Niclas Berggren
@nonicoc.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Economics in Stockholm and Prague. www.ifn.se/nb
Legislative populism, ideological alignment, and human freedom www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Legislative populism, ideological alignment, and human freedom
Populist movements portray society as divided between “the people” and “the elites” and often seek to relax institutional constraints. This paper exam…
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🚨 Out Now: Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice, edited by Richard Jong-A-Pin & Christian Bjørnskov Learn more: www.e-elgar.com/shop/isbn/97... Free chapter: doi.org/10.4337/9781...
Epistemically Irreversible Goods open.substack.com/pub/carlolc/...
Epistemically Irreversible Goods
In my last post, I concluded with a claim that felt somewhat uncomfortable: that once a new technology expands the realm of what is possible, we cannot preserve the old meaning of certain human roles ...
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Michel Foucault: From Sovereignty to Governmentality philpapers.org/rec/LEHMFF?f...
Otto Lehto, Michel Foucault: From Sovereignty to Governmentality - PhilPapers
Michel Foucault famously refused to formulate a normative theory of the state, arguing instead that political analysis must "cut off the King's head." This chapter explores Foucault’s releva...
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DOUX COMMERCE: MARKETS, CULTURE, AND COOPERATION IN 1850-1920 U.S. static1.squarespace.com/static/6012d...
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The AEA has imposed a lifetime ban on Lawrence H. Summers’ membership and participation in AEA activities. See the full statement here. www.aeaweb.org/news/aea-sta...
Statement from the American Economic Association
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📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣 "The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct" Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
🌍 Can Europe grow green and prosper? In the new Horizont VŠE episode, host @nonicoc.bsky.social continues his conversation with Magnus Henrekson about growth, energy, and the future of Europe’s economy. 🎧 Listen here: research.vse.cz/news/can-eur... #AcademicSky #EconSky
Can Europe Grow Green and Prosper? Magnus Henrekson on Growth, Energy, and the Future of Economics
In the second part of the conversation, host Niclas Berggren continues his interview with Swedish economist Magnus Henrekson, delving deeper into the key forces shaping Europe’s economic future. They ...
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NOW IN AN ISSUE OF KYKLOS: "Trust and Income Among Immigrants in Europe" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Trust and Income Among Immigrants in Europe
Social trust, a key cultural trait influencing economic behavior, plays a critical yet understudied role in immigrant integration. This paper examines how trust, both as an individual disposition and...
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Chandran Kukathas on Capitalism, Human Nature, and the Meaning of Life www.mercatus.org/hayekprogram...
Chandran Kukathas on Capitalism, Human Nature, and the Meaning of Life
On this episode, Chandran Kukathas delivers a lecture at the Mercatus Center on capitalism, human nature, and the meani
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💡 Is Europe losing the innovation race? In a new episode of Horizont VŠE podcast, @nonicoc.bsky.social sits down with Magnus Henrekson to unpack entrepreneurship, institutions & innovation. 🎧 Full episode: research.vse.cz/news/is-euro...
Is Europe Losing the Innovation Race? Magnus Henrekson on Entrepreneurship and Institutions
In this new episode, host Niclas Berggren talks with Magnus Henrekson about some of today’s most pressing economic challenges. The discussion explores: what entrepreneurship is and why it matters, why...
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Malte Dold reviews Escaping Paternalism: Rationality, Behavioral Economics and Public Policy by Mario J. Rizzo and Glen Whitman bit.ly/4nLj4jJ
Escaping Paternalism: Rationality, Behavioral Economics and Public Policy Mario J. Rizzo and Glen Whitman. Cambridge University Press, 2020, xii+496 pages. | Behavioural Public Policy | Cambridge Cor...
Escaping Paternalism: Rationality, Behavioral Economics and Public Policy Mario J. Rizzo and Glen Whitman. Cambridge University Press, 2020, xii+496 pages. - Volume 9 Issue 4
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Nu finns Ekonomisk Debatt nr 6 ute på nätet! www.nationalekonomi.se/nummer_ar/6-...
6/2025 (årgång 53)-arkiv - Nationalekonomiska Föreningen
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I review the new book Foucault and Liberal Political Economy: Power, Knowledge, and Freedom by Mark Pennington for Public Choice. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Mark Pennington, Foucault and Liberal Political Economy: Power, Knowledge and Freedom - Public Choice
Public Choice -
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The Hunter-Gatherer’s Guide to the Open Society csgs.kcl.ac.uk/book-review/...
The Hunter-Gatherer's Guide to the Open Society - Centre for the Study of Governance & Society
Gaus, Gerald, The Open Society and Its Complexities, Oxford University Press, 2021. By Nick Cowen The modal academic …
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I don't have much by way of productivity hacks, but here's one: feeling crappy tends to make your work crappy, so consider not tormenting yourself
Using Economics to Understand Political Outcomes: A New Encyclopedia of Public Choice elgar.blog/2025/08/12/u...
Using Economics to Understand Political Outcomes: A New Encyclopedia of Public Choice - ElgarBlog
Public choice is a vast field at the intersection of political science and economics as well as immense diversity of topics and approaches.
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When Less Is More: A Defense of Narrow, Humean Justice philarchive.org/rec/LEHWLI
Otto Lehto & Alexander Schaefer, When Less Is More: A Defense of Narrow, Humean Justice - PhilArchive
The narrow conception of justice traditionally attributed to Hume limits itself to respect for the rules of property. This article challenges the increasingly common idea that this view is exceedingly...
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The allocation of entrepreneurial talent: revisiting the role of formal and informal institutions link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The allocation of entrepreneurial talent: revisiting the role of formal and informal institutions - Small Business Economics
The current literature highlights the role of institutions in affecting the allocation of entrepreneurial talent as a precondition for productive entrepreneurship. However, existing approaches to this...
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