Kevin Hjortshøj O’Rourke
@kevinhorourke.bsky.social
Economist and economic historian. Directeur de Recherche, CNRS and Professor of Economics, Sciences Po, Paris.
Website: kevinhorourke.com
Website: kevinhorourke.com
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#JECO2025 𝘓𝘢 #𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 à 𝘭’é𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱
@vvicard.bsky.social (CEPII)
@mathildedupre.bsky.social (Institut Veblen)
@pierrehaski.bsky.social (France Inter)
Eric Monnet (EHESS, PSE)
@kevinhorourke.bsky.social (CNRS, Sciences-Po)
www.youtube.com/live/IScMgL5...
@les-jeco.bsky.social #econsky
@vvicard.bsky.social (CEPII)
@mathildedupre.bsky.social (Institut Veblen)
@pierrehaski.bsky.social (France Inter)
Eric Monnet (EHESS, PSE)
@kevinhorourke.bsky.social (CNRS, Sciences-Po)
www.youtube.com/live/IScMgL5...
@les-jeco.bsky.social #econsky
La mondialisation à l’épreuve de Trump - 05/11 - 18h00 (LYON 2)
YouTube video by Journées de l'Economie
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November 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
#JECO2025 𝘓𝘢 #𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 à 𝘭’é𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘱
@vvicard.bsky.social (CEPII)
@mathildedupre.bsky.social (Institut Veblen)
@pierrehaski.bsky.social (France Inter)
Eric Monnet (EHESS, PSE)
@kevinhorourke.bsky.social (CNRS, Sciences-Po)
www.youtube.com/live/IScMgL5...
@les-jeco.bsky.social #econsky
@vvicard.bsky.social (CEPII)
@mathildedupre.bsky.social (Institut Veblen)
@pierrehaski.bsky.social (France Inter)
Eric Monnet (EHESS, PSE)
@kevinhorourke.bsky.social (CNRS, Sciences-Po)
www.youtube.com/live/IScMgL5...
@les-jeco.bsky.social #econsky
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Congratulations to CAGE Impact Director @dennisnovy.bsky.social on his appointment to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office as the lead economic adviser to the Foreign Secretary on the UK’s foreign and international development policy.
Dennis Novy becomes lead economic advisor to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Congratulations to CAGE Impact Director, Dennis Novy who has been appointed as Chief Economist and Director of Analysis at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO).
buff.ly
October 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Congratulations to CAGE Impact Director @dennisnovy.bsky.social on his appointment to the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office as the lead economic adviser to the Foreign Secretary on the UK’s foreign and international development policy.
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For anyone who's published a book. (Source: www.alcs.co.uk/news/the-lat...)
September 30, 2025 at 2:55 PM
For anyone who's published a book. (Source: www.alcs.co.uk/news/the-lat...)
Absurd, and embarrassing for the country. If there is a 1930s analogy for today’s German rearmament, it would be British rearmament in the face of Nazi aggression in Europe. Not everyone in Ireland was on the British side then and not everyone in Ireland is on the Ukrainian and European side now.
Catherine Connolly compares German arms build-up with 1930s
Catherine Connolly compares German arms build-up with 1930s
‘I don’t wish to depress you. There is hope,’ presidential candidate tells UCD event
www.irishtimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Absurd, and embarrassing for the country. If there is a 1930s analogy for today’s German rearmament, it would be British rearmament in the face of Nazi aggression in Europe. Not everyone in Ireland was on the British side then and not everyone in Ireland is on the Ukrainian and European side now.
Europe will retaliate by talking a lot.
A cyberattack targeting check-in and boarding systems has disrupted air traffic at several major European airports.
Cyberattack disrupts check-in systems at major European airports
A cyberattack targeting check-in and boarding systems has disrupted air traffic at several major European airports.
bit.ly
September 20, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Europe will retaliate by talking a lot.
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Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"
September 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"
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Very useful discussion on the perils of using micro/cross-sectional parameter estimates in inferring the aggregate effects of policies/shocks. This is pervasive in Economics, yet the two effects can even have the opposite signs. (Example in next post.) voxdev.org/topic/method...
The ‘missing intercept’ problem with going from micro to macro
Many applied microeconomics papers conclude with a back-of-the-envelope calculation that scales their cross-sectional estimates to the aggregate level. These types of aggregate estimates are only vali...
voxdev.org
September 12, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Very useful discussion on the perils of using micro/cross-sectional parameter estimates in inferring the aggregate effects of policies/shocks. This is pervasive in Economics, yet the two effects can even have the opposite signs. (Example in next post.) voxdev.org/topic/method...
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A tragic piece of news. Conor Gearty FBA was a wonderful human being, as kind as he was brilliant, thoughtful, self-deprecating and witty; a man of dialogue and convictions, always ready to listen, and one who had much to give the world.
