Reposted by Ralph RanalliEconomics for Inclusive Prosperity @econfip.bsky.social · 25/09/2026With so much in the world off-kilter, it's perhaps no surprise that HBS Prof. Rebecca Henderson says the key to a better future is balance, since both unconstrained markets and capitalism and unconstrained governments have both proven to be failures. youtube.com/shorts/Hbfni...youtube.comHBS Prof. Rebecca Henderson on regaining the crucial balance between markets and governmentYouTube video by Economics for Inclusive Prosperity 002
Reposted by Ralph RanalliEconomics for Inclusive Prosperity @econfip.bsky.social · 24/09/2026We asked renowned Harvard Business School Professor Rebecca Henderson to come on and talk about what has happened since she published her landmark 2020 book: "Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire." Our talk was honest, sobering, and enlightening. Please give it a listen. youtu.be/iVrqHp33Twsyoutu.beShe told CEOs they could do well by doing good. Why did they stop doing good anyway?YouTube video by Economics for Inclusive Prosperity 001
Ralph Ranalli @ralphranalli.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Not "the U.S." NYT, the Trump administration. 0111
Reposted by Ralph RanalliEconomics for Inclusive Prosperity @econfip.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Harvard Business School Prof. Rebecca Henderson joined the EFIP podcast to talk about how her thinking on rethinking capitalism has evolved since her landmark 2020 book "Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire." The full episode goes live this Wednesday, Sept. 24. #humanecapitalism 011
Ralph Ranalli @ralphranalli.bsky.social · 15/09/2026My latest EFIP podcast is now on YouTube. Interesting chat with MIT's Liz Reynolds about critical technologies like drones and semiconductors and how making them in the US could be a win-win. #EFIP 000
Reposted by Ralph RanalliEconomics for Inclusive Prosperity @econfip.bsky.social · 14/09/2026How do you pursue economic development in the middle of a conflict zone? We brought together another stellar panel to discuss more of the unique and daunting challenges facing the people and the economy of Palestine in Part 2 of this EFIP virtual discussion series. youtu.be/qLwjdsMR5j4youtu.beEconomic Development in Palestine, Part 2YouTube video by Economics for Inclusive Prosperity 001
Ralph Ranalli @ralphranalli.bsky.social · 07/09/2026It's time to stop calling it the "mainstream" media. There is nothing mainstream about it, or its values. It is legacy corporate media. 021
Reposted by Ralph RanalliEconomics for Inclusive Prosperity @econfip.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Economic development is always challenging, but what can you accomplish in a conflict zone? Economists Wifag Adnan, Hani Mansour, Sami Miaari, and Ayhab Saad join EFIP co-director Suresh Naidu for Part 2 of our Economic Development in Palestine discussions. econfip.org/economic-dev... 011
Ralph Ranalli @ralphranalli.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Studies like this always remind me how perverse it is that Harvard still has a football team. I've always thought the program's motto should be "Harvard Football: Taking the world's greatest minds and smashing them together since 1873." hms.harvard.edu/news/least-1...hms.harvard.edu 000
Ralph Ranalli @ralphranalli.bsky.social · 24/08/2026The sociopathy of money hoarders... #aworldwithoutbillionaires. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/22/u...nytimes.comHow the Billionaire Joe Lonsdale Shaped Trump’s Homelessness PolicyAs Republicans have embraced tough measures to clear the streets, no group has led the way more than the Cicero Institute, founded by the venture capitalist Joe Lonsdale. 000
Ralph Ranalli @ralphranalli.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Third option: Plow the courses under and put up solar/ag farms. 000
Ralph Ranalli @ralphranalli.bsky.social · 17/08/2026This kind of lazy, click-bait-y story framing by the Boston Globe is how ignorant NIMBYism wins and our children and the planet lose. It's time to #cancelcorporatejournalism www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/16/s...bostonglobe.comThis tiny Mass. town is fighting a proposed battery park, saying it could harm Boston’s drinking water. Some officials disagree. - The Boston GlobeFor a half-century, this was a junkyard, and now it’s the backdrop to a pitched battle between this tiny, rural Worcester County community and an energy company that wants to build a battery park. 000
Ralph Ranalli @ralphranalli.bsky.social · 16/08/2026This reads like it was written by a 6th-grader. 000
Reposted by Ralph RanalliMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 13/08/2026My only comment about Woke 1 vs Woke 2 is that neither of these things is real &, for the thousandth time, we don’t have to frame <every topic in American politics> on the terms of the far right authoritarian party & right-wing pundits. Other, more serious choices are readily available: 562390496
Ralph Ranalli @ralphranalli.bsky.social · 10/08/2026The structure of this story attempts to legitimizing an almost comically-absurd end-run around the First Amendment. 000
Ralph Ranalli @ralphranalli.bsky.social · 02/08/2026What an abomination of a story. The Washington Post dumps gasoline on a dumpster fire of a GOP distraction campaign. If the people who still work at the Post had any self-respect, they would quit immediately like Adam O'Neal. #cancelcorporatejournalism 021
