Ronen Mandelkern

@mandelkern.bsky.social

Political economist @TelAvivUni Neoliberalism; Macroeconomic Policy; Welfare State; Privatization; Economists; Ideas & Institutions https://sites.google.com/view/ronenmandelkern https://sites.google.com/view/pen-workshop

Hi — do any experts or observers of Labour back-bench groups know if there’s a publicly available list of MPs who are members of the Red Wall Caucus (led by Jo White) within the Labour Party? Many thanks!

What links the recent Israeli government attacks against its Attorney General and the new Leadership Institute Israeli branch? Or Asher and I answer that in a new paper in @PoPpublicsphere on the ideological shift of Israel's Right- a 🧵: doi.org/10.1017/S153...

Diaspora–Local Cooperation as a Driver of Ideological Change: The Ascendance of American Conservatism in Israel | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core

Diaspora–Local Cooperation as a Driver of Ideological Change: The Ascendance of American Conservatism in Israel

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In a new paper, we provide fresh evidence on the macroeconomic effects of public investment in 27 EU member states. We find that public investment has favorable effects on output and unemployment; doesn't crowd out private investment; and doesn't jeopardise debt sustainability.

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🚨New article🚨 The consensus is that contestation pushed central banks to talk 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 about inequality & climate. Our theory: At first, CBs seek to ward off politicization by talking 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 about controversial topics. We tested this 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬.🧵 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Screenshot of the title page of linked article:
"Noisy Politics, Quiet Technocrats: Strategic Silence by Central Banks"
By Benjamin Braun and Maximilian Düsterhöft

1/8 New (open access) paper with @assafbondy.bsky.social in NPE explores a puzzling phenomenon: How do mainstream economists become key players in trade unions? We examine the case of Israel's Histadrut, where economists gained pivotal positions in collective bargaining. 🧵 doi.org/10.1080/1356...

An odd couple? When mainstream economists join forces with trade unions

The doubtful tendencies of neoclassical economics towards labour market intervention put it at odds with trade unions, whose raison d’etre is worker protection through de-linking compensation from ...

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A new blogpost with Tami Oren on how short-term post-2008 interventions have evolved into long-term changes in macroeconomic policy. The post is based on our recently published article @ripejournal.bsky.social (open access) (link to article in first comment)

LSE British Politics and Policy@lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social · 2y ago

💥New! How Quantitative Easing went from temporary crisis-response to permanent policy change, by @mandelkern.bsky.social and Tami Oren. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

I am planning a survey experiment regarding people's attitudes on macroeconomic policy; I want to include a battery of questions regarding macroeconomic literacy. Any recommendations for existing surveys/studies which already did that? Thanks!

finally, an FT piece that connects the crisis of liberal democracies to macrofinancial politics - though it misses the elephant in the room: the institutional status-quo put in place by neoliberalism

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אז מה זה בעצם אגף התקציבים באוצר? ואיך הוא הפך מגוף שתפקידו לשמור על קופת המדינה לגוף שקובע את המדיניות הכלכלית בישראל? אירחתי בפודקאסט "נותנים עבודה" את @mandelkern.bsky.social מרצה באונ' ת"א ועמית מחקר בכיר בפורום ארלוזורוב על איך עובד אגף התקציבים ועל הדרך לאזן את כוחו מול משרדי הממשלה המקצועיים.

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