What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?

Cindy Lopes Bento, @maikelpellens.bsky.social and I have a new paper forthcoming in 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘤𝘩 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺, which turned out to be an early Christmas gift. 📄🎄

It speaks to a policy question that is becoming increasingly important. doi.org/10.1016/j.re...

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Absolutely humbled to coauthor with someone who once sat with Mokyr in the same (smallish) conference room.

Innovation is at the center of economic growth. Congratulations to three who’ve taught us so much.

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Horrible.

Lord of the Ring: The One Tower.

Condolences, Paul.

Tsja.

It's 1828. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the century for insane and idiotic reasons.

It's 1929. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the century for insane and idiotic reasons.

It's 2025. The United States has adopted the highest tariff rate of the ce

Those were the days

Thinking of the AER thumb paper.

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What, she doesn't?

EnDoGeNeItY cOnCeRnS

What the fuck. Reposting for visibility.

I'm definitely not planning on going there anytime soon.

For your Sunday morning, a bit of poetic optimism from this week's Charlemagne column.

I am sure these are great friends having a joyful conversation.

I remember being somewhat shook over this book when it came out. In hindsight, prescient.

Awful news on the IZA.

Very, very well deserved! I will happily attend.

Reading Parable of the Talents now by Octavia E Butler. Found this passage relevant to our times. Actually this entire book is relevant to our dystopian reality. #booksky #booktok

I didn't have *that* on my inauguration bingo card.

Back at ZEW for a few days. Any takers for a coffee?

Female content creators on YouTube received significantly more negative feedback for comparable content.

But the removal of public display of dislikes eliminated this gender gap and persistently increased female creator productivity and consumer demand.

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R&R days are good days.

At the ZEW CoDE conference today. Good to be back in Mannheim.