Will Pyle
@willhpyle.bsky.social
Economics. Russia. Arsenal. Middlebury. Americana.
Sinikka Parviainen and I have a new working paper out that exploits the Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey's tracking of subjective well-being to draw inferences about wartime political incorporation in Putin's Russia. www.ifo.de/cesifo/Z4JC
Measuring Rally Effects Under Authoritarianism: Evidence from Russia’s War in Ukraine | ifo Institute | CESifo
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What a World Cup it’s been!! Excellent commentary here from Lucas: medium.com/@lucaspyleVT...
World Cup Takeaways #4
June 29th to July 5th
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Our attempt to connect Russians’ weak support for liberal political values to the economic pain caused by market reforms a generation earlier.
BOFIT@bofit.suomenpankki.fi · 10mo agoBOFIT Discussion Papers 9/2025 by Michael Alexeev, William Pyle and Jiaan Wang: Russian society, democratic values, and the legacy of the early-1990s economic shock Read more 🔗 publications.bof.fi/handle/10024... @suomenpankki.fi
Such a terrific documentary! The best I saw at our local film festival last week!
The Moscow Times@themoscowtimes.com · last yr.Pavel Talankin witnessed Russia’s efforts to indoctrinate children with the state’s ideology while working as a school event coordinator. He turned the footage he filmed at work into "Mr. Nobody Against Putin," a rare glimpse at how Russian schools have become tools of state propaganda.
Croquet, Anyone? Making Moscow a Vast Fun Zone to Divert Minds From War. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/w... Levada’s recent life satisfaction numbers -- the highest in the past 30 years -- almost certainly capture something real about the Russian public’s wartime mood. What's going on? 1/3
Croquet, Anyone? Making Moscow a Vast Fun Zone to Divert Minds From War.
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An incredibly courageous, occasionally humorous, and deeply moving documentary about wartime Russian society. www.imdb.com/title/tt3496...
Mr. Nobody Against Putin (2025) ⭐ 8.0 | Documentary
1h 30m
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Full article: When the party line changes: state media, immigration, and public opinion in Russia www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Middlebury alum, John Overstreet, turns his senior thesis into a neat publication with help from colleague, Kristina Sargent, and another Middlebury alum, Olive Jin.
When the party line changes: state media, immigration, and public opinion in Russia
We document and assess the effect of a short-lived campaign on Russian state television to re-orient coverage of immigrants. Building on prior research – including a historical narrative and eviden...
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www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/w... Can Russia’s Economy Withstand Trump’s Threats to Impose Sanctions? - The New York Times
Can Russia’s Economy Withstand Trump’s Pressure?
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In my two summers as a grad student in Moscow in the 1990s, picking up the day’s copy of the MT was a particular highlight. Many years later, when one of his sons attended Middlebury, I had the good fortune of meeting Derk and sharing with him how much the MT had meant to me.
The Moscow Times@themoscowtimes.com · last yr.In 1992, Sauer launched The Moscow Times as an English-language daily newspaper aimed at the growing expat community in post-Soviet Russia.
War economy boosts life satisfaction for ethnic Russians and residents of military-industrial regions Read Sinikka Parviainen's new @suomenpankki.fi blog post 🔗 www.bofbulletin.fi/en/blogs/202... #Russia #households #sanctions #war #bofbulletin
Eg @bofit.suomenpankki.fi Policy Brief 8/2025 mentioned @willhpyle.bsky.social interviewed on.ft.com/4mEFqny Vladimir Putin’s war economy is cooling, but Russians still feel richer
Vladimir Putin’s war economy is cooling, but Russians still feel richer
Salary growth for new hires is slowing, according to an FT analysis, yet not enough to shift views on the war
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Middlebury's recent round of austerity measures are a blow to our community and come at the exact wrong moment, when we should be preparing to rally together to defend higher education in the US. www.middleburycampus.com/article/2025...
The pragmatic reasons for Middlebury to do the ‘right thing' - The Middlebury Campus
It is no secret that Middlebury underpays its faculty and staff relative to comparable institutions. But have you heard that the benefits are really good? For faculty and staff who joined the college ...
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publications.bof.fi/handle/10024... With surveys through Dec. 2023, we compare Russians’ pre- and post-invasion well-being, spending, and savings. Happiness is up for ethnic Russians and residents of regional capitals. Household finances are more stable across the board. Durable spending is down.
Suomen Pankki: Household well-being under sanctions : Insights from the Russian longitudinal monitoring survey
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