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Rachel Leah Childers @donskerclass.bsky.social · 20h

I'm running a reading group this semester on Mean Field Games, which economists call "heterogeneous agent models," for which mathematicians have a well-developed body of results that we should steal. I wrote notes on mathematical preliminaries for meeting 1: donskerclass.github.io/misc/MFGMath...

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UZH Macro/Finance Reading Group Fall 2026, Thursdays 12:15 Noon, Location: SOF-E15 Topic: Mean Field Games Organizers: Rachel Childers, Felix Kübler, et al Motivation: Mathematicians have develope...

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Jon Pult @jonpultnr.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Wer bei der «Lösung» der ständerätlichen Wirtschaftskommission gewonnen hat, zeigt die Reaktion des Aktienkurses ziemlich deutlich. Die Wirtschaftskommission des Stöckli stellt sich damit auf die Seite der UBS – und gegen das Gemeinwohl. Banken- statt Standesvertretung. Peinlich! (3/3)

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NBER @nber.org · 19/08/2026

Every structural vector autoregression result depends on identifying restrictions and variables. Economists discipline the first but often choose the second by hand. This paper ends this asymmetry, from @yuchengyang1993.bsky.social and Tao Zha www.nber.org/papers/w35604

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I don’t normally enjoy one-sided football matches, but hoping Belgium do us all a favour by reaching double figures.

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Leah Stokes @leahstokes.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Truly insane that being pro-AC is somehow more right-wing than left-wing in Europe. AC is life saving under climate change. Progressives should absolutely support it. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Europe heatwave: Air conditioning creates political divide as France records hottest day

France is being forced to re-think its longstanding reservations about air-conditioning as temperatures soar.

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Nathan @nwylabour.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Sick of these people being wheeled out every year who seem to think the ideal solution to climate change is to shrink the population through thousands of avoidable deaths

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Felix @kubler.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

PKU-Zurich PhD Summer School on Machine Learning for Macroeconomics and Finance liboecon.com/2026_summer_...

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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Today is the most humiliating day in the history of the United States of America. At least until tomorrow.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Immigrant Nobel Prize winners exiting the United States

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Joshua Gans @joshgans.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

From the perspective of someone outside the US, it is inspiring to see Lisa Cook standing up against a naked power grab.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 23/08/2025

In 25 years, every business school in the country will be doing case studies about how a long defunct company known as “Google” once had an unbeatable lock on online information retrieval and then started doing shit like this.

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Roger Nordmann @nordmannroger.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Für das Wohl der Schweiz ist an der Zeit, die Deutungshoheit der NZZ zu relativieren. Dieser Cherfredaktor ist unhaltbar kurzsichtig!

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Felix @kubler.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Welcome to Zurich. It’s great to have you around!

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Kevin Hjortshøj O’Rourke @kevinhorourke.eurosky.social · 17/07/2025

I might add that there's a special responsibility on relatively large closed economies like the EU to stand up to Trump, since the aggregate costs of his protection and their retaliation will be relatively small for them. If they don't defend the system by punishing flagrant rule-breaking who will?

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Kelly Hereid @kellyhereid.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

This heat wave mortality graphic tells quite the story. Europe needs to get over itself and start rolling out air conditioning.

Paired curves comparing heat wave mortality impacts in US vs European cities. EU are much higher across the board

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Marius Brülhart @mariusbrulhart.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Heute verkündet: Der Bund beharrt auf einer 10%-Budgetkürzung beim @snf-fns.ch. Dabei wäre das internationale Umfeld für den Standort Schweiz derzeit einmalig günstig - eigentlich ein Anlass, um Forschungsgelder aufzustocken. Ich hoffe, das letzte Wort ist hier noch nicht gespochen. 🤞

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

There are 2 previous historical cases of countries destroying their science and universities, crippling them for decades: Lysenkoism in the USSR and Nazi Germany. The Trump administration will be the 3rd. It's not just budgets but research, institutions, expertise, and training the next generation.

