Esther Boler @estherboler.bsky.social · 04/05/2026Super excited about this - please apply and share widely! 010
Reposted by Esther BolerGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/11/20251. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution. The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵 9031901063
Reposted by Esther BolerJonathan Hopkin @jonathanhopkin.eurosky.social · 19/10/2025I’m beginning to think the passage of time has washed away that raw understanding of 1914-45 that protected us from lurching back to madness 920061
Reposted by Esther BolerScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Penn joins MIT and Brown in saying “no” to Trump extortion move.thedp.comPenn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatmentWith the decision, Penn becomes the third university to decline the offer. 13754139
Reposted by Esther BolerJess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Take a picture of yourself at the No Kings rally. Print it. Put it in a frame. Your grandchildren will speak about you for generations to come. You took a stand against fascism. You stood up for democracy.  396127463016
Reposted by Esther BolerJakob Schneebacher @jschneebacher.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Attention IO job market candidates: Sometimes speakers in the CMA's external economics seminar series have to cancel at relatively short notice. We would love for these slots to go to JMCs to present their job market paper. Drop me a message if you are interested or share with those who might be. 01013
Reposted by Esther BolerThe Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences @scienceacademyswe.bsky.social · 13/10/2025🎖️ The Prize in Economic Sciences is awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt! Over the last two centuries the world has seen sustained economic growth. This year’s laureates explain how innovation provides the impetus for further progress. #PrizeinEconomicSciences #NobelPrize 25131
Reposted by Esther BolerThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 23/09/2025Dana Goodyear’s home burned in the L.A. fires. In a new essay, she writes about the disaster and its aftermath. nyer.cm/VNSpo99 2406
Reposted by Esther BolerCentre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · 15/07/2025📢 #CallForPapers To honour the memory of Ghazala Azmat, the Economics Department of SciencesPo is creating an award in her name. Junior researchers can submit a paper in economics of discrimination, gender, education & organizational #economics. Submit by 31 August. cepr.org/events/ghaza... #EconSky 04023
Reposted by Esther BolerThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 25/08/2025A clever new study "confirms that the country’s tax code is regressive, not progressive, at the very top," @annielowrey.bsky.social reports. American billionaires "pay lower tax rates than many middle-class professionals":bit.lyHow the Richest People in America Avoid Paying TaxesA clever new paper puts concrete numbers to the taxes paid by members of the Forbes 400. 410560
Reposted by Esther BolerPetra Moser @pmoser.bsky.social · 14/07/2025When I got tenure, I decided to use it start a new research agenda, studying US science in the 20th century, how it became dominant, what held it back, and what we can do better. Here's the first pub (with Scott Kim). 210518
Reposted by Esther BolerHeidi Shierholz @hshierholz.bsky.social · 03/07/2025This is a low point for our country. Congress just passed a bill that shreds the safety net, fuels mass deportations, and gives $100K+ annual tax breaks to the ultra-rich—while adding nearly $4 trillion to the debt. My full statement: www.epi.org/press/epi-pr...epi.orgEPI president Heidi Shierholz denounces passage of GOP budget billCongress just passed one of the most destructive economic bills in generations. The Republican budget will gut Medicaid, slash food aid for families, and shutter rural hospitals—just to give tax break... 12612
Reposted by Esther BolerHeidi Shierholz @hshierholz.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Congress is poised to pass one of the most destructive economic bills in generations. It will gut Medicaid, slash food aid for families, shutter rural hospitals—just to give tax breaks that will go overwhelmingly to the wealthy. It is a staggering upward redistribution of income. 1/ 12417
Reposted by Esther BolerAda Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 30/06/2025Fog nets turn Chile’s Atacama Desert into a salad bowl. In Chañaral, growers are using mesh 'fog catchers' to harvest up to 1,400 litres of water daily from coastal mist, enough to raise lettuce and lemon trees in the planet’s driest desert. buff.ly/gWc9srr #ShareGoodNewsToo 17820
Reposted by Esther BolerMeredith Crowley @meredith-crowley.bsky.social · 19/06/2025The New Global Economy: Trade Wars and De-dollarisation? Submissions deadline: 1 July 2025 Conference dates: 27-28 September 2025 Location: Cambridge UK 054
