Reposted by Matthias DoepkeDan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Finally, this has gone a bit under the radar, so I want to highlight it: The social, behavioral and economic sciences directorate (SBE) has simply ceased to deliver grants to many of its subareas. Any topic not specifically OK'd by the Trump administration is receiving zero new awards. 6422226
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeErzo F.P. Luttmer @erzoluttmer.bsky.social · 09/08/20261/5 AEA journals have run a pilot using Refine, and author reactions were overwhelmingly positive: >90% favored incorporating Refine into the editorial process. Think of Refine not as a referee, but as a detailed technical proofreader. @aeajournals.bsky.social #EconSky 23818
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeChristian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Have to sort some of my dad‘s affairs, and my God was I right with this column. economist.com/finance-and-...economist.comGermany has a lawyer problemIts endless bureaucratic rules trap would-be reformers 0232
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeAndrew Sissons @acjsissons.bsky.social · 16/07/2026This is an iconic feminist tract by @soumayakeynes.ft.com. What happens when you have a spreadsheet to measure how much time each parent spends on childcare?giftarticle.ft.comThe perks of parenting by spreadsheetOne simple trick to share it equally 2173
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeSam Learner @samlearner.bsky.social · 11/07/2026wrote for the magazine about the open source software that underpins our digital lives, how it is being upended by AI code tools, and about maintainers as.ft.com/r/b7f62212-9...ft.comWho cleans up after the vibe-coding party?Our obsession with AI code-writing tools is overwhelming the web’s unsung human caretakers 1825280
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 12/07/2026When one of my kids was little, she was averse to cheese. She reacted badly to cheese near her. To build her tolerance, she, my spouse, and I co-designed this ladder of exposure. Started with 1) talk about cheese. Ended at 10) smell feta and goat cheese. It worked. Found behind fridge. 6601
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeChristian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 06/07/2026All as expected. #Fifa www.rbfa.be/en/news/upda... 0209
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeJames O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · 05/07/2026May he who does not have a crypto gambling aristocrat paying the rent on a five storey Georgian townhouse near Buckingham Palace cast the first stone. 38717
Matthias Doepke @mdoepke.bsky.social · 22/06/2026My hope now: Burnham and Streeting strike a deal that avoids a leadership contest and puts Streeting as Chancellor 010
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeGreg Shill @gregshill.com · 17/06/2026This is a chart I wish the remote work discourse would more fully internalize. It shows the employment level among prime-age Americans with disabilities rising by nearly one quarter post-pandemic (from ~31% to approaching 39%). It's up even more from 2016. This is almost certainly hybrid work & WFH. 2245
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeBen Golub @bengolub.bsky.social · 09/06/2026To me (someone w/ no dog in this fight) your reply shows you are not a good scholar: rather than publicly confronting the clear evidence of your misrepresenting your sources, you turn to (perhaps correct) personal criticism of Magness. This is the behavior of (bad) politician, not a scholar. 2282
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeCentre for Economic Policy Research @cepr.org · 05/06/2026Congratulations to CEPR Research Fellow Oriana Bandiera, who was awarded the 2026 Birgit Grodal Award by @eeanews.bsky.social. The committee praised the conceptual depth, empirical innovation, and policy relevance that characterises her work. Full statement here: ow.ly/EAI950Z808m #EconSky 061
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeHedwig Richter @hedwigrichter.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Zum Muttertag ein Thread über die Verhöhnung der Mütter 1945 bis 1970er - also in Zeiten, in denen die "Hausfrau und Mutter" als gesellschaftliche Norm galt. Es gilt für die Hausfrauen auch, was für alle anderen Frauen gilt: Egal, was sie machen, wie sie es machen, es ist iwie falsch. 471053447
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeUrsula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 01/05/2026Today, the EU-Mercosur agreement begins to apply provisionally. The benefits are real and visible as of now. Tariffs start falling. Companies are gaining access to new markets. Investors have the predictability they need. 1638984
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeGeorg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 13/04/2026bsky.app/profile/nils... 171
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeMonika Schnitzer @monika-schnitzer.com · 13/04/2026Eine Senkung des ⛽️ Preises für alle durch eine zeitlich befristete Aussetzung der Energiesteuer ist die schlechteste aller bisher diskutierten Optionen. Das ist eine Hilfe mit der Gießkanne, auch für Menschen, die den höheren Preis verkraften können. Es reduziert den Anreiz… 421375326
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 10/04/2026"All of these things frighten me, and they should frighten you as well. I made the decision to create a life for myself here, because I viewed this as a place that rewarded determination, hard work, and integrity. It still has a chance to be that place again." open.substack.com/pub/ofthebra...open.substack.comI’m a Nobel Prize-winning immigrant. I can no longer recognize this country.Attacks on science and immigrants are destroying America. 14847252
