Have to sort some of my dad‘s affairs, and my God was I right with this column. economist.com/finance-and-...
Germany has a lawyer problem
Its endless bureaucratic rules trap would-be reformers
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Matthias Doepke
@mdoepke.bsky.social
Family economics and macroeconomics at the London School of Economics. Coauthor of "Love, Money, and Parenting" http://bit.ly/lovemoneyparenting
This is an iconic feminist tract by @soumayakeynes.ft.com. What happens when you have a spreadsheet to measure how much time each parent spends on childcare?
The perks of parenting by spreadsheet
One simple trick to share it equally
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wrote for the magazine about the open source software that underpins our digital lives, how it is being upended by AI code tools, and about maintainers as.ft.com/r/b7f62212-9...
Who cleans up after the vibe-coding party?
Our obsession with AI code-writing tools is overwhelming the web’s unsung human caretakers
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When one of my kids was little, she was averse to cheese. She reacted badly to cheese near her. To build her tolerance, she, my spouse, and I co-designed this ladder of exposure. Started with 1) talk about cheese. Ended at 10) smell feta and goat cheese. It worked. Found behind fridge.
May he who does not have a crypto gambling aristocrat paying the rent on a five storey Georgian townhouse near Buckingham Palace cast the first stone.
My hope now: Burnham and Streeting strike a deal that avoids a leadership contest and puts Streeting as Chancellor
This is a chart I wish the remote work discourse would more fully internalize. It shows the employment level among prime-age Americans with disabilities rising by nearly one quarter post-pandemic (from ~31% to approaching 39%). It's up even more from 2016. This is almost certainly hybrid work & WFH.
To me (someone w/ no dog in this fight) your reply shows you are not a good scholar: rather than publicly confronting the clear evidence of your misrepresenting your sources, you turn to (perhaps correct) personal criticism of Magness. This is the behavior of (bad) politician, not a scholar.
Congratulations to CEPR Research Fellow Oriana Bandiera, who was awarded the 2026 Birgit Grodal Award by @eeanews.bsky.social. The committee praised the conceptual depth, empirical innovation, and policy relevance that characterises her work. Full statement here: ow.ly/EAI950Z808m #EconSky
Zum Muttertag ein Thread über die Verhöhnung der Mütter 1945 bis 1970er - also in Zeiten, in denen die "Hausfrau und Mutter" als gesellschaftliche Norm galt. Es gilt für die Hausfrauen auch, was für alle anderen Frauen gilt: Egal, was sie machen, wie sie es machen, es ist iwie falsch.
Today, the EU-Mercosur agreement begins to apply provisionally. The benefits are real and visible as of now. Tariffs start falling. Companies are gaining access to new markets. Investors have the predictability they need.
Eine Senkung des ⛽️ Preises für alle durch eine zeitlich befristete Aussetzung der Energiesteuer ist die schlechteste aller bisher diskutierten Optionen. Das ist eine Hilfe mit der Gießkanne, auch für Menschen, die den höheren Preis verkraften können. Es reduziert den Anreiz…
"All of these things frighten me, and they should frighten you as well. I made the decision to create a life for myself here, because I viewed this as a place that rewarded determination, hard work, and integrity. It still has a chance to be that place again." open.substack.com/pub/ofthebra...
I’m a Nobel Prize-winning immigrant. I can no longer recognize this country.
Attacks on science and immigrants are destroying America.
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Preparing Kids for Capitalism by @mdoepke.bsky.social, Mariko Klasing www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
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Private Information in the Family by Suzanne Bellue, @mdoepke.bsky.social, Michèle Tertilt www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...
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In an age of creeping relativism, a universal moral law still exists. Threatening to end an entire civilization of 90 million people in order to bend a nation’s conduct to your will is grossly morally wrong. It is evil. And we should say this loudly.
📢now forthcoming in ECMA! The Class Gap in Career Progression: Evidence from US Academia Class is rarely a focus of research or DEI in elite US occupations. Evidence suggests it should be: we find a large class gap in at least one occupation - tenure-track academia...🧵
Der kanadische PM Mark Carney mit einer Rede für die Geschichtsbücher (der Hauptteil auf Englisch beginnt bei 11:08). Man wünscht sich, Merz würde die Augen auch so weit aufkriegen („Nostalgia is not a strategy“): www.youtube.com/live/miM4ur5...
Special Address by Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada
YouTube video by World Economic Forum
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🇪🇺 never cancels grants
David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 7mo agoThis is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again. www.nature.com/immersive/d4...
I spoke to the Secretary-General of NATO, Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer, Friedrich Merz and Giorgia Meloni. Together we stand firm in our commitment to uphold the sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark.
Have helped guard a local mosque during their Friday prayers. Been very cold but Somali restaurant offers us delicious, warm tea constantly. Members expressed much gratitude & confidence this ugly time will pass.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 7mo agoTalked to a Somali man today who said his mosque last night was surrounded by neighbors ready to protect them against ICE if needed. Made me feel proud to live in this city.
New NBER working paper with Alessandra Voena on women's power in the household in LMICs. I'd never found a review article on this topic that met my needs as a PhD class reading, so we sought to fill this gap. NBER : www.nber.org/papers/w34605 Ungated: seemajayachandran.com/womens_power_JEL.pdf
Merry Christmas to my mates in the USA. THREE academics doing some heavy lifting in the US to protect freedom @mclem.org @aaronsojourner.org @justinwolfers.bsky.social
a man in a military uniform is sitting in a car and looking out the window .
ALT: a man in a military uniform is sitting in a car and looking out the window .
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Macro at LSE is hiring predocs for September 2025! Come and work in the best city in the world, on cutting edge macro with Ben Moll, Ricardo Reis, Joe Hazell, Ethan Ilzetzki, and me. Past predocs have gone to places like Harvard, LSE and Northwestern. t.co/2RrUaQl6Pk #econ_ra #EconSky
https://jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/4174/0/460743/15539/research-assistant-in-macroeconomics-x2
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If this proposal becomes reality, international conferences in the US will become a thing of the past.
News Eye@newseye.bsky.social · 8mo agoNEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors. The full requirements will end tourism in the United States. Below is the full, mind-blowing list. 🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨 1/
I had temporarily suspended all US travel after news emerged of how some fellow Germans and fellow academics were treated at the US border. If this passes, I won't travel to the United States before it is repealed. This saddens me as I miss out on meeting friends and colleagues...
Kim Lane Scheppele@kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 8mo agoAll travelers from ESTA countries (yes the ones on visa waiver programs) will have to disclose 5 years of social media + huge amounts of personal data to enter the US now. All US academic associations should now meet outside the US if we want to meet our international colleagues.
Strategische Unabhängigkeit Europas: 1) Putin-Regime wird 2026 wirtschaftlich kollabieren, wenn Sanktionen erhalten und verschärft werden. 2) Trump-Regime und MAGA werden 2026 elektoral kollabieren. Also: Durchhalten, Waffen liefern, Vermögen verwenden, Schattenflotte lahmlegen.