Imagine being talented and beautiful and rich and famous and still the most noteworthy thing about you is how good a person you are.
Maria Persson
@mariaperssonlu.bsky.social
Associate Prof. in Economics and Director of the Master Program in Economics at Lund University. Head of SNEE (Swedish Network for European Studies in Economics and Business). Focus on trade, economic integration, EU, forestry.
So many tech people seem to see the conflict between parenting and work as one in which work is the natural and moral victor. If you’re going to automate an aspect of your life, why wouldn’t it be the meetings rather than the spending quality time with your teenager?!
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 3w agoI got nothing.
one anecdote: I was searching for a link to one of my old papers on Google, and the automated Gemini summary attributed all of my lab's work to my husband
Mel Andrews@bayesianboy.bsky.social · 3mo agoWhen utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.
When utilized in literature review, LLMs consistently 1. fail to mention female authors in female-led literatures, 2. insist that men are more influential or more heavily cited when this is contradicted by objective citation counts, and 3. attribute women’s work to hallucinated male scholars.
If there’s a water shortage, don’t subsidize showers. If there’s a blackout, don’t make AC cheaper. If there’s an oil shortage, don’t cut gas taxes. Prices are helping signal scarcity. A gas tax holiday weakens that signal right when it matters most.
1. I am looking for a research assistant to work on a project which investigates Sweden's spectacular economic growth during the late 19th century using establishment-level data.
So it seems that Iran is now the new Denmark (but without the bacon...)
ChrisO_wiki@chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 6mo ago1/ Has Iran managed to reinvent the Sound Dues – the tolls that Denmark imposed for over 400 years on ships entering the Baltic Sea? Recent ship movements suggest that rather than completely blocking the Strait of Hormuz, Iran is monetising it instead. ⬇️
The war in Iran could trigger a global food shock • More than 1.1mn tonnes of fertiliser and fertiliser inputs is currently stuck in the Gulf • Shortages are starting during northern hemisphere’s planting season, raising the risk of lower harvests for staples like rice www.ft.com/content/1054...
Kaja Kallas: "What I think is actually important for everybody to understand is that the US has been very clear that they want to divide Europe. They don't like the European Union"
"They don't like the EU": Europe's top diplomat says Washington wants to divide Europe - Euromaidan Press
Kaja Kallas told the Financial Times that the United States "does not like the European Union" and has been "very clear" it wants to divide Europe — a charge she levelled as Washington launched new trade probes against the bloc this week.
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Agree. It will be critical to preserve EU unity in the face of repeated US attempts to sow division through singling out individual members in the realm of trade.
Jacob Öberg@profjacob.bsky.social · 7mo ago🚨🚨Symbolically important that EU countries and EU institutions shore up support for #spain in the context of fear of trade retaliation from the #Trump regime. This should be self-evident but unity of EU here is under pressure. 🧵 www.politico.eu/article/eu-s...
A reminder that the announcements re the India-EU trade deal are a bit like seeing someone’s dating profile. They have chosen what to share. What really matters is what you see when they turn up in person… (the deal’s text) which may not be for ages.
New tariff just dropped. Americans set to pay an additional 10% tax on all goods from Germany, the UK, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland. It starts in two weeks, rising to 25% by June. (Aside: A trade war with one EU country is a trade war with the entire EU).
🚨 Call for Papers 🚨 We'll be hosting the 24th Nordic Conference in Development Economics (NCDE) in Växjö, Sweden, on June 16-17, 2026. Keynote speakers: @hjortj.bsky.social & Rohini Somanathan 🤩 Submit your papers here (deadline February 28): axacoair.se/go?py3X14W0
Professor's pro-tip for anyone with college-age kids: Tell your kids go to class. It's really that simple. If you show up, you'll do okay. You don't have to be smart, you just have to be there. Maybe stay off your phones for 50 minutes. Just listen. You'll absorb something. I have data to prove it.