I am very sad to hear of Conor Gearty’s death. An enormous loss. He was a distinguished human rights lawyer and academic and a man of deep faith. He was a vital part of the Catholic conversation in Britain. At dheis Dé go raibh a anam dílis. This is his diary from Bayreuth in this week’s Tablet.
September 12, 2025 at 7:51 PM
A tragic piece of news. Conor Gearty FBA was a wonderful human being, as kind as he was brilliant, thoughtful, self-deprecating and witty; a man of dialogue and convictions, always ready to listen, and one who had much to give the world.
Hands off Bradley. We need good managers making our domestic league internationally competitive.
What’s next for Ireland? Martin’s CFO role puts Stephen Bradley in the frame to be boss
https://www.newsbeep.com/114982/
Heimir Hallgrímsson knows the score, especially when there’s losing ones. One upside of recruiting a manager with international…
https://www.newsbeep.com/114982/
Heimir Hallgrímsson knows the score, especially when there’s losing ones. One upside of recruiting a manager with international…
What's next for Ireland? Martin’s CFO role puts Stephen Bradley in the frame to be boss - News Beep
Heimir Hallgrímsson knows the score, especially when there’s losing ones.
www.newsbeep.com
September 10, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Hands off Bradley. We need good managers making our domestic league internationally competitive.
If the EP were to vote down this preposterous and illegal "deal" it would among other things mean that the Commission could credibly tell partners that there are limits to what is politically possible in Europe.
🔴 Starting NOW: Plenary debate with Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič and Danish EU Affairs Minister Marie Bjerre on Council and Commission statements
Implementation of EU-US trade deal and the prospect of wider EU trade agreements
📺 Watch LIVE ⤵️
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Implementation of EU-US trade deal and the prospect of wider EU trade agreements
📺 Watch LIVE ⤵️
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September 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
If the EP were to vote down this preposterous and illegal "deal" it would among other things mean that the Commission could credibly tell partners that there are limits to what is politically possible in Europe.
A regulatory superpower that can’t even regulate itself (if true)
EU Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič today made an 11th-hour intervention to stop the EU Commission issuing a penalty on U.S. tech giant Google for its search advertising practices, amid continued trade threats from President Donald Trump.
EU Google antitrust penalty halted amid Trump’s tariff threats
The decision was paused by Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič against the wishes of Competition Commissioner Teresa Ribera.
www.politico.eu
September 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A regulatory superpower that can’t even regulate itself (if true)
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The reality that Europe must acknowledge, in Ukraine and the transatlantic relationship open.substack.com/pub/billemmo...
September's dawning reality
English original of article published in Italian this morning by La Stampa
open.substack.com
August 30, 2025 at 8:38 AM
The reality that Europe must acknowledge, in Ukraine and the transatlantic relationship open.substack.com/pub/billemmo...
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We are deeply saddened to hear that former Finn Harps, Galway United and Fanad United coach Ollie Horgan has passed away. 💙
A massive loss for Irish football. 😢
A massive loss for Irish football. 😢
August 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
We are deeply saddened to hear that former Finn Harps, Galway United and Fanad United coach Ollie Horgan has passed away. 💙
A massive loss for Irish football. 😢
A massive loss for Irish football. 😢
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One of the main benefits of doing a US PhD is the extra time you get, that's one of the big reasons I advised my students to apply for US programmes. We offer a four year degree here, there'd be no advantage over us. The US is euthanising its massive advantage in research for no good reason.
I know there's a lot happening today, but this is sneaking in under the radar. This proposed new rule would absolutely crush foreign PhD students, potentially making it impossible for them to enroll with any certainty of their ability to finish www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
August 28, 2025 at 8:43 AM
One of the main benefits of doing a US PhD is the extra time you get, that's one of the big reasons I advised my students to apply for US programmes. We offer a four year degree here, there'd be no advantage over us. The US is euthanising its massive advantage in research for no good reason.
If anyone is in position to know, she is.
So: you can’t be a little bit sovereign, if you want to be the master in your own house you need to be sovereign across the board. That’s the agenda, and it has to start with Russia’s defeat in Ukraine. Time to massively scale up the Danish model
So: you can’t be a little bit sovereign, if you want to be the master in your own house you need to be sovereign across the board. That’s the agenda, and it has to start with Russia’s defeat in Ukraine. Time to massively scale up the Danish model
„We have a land war on European continent. We are fully dependent on US. None of the EU members was ready to risk further escalation“.
The way @sabineweyand.bsky.social explains EU-US-deal is exactly right. She explains EU‘s trade-offs & rationale — and doesn‘t put lipstick on a pig.
(SZ-Dossier)
The way @sabineweyand.bsky.social explains EU-US-deal is exactly right. She explains EU‘s trade-offs & rationale — and doesn‘t put lipstick on a pig.
(SZ-Dossier)
August 27, 2025 at 7:50 AM
If anyone is in position to know, she is.