Graphs showing 25 years of budgets for the National Institute of Health, NASA, and the NSF. In all cases, the proposed budget for next year is far, far below any year of the previous quarter century.

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Peter Hull @instrumenthull.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

8647 is the only 4-digit prime that is 2 less than a square (8649) and 1 more than a triangular number (8646)

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

More than 80 Harvard faculty members have signed on to a pledge to donate 10% of their paycheck to support staff and students, as long as the University resists Trump's unlawful demands. I am so proud of my colleagues. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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Senior Faculty Pledging to Donate a Portion of Salary in Defense of University Community We are heartened by the University’s rejection of the Trump administration’s unlawful demands. We also recogn...

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Francesco Nicoli 🇪🇺 🎓 @francesconicoli.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

With Hungary and Slovakia firmly in Putin's bag, and Romania and Czech Republic on the brink, the dream of making the Union work without reforming unanimity is done for. Some would like to "expel" certain countries. This is unfeasible but also stupid. EU foreign policy: go majority or go bust.

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David A. Jaeger (econ) @davidajaeger.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

„There’s gonna be a brain drain like you’ve never seen. A big, beautiful brain drain. People are saying it might be the world‘s best brain drain, I dunno, but that’s what they‘re saying.“

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

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Cédric Wermuth @cedricwermuth.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Donald Trump will, dass sich die Welt seinem Machtwahn beugt. Der Bundesrat muss endlich Rückgrat zeigen und sich den Gegenmassnahmen der EU anschliessen. Jetzt den Trump-Appell unterschreiben und Druck machen! www.sp-ps.ch/kampagne/tru...

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Trump-Appell: Haltung zeigen!

Gemeinsam machen wir dem Bundesrat klar, dass die Schweiz gegenüber Trump nicht länger auf Anbiederung, Wegducken und Beschwichtigung setzen darf.

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Yucheng Yang @yuchengyang1993.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Very excited to co-host the 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐧 𝐀𝐈 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞 in Zurich this week! Looking forward to learning from leading economists pushing the frontier of new methods to tackle big questions of our time. @kubler.bsky.social @compsimon.bsky.social @leonardo-melosi.bsky.social

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

They are terrible as economists, worse as people.

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Shelly Lundberg @shellyjlundberg.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Oh yes, there is a trade economist on the Council of Economic Advisors. Kim Ruhl from Wisconsin. I would be interested to know what he has to say about the Liberation Day tariffs and his advisory role.

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SP Schweiz @spschweiz.ch · 03/04/2025

Trumps neofaschistisches Regime versucht mit hohen Importzöllen, die Schweiz und Europa einzuschüchtern. Die SP Schweiz fordert, dass der Bundesrat klar Haltung zeigt und mit der EU abgestimmt handelt. Ziel muss es sein, gezielt die Profiteure rund um Tech-Oligarchen wie Elon Musk zu treffen. (1/2)

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SP fordert klare Reaktion auf Trumps Zollpolitik - SP Schweiz

Das neofaschistische Regime von US-Präsident Donald Trump verhängt hohe Importzölle gegen die Schweiz und andere Handelspartner. Diese Massnahme ist ein Ver ...

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Shelly Lundberg @shellyjlundberg.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

So, who are the actual economists participating in this regime? Is it time for some professional accountability? Because this is appalling nonsense and if you don’t support it, you should say so.

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Roger Nordmann @nordmannroger.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Im @tagesanzeiger.bsky.social hält uns der Direktor der Bankiervereinigung (ex UBS lobbist) für dumm. Denn die Erhöhung der Kapitalanforderungen für Ausländische Tochter hat keine negative Auswirkung auf dem inländischen KMU- und Hypothekarmarkt. Im Gegenteil, wird es attraktiver, ... 1/x

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Gary Marcus @garymarcus.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Is it a *coincidence* that there is a full-on multipronged effort by so many to convince us all that AGI is absolutely imminent at the same time as GPT “4.5” (which was supposed to be 5), Grok 3, and Claude 3.7 all fell short of everybody’s insane expectations?