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling. 🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states. This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
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Good 🧵⬇️ but I question "more radical". They are different; work differently. 1. Customs union = goods only. EU single market = goods, services (a UK strength), capital and people. 2. Customs union = a common set of tariffs, less flexibility, as ⬇️ There are other options for closer trade relations
Aslak Berg@aslak.bsky.social · 10mo agoThere's a prevailing idea in the UK that a customs union with the EU would be a compromise solution if single market membership is not possible, e.g @eddavey.libdems.org.uk and @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social recently. But a customs union is, from a trade policy, a more radical step. (1/N)
Good thread by Aslak:
Aslak Berg@aslak.bsky.social · 10mo agoThere's a prevailing idea in the UK that a customs union with the EU would be a compromise solution if single market membership is not possible, e.g @eddavey.libdems.org.uk and @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social recently. But a customs union is, from a trade policy, a more radical step. (1/N)
Good thread on the impact of the upcoming Supreme Court ruling on the IEEPA tariffs.
Paul Nadeau@pauljnadeau.bsky.social · 10mo agoThe most obvious thing to say about the Court's IEEPA decision is that Trump will continue tariffs no matter the outcome, but that alone misses that each possible tariff authority has its own scope and constraints which means that different tariffs behave very differently with different impacts.
Oh, I see... And here I was, saying to my students just earlier today that you can't put a tariff on services trade... I guess I'll have to revisit that issue next lecture. Sigh. Teaching trade policy in 2025 is not that great unless you actually like to constantly revise your teaching materials!
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 12mo agoTrump: "I will be imposing a 100% Tariff on any and all movies that are made outside of the United States."
And now we wait for EOs. As a lot of people pointed out, this is not going to stop and it will be interesting to see how all the deals hold up, whether or not there will be any exemptions and how these tariffs are applied. Never a dull moment.
European Commission seems confident: “The United States intends to promptly ensure that the tariff rate (…) applied to originating goods of the European Union subject to Section 232 actions on pharmaceuticals, semiconductors, and lumber does not exceed 15%.”
Jorge Liboreiro@jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social · 12mo agoThe first big test of the EU-US trade deal: Trump moves to impose 100% on pharma. Brussels has said the 15% tariff under the deal will be “all-inclusive” and protect EU firms from additional duties. Will it work?
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If you want some slow TV over the next few days, Swedish TV is live streaming the relocation of a 113 year old wooden church in Kiruna. It's being shifted to a new site 5km away. www.svtplay.se/video/KnDgQ9...
Den stora kyrkflytten – Första dagen
I direktsändning följer vi den världsunika flytten av Kiruna kyrka, från gamla stadskärnan till dess nya plats, fem kilometer bort. Den stora kyrkflytten tar två dagar och är en del av den omfattande ...
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I would like to submit a request that there be no more trade deal press conferences until a trade deal is actually done. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Reading about divided EU member state opinions on Trump's tariffs, I still think the essential problem is they think he wants a deal, whereas all evidence suggests he really wants tariffs. Only countries to have done deals just get a small reduction. Given this, what is the EU aim?
David Henig@davidheniguk.bsky.social · last yr.So, Trump's tariffs, what happens next... your questions answered... All with, "nobody knows anything" TM @alanbeattie.bsky.social Countries, businesses, US consumers, nobody knows what he will decide later today. Including himself. But there will be tariffs.
Tricky question, but @aleichthammer.bsky.social and @etiennehoera.d-64.social make some very good points in this piece. Well worth reading.
Jacques Delors Centre@delorsberlin.bsky.social · last yr.As Trump threatens 50% tariffs on EU exports, Brussels must shift from restraint to retaliation. @aleichthammer.bsky.social & @etiennehoera.d-64.social argue for a credible EU response: 🔹 Flexible countermeasures 🔹 Targeted incentives 🔹 EU-wide burden-sharing www.delorscentre.eu/en/publicati...