Simon Galle
@simongalle.bsky.social
🇧🇪 Economist interested in trade & development, technology, and labor market inequality.
PhD UC Berkeley. Associate Prof at BI, Oslo.
https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~sgalle/
PhD UC Berkeley. Associate Prof at BI, Oslo.
https://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~sgalle/
Pinned
Simon Galle
@simongalle.bsky.social
· Aug 1
New version of our paper "The Labor Market Impact of Technical Change: Inspecting the Mechanisms," with F. Carpena.
www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~sgalle/wp-c...
We present a stylized, tractable model on how occupation-specific technical change affects the wage distribution.
#EconSky
www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~sgalle/wp-c...
We present a stylized, tractable model on how occupation-specific technical change affects the wage distribution.
#EconSky
Reposted by Simon Galle
Today is one of those days when I should have taken my own advice. Flooded with rage tweets on the other platform. Garbage way to communicate that only brings out the worst in people. All dunks, no conversation. Complete waste of time trying to engage there www.gelliottmorris.com/p/you-should...
You should quit social media for good
Platforms optimized for engagement warp our politics, erode attention, and harm our wellbeing. Here’s how I minimize time on the (anti‑)social web.
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Today is one of those days when I should have taken my own advice. Flooded with rage tweets on the other platform. Garbage way to communicate that only brings out the worst in people. All dunks, no conversation. Complete waste of time trying to engage there www.gelliottmorris.com/p/you-should...
November 5, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Reposted by Simon Galle
This paper shows: the 2022 energy crisis led to record global profits for fossil fuel companies. The US gained the most, with claims on US$301 billion, exceeding its US$267 billion investment in low-carbon energy. Half of profits went to the top1%, mainly through stock ownership
November 3, 2025 at 6:44 AM
This paper shows: the 2022 energy crisis led to record global profits for fossil fuel companies. The US gained the most, with claims on US$301 billion, exceeding its US$267 billion investment in low-carbon energy. Half of profits went to the top1%, mainly through stock ownership
Reposted by Simon Galle
BI is hiring PhD candidates in economics.
We offer:
- a friendly and collegial department
- strong faculty support during your PhD
- access to very rich Norwegian microdata
- a competitive salary
- a strong track record in PhD placements.
Please share #EconSky 🙏🙏
bi.easycruit.com/vacancy/3539...
We offer:
- a friendly and collegial department
- strong faculty support during your PhD
- access to very rich Norwegian microdata
- a competitive salary
- a strong track record in PhD placements.
Please share #EconSky 🙏🙏
bi.easycruit.com/vacancy/3539...
Handelshøyskolen BI Programområdet - Doktorgrad - PhD Candidate in Economics
PhD Candidate in Economics
bi.easycruit.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
BI is hiring PhD candidates in economics.
We offer:
- a friendly and collegial department
- strong faculty support during your PhD
- access to very rich Norwegian microdata
- a competitive salary
- a strong track record in PhD placements.
Please share #EconSky 🙏🙏
bi.easycruit.com/vacancy/3539...
We offer:
- a friendly and collegial department
- strong faculty support during your PhD
- access to very rich Norwegian microdata
- a competitive salary
- a strong track record in PhD placements.
Please share #EconSky 🙏🙏
bi.easycruit.com/vacancy/3539...
Reposted by Simon Galle
an experience I think about a lot: I was visiting a class in DC Jail shortly after Kim Kardashian visited and had brought in her camera team. I relayed critiques of her "performative", "virtue signalling" acts I had heard on the outside. the response was somewhere between a shrug and an eye roll
anyone else notice that the west took a turn for the worse once the concept of signaling one’s own social virtue became derogatory, almost as if cynically deriding all displays of charity and good will is indicative of a deeply cynical and nihilistic society capable of collaborating in genocide
October 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
an experience I think about a lot: I was visiting a class in DC Jail shortly after Kim Kardashian visited and had brought in her camera team. I relayed critiques of her "performative", "virtue signalling" acts I had heard on the outside. the response was somewhere between a shrug and an eye roll
Reposted by Simon Galle
De #Nobelprijs #Economie ligt onder vuur. Critici stellen dat de prijs een misleidende autoriteit verleent aan een discipline die vaak ideologisch gekleurd is.
