to private life and return to Austria, the country of his birth.

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