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Alexandre delaigue @adelaigue.bsky.social · 42m

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Ea-nāṣir @jedgarnaut.bsky.social · 12h

𝗩𝗜𝗕𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗖𝗞: Negative

French Thrift Stores Lack T-Shirts; Frustration Grows.

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Alexandre delaigue @adelaigue.bsky.social · 13h

Vous ne lirez pas mieux sur kes conséquences des décisions chinoises concernant les terres rares open.substack.com/pub/edconway...

The Rare Earths crisis and what it teaches us

How much of a big deal is China's latest salvo in the global trade war? And will it backfire?

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undercoverhist.bsky.social @undercoverhist.bsky.social · 19h

What does a Nobel Prize on ‘innovation-driven economic growth’ actually reward?

A historian’s perspective on how to deal with the Nobel frenzy

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Alexandre delaigue @adelaigue.bsky.social · 23h

Ce quatrième prix Nobel consécutif obtenu par un ou plusieurs historiens économiques confirme ma théorie: l’histoire économique est devenue la discipline reine en économie.

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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éconoclaste 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @econoclaste.bsky.social · 1d

Voilà, on vous parle des lauréats du Nobel d'économie 2025.
Pour nous écouter, soit sur le site avec le lien ci-dessous, soit en suivant les instructions du post encore plus en dessous.
Bonne écoute...

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eggnog slut @deus01.bsky.social · 1d

postmodern finance theory

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Pseudoerasmus @pseudoerasmus.bsky.social · 1d

Four items by Mokyr: the first is a topic already recognised by the Nobel, but the other three are less well known areas of Mokyr: his study of the Irish famine, his explanation of why the Dutch Republic was not the first, and his artisan theory of the Industrial Revolution.

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Alexandre delaigue @adelaigue.bsky.social · 1d

Accédez à l’épisode via le lien sur le site, mais aussi sur Spotify, Apple Podcasts, ou votre plateforme préférée.

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Alexandre delaigue @adelaigue.bsky.social · 1d

Nouvel épisode des ecorruptibles en ligne! Un épisode spécial consacré aux Nobel du jour. Enjoy!

econoclaste.eu/econoclaste/...

Les écorruptibles – Épisode 2 - Spécial Nobel 2025

Liens vers l'épisode Lien sur Spotify : Épisode 2 Sommaire de l'épisode Joel Mokyr, Phillipe Aghion et Peter Howitt lauréats du prix Nobel d'économie 2025. Présentation de leurs travaux Intérêt sci...

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Martin Anota @manota.bsky.social · 1d

Les tribunes d'Aghion sur Télos
👉 www.telos-eu.com/fr/economie/...

La croissance selon Philippe Aghion

Ses six articles Telos

www.telos-eu.com

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Alexandre delaigue @adelaigue.bsky.social · 1d

Ce qui aurait été fun aurait été un Nobel Aghion-Piketty « pour leur analyse de l’interaction entre fiscalité et croissance »

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Théodule Dikay @theodikay.bsky.social · 1d

L'entretien avec @alavigne.bsky.social sur la question des retraites est super intéressant et traite de nombreux aspects (y compris des angles morts pas toujours évoqués dans les débats médiatiques).

éconoclaste 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 @econoclaste.bsky.social · 8d

[Rappel]

Nous avons publié le premier épisode de notre podcast audio "Les écorruptibles".
Entre autres choses, un long entretien sur les retraites avec Anne Lavigne ( @alavigne.bsky.social )

Je récapitule comment y accéder.

Une page dédiée sur notre site :
econoclaste.eu/econoclaste/...

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Pseudoerasmus @pseudoerasmus.bsky.social · 1d

Many people are sceptical of Mokyr's idealist take on the Industrial Revolution, but even if you are suspicious, The Enlightened Economy is still a tremendous book. I think this review in JEL gives the correct flavour. It says the comprehensiveness is a curse, but the 'curse' teaches you a lot !!!

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Paris School of Economics @pse.bsky.social · 1d

🏅 The 2025 #NobelPrize in Economic Sciences has been awarded to Philippe Aghion, professor at PSE (@college-de-france.fr) with Peter Howitt (Brown University) and alongside Joel Mokyr (Northwestern University).
The entire PSE community congratulates Philippe Aghion.
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Philippe Aghion awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics - Paris School of Economics

Philippe Aghion was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for his work on innovation-driven economic growth.

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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 1d

I am going to try to summarize the paper in case you don't have the time to read it from A to Z. First, why do cost of ownership studies matter? Well, the capital costs of electric vehicles remain a key barrier to their adoption, but one should also consider their lower running costs. /

laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · 5d

My paper "Tax benefits for users of company cars: How do they affect the cost of ownership for the employer?" has been published on-line in European Transport Studies. It is available in free access. Work performed at the Federal Planning Bureau.

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Tax benefits for users of company cars: How do they affect the cost of ownership for the employer?

I present a cost of ownership (from the perspective of the employer) analysis of leased company cars sold in Belgium in 2023, both before and after ta…

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Pseudoerasmus @pseudoerasmus.bsky.social · 1d

Aghion (et al) have a paper on China, they recognised long ago & before many that the Chinese model departs from the East Asia model in having a Darwinian struggle-to-the-death competition of firms behind a wall of protection. It pairs Schumpeterian growth theory w the economics of industrial policy

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Pseudoerasmus @pseudoerasmus.bsky.social · 1d

I anticipate some sneers thrown Mokyr's way so my preemptive comment...

What ever else he might have done, what ever faults he might have, Mokyr has performed a tremendous service simply by stressing the great importance of the Scientific Revolution to the birth of the modern economy.

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Pseudoerasmus @pseudoerasmus.bsky.social · 1d

Mokyr's work could not have been done today in most economics departments, but the irony is that his work would not fit in history departments today, either. Methodologically he seems more 'history' than 'economics' to economists, but the content and reasoning are too 'economics' for most historians

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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 3d

The platform formerly known as Twitter may be horrible, but it is still shaping policy. So were we all wrong to leave?

Was the left wrong to leave X for BlueSky?

The platform formerly known as Twitter may be horrible, but it's still shaping policy

www.newstatesman.com

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Alexandre delaigue @adelaigue.bsky.social · 1d

Dans les vieux vivant aujourd’hui qui pourraient, il y a Dixit, mais aussi Harberger (101 ans).

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Maria Bach @mariabach.bsky.social · 2d

You can now follow the podcast on Bluesky: @ceterisnparibus.bsky.social

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Maria Bach @mariabach.bsky.social · 6d

I am eventually going to take up @undercoverhist.bsky.social s idea of doing a podcast episode on how to write good reviewer reports. SO I need your help, send me 3 things every reviewer report needs AND/OR the worst reviewer report who have ever received (provide example and reasoning) 🙏

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Alexandre delaigue @adelaigue.bsky.social · 2d

« Il ne fallait pas vendre d’or en 2008 parce que le cours de l’or allait monter de 50% en 2025 » je ne l’avais jamais vue celle là

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