Lees het antwoord van prof. @simongalle.bsky.social (BI Norwegian Business School).
👉 www.tijdschriftkarakter.be/de-nobelprij...
Lees het antwoord van prof. @simongalle.bsky.social (BI Norwegian Business School).
👉 www.tijdschriftkarakter.be/de-nobelprij...
Karakter
Tijdschrift van wetenschap biedt een etalage op recente vernieuwingen in de internationale wetenschap
www.tijdschriftkarakter.be
September 25, 2025 at 9:25 AM
De #Nobelprijs #Economie ligt onder vuur. Critici stellen dat de prijs een misleidende autoriteit verleent aan een discipline die vaak ideologisch gekleurd is.
Lees het antwoord van prof. @simongalle.bsky.social (BI Norwegian Business School).
👉 www.tijdschriftkarakter.be/de-nobelprij...
Lees het antwoord van prof. @simongalle.bsky.social (BI Norwegian Business School).
👉 www.tijdschriftkarakter.be/de-nobelprij...
Reposted by Simon Galle
One obvious part of Europe's Trump handling is not to give too much weight to each individual utterance, but to stop the US going completely off the rails. In the absence of a domestic version, arguably even "the adults in the room"
I don’t understand the framing of this Politico story at all. Trump’s post is saying Europe is strong enough to back Ukraine on its own…. US is out, hence he closes with “Good luck to all.” This ain’t good.
www.politico.eu/article/dona...
www.politico.eu/article/dona...
Trump’s apparent U-turn on Ukraine cheers Europeans amid deeper skepticism about US policy
Elation over Trump’s pro-Ukraine post vied with doubts that he will ever follow through with tougher action against Russia.
www.politico.eu
September 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
One obvious part of Europe's Trump handling is not to give too much weight to each individual utterance, but to stop the US going completely off the rails. In the absence of a domestic version, arguably even "the adults in the room"
Extremely useful resource.
Excited to see the new Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics (Volume 6), edited jointly with Dave Donaldson come out: www.sciencedirect.com/handbook/han.... Fantastic set of chapters on recent advances and pointing the way to exciting further research @treballen.bsky.social @siepr.bsky.social
Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics | Volume 6, Issue 1: Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
Read the latest chapters of Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
www.sciencedirect.com
September 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Extremely useful resource.
BI is hiring PhD candidates in economics.
We offer:
- a friendly and collegial department
- strong faculty support during your PhD
- access to very rich Norwegian microdata
- a competitive salary
- a strong track record in PhD placements.
Please share #EconSky 🙏🙏
bi.easycruit.com/vacancy/3539...
We offer:
- a friendly and collegial department
- strong faculty support during your PhD
- access to very rich Norwegian microdata
- a competitive salary
- a strong track record in PhD placements.
Please share #EconSky 🙏🙏
bi.easycruit.com/vacancy/3539...
Handelshøyskolen BI Programområdet - Doktorgrad - PhD Candidate in Economics
PhD Candidate in Economics
bi.easycruit.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
BI is hiring PhD candidates in economics.
We offer:
- a friendly and collegial department
- strong faculty support during your PhD
- access to very rich Norwegian microdata
- a competitive salary
- a strong track record in PhD placements.
Please share #EconSky 🙏🙏
bi.easycruit.com/vacancy/3539...
We offer:
- a friendly and collegial department
- strong faculty support during your PhD
- access to very rich Norwegian microdata
- a competitive salary
- a strong track record in PhD placements.
Please share #EconSky 🙏🙏
bi.easycruit.com/vacancy/3539...
