Luis Cornago Bonal
@luiscornagob.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Fellow at LSE’s School of Public Policy. PhD in Politics, University of Oxford. Mainly social science research, big picture stuff, and songs.
Less than one week left to apply to the three tenure-track Assistant Professor positions in Political Science at @cunef.bsky.social's new Department of Social Sciences and Humanities. More details on the link below! academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32392
CUNEF Universidad, Social Sciences and Humanities
Job #AJO32392, Assistant Professor in Political Science, Social Sciences and Humanities, CUNEF Universidad, Madrid, MADRID, ES
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A Tax Strategy for the Rich Built the World’s Largest Hedge Fund www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
World’s Biggest Hedge Fund Teaches the Wealthy How to Slash Taxes to Zero
Cliff Asness’s AQR is riding an anti-tax wave to become the world’s biggest hedge fund.
bloomberg.com
NEW: @katemac.bsky.social & I: "Heat waves tend to attract less attention than the charismatic megafauna of climate disasters—floods, storms, wildfires—in part because they cause less property damage & thus less obviously financially costly" phenomenalworld.org/analysis/glo... Graphic @TheEconomist
Fantastic piece by @jessicaelgot.bsky.social and @joshhalliday.bsky.social on Andy Burnham’s year long coup:
Andy Burnham’s long coup: the chaotic year-long project to return him to Westminster
Story of the key figures, decisions, planning and missteps in push to line up Greater Manchester mayor for PM
theguardian.com
My quote for @reuters.com on perceptions of corruption in Spain. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Spain's ex-transport minister sentenced to 24 years for corruption
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's former transport minister, Jose Luis Abalos, was sentenced on Monday to 24 years in prison for a slew of offences involving corruption, the first verdict in a s...
reuters.com
WORKSHOP ALERT 🚨 Interested in the political economy of Spain? The 1st SPEIN Workshop will bring to London economists and political scientists working on the foundations of modern Spain: conflict, authoritarianism, democratic transition, and their legacies. June 15-16, @kcl-spe.bsky.social
I'd argue that pushing for degrowth will likely have corrosive effects on broad public suppport for stringent climate policy. Given that degrowth is essentially one big device for turning ever more policy domains into zero- or even negative-sum games, the room for Pareto-improving policies shrinks
What would it take to achieve high prosperity and equality while remaining within planetary boundaries? The World Inequality Lab is very excited to launch the #GlobalJusticeReport. [1/7]
One thing that surprised me is how salient pro-EU attitudes are to Labour/SNP voters and SNP voters generally. You see it in the wider research too. Lots of fluidity and tactical dynamics in the Scottish electorate but this and Indy are basic pro-SNP gravitational forces.
NEW: What exactly happened in the local and devolved elections in England, Scotland and Wales last week? @persuasionuk.bsky.social has some new polling out today which offers a first glimpse. Thread here on top line findings from each nation. 🧵
One of the hidden disasters of UK politics over recent decades was the growing pool of "non-voters", who largely disengaged from democratic politics. The challenge for progressive parties is to match the success of Reform/the Leave campaign in drawing those people back into the electoral process.
Frustrated with the election pundits talking as if votes only 'swing' from one party to another. I did some analysis of the results, and my modelling (based on votes only, not polls) suggests that the largest movement since 2024 local elections (by a long way) is from 'Did Not Vote' -> Reform
The “Blue Labour” strategy still being promoted by some on Labour right is premised on being able to win social conservatives while holding on to social liberals. Failure state for this strategy is failing to win social cons while alienating social liberals. Here is a map of that failure state:
CA’s $20 fast food minimum wage raised fast food prices by only 3%. The reason minimum wage increases keep not reducing employment and barely increasing prices is monopsony power. www.nber.org/papers/w34990
Yesterday I had a story out about eggs, today I have a column out about Marc Andreessen. Make of that what you will. as.ft.com/r/14d0d9d8-6... (gift link! 💝)
Reading Socrates in Silicon Valley
[FREE TO READ] Self-proclaimed stoics who denounce self-examination only prove the bankruptcy of the tech bro worldview
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Come join me next year!
We’re hiring an LSE Fellow in Political Science and Public Policy at the School of Public Policy. This post offers early career scholars the opportunity to teach postgraduate seminars and join a world leading social science research community! Find out more: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We’re hiring an Events and Department Affairs Officer at the School of Public Policy! Help plan and deliver a busy events programme, support internal communications, and work with academic staff and visiting speakers. Apply by 12 March 2026 (23.59 UK time): jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
As devolved elections approach in Scotland and Wales, what could greater devolution mean for Britain’s economies? Join “Devolution economics: can local decision making strengthen Britain’s economies?” tonight! Find out more and register: www.lse.ac.uk/school-of-pu...
Devolution economics: can local decision making strengthen Britain’s economies?
Mon 2 Mar, 6.30pm | Devolution Economics: Can local decision making strengthen Britain’s economies?
lse.ac.uk
Today we welcome Felipe González (fagonza4.github.io) at the @lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social's RP seminar. It will take place from 2:00 to 3:30 pm at LSE's Marshall Building (MAR.2.06). The full schedule for the term can be found here: lnkd.in/gcbAeG5V
Felipe González
fagonza4.github.io
This is very important work. Both in its substance and in its emphasis on asymmetric effects. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Happening today!
Next Monday we kick off the WT edition of the @lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social's RP Seminar with @sandraleon.bsky.social. It will take place from 2:00 to 3:30 pm at LSE (MAR.2.07). The full schedule for the term can be found here: www.lse.ac.uk/school-of-pu...
Europe's innovation problem New WP with Herbertson, Storper, Soskice, and Pardy researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/13...
Income, sovereignty, and cohesion: the political economy of Europe’s first mover innovation deficit
researchonline.lse.ac.uk
Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks. He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger. Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
Only just now seen this cool chart from The Economist plotting Kevin Warsh's published speeches' dovishness and hawkishness. Sharp shift in tone depending on who's in White House purely coincidental. www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Next Monday we kick off the WT edition of the @lsepublicpolicy.bsky.social's RP Seminar with @sandraleon.bsky.social. It will take place from 2:00 to 3:30 pm at LSE (MAR.2.07). The full schedule for the term can be found here: www.lse.ac.uk/school-of-pu...
Staff Research & Policy Seminar
Staff Research & Policy Seminar schedule
lse.ac.uk
Nobody in Britain pays any attention to Australian politics, but One Nation overtaking the Coalition in the polls has distinct parallels with Reform leading the Conservatives. Parties on the radical right are coming for centre right parties across the world... Poll via AFR / RedBridge Accent.
NEW - Elections Without Constraints? The Appeal of Electoral Autocracy Across the World - https://cup.org/49auQPf - @anjaneundorf.bsky.social, @sirianned.bsky.social, Kristian Vrede Skaaning Frederiksen & @aykutozturk.bsky.social #OpenAccess