So: you can’t be a little bit sovereign, if you want to be the master in your own house you need to be sovereign across the board. That’s the agenda, and it has to start with Russia’s defeat in Ukraine. Time to massively scale up the Danish model
So: you can’t be a little bit sovereign, if you want to be the master in your own house you need to be sovereign across the board. That’s the agenda, and it has to start with Russia’s defeat in Ukraine. Time to massively scale up the Danish model
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„We have a land war on European continent. We are fully dependent on US. None of the EU members was ready to risk further escalation“.
The way @sabineweyand.bsky.social explains EU-US-deal is exactly right. She explains EU‘s trade-offs & rationale — and doesn‘t put lipstick on a pig.
(SZ-Dossier)
The way @sabineweyand.bsky.social explains EU-US-deal is exactly right. She explains EU‘s trade-offs & rationale — and doesn‘t put lipstick on a pig.
(SZ-Dossier)
August 27, 2025 at 5:06 AM
„We have a land war on European continent. We are fully dependent on US. None of the EU members was ready to risk further escalation“.
The way @sabineweyand.bsky.social explains EU-US-deal is exactly right. She explains EU‘s trade-offs & rationale — and doesn‘t put lipstick on a pig.
(SZ-Dossier)
The way @sabineweyand.bsky.social explains EU-US-deal is exactly right. She explains EU‘s trade-offs & rationale — and doesn‘t put lipstick on a pig.
(SZ-Dossier)
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📢 New initiative: we are launching a monthly virtual seminar in French Economic History to share and discuss the latest research in the field!
🌍 Open to all interested in #econhist.
👉 Info & updates: sites.google.com/view/vwfhe/h...
🌍 Open to all interested in #econhist.
👉 Info & updates: sites.google.com/view/vwfhe/h...
VWFHE
sites.google.com
August 26, 2025 at 8:48 AM
📢 New initiative: we are launching a monthly virtual seminar in French Economic History to share and discuss the latest research in the field!
🌍 Open to all interested in #econhist.
👉 Info & updates: sites.google.com/view/vwfhe/h...
🌍 Open to all interested in #econhist.
👉 Info & updates: sites.google.com/view/vwfhe/h...
So much for the certainty that rewarding Trump for breaking the law provided us with.
Show a bully that you’re weak and he’ll walk all over you.
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Show a bully that you’re weak and he’ll walk all over you.
on.ft.com/3JzL772
Donald Trump threatens retaliation over taxes that ‘discriminate’ against US tech
President claims other countries’ digital levies hurt American companies while ignoring China
on.ft.com
August 26, 2025 at 6:37 AM
So much for the certainty that rewarding Trump for breaking the law provided us with.
Show a bully that you’re weak and he’ll walk all over you.
on.ft.com/3JzL772
Show a bully that you’re weak and he’ll walk all over you.
on.ft.com/3JzL772
Norwegians decide on the Nobel Peace Prize. They suffered under Nazi occupation. Nazi occupation was not peace. Russian occupation is not peace. Perhaps someone should explain this to Mr Trump.
August 17, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Norwegians decide on the Nobel Peace Prize. They suffered under Nazi occupation. Nazi occupation was not peace. Russian occupation is not peace. Perhaps someone should explain this to Mr Trump.
This is a moment of truth for Europe. If our leaders don’t act to defend our vital interests there is no point in complaining about the failure of others to do so.
August 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
This is a moment of truth for Europe. If our leaders don’t act to defend our vital interests there is no point in complaining about the failure of others to do so.
If the argument is that the EU had no choice in the trade talks but to reward the US for breaking the law, because we need its security support, then a consequence should be that if the US takes Russia’s side in demanding that Ukraine give up land, then all bets will be off as regards trade.
August 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
If the argument is that the EU had no choice in the trade talks but to reward the US for breaking the law, because we need its security support, then a consequence should be that if the US takes Russia’s side in demanding that Ukraine give up land, then all bets will be off as regards trade.
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Economic history has lost one of its greats.
Peter Temin, economic historian at MIT, has passed away. He worked both on problems of understanding the past (e.g. "Did Monetary Forces Cause the Great Depression?") and how how the past shapes the present (e.g. "The Vanishing Middle Class.") Terrific scholar and mentor, generous critic.
August 5, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Economic history has lost one of its greats.
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UK academics studying topics sensitive to China face harassment, survey finds – The Guardian: ‘reported instances of harassment from colleagues and pressure from university administrators related to the financial consequences of damaging relations with China.’
UK academics studying topics sensitive to China face harassment, survey finds
Exclusive: university staff report being pressured to change teaching and are told that Chinese surveillance is rife
www.theguardian.com
August 4, 2025 at 7:36 AM
UK academics studying topics sensitive to China face harassment, survey finds – The Guardian: ‘reported instances of harassment from colleagues and pressure from university administrators related to the financial consequences of damaging relations with China.’