This matter-of-fact letter is straightforward and non-partisan.
It is more informative on the "Trump vs. Cook" case than most of the press coverage I have seen about it.
It is more informative on the "Trump vs. Cook" case than most of the press coverage I have seen about it.
Over 125 economists signed the open letter calling on the President, Congress, and the American public to uphold the principles of Federal Reserve independence and not remove Lisa Cook without due process.
There's still time to sign! And please share.
#EconSky
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
There's still time to sign! And please share.
#EconSky
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Open letter
Click here to add your signature. An Open Letter from Economists in Support of Governor Lisa Cook and Federal Reserve Independence To the President, Members of Congress, and the American public: We wr...
docs.google.com
August 31, 2025 at 7:03 AM
This matter-of-fact letter is straightforward and non-partisan.
It is more informative on the "Trump vs. Cook" case than most of the press coverage I have seen about it.
It is more informative on the "Trump vs. Cook" case than most of the press coverage I have seen about it.
Reposted by Simon Galle
"Researcher who has distorted voter data appointed to Homeland Security election integrity role" www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Researcher who has distorted voter data appointed to Homeland Security election integrity role
Heather Honey, a conservative election researcher, was appointed to the new role amid Trump's push to restructure how elections are run.
www.nbcnews.com
August 28, 2025 at 1:46 AM
"Researcher who has distorted voter data appointed to Homeland Security election integrity role" www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Reposted by Simon Galle
Reposted by Simon Galle
There is little precedent: no Fed governor has been dismissed for cause before
Trump “fires” Lisa Cook, escalating his war on the Federal Reserve
There is little precedent: no Fed governor has been dismissed for cause before
econ.st
August 26, 2025 at 9:05 AM
There is little precedent: no Fed governor has been dismissed for cause before
"Dag na dag ontvouwt zich in Gaza een van de grootste en grofste misdaden tegen de menselijkheid van onze tijd...
De waarheid is dat Europa wel degelijk hefbomen heeft om Israël onder druk te zetten om dit bloedvergieten te stoppen en zijn doelstellingen aan de onderhandelingstafel te bereiken."
De waarheid is dat Europa wel degelijk hefbomen heeft om Israël onder druk te zetten om dit bloedvergieten te stoppen en zijn doelstellingen aan de onderhandelingstafel te bereiken."
Doodjammer dat de Gaza-kwestie in het politieke frame geduwd wordt van een regeringscrisis
www.demorgen.be/meningen/doo...
www.demorgen.be/meningen/doo...
Doodjammer dat de Gaza-kwestie in het politieke frame geduwd wordt van een regeringscrisis
Bart Eeckhout is hoofdcommentator bij De Morgen. Hij staat stil bij het zoveelste bombardement in Gaza en vindt het tijd voor sancties.
www.demorgen.be
August 26, 2025 at 8:51 AM
"Dag na dag ontvouwt zich in Gaza een van de grootste en grofste misdaden tegen de menselijkheid van onze tijd...
De waarheid is dat Europa wel degelijk hefbomen heeft om Israël onder druk te zetten om dit bloedvergieten te stoppen en zijn doelstellingen aan de onderhandelingstafel te bereiken."
De waarheid is dat Europa wel degelijk hefbomen heeft om Israël onder druk te zetten om dit bloedvergieten te stoppen en zijn doelstellingen aan de onderhandelingstafel te bereiken."
Reposted by Simon Galle
I was already an adult when I first heard that the French and the British continued their blockade of Germany after the armistice of 11 November 1918 until the Treaty of Versailles was signed, and that this lead to hundreds of thousands of death from starvation. I remained convinced that this /
August 15, 2025 at 7:10 AM
I was already an adult when I first heard that the French and the British continued their blockade of Germany after the armistice of 11 November 1918 until the Treaty of Versailles was signed, and that this lead to hundreds of thousands of death from starvation. I remained convinced that this /
Reposted by Simon Galle
After a remarkable stretch when wage inequality fell substantially, wage growth at the bottom is now once again falling behind growth at the top.
