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Henrik Jensen

@hjecon.bsky.social
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Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen. Also tennis and guitars. Everything is own opinions.

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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Transcendence (2014) This is gradually becoming a very important movie! youtu.be/Pnjj-uffJ18?...
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Transcendence Official Trailer #2 (2014) - Johnny Depp Movie
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“parcel of land” - ffs
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Banana Puzzle of modern Trade Theory: #trade #trump #bananas
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Trump’s New Tariffs on Canada Raise Familiar Legal Risks www.nytimes.com/2026/08/25/b... It is always something about the US being exploited by other countries’ unfair policies. Does anyone have a link to data or solid narratives showing this? Just a few examples. Hockey Sticks? #trump #tarriffs
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Trump’s Canada Tariffs Rely on Untested Law
The president has invoked a long dormant section of law to hit one of America’s closest allies, a move that has troubled courts in the past.
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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Man in Tuxedo Says 'Kinky'
ALT: Man in Tuxedo Says 'Kinky'
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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100 Reasons to Love Mel Brooks on His 100th Birthday (Gift Article)
Here are 100 reasons to love the comedy writer, director and star who’s celebrating a milestone on Sunday and who’s changed our culture in surprising ways.
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I can still remember the looks on peoples’ faces when I dropped the needle on “Are You Glad to Be in America?” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/12/a...
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James Blood Ulmer, Guitarist Who Smashed Through Genres, Dies at 86
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Sonny Rollins @thesonnyrollins.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
It is with deep sorrow and profound love that we announce the passing of Sonny Rollins. The Saxophone Colossus died this afternoon at his home in Woodstock, NY at the age of 95. 1/2
Photo of Sonny Rollins playing saxophone in 2009 by John Abbott
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Hans farvelægningsmani var dog aldeles vanvittig, og holdt heldigvis ikke i længden.
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Paul Desmond day.
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
The real economy is described as the hottest one in the world (where “hot” means “a 10”; not “it is overheating”). At the same time, too high inflation is creeping in. How to combine that into a call for a lower policy rate, requires some creative economic arguments. #Fed #EconSky
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Noooooo!
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Well, what would you expect ? After all, he did kill the pope.
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/07/w... A lot of -ists adore #Hungary and #Orban while simultaneously dragging the rest of Europe and the EU through the gutter. Please remind me: Why can’t the EU just kick Hungary out and instantly get rid of all the hassles?
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‘I Love Viktor’: Trump and Vance Cheer on Orban in Hungarian Race
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
NYT has always been consistent on this. If someone says or writes, say, the f-word, it will NOT be shown in reporting. They just note in such a case that expletives are involved. This is an editorial decision.
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Thanks Søren! #econsky
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
So, I have just #voted in our general #election. I could easily do it before buying groceries. I mean, at the voting site, I could enter immediately, after parking my bike 6 metres from the entrance. Then, from entrance to exit, voting took me around 3 minutes. Nice #democracy we have.
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Glad to hear that the use of “On the Nature of Daylight” by Max #Richter in “ #Hamnet ”, was not a choice of Richter. He wanted to use newly written music for all of the movie. But I think the inclusion works against his #oscar chances. 😬
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
I try to avoid Windows 11 as long as possible. It made my corporate laptop instantly useless. I have been subjected to #Microsoft’s unwavering Windows update strategy ever since version 3.1 in the early 1990s. From then on, it has been one battle after another. www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/r...
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Is Windows 11 Driving You Nuts? Us, Too. Here’s Our Expert's Advice to Make It Less Annoying.
Windows 11 is loaded with unnecessary extras. We have tips for removing the bloat.
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Yeah. A pure one-hander match!
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
The Fiscal Theory of the Price Level, explained #EconSky #Kimmel #inflation
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Some days ago, they published minimum prices for various sections; the actual (fixed?) prices were then shown after sales started when you tried order a given seat. Btw. Prices were brutal. Row 1, center, was set at 20 times the preannounced minimum price of around $150. 😳 (2/2)
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I tried dynamic #pricing on #Ticketmaster this morning. It was not very dynamic: There was a predetermined price distribution, and it never changed as far as I could see. Has anyone tried it where prices actually moved? And why not publish the distribution before? (1/2)
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/21/b... Will the US ever be considered a serious country again? #tariff #trade #trump
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Trump Says He Will Raise Global Tariff to 15 Percent
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Grateful to live in a country, where such nonsense by a cabinet member would not stand for 24 hours, before economists, armed with science, react angrily, and most journalists ask for a formal note/paper outlining the government’s argument. Labelling a paper the worst ever just wouldn’t suffice.
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Michael Derby @michaelsderby.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Trump advisor and Fed chair also-ran Hassett wants researchers behind NY Fed paper that reached a conclusion on tariffs that runs against the political views of the administration "disciplined" for their work. Here's the paper: www.reuters.com/world/us/ny-...
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NY Fed report says Americans pay for almost all of Trump's tariffs
Americans are shouldering almost all of President Donald Trump’s import tax surge, a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said on Thursday.
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
(I guess each author, from NY Fed and Columbia, will be sued for 9 bn. dollars now 😀)
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/b...
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Americans Are Paying the Bill for Tariffs, Despite Trump’s Claims
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Is it possible to compare this to some Warsh-free baseline so as to highlight how he may talk different than others?
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
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Kevin Warsh and Weathervane Economics
A man with his finger in the political wind
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
fraser.stlouisfed.org/files/docs/h... #Warsh on central bank independence in 2010. #fed
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Sharon 🪳🌹 @sharonk.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
mad king moment from the PBS Newshour correspondent
NEW: @potus letter to @jonasgahrstore links @NobelPrize to Greenland, reiterates threats, and is forwarded by the NSC staff to multiple European ambassadors in Washington. I obtained the text from multiple officials:

