This strange story is well worth your time. Have a coffee and sit down with it www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...

The Incredible Story of the Cartel Olympics

A Mexican athlete said he was kidnapped and forced to compete for his life in a tournament of gangs. But was he actually playing a different game?

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📢 Are you a PhD students working on Development Economics? Come to Berlin to present your paper at the 11th DENeB PhD workshop. Apply here drive.google.com/file/d/1HQCK... by *Feb 27th* No fee. Please share this call. Previous editions & all DENeB activities here: www.deveconberlin.org

📢 On Monday, January 26, join our Development Economics Seminar with Florian Grosset-Touba @floriangrosset.bsky.social He will present: “Complementarities in Labor Supply: How Joint Commuting Shapes Work Decisions” 🕒 12.30 to 13.30 CET 📍 RWI Berlin Office & MS Teams

🌍 Our 10th PhD DENeB workshop took place on 6th June @pik-potsdam.bsky.social, Potsdam! 📢 Inspiring keynote by @stefanialovo.bsky.social on climate change & challenges of poverty, energy & institutions. 🎤 8 PhDs presented their research. Thanks to all participants & sponsorship by Geo.X network!

New paper on anticipatory cash transfers to herders during an extreme winter in Mongolia. ACTs have significant positive effects for poorer recipients, not so much for the rest of our sample. Personal learnings: Anticipatory action is promising. Targeting matters. More research is needed.

JAERE@jaereaere.bsky.social · last yr.

💵 Just accepted 💵 in JAERE: "Anticipatory cash transfers in the context of weather disasters" by Lukas Mogge (@lukasmogge.bsky.social), Julian Roeckert, and Kati Kraehnert Read it here: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... #EconSky 📈 📉

📢 Today from 12:30 to 13:30 CEST, we welcome Stefan Dercon (@gamblingondev.bsky.social) to our #seminarseries! He will present: “The earlier the better? Cash transfers for drought response in Niger” Joint work with Ashley Pople, Patrick Premand, Margaux Vinez, and Stephanie Brunelin.

The 10th edition of DENeB's PhD workshop is coming up. Apply by March 10th to join us in Potsdam this June :)

@denebberlin.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 10th DENeB PhD Workshop 📢 happening June 6th, 2025, at @pik-potsdam.bsky.social! We’re excited to have Karlijn Morsink as our keynote speaker! A great opportunity for PhD students. Sponsored by Geo.X 🔗 Apply by March 10th, 2025, here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Full CfP in the comments ⬇️

Still wondering when this is going to happen

Gavin Jackson@gavinjackson.bsky.social · 2y ago

At what point do the checks and the balances kick in?

📢On Monday, January 11, at 12:30 pm CET, we welcome Marco Alfano (@lancasteruni.bsky.social) to our #seminarseries. Marco's talk is titled “Coping with weather shocks.” Join us in person in @rwi.bsky.social's Berlin office or on Zoom!

The RWI − Leibniz Institute for Economic Research (@rwi.bsky.social) invites applications for a student research assistant position based in Berlin to work on climate impacts and adaptation with DENeB's @lukasmogge.bsky.social and Julian Roeckert. More info here: t.ly/B7bOm

Our very own @lukasmogge.bsky.social just published a paper in @jeem-econ.bsky.social. The study titled "Perception and Protection" provides new evidence on how experiencing risk affects demand for index-based insurance in Mongolia. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1016/j.je...

“The portrayal of the Nazis as right-wing extremists is clearly false, considering that Ernst Röhm, leader of the SA, is flamboyantly gay! Does that sound like Hitler to you? I mean, apart from being actually led by Hitler”

Doug Saunders@dougsaunders.bsky.social · 2y ago

Die Welt is a very conservative newspaper. For its opinion editor to resign over an op-ed means all sorts of red lines have been crossed. The AfD is not just a right-wing party. It is so extreme that even figures like France’s Le Pen and Italy’s Salvini won’t work with it

It’s wild how fast people jump at any excuse to hate and harass women. Platforms know it—and it’s great for their business. If external researchers can map out how smear campaigns or tactics to boost unknown political candidates (like in Romania) work, why can’t platforms address them proactively?

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2y ago

Blake Lively has filed a legal complaint laying out an alleged campaign to tarnish her reputation after she accused Justin Baldoni of misconduct on the set of “It Ends With Us.” A New York Times investigation shows how the fallout unfolded.