This is bad news for working class Americans.
t.co/1hp5EE9up5
This is bad news for working class Americans.
t.co/1hp5EE9up5
August 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
After a remarkable stretch when wage inequality fell substantially, wage growth at the bottom is now once again falling behind growth at the top.
This is bad news for working class Americans.
t.co/1hp5EE9up5
This is bad news for working class Americans.
t.co/1hp5EE9up5
Reposted by Simon Galle
Wow, weak July #jobsreport. Headline a touch softer than expectations, but real surprise is huge downward revisions to May & June.
-Payrolls grew just 73,000, below expectations
-Surprisingly large downward revisions to May (+144k to +19k) and Jun (+147k to +14k)
-Unemp up to 4.2%
#NumbersDay 1/
-Payrolls grew just 73,000, below expectations
-Surprisingly large downward revisions to May (+144k to +19k) and Jun (+147k to +14k)
-Unemp up to 4.2%
#NumbersDay 1/
August 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Wow, weak July #jobsreport. Headline a touch softer than expectations, but real surprise is huge downward revisions to May & June.
-Payrolls grew just 73,000, below expectations
-Surprisingly large downward revisions to May (+144k to +19k) and Jun (+147k to +14k)
-Unemp up to 4.2%
#NumbersDay 1/
-Payrolls grew just 73,000, below expectations
-Surprisingly large downward revisions to May (+144k to +19k) and Jun (+147k to +14k)
-Unemp up to 4.2%
#NumbersDay 1/
Reposted by Simon Galle
📢Econ4UA is launching a working paper series on Ukraine-related issues! The first paper will be “A HIMARS in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush: Measuring the Real Economic Value of U.S. Support for Ukraine.”
Read more: tinyurl.com/wp-series
Submit a paper: tinyurl.com/cfp-form
#EconSky
Read more: tinyurl.com/wp-series
Submit a paper: tinyurl.com/cfp-form
#EconSky
Working Paper Series – Economists for Ukraine
tinyurl.com
August 1, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Reposted by Simon Galle
The big question for LLM’s is not “will they revolutionize life” or “will they take our jobs?” It’s “who will benefit and who will lose.” It’s a very tricky question, and this paper is a careful attempt to work out the subtle mechanisms. Spoiler: Most of the cost is borne by white-collar types.
New version of our paper "The Labor Market Impact of Technical Change: Inspecting the Mechanisms," with F. Carpena.
www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~sgalle/wp-c...
We present a stylized, tractable model on how occupation-specific technical change affects the wage distribution.
#EconSky
www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~sgalle/wp-c...
We present a stylized, tractable model on how occupation-specific technical change affects the wage distribution.
#EconSky
August 1, 2025 at 4:49 AM
The big question for LLM’s is not “will they revolutionize life” or “will they take our jobs?” It’s “who will benefit and who will lose.” It’s a very tricky question, and this paper is a careful attempt to work out the subtle mechanisms. Spoiler: Most of the cost is borne by white-collar types.
New version of our paper "The Labor Market Impact of Technical Change: Inspecting the Mechanisms," with F. Carpena.
www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~sgalle/wp-c...
We present a stylized, tractable model on how occupation-specific technical change affects the wage distribution.
#EconSky
www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~sgalle/wp-c...
We present a stylized, tractable model on how occupation-specific technical change affects the wage distribution.
#EconSky
August 1, 2025 at 2:14 AM
New version of our paper "The Labor Market Impact of Technical Change: Inspecting the Mechanisms," with F. Carpena.
www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~sgalle/wp-c...
We present a stylized, tractable model on how occupation-specific technical change affects the wage distribution.
#EconSky
www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~sgalle/wp-c...