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Preparing Kids for Capitalism by @mdoepke.bsky.social, Mariko Klasing www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...rfberlin.com 111
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Private Information in the Family by Suzanne Bellue, @mdoepke.bsky.social, Michèle Tertilt www.rfberlin.com/wp-content/u...rfberlin.com 111
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 07/04/2026In an age of creeping relativism, a universal moral law still exists. Threatening to end an entire civilization of 90 million people in order to bend a nation’s conduct to your will is grossly morally wrong. It is evil. And we should say this loudly. 1507155484882
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeAnna Stansbury @annastansbury.bsky.social · 27/01/2026📢now forthcoming in ECMA! The Class Gap in Career Progression: Evidence from US Academia Class is rarely a focus of research or DEI in elite US occupations. Evidence suggests it should be: we find a large class gap in at least one occupation - tenure-track academia...🧵 514155
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeGabriel Yoran @yoran.com · 20/01/2026Der kanadische PM Mark Carney mit einer Rede für die Geschichtsbücher (der Hauptteil auf Englisch beginnt bei 11:08). Man wünscht sich, Merz würde die Augen auch so weit aufkriegen („Nostalgia is not a strategy“): www.youtube.com/live/miM4ur5...youtube.comSpecial Address by Mark Carney, Prime Minister of CanadaYouTube video by World Economic Forum 1021273
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeGeorg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 21/01/2026🇪🇺 never cancels grants 151
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeUrsula von der Leyen @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu · 18/01/2026I spoke to the Secretary-General of NATO, Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer, Friedrich Merz and Giorgia Meloni. Together we stand firm in our commitment to uphold the sovereignty of Greenland and the Kingdom of Denmark. 625141923295
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 18/01/2026Have helped guard a local mosque during their Friday prayers. Been very cold but Somali restaurant offers us delicious, warm tea constantly. Members expressed much gratitude & confidence this ugly time will pass. 425320775
Reposted by Matthias Doepkejeeanews.bsky.social @jeeanews.bsky.social · 06/01/2026A big welcome to our new Associate Editors the Journal of @eeanews.bsky.social academic.oup.com/jeea/pages/E...academic.oup.comEditorial BoardManaging Editor Romain Wacziarg UCLA Anderson School of Management wacziarg@ucla.edu Romain Wacziarg is a professor of economics at UCLA Anderson School of M 152
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeSeema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 31/12/2025New NBER working paper with Alessandra Voena on women's power in the household in LMICs. I'd never found a review article on this topic that met my needs as a PhD class reading, so we sought to fill this gap. NBER : www.nber.org/papers/w34605 Ungated: seemajayachandran.com/womens_power_JEL.pdf 03214
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeJohn P de New 🇦🇺🇨🇦🇩🇪🇪🇺 @denewjohn.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Merry Christmas to my mates in the USA. THREE academics doing some heavy lifting in the US to protect freedom @mclem.org @aaronsojourner.org @justinwolfers.bsky.socialmedia.tenor.coma man in a military uniform is sitting in a car and looking out the window .ALT: a man in a military uniform is sitting in a car and looking out the window . 1163
Matthias Doepke @mdoepke.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Macro at LSE is hiring predocs for September 2025! Come and work in the best city in the world, on cutting edge macro with Ben Moll, Ricardo Reis, Joe Hazell, Ethan Ilzetzki, and me. Past predocs have gone to places like Harvard, LSE and Northwestern. t.co/2RrUaQl6Pk #econ_ra #EconSkyt.cohttps://jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/4174/0/460743/15539/research-assistant-in-macroeconomics-x2 0117
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeErik Angner @erikangner.com · 12/12/2025If this proposal becomes reality, international conferences in the US will become a thing of the past. 814345
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeDavid Schindler @david-schindler.de · 12/12/2025I had temporarily suspended all US travel after news emerged of how some fellow Germans and fellow academics were treated at the US border. If this passes, I won't travel to the United States before it is repealed. This saddens me as I miss out on meeting friends and colleagues... 1214
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeRudi Bachmann @bachmannrudi.bsky.social · 26/11/2025Strategische Unabhängigkeit Europas: 1) Putin-Regime wird 2026 wirtschaftlich kollabieren, wenn Sanktionen erhalten und verschärft werden. 2) Trump-Regime und MAGA werden 2026 elektoral kollabieren. Also: Durchhalten, Waffen liefern, Vermögen verwenden, Schattenflotte lahmlegen. 1422770
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeCentre For Macroeconomics @cfmuk.bsky.social · 22/10/2025CFM Director Ricardo Reis congratulates LSE academic Philippe Aghion, at LSE Dept. of Economics breakfast reception, for jointly winning the Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences with Joel Mokyr and Peter Howitt 163
Reposted by Matthias Doepkeundercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 14/10/2025What does a Nobel Prize on ‘innovation-driven economic growth’ actually reward? A historian’s perspective on how to deal with the Nobel frenzy beatricecherrier.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/w... 18954
