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"Extending 'GPTs Are GPTs' to Firms" is now out in AEA Papers & Proceedings. Lots of talk about AI's impact on employment this week. One way AI will influence labor demand is through firm-level impacts. We built initial descriptive statistics that can shed light on these

"But solar is negligible..." In 2024, global solar generation reached the size of India's entire electricity demand and avoided emissions equivalent to the emissions from the entire US power sector. We have to keep the counterfactual in mind. Where would we be without solar?

How the world's biggest banks increased fossil fuel financing to $869bn in 2024 ow.ly/Sxpb106c2hr

Israel has openly squeezed the people of Gaza into “concentration zones” aka camps, while using aid as a weapon to torment and kill and occupied land along four corridors. Yes, the agony of Gaza is ongoing even as the world is losing focus. 972mag.com/gaza-expulsion…

Dictator #Trump na 4 dagen oorlog in #Iran: "Iran moet zich onvoorwaardelijk overgeven. Het land heeft slechte intenties. Mijn geduld is op". Trump na 3.5 jaar oorlog in Oekraïne: Putin krijgt 2 weken. Sorry 4 weken. Nee 8 weken. Inmiddels 12 weken voor een staakt het vuren.

Our new paper updating key metrics in the IPCC is now out, and the news is grim: ⬆️ Human induced warming now at 1.36C ⬆️ Rate of warming now 0.27C / decade ⬆️ Sharp increase in Earth's energy imbalance ⬇️ Remaining 1.5C carbon budget only 130 GtCO2

Over 100 days of fuel blockade in #Gaza. Without fuel, incubators stop. Ambulances can't move. Water stops flowing. Bakeries stay closed. Communications go quiet. Humanitarian operations cannot continue. Fuel must be allowed in. The siege must be lifted. #FuelForGaza

Okay, I'm starting to get it: diplomacy is the art of hugging and kissing dictators on camera -- and then flinging threats and crap at a democratic ally fighting for survival in a full-scale war of extermination.

Two Faces of War: Russia’s Terror and Ukraine’s Precision In the grim calculus of modern war, truth often dies long before the first missile lands. But in Russia’s war against Ukraine, it is not truth alone that is under fire, it is the very notion of moral distinction between

This is what happens when the U.S. withholds air defenses because it doesn’t want to upset the killers in the Kremlin.

The contrast between Trump’s principled war with Israel against Iran and his fawning toward Russia’s Putin stands couldn’t be starker. Tehran has been toppled, but on May 28, Trump imposed a two-week deadline on Russia to stop bombing Ukraine to see if Putin was serious about

The world is becoming numb to Putin's killing in Ukraine. Please resist that. This is a horrific act of state-sponsored terrorism.

This is a travesty and a nightmare. The US was a founder of @Gavi. It lowers vaccine costs for the world, has vaccinated 1B children, and averted 19M deaths. This pull out will cost 100s of thousands of children's lives a year -- and RFK Jr will be personally responsible.

New QJE paper showing that industrial policy in South Korea had significant