Reposted by Esther BolerCentre for European Reform @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social · 18/06/2025In a new @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social policy brief, @johnspringford.bsky.social finds that many foreign workers needed for net zero will not meet the UK's new higher salary and skills thresholds for visas. Read here: buff.ly/E9eFpiH 2128
Esther Boler @estherboler.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Could not disagree more with this conclusion. One retailer’s transport emission is hardly a comprehensive measure of the climate effect of trade (or lack thereof). 030
Reposted by Esther BolerMartin Friedrich @martinfriedrich.bsky.social · 02/06/2025We're hiring a postdoc in labor economics at IAB Nuremberg! Join @ineshelmecon.bsky.social, @jnimczik.bsky.social & me on a project about gig work. 🗓️ Start: 1 Oct 25 💶 Salary ≥ €5200/month 🌱 Possibility to apply for tenure track program Apply here until 17 June: econjobmarket.org/positions/11... 03127
Reposted by Esther BolerKonrad Burchardi @konradburchardi.bsky.social · 02/06/2025💥Research Assistant Positions💥 1. Ingvild Almås, Timo Boppart, Thor Berger, Hannes Malmberg, and I are 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. 12214
Reposted by Esther BolerYoto V. Yotov @yotoyotov.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Javier Flórez (@pseud0safari.bsky.social), Mario Larch, Sebastien Bradley, and I are very happy share the update of the most disaggregated dataset of consistently constructed international and domestic trade flows -- GRANTPA. So, let’s estimate GRAVITY with GRANTPA. ideas.repec.org/p/drx/wpaper... 0156
Reposted by Esther BolerBrad Plumer @bradplumer.bsky.social · 30/05/2025DOE cancels $3.7 billion in demonstration projects aimed at cutting emissions — a couple big carbon capture demos, but also cement, glass, iron, chemicals projects. Calpine and Exxon Mobil were hit, as were startups like Sublime and Brimstone. (Full list in story.) www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/c...nytimes.comEnergy Dept. Cancels $3.7 Billion for New Technologies to Lower Emissions 58449
Esther Boler @estherboler.bsky.social · 30/05/2025Imagine a world where governments believed universities, research and innovation were central, even vital, for growth? 070
Reposted by Esther BolerDiane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 30/05/2025I had to read this several times as “prioritise growth” and “hit universities over the head” are so mutually contradictory 21367123
Reposted by Esther BolerRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/05/202560% of American households can’t afford a minimal quality of life. Meanwhile, the 19 richest households saw their wealth increase by $1 trillion in 2024 — the biggest one-year increase ever. Our problem isn't a lack of resources. Our problem is ever-expanding inequality. 450141824878
Reposted by Esther BolerGabriel Zucman @gabrielzucman.bsky.social · 23/05/2025A long long time ago, in a far away galaxy... the US used to tax the rich 11344482041
Reposted by Esther BolerResolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 21/05/2025With the exception of the Department of Health and Social Care and the Home Office, departments already have smaller budgets than before austerity. Read more ⤵️ buff.ly/RTk1uYz 076
Reposted by Esther BolerMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 18/05/2025how bleak that following most elections now is going WOOOOOOO fascists only on 47%!!!!!!! 258179
Reposted by Esther BolerProf Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 18/05/2025A must read 20741274
Reposted by Esther BolerJacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 15/05/2025🚨🚨 Another lovely and welcome present from Donald #Trump: @ec.europa.eu invests 1,25 BILLION euro in researchers and invites them to choose #Europe for #science. Excellent decision by Commission. #europeforscience ec.europa.eu/commission/p...ec.europa.euCommission invests €1.25 billion in researchers and invites them to ‘Choose Europe for Science\'Europe is stepping up its ambition to cement the position of a global leader in research. New calls worth over €1.25 billion in 2025 under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) open doors for new ... 35833
Reposted by Esther BolerProf David Bailey @dgbailey.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Jonathan Portes is spot on: There’s one slight issue with Labour’s immigration plans: they’re completely untethered from reality. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThere’s one slight issue with Labour’s immigration plans: they’re completely untethered from reality | Jonathan PortesThe government’s new policy will take us back to an uglier, more dangerous place – and it’s not even supported by the data, says professor of public policy Jonathan Portes 0104