We present a stylized, tractable model on how occupation-specific technical change affects the wage distribution.
#EconSky
Agree that this trade deal isn't the EU's finest hour. Accepting 15% tariffs instead of retaliating indeed undermines the rules-based trade system.
Still, 4 months ago, the US risked veering fully towards Russia, whereas now, the NATO alliance seems in ok shape. Huge +.
www.ft.com/content/11aa...
Still, 4 months ago, the US risked veering fully towards Russia, whereas now, the NATO alliance seems in ok shape. Huge +.
www.ft.com/content/11aa...
The EU has validated Trump’s bullying trade agenda
The US president’s deals are not a win-win for the global economy
www.ft.com
July 31, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Agree that this trade deal isn't the EU's finest hour. Accepting 15% tariffs instead of retaliating indeed undermines the rules-based trade system.
Still, 4 months ago, the US risked veering fully towards Russia, whereas now, the NATO alliance seems in ok shape. Huge +.
www.ft.com/content/11aa...
Still, 4 months ago, the US risked veering fully towards Russia, whereas now, the NATO alliance seems in ok shape. Huge +.
www.ft.com/content/11aa...
Reposted by Simon Galle
This piece is very moving, and reflects how I am feeling about the Israel/Gaza calamity.
Silence in the Face of Gaza's Starvation is Absolute Betrayal of Holocaust Victims
By Orit Kamir
Originally published in Haaretz
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Thanks to @deanbaker13.bsky.social for posting it.
Silence in the Face of Gaza's Starvation is Absolute Betrayal of Holocaust Victims
By Orit Kamir
Originally published in Haaretz
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Thanks to @deanbaker13.bsky.social for posting it.
Column on the Responsibility of Israelis to Speak Up Against Mass Starvation in Gaza
I generally restrict my comments here to economic issues, but some things are hard to ignore.
substack.com
July 29, 2025 at 12:30 AM
This piece is very moving, and reflects how I am feeling about the Israel/Gaza calamity.
Silence in the Face of Gaza's Starvation is Absolute Betrayal of Holocaust Victims
By Orit Kamir
Originally published in Haaretz
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Thanks to @deanbaker13.bsky.social for posting it.
Silence in the Face of Gaza's Starvation is Absolute Betrayal of Holocaust Victims
By Orit Kamir
Originally published in Haaretz
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Thanks to @deanbaker13.bsky.social for posting it.
"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," the most-watched late-night program on U.S. broadcast television and a frequent platform of satire aimed at President Donald Trump, will end its 10-year run on CBS in May 2026, the network said on Thursday.
CBS cancels Stephen Colbert's late-night show, calling decision 'financial' reut.rs/4nWXlpV
CBS cancels Stephen Colbert's late-night show, calling decision 'financial'
The show is the most-watched late-night program on U.S. broadcast television and a frequent platform of satire aimed at Trump. Colbert told his audience on Thursday that he was informed of his show's cancellation the night before.
reut.rs
July 18, 2025 at 4:37 AM
"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert," the most-watched late-night program on U.S. broadcast television and a frequent platform of satire aimed at President Donald Trump, will end its 10-year run on CBS in May 2026, the network said on Thursday.
“Don’t say that you care deeply about free speech and then you’re quiet,” Obama continued. “No, you stand up for free speech when it’s hard."
this is really good. Obama saying this *specifically to the money people at a private fundraiser* is a very good sign. Especially as this is, by his standards at an event that he knows will be quoted, scolding them pretty harshly. www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...
Barack Obama wants ‘less whining’ from Democrats, tells them to ‘toughen up’
At a private fundraiser in New Jersey, the former president said he’s not “surprised by what Trump’s done” and urged Democrats to take a stand.
www.msnbc.com
July 15, 2025 at 4:38 AM
“Don’t say that you care deeply about free speech and then you’re quiet,” Obama continued. “No, you stand up for free speech when it’s hard."