As well as being one of the greatest and most influential economists of his generation, and a deserved winner of the Nobel prize, Jim was a genuinely decent, kind, and cultured man, much liked and appreciated by all who knew and worked with him.

"A remarkable and hugely influential economist" Institute for Fiscal Studies and @blundell09 on the achievements and significance of Jim Mirrlees ifs.org.uk/about/blog/456

80 yrs ago today, Doreen Warriner and the rescue of Czech refugees UCL Economics UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies The Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR) "On 13 Oct 1938 I took the plane to Prague ... I had no idea at all what to do, only a desperate wish to do something ... internationalism had failed them" ajr.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

Piece by me for Royal Economic Society on Doreen Warriner, economist in a refugee crisis The Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR) UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies

Appreciation of the work and influence of Jim Mirrlees, written with Richard Blundell, at VoxEU

New DP on #FreeMovement, Open #Borders and the Global Gains from #Labor Mobility by C.Dustmann (CReAM , UCL Economics ) and Ian Preston (@ianpreston.bsky.social) (UCL Economics ) goo.gl/ggffAc

"The conclusion that migration is generally beneficial and that greater openness would create large global economic gains is more or less universal in academic studies" Paper with C Dustmann on free movement and open borders: cream-migration.org/publ_uploads/C… CReAM UCL Economics

“The Labor Market Integration of Refugee Migrants in High-Income Countries” New CReAM paper by Brell, Dustmann, and Ian Preston (@ianpreston.bsky.social) —> buff.ly/2FGOQeT Supporting labor force attachment soon after arrival is critical. Many countries do the exact opposite.

Plaque unveiled today at UCL School of Slavonic & East European Studies in memory of Doreen Warriner, former Professor, development economist and helper of Czech refugees 1938/9, also lecturer at UCL Economics in 1930s Her story told here: res.org.uk/resources-page…

"Supporting refugees in early labor market attachment is crucial" @CourtneyBrell, Christian Dustmann and Ian Preston (@ianpreston.bsky.social) of UCL Economics and CReAM review evidence on economic integration of refugees in AEA Journals aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

Some Economics of Refugees dlvr.it/RQWCVx

Bluesky Codes piling up waiting for takers. If you want to help the migration, RT this into your network. My followers have been soaked already.

For #LondonHistoryDay sixteen walks around London's role in the history of economics and statistics ucl.ac.uk/~uctp100/Walks…

Does immigration have an impact on wages or employment? See interesting piece theconversation.com/fact-check-doe….

On 31 May is #londonhistoryday. UCL Economics colleague Ian Preston (@ianpreston.bsky.social) has mapped 16 Economics Walks in London - Ricardo, Keynes, Marx & others: ucl.ac.uk/~uctp100/Walks…. Murder! A duel! A preserved brain! Prepare with our Great Economist articles: tinyco.re/greatecons