Reposted by Esther BolerJakob Schneebacher @jschneebacher.bsky.social · 10/05/2025The programme for the third City-CMA competition workshop on 17-18 June is now out: The first day is dedicated to AI, technology and digital issues; the second to competition policy and economic growth. 1/2sites.google.comanikandrova - Economics of Competition and Regulation Workshop 2025About the workshop 185
Reposted by Esther BolerJacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 09/05/2025🚨🚨So the terms of the UK-US Economic Partnership Deal has been disclosed. The only you need to know now is that it is actually NOT a A FREE TRADE AGREEMENT containing LEGALLY BINDING OBLIGATIONS.🧵 assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/681d32... 37559242
Reposted by Esther BolerNatasha Loder @natashaloder.bsky.social · 09/05/2025New analysis reveals the Trump administration canceled $1.8 billion in NIH grants in just over a month-an unprecedented disruption to US scientific research. Of that, $544 million hadn’t even been spent yet. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...jamanetwork.comCharacterization of Research Grant Terminations at the National Institutes of HealthThis study examines the impact of National Institutes of Health grant terminations on the US research enterprise by quantifying the number and funding amount of these terminations and characterizing t... 195
Reposted by Esther BolerVoxEU @ CEPR @voxeu.org · 02/05/2025Data from #Norway show that lower profitability in the fossil energy sector due to falling oil prices led to reallocation of R&D resources within firms, triggering a shift towards clean #innovation. Esther Ann Bøler, Katinka Holtsmark, Karen Helene Ulltveit-Moe cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky 0103
Reposted by Esther BolerBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 02/05/2025This is incredible. Reminds me of this guy: www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...washingtonpost.comJames Harrison, whose rare blood protected millions of babies, dies at 88A rare antibody in his blood was used to create 3 million doses of an injection needed to protect newborns and prevent stillbirths. 17616
Reposted by Esther BolerCharles Kenny @charlesjkenny.bsky.social · 02/05/2025Parts of the administration's proposed foreign assistance budget that will put the US at risk, weaken it, or make it poorer include... 1. Ending support for UN peacekeeping operations --already underfunded, far from perfect, but remarkably successful given the messy geopolitics 13811
Reposted by Esther BolerChris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Excellent piece from @chrisgiles.ft.com. It's notable how, as per Mark Carney's comments, Brexit has become the internationally recognized yardstick of national economic self-harm. It's not even contentious: the talking point is whether and to what extent it applies to what Trump is doing to the US. 522695
Reposted by Esther BolerCarole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 30/04/2025I’m glad to see this article but it’s after 24 hours of unchallenged corporate guff dominating the news cycle. Tony Blair is a tech lobbyist who is literally writing naive, venal & dangerous policy for Starmer’s government. Call it out. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comBlair’s net zero intervention invites scrutiny of his institute’s donorsLabour insider rebukes ‘tech bros’ within Tony Blair Institute as critics question past work with petrostates 29976356
Reposted by Esther BolerDoug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 30/04/20251/12 Tony Blair Institute have released a report which is getting a lot of coverage in UK today It says the drive for net zero emissions is flawed and some media outlets have gone to town However it’s a bit odd By odd, I mean there’s a lot of bollocks in it and shouldn't be taken seriously 🧵🧵 72802412
Reposted by Esther BolerSam Eyler-Driscoll 🍉🌻🍁 @sameyler.bsky.social · 29/04/2025Real cool new NBER WP here by @mdoepke.bsky.social et al that suggests men view women’s workplace gains as zero sum www.nber.org/papers/w3372...nber.orgProtection for Whom? The Political Economy of Protective Labor Laws for WomenFounded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an... 1209
Reposted by Esther BolerRandall Munroe @xkcd.com · 25/04/2025PhD Timeline xkcd.com/3081 5865979620444
Reposted by Esther BolerHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 22/04/2025Another report on how our high visa costs deter top R&D talent www.theguardian.com/science/2025... 28583307
Reposted by Esther BolerFelix Montag @fmontag.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Giulia Brancaccio and I are looking for a pre-doc to work with us on topics related to Industrial Organization and Trade @nyu.edu Ideally for two years starting in September apply.interfolio.com/165860 #EconSky #EconRAapply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 0177
Reposted by Esther BolerShelly Lundberg @shellyjlundberg.bsky.social · 21/04/2025This short memoir by Michelle White is worth a bit of everyone's time. 0208