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeAlexander Wulfers @alexanderwulfers.com · 13/10/2025"Bob Fogel said to me once: For economics to work without economic history is like an evolutionary biologist without paleontology. You just miss 99.5% of all the species that ever walked on this earth." Joel Mokyr www.youtube.com/live/__0sGvj...youtube.comLIVE: Nobel Prize in economics winner Joel Mokyr speaksYouTube video by Reuters 15118
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeGeorg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 03/10/2025„The decline was most pronounced among first-year graduate students. Illinois Urbana-Champaign has seen a 22% drop and Buffalo, 58%.“ Informative article 👇🏼 about 🇺🇸 int‘l students. 🇪🇺 has much freer speech now - so, welcome - it but should be said that silly admission restrictions exist here, too. 173
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeSamuel Bentolila @samben8.bsky.social · 03/10/2025I am really grateful to Cemfi for organizing this workshop and in particular to all the organizers, participants, and attendants. It was a high quality scientific event, full of warmth and fun. It was wonderful to get together with so many good friends 0122
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeBen Golub @bengolub.bsky.social · 24/07/2025I've been working on a new tool, Refine, to make scholars more productive. If you're interested in being among the very first to try the beta, please read on. Refine leverages the best current AI models to draw your attention to potential errors and clarity issues in research paper drafts. 1/ 2732187
Reposted by Matthias Doepke UChicago | Stone Center on Wealth Inequality & Mobility @ucstonecenter.bsky.social · 23/09/2025Alexander Monge-Naranjo has been researching the role of credit constraints in shaping educational attainment. He sits down with @durlauf.bsky.social to discuss how credit access matters for recent cohorts, whereas family resources were more determinative for earlier groups. Listen → bit.ly/4nOXPxK 041
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeRobert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 24/09/2025I think the key problem here is a continuing assumption, in traditional media, that when the White House speaks on a major topic, this is a big news story. That model can't cope with a president with no regard for truth, who's in constant broadcast mode, & who veers around from one day to another. 22515115
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeCorinne Low @corinnelow.com · 23/09/2025My book, a labor of love, with 15 years of my own research and the stories of countless women, is out today!! I document why women's time has gotten so squeezed, and then provide actionable, evidence-based strategies on what we can do about it! So many people on here did the research in the book! 🙏 15916
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeMichael Clemens @mclem.org · 22/09/2025The astronomical new Skill Penalty on US work visas will hobble a core driver of productivity growth in the US economy. “H-1B visas cause innovation, they cause entrepreneurship, they cause more R&D investment,” I told the @wsj.com Very nice and balanced piece by @jdlahart.bsky.social —>wsj.comWill the $100,000 Visa Fee Help U.S. Workers? Economists Aren’t So SureChanges to the H-1B system could benefit some U.S. workers. But economists say losing foreign talent could weaken the overall job market—and shift production overseas. 0247
Reposted by Matthias Doepkefabolange.bsky.social @fabolange.bsky.social · 22/09/2025If the UK does not take this good advice, maybe Canada will? Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver are great places for tech hubs - lets compete for them by enabling skilled migration and students. 052
Matthias Doepke @mdoepke.bsky.social · 22/09/2025The 100K H-1B fee is the biggest opportunity for the UK yet to revive economic growth and business dynamism. Now let’s drop those visa fees and NHS surcharges right away to send a clear signal and reap the benefits! 0405
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 18/09/2025This is a massive, history making abuse of your power. It will define your legacy and one day you will come to regret punishing free speech and trying to destroy democracy. 1046172634418
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeLones Smith @lonessmith.bsky.social · 18/09/2025"The countries where comedians can't mock the leader on late night TV are not really ones you want to live in." - Chris Hayes 071
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeChicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 02/09/2025Trump’s reelection was the tipping point. In April, Matthias Doepke sold his house and permanently moved his family to England to teach at the London School of Economics and Political Science.chicagotribune.comThis Northwestern professor fled the US under Trump. He hasn’t looked back.Trump’s reelection was the tipping point. In April, Matthias Doepke sold his house and permanently moved his family to England to teach at the London School of Economics and Political Science. 46916
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeRomain Wacziarg @romainwacziarg.bsky.social · 04/09/2025The August 2025 issue of the Journal of the European Economic Association is now published (academic.oup.com/jeea/issue/2...). It consists of 10 fantastic papers from a wide range of fields of economics. @jeeanews.bsky.social 2134
Reposted by Matthias DoepkeProPublica @propublica.org · 22/08/2025On the left: Nate Cavanagh, a 28-year-old DOGE staffer and college dropout. On the right: Mohammad Halimi, a 53-year-old exiled Afghan scholar. This is the story of how DOGE targeted Halimi on social media. Then the Taliban took his family. 🧵 15058223235