BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt “for having explained innovation-driven economic growth” with one half to Mokyr

Great to see that Mokyr, Aghion, and Howitt receive the Nobel Prize in Economics. Well-deserved! The research by Aghion and Howitt (and their co-authors) is very inspiring. My students in "Economic Growth" also appreciate their textbook (The course gets good evaluations, at

Adam Smith may have won the intellectual battle of ideas, but mercantilism has survived, and sometimes to good effects, from Dani Rodrik nber.org/papers/w34353

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“Asking economists for investment advice is like asking a physicist to fix a broken toilet. Not their field, though sort of related.” — Milton Friedman

This tome of a book is excellent. I've always liked Stiglitz, but wished his books did more academic deep dives. This book does that, presenting the current research on inequality, as well as the corresponding models plus variations. Highly recommend.

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Wow, super interesting! "An Industry-Level Measure of Quality-Adjusted Human Capital in the European Union" by Juan Duran, Michelle Alicia Jordan, and Iulia Siedschlag. esri.ie/publications/a…

Nuevo artículo en Data in Brief: “Political Strikes in Latin America (1990–2020)”. Con el primer dataset sistemático sobre huelgas políticas en 18 países latinoamericanos entre 1990 y 2020. Open access y datos abiertos. Facultad de Gobierno U. de Chile sciencedirect.com/science/articl… 1/🧵

Here are a few good reads on competition econ/ industrial organisation

[Reading Group IP week 5] Last week, we covered the 2025 Restud paper by P. Jia-Barwick, M. Kalouptsidi, N. Zahur, “Industrial Policy Implementation: Empirical Evidence from China’s Shipbuilding Industry.” They assess the long-term impact of various IP tools/subsidies

I am seeing tons of people react to this and say “Look at the AER, QJE” tons of papers with data from developing countries. I did my first 13 years as an academic in Brazil, of course it’s possible to publish good work from the periphery, but it’s SO MUCH HARDER, you have no idea

Muy contento por el interés que ha despertado este proyecto. Mensajes desde varios países. Recordatorio de que la academia es una comunidad viva, que se lee, coopera y busca trascender lo local.

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As an economist I was hesitant reading this book. But was pleasantly surprised. For a sweeping & accurate history of economics, from ancient Greece to contemporary times—George Akerlof, Joseph Stiglitz, Amartya Sen, all in less than 250 pages, it turned out to be a page turner.

Honored to receive the NARSC Graduate Student Author Paper Competition Award! Grateful to the Public Finance Research Cluster, Georgia State Economics Dept. and Seminar Series, and my advisor Carlianne Patrick for their support. #PublicFinance #RegionalScience #Economics #EconTwitter #JobMarketPaper

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We extend our appreciation to the Public Finance Research Cluster, the Andrew Young School, and advisor Dr. Carlianne Patrick for their support. Congratulations, Federico (Federico Corredor), on this outstanding accomplishment.