Svenskt Näringsliv har skrivit en debattartikel på SvD debatt som jag blev tvungen att kommentera. De hävdar att friskolor blir diskriminerade med utredningens förslag (den om vinstbegränsning) vilket är rent nonsens. Läs gärna! rektorlinnea.com/2025/08/04/fri…

A ranking of 193 countries shows that human development is stalling almost everywhere economist.com/graphic-detail…

Food for thought! "Buy Guns or Buy Roses?: EU Defence Spending Fiscal Multipliers" by Agustín García Serrador, David Sarasa-Flores, and Camilo Ulloa Ariza. "...on average, a 1 percent-of-trend-GDP increase in defence outlays raises aggregate output by about 1.4 percent within

Replacing distressed public housing with mixed-income housing raises local prices & improves local amenities. Just Accepted new paper by Hector Blanco Hector Blanco and Lorenzo Neri Lorenzo Neri zurl.co/YyIqS

NEW: Is the internet changing our personalities for the worse? Conscientiousness and extroversion are down, neuroticism up, with young adults leading the charge. This is a really consequential shift, and there’s a lot going on here, so let’s get into the weeds 🧵

”Academedias många uppköp har varit möjliga eftersom kommunerna betalat ut skolpeng som baseras på kommunens snittkostnad per elev. Men friskolorna har inte samma kostnader, eftersom de inte ansvarar för att se till att alla elever har en skolplats.” expressen.se/ledare/linnea-…

Recently accepted by #QJE, “Distributional Growth Accounting: Education and the Reduction of Global Poverty, 1980-2019,” by Amory Gethin (Amory Gethin): doi.org/10.1093/qje/qj…

Impressive! "The rise of America’s intangible economy: Investments in non-physical assets demystify the US stock market’s performance" by Tej Parikh ft.com/content/38c3cc…

Productivity growth is a win-win for all stakeholders, but achieving it is hard. Six shifts in the conventional wisdom on productivity growth emerge from new MGI research. Learn how to unlock productivity growth 👉 mck.co/powerofone?hsi…

Det är bra att Almega bekänner färg. Nu vet alla att de inte bryr sig ett dugg om eleverna eller skolsystemet som sin helhet. Läs gärna mitt inlägg om Svenskt Näringslivs remissvar. rektorlinnea.com/2025/08/04/fri… sverigesradio.se/artikel/frisko…

Krönikerar i Dagens Arena om att nollsummetänkandet ökar i Sverige och västvärlden. Om det inte beror på svag ekonomisk tillväxt, vad är då orsaken? Och ska Sveriges fattiga nöja sig med att de hade varit rika i Somalia? dagensarena.se/opinion/ska-sv…

Enduring competition makes people less cooperative. A 2-year competition in schools made students less prosocial (less willing to help or cooperate). Even 4 years later, the effect was still there, suggesting it changed their personality traits, not just their short-term behavior

Regulations are often seen as burdensome, while weak enforcement raises concerns about gov't. effectiveness. The #RegulatoryPolicy Outlook explores how reform can deliver better rules for people, planet, & future: brnw.ch/21wUPK9

Why are some countries rich and others poor? 👉 youtu.be/mi49GjJOPm0 👀 Gaps between countries have always existed, but as late as 1700, per capita income in the wealthiest part of the world was only 2.5x that of the poorest. #EconomicsForPeople #HaJoonChang #inequality

Yellin at Yellen. Om penningpolitisk sexism. journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/73…

In our lead story, we write about Europe’s pathetic video summit with Trump and Zelensky, and what that says about Europe’s role in the world.

The updated System of National Accounts improves how we measure economic activity. This helps governments make more informed decisions that support growth, jobs, and investment. imf.org/en/Blogs/Artic…

Ett särskilt nummer ägnat åt industripolitik.

An open letter to the Israeli government, from professors of economics from major universities across the United States and Europe. shorturl.at/k2HQr

You *must* read this brilliant new paper linking industrial policy to geopolitics. It outlines a three-tiered hierarchy of nations’ ability to implement industrial policy in the modern world economy — with wealthy nations at the very top.