Everybody is cross with oil- and gas majors, but coal is the real climate problem.
Richard Tol
@richardtol.bsky.social
Professor Dr Richard S.J. Tol FREcon MAE Economist interested in energy, environment, and climate EBS19 (E4 B3 S12), H127 ORCID https://orcid.org/my-orcid?orcid=0000-0002-8012-3988
Apparently, Badenoch believes that everyone deserves another chance to make things Reich.
Giles Wilkes@gilesyb.bsky.social · 1h agoAmazing.
Republican political theory: everyone to the left of hunting the poor for sport is a communist.
Economics is what economists do, which now includes time travel.
NBER@nber.org · 6h agoLinkedIn histories aren’t fixed; 19 percent of users edit past jobs. These “time-travel” edits track job moves and reveal rising AI language after 2022, and fading DEI mentions after 2025, from @nickbloom.bsky.social, @gideonmoore.bsky.social, Simon, and Wilkie-Rogers www.nber.org/papers/w35546
Ich freue mich: Unser Aufsatz „Monopsony Makes Firms Not Only Small but Also Unproductive: Why East Germany Has Not Converged“ mit @christian-bayer.bsky.social, Heiko Stüber und Felix Wellschmied ist in der Review of Economic Studies erschienen. doi.org/10.1093/rest...
Monopsony Makes Firms Not Only Small but Also Unproductive: Why East Germany has Not Converged
Abstract. When employers face a trade-off between being large and paying low wages—and in this sense have monopsony power—some productive employers decide
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Balcony power is on the UK market for £1.40/Watt. It's £0.91/Watt in the USA, £0.51/Watt in Germany, Belgium, Italy & Sweden.
Not sure why everyone thinks Miller knows about Moreno's sex life colombiareports.com/bernie-moren...
Bernie Moreno's older brother laundered Bogota Cartel money, says Petro - Colombia News
Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro said Tuesday that the older brother of US Senator Bernie Moreno from Ohio took part in a Bogota Cartel money laundering operation in the late 1990’s. During a cabine...
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Balcony solar. A solution coming to your city soon.
David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 24h agoNot sure if everyone appreciates the difference. Rooftop solar hardwires into your main panel via a dedicated breaker, so it requires a permit, an installer, an electrician, and a utility agreement. Balcony solar just plugs into a wall outlet, sharing an existing circuit with no permits or rewiring.
"There is no one more cowardly, vile, and utterly pathetic than Putin." A resident of Vladivostok called on Russians to appeal to the Ukrainian government and to anyone "who can help free Russia from the despicable regime that has seized the country and held onto power for a quarter of a century."
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on CNN’s report that the US is running out of munitions: “We don't hate the Fake News media enough."
Great.. Minister's pushing companies they've identified as having 'potential'. That's worked out well in the past few years, hasn't it?
Well.
Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein.bsky.social · 20h agoJUST IN: Trump signals plan to reframe his suit against BBC. Likely to narrow Trump's claim to take out ref to damage to his businesses/brand. Needs judge's OK, but may limit BBC access to his financial data Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/07...
Bessent blames Dear Leader for lower than expected GDP growth: "I think we were growing at probably 4% before the president made the decision to go into Iran, and I think we can easily get back to 3% for the year"
BREAKING: We’re suing Texas A&M University’s Board of Regents to challenge their censorship policy that restricts instruction on race, sexual orientation, and gender. Public universities can't ban ideas they don't like.
The Trump administration has revoked the visa of Brazil's ambassador to the United States. apnews.com/article/trump-braz...
Trump administration revokes visa of Brazil’s ambassador to US in spat with Lula
The Trump administration has revoked the visa of Brazil’s ambassador to the United States in retaliation for Brazil’s denial of visas last month for two American diplomats who sought to visit ahead of upcoming elections.
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arXiv📈🤖 Estimating Climate Sensitivity Using Bayesian Model Averaging for CMIP Models By Jiang, Shi, Raftery
Worthwhile reposting again
Georg Zachmann@gzachmann.bsky.social · 2mo agoClimate impacts will become a structural macro-fiscal problem. With low private insurance, EU governments are sleepwalking into becoming disaster insurers of last resort. Our @bruegel.org Policy Brief on mitigating rising fiscal costs of climate disasters. 🔗 www.bruegel.org/policy-brief... 🧵1/10
Kherson. Russia deliberately attacked a man selling goods at a market. He tried to hide, but the Russian FPV drone followed him. The National Police posted that he survived but was injured. Russian human safari in Kherson never stops.
Agarwala et al (2026), "Biodiversity loss will decrease the future creditworthiness of nations" researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/13...
Biodiversity loss will decrease the future creditworthiness of nations
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BREAKING: A reporter asked Mike Johnson at a press conference today, “Should we bother asking you any questions about Max Miller, Trump’s latest Iran deal, or his Capital One scandal, or have you not heard about any of them yet?"
Should you pay $500 in premiums to lower your deductible by $250? While classic models say never do this, our new AEJ: Micro paper shows buying a dominated plan can make sense for liquidity constrained people.
