"For every additional dollar of windfall profit, approximately $0.20 is booked in tax havens. This diversion intensifies during commodity booms."

Noteworthy in light of <gestures broadly at the world>

taxobservatory.world/publication/...

The Call for Papers for the 119th Annual Conference on Taxation is now open!

You are invited to submit the following:
🔸 Individual papers to be integrated into sessions. 
🔸 Complete sessions of papers (suggestions of groupings). 
🔸 Panel discussions (not based on research papers).

Capitalism Has Left the Planet YouTube video by Econ Unpacked

Do you like Economics? Do you like outer space? Do you wish someone would talk about both at the same time? Look no further: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4lM...

Confronting Wealth Inequality in Ireland Report This report outlines the economic, social and democratic case for a tax on extreme wealth, alongside the need for Ireland to take a principled position in international negotiations on global tax justice.

🆕Confronting Wealth Inequality in Ireland - New report from @oxfamireland.bsky.social and the Nevin Economic Research Institute - NERI makes the case for a tax on extreme wealth in Ireland and urges a principled stance on #GlobalTaxJustice.

👉Read it here: bit.ly/4reS6TZ

@stephenbrodsky.bsky.social never ceases to amaze me. The man has so many different musical faces. On the new EP, Ferret in particular knocks me flat.

We're inviting submissions for the 3rd Irish Public Economics Workshop which will take place on August 27-28 2026 in Dublin with a keynote lecture by Prof. James R. Hines Jr. (@umich.edu)

Call for papers👇 and submission details at publiceconomics.ie/submit

Brilliant response from the Africa Union to the complaint that the implementing #UNtaxConvention 's commitment to fair taxing rights between countries would require renegotiating 3000 treaties.

Everything you need to know about the negotiations: taxjustice.net/topics/un-ta...

This lineup is just mind-blowing.

📢 ANNOUNCEMENT!

We’re stoked to reveal another wave of artists for ATG 2026! 💥 Please welcome Eivør, NOTHING, Master Boot Record, the long‑awaited return of Arcane Roots after 7+ years, plus many more.

🎫 Final tickets ON SALE NOW
⚠️ 4‑Day Tickets nearly gone.
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Graphic that shares a vacancy announcement for a Data Scientist (PSA), SA-TIED programme. The vacancy is based in Pretoria, South Africa. Application deadline is 9 February.

✨ Starting 2026 with a new opportunity!

UNU-WIDER is hiring a Data Scientist for the #SATIED programme in Pretoria 🇿🇦. Work with administrative tax data to support evidence-based policy and inclusive development.

👉 Apply here: go.unu.edu/Z5KSu

Don't, however, delete your account there. That enables someone else to pick it up and pose as you. Just let it sit derelict.

Right after Renée Good’s disgusting murder, a ICE goon was filmed kicking her memorial candles.
Absolutely vile.

Admin Data for Tax Justice: A New Global Initiative Advancing the Use of Administrative Data for Tax Research - Tax Justice Network Over the past decade, the use of administrative tax data has somewhat quietly transformed academic research on tax abuse, compliance, and enforcement. These datasets—corporate tax returns, country by ...

Today we're announcing a new joint initiative, Admin Data for Tax Justice, aimed at strengthening global collaborations around administrative tax data. Our new website provides the first systematic database of academic and policy research using this data. taxjustice.net/2025/12/11/a...

Elon Musk’s $1tn Tesla pay deal to be rejected by huge Norway wealth fund Carmaker’s seventh biggest single investor will vote against package at annual shareholder meeting * Business live – latest updates Norway’s sovereign wealth fund has said it will vote against a $1tn (£765bn) pay package for the Tesla chief executive, Elon Musk. The fund, which is the biggest national wealth fund in the world, said that while it appreciated the “the significant value created under Mr Musk’s visionary role” it would vote against his performance award. Continue reading...

Elon Musk’s $1tn Tesla pay deal to be rejected by huge Norway wealth fund

It's that time of year again...
#EconSky

Before we go to “infinity and beyond”  — KÅKÅ.no Av Ron Davies

A bit of promo for my upcoming talk on Space Economics (which I REALLY hope people start calling Astronomics)! @ucddublin.bsky.social @skatteforsk.bsky.social @rethink-gsc.bsky.social

www.kaakaa.no/artikler/bef...

Spaceonomics: Grunnrenteskatt i verdensrommet? / Resource Rent Tax in Outer Space? — KÅKÅ.no Ron Davies, Henrik Jorem, Vincent Seffinga Ordstyrer: Annette Alstadsæter

Looking forward to participating in this one: www.kaakaa.no/program/spac...

The day after Budget Day 2026 started with an interview with BBC NI’s Good Morning Ulster and will end with a UCD Econ alumni & staff reunion at @isweconomics.bsky.social’s post-budget analysis tonight @mueconomics.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie. #economicsfun

@ucddublin.bsky.social

Are you interested in research on corruption/illicit finance/kleptocracy? We are hiring a Research Fellow at @acdatacollective.bsky.social: acdatacollective.org/wp-content/u...
Please share in your networks, this could be a great gig.

I was very pleased to be part of this project!

Rethinking Global Supply Chains | Complexity matters YouTube video by Kiel Institute for the World Economy

💡 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗸𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀!

Stronger research investment, better knowledge transfer, + policies linking trade, tax + innovation are key to resilience.

📽️More: www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6P7...

#SupplyChains #Innovation #EUResearch @horizoneu.bsky.social

Missed last week’s RETHINK-GSC conference on the future of global supply chains? 🌍

🎥 The full recording is now online — watch insights from our researchers & policy leaders.

🔗 Watch here: www.bruegel.org/event/rethin...

Full Professor position in Economics | Laboratoire d’Économie de Dauphine (LEDa)

We're hiring a Full Professor of Economics - below you can now see the ad on our website!
@univdauphine.bsky.social

leda.dauphine.fr/fr/recruteme...

Our fearless leader Holger Görg explains why policies that ignore global supply chains don’t have a leg to stand on. @rethink-gsc.bsky.social

Couldn’t find a single female business leader?

If you teach an undergrad international trade course and want some hands-on experience with real data & Stata or R, consider my “Gravity for Undergrads” Chapter. It may be useful in econometrics, undergrad seminars, and undergrad theses. Gravity Rules 💪

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Graphic with event details: ‘RETHINK-GSC Final Policy Conference – 18 September 2025, Bruegel, Rue de la Charité 33, Brussels & online’. Includes Bruegel logo and RETHINK-GSC design elements.

📢 RETHINK-GSC Final Policy Conference
📅 18 Sept 2025 | @bruegel.org, Brussels & online

Knowledge flows, service inputs & economic shocks are reshaping #GlobalSupplyChains.
Join us as we present our key research findings for policy + resilience.

🔗 Registration: www.bruegel.org/event/rethin... #GSC

📙 Read the paper here: rethink-gsc.eu/knowledge-jo...

🗞️ Read the press release: rethink-gsc.eu/innovation-c...

Even short-term shocks can reshape supply chains. 🚢

New research by @saskiameuchelboeck.bsky.social shows German firms hit by the 2018 low water crisis on the Rhine permanently shifted away from inland shipping — a warning for climate resilience.

Learn more: rethink-gsc.eu/germanys-low...