Ralph Ranalli @ralphranalli.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Dear Legacy Corporate Media: There are no communists. None. Act accordingly. Full stop. 000
Ralph Ranalli @ralphranalli.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I understand where you're coming from. But I would caution you not to look to the news to see how anything is "received by Americans." 120
Ralph Ranalli @ralphranalli.bsky.social · 24/07/2026I don't think the polls back your analysis. But time will tell. 100
Ralph Ranalli @ralphranalli.bsky.social · 24/07/2026No, the story was about why Mamdani didn't listen to political consultants about the optics, not about him not understanding the legalities. And sometimes that kind of posturing has a moral purpose. The tide certainly seems to be turning against Netanyahu in public opinion. 110
Ralph Ranalli @ralphranalli.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Brazen is insufficient. We’re going to need a new word. 120
Ralph Ranalli @ralphranalli.bsky.social · 06/07/2026When the most corrupt governing body in international sport met the most corrupt president in the history of the United States, what exactly did we think was going to happen? #benchbalogun 000
Ralph Ranalli @ralphranalli.bsky.social · 05/07/2026"white supremacists and liberal activists" — the Bezos Post is now a fetid swamp of false equivalence. What a disgrace to journalism. 000
Ralph Ranalli @ralphranalli.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Crypto's only use cases have always been bribery, money laundering, financial crime, and naked speculation. Time to regulate it out of existence. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comTrump raked in more than $1bn from crypto businesses in 2025, filing showsPresident’s crypto ventures have eclipsed in revenue much of his property portfolio that took decades to accumulate 001
Ralph Ranalli @ralphranalli.bsky.social · 30/06/20261. Buy an electric car. 2. Install solar panels. 3. Install a heat pump. 4. Fight the fossil fuel industry and big tech. 010
Ralph Ranalli @ralphranalli.bsky.social · 30/06/2026"raises a political challenge"? That's the best you've got, WashPo? 110
Ralph Ranalli @ralphranalli.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Can we just shut down the Washington Post and be done with it? It's slow decline into garbage under Bezos is torture. #cancelcorporatenews 000
Ralph Ranalli @ralphranalli.bsky.social · 21/06/2026What awful journalism. Given the overwhelming weight of experience and empirical fact in the mendacious Trump presidency era, the default news here should be that a man says he was falsely arrested, not that Trump said mythical "vandals" had sabotaged an obviously-botched construction project. 020
Ralph Ranalli @ralphranalli.bsky.social · 11/06/2026You can't understand inequality without fully understanding the labor market. #inclusiveprosperity 010
Ralph Ranalli @ralphranalli.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Is it just me or is Scott Galloway's character arc really interesting? 000
Ralph Ranalli @ralphranalli.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Just arriving in my inbox... the worst sale pitch ever! "Hey, you can pay $41.99 a year for Bari Weiss!" 000
Reposted by Ralph RanalliEconomics for Inclusive Prosperity @econfip.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Nobel Prize winner Paul Krugman calls UMass Amherst economist Arin Dube the "go to guy on minimum wages." On our new episode, Dube discusses labor market myths and misunderstandings and what the evidence really says about the effects of minimum wage laws. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...podcasts.apple.comHow I learned to stop worrying and love the minimum wagePodcast Episode · Economics for Inclusive Prosperity · June 5 · 54m 001
Ralph Ranalli @ralphranalli.bsky.social · 07/06/2026"The truth is in the middle" is one the biggest and most damaging fallacies of our time, promoted by those with wealth and power for their own benefit. The truth is where rigorous scholarship and honest inquiry says it is. 000
Ralph Ranalli @ralphranalli.bsky.social · 02/06/2026The legacy political media doubles down on insipid and counterproductive. 010
Ralph Ranalli @ralphranalli.bsky.social · 24/05/2026The most Orange County news story ever. ktla.com/news/orange-...ktla.comCould Garden Grove tank explosion affect Disneyland, Knott’s Berry Farm or Angel Stadium?A failing chemical tank dangerously close to exploding at an aerospace facility in Garden Grove is located less than 10 miles away from some of Orange County’s most popular attractions, including D… 000
Reposted by Ralph RanalliMark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 23/05/2026The NY Times apparently thinks fairness in journalism means having no values at all. Trump assaults one of the key factors in America's rise to global leadership — immigration — and the best the Times can do is call it a “risky pivot.” 1111846440
Reposted by Ralph RanalliEconomics for Inclusive Prosperity @econfip.bsky.social · 23/05/2026Attention: Graduation speakers Don't risk getting booed. Do your homework. Our episode with Max Kasy is now required listening for anyone talking to young people about AI. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...podcasts.apple.comHow to make power over AI's future more democraticPodcast Episode · Economics for Inclusive Prosperity · February 25 · 43m 022