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Olaf Storbeck @olafstorbeck.ft.com · 28/02/2025

It’s gut-wrenching to see how Trump and Vance are bullying Zelenskyy. Everyone in Europe needs to watch this video. This is what we’re heading to if we continue to rely on the US. Unbelievable and disgraceful. on.ft.com/3D1wHtD

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Trump-Zelenskyy meeting live: White House talks break down

Dramatic conclusion of White House meeting comes as US and Ukraine had planned to sign mineral deal

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Zelenskyy has left the White House early after Trump said “come back when you’re ready for peace”. Your friends are in Europe, Z. Time to close ranks.

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David Frum @davidfrum.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

No, the meeting did not go badly for Ukraine. It exposed in the most undeniable, unequivocal way possible the pro-Putin commitments of the president and vice president. That was information Americans and allies needed to have clear before them.

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Scott Shapiro @scottjshapiro.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

The exchange between Trump, Vance and Zelenskyy in the Oval Office today in which our country attacked the victim in defense of a brutal aggressor has to be one of the most shameful moments in Modern American history.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/02/2025

cannot overstate the level of contempt i have for vance

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John Ganz @lioneltrolling.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

To me, a Nazi salute means, "I want to murder your family." There can be no irony about it: It puts deep anger and hatred in my heart to see it done and I will never forgive anyone who justifies or minimizes it.

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Jon Pult @jonpultnr.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Drei Jahre imperialistische Aggression gegen die Ukraine. Drei Jahre tapferen Verteidigungskampf der Ukrainer:innen für Freiheit, Demokratie und das Völkerrecht. Nach dem Verrat der USA muss Europa inkl. der Schweiz die Unterstützung ausbauen. Für die freie Ukraine, für unsere Sicherheit.

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Signature for Ukraine and Europe ✅

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Stephen King @stephenking.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Just when you think Donald Trump cannot sink lower or be more shameful, today he's blaming Ukraine for the war and calling Zelinsky a dictator, when he knows perfectly well that Putin's constant re-elections are put-up jobs.

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

This is why you fight these cowards. The moment you stand up to them, they crumble. Homan has nothing. The Fourth Amendment is clear and I am well within my duties to educate people of their rights. He can threaten me with jail and call names all he wants. He’s got nothing else.

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Anders Åslund @andersaslund.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Hegseth's visit to Brussels made clear that the best Europe can do is to ignore this harmful man. Europe needs to arm as fast as possible & develop its own strategy. The US under Trump is not only useless but harmful & dangerous.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Click on the magnifying glass icon in your browser bar, then select "DuckDuckGo" as your default search engine.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

The average Fox News viewer has no idea that Musk is tearing down a system that allowed this country to rule the world for the past 75 years. And when their standard of living slips dramatically in the next five years they still won’t understand because their TV will blame it on some poor scapegoat.

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Today is a dark day when once there were so many winners. SIL, the Soybean Innovation Lab, will shutter its doors as of 4/15/25 as all USAID funding has ceased. Today I had to let go of a staff of 30. These individuals are not only unique experts in the field of tropical soybean, but also close colleagues and friends who are now unexpectedly out of work. The land grant system now loses 19 crown jewel Innovation Labs, across 17 states, that delivered high and measurable impact on very little investment. U.S. soybean farmers lose one of their best tools to expand their markets and U.S. standards globally. Local economies in emerging markets lose soybean as an incomparable engine growing wealth, prosperity, and economic development. International security is a loser, as local populations now fall back into poverty, unrest, and migration, due to greater food insecurity. U.S. influence loses as Innovation Labs operate on the ground in direct collaboration with hundreds of local businesses, organizations, and governments building strong and lasting friendships. Today we all lose. It is a shame. Innovation Labs like SIL are an investment for good on so many levels.
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 04/02/2025

Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines? Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take. thebullshitmachines.com

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