Dear Ambassador:
 
President Trump has asked that the following message, shared with Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, be forwarded to your [named head of government/state]

“Dear Jonas: Considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace, although it will always be predominant, but can now think about what is good and proper for the United States of America. Denmark cannot protect that land from Russia or China, and why do they have a “right of ownership” anyway? There are no written documents, it’s only that a boat landed there hundreds of years ago, but we had boats landing there, also. I have done more for NATO than any other person since its founding, and now, NATO should do something for the United States. The World is not secure unless we have Complete and Total Control of Greenland. Thank you! President DJT”
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Technically, how do the US customs “charge” these countries? And do they pay it to the US treasury? 🤔
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
Copenhagen town hall square, Denmark right now. Massive solidarity with Greenland demonstrations. Source: dr.dk
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
The USA has an unserious and incredibly stupid government. #Greenland #trump
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
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MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 03/01/2026
These are disturbed people
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Is #Trump ever going to suggest that Americans should stop doing drugs? Are drug problems always a supply side issue?
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
They could not match fonts?
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Aaaargh. The same as the one I sold in 1985. Worst decision ever. Congrats on having it.
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Mel Brooks Silent Movie vibes!
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/12/2025
Steve Cropper, the prodigious guitarist, songwriter and producer who played a pivotal role in shaping the lean gutbucket soul music made at Memphis’s Stax Records in the 1960s and ’70s, has died at 84.
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Steve Cropper, Guitarist, Songwriter and a Shaper of Memphis Soul Music
As a member of Booker T. & the MG’s and as a producer, he played a pivotal role in the rise of Stax Records, a storied force in R&B in the 1960s and ’70s.
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Only tennis fans MAY read this correctly?
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
I fully get that the US doesn’t want illegal drugs entering the country. Seen from the outside, it seems that all policy is aimed at reducing drug use by cutting off the drug supply. Are there no recent attempts to reduce the demand for illegal drugs? #drugs #fentanyl
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Nobel peace prize 2025: María Corina Machado wins for work promoting democratic rights in Venezuela – as it happened
US president had been conducting campaign to influence prize committee
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Ikke rigtig nogen. Jeg har mere eller mindre fået alle mine favoritter “præmieret” de sidste mange år. Og at gætte tør jeg ikke. Jeg har ramt rigtigt 2 gange (Romer, Acemoglu) - begge gange ved at gætte på dem i årevis indtil, det blev rigtigt 😎 Har du bud?
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/w... Will we soon see chants a la “Where’s Jared’s Laptop?”.
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Witkoff and Kushner Set to Join Gaza Talks Soon, Official Says
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
So I guess Acemoglu is not a safe bet for a Nobel this year? #economics #econsky #Nobel
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
One of the current Great Mysteries in mens’ tennis: Zverev consistently ranked in top 5 despite his playing.
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Henrik Jensen @hjecon.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
#tennis How is Laver Cup being shown on TV in the US? Yesterday, Agassi was saying f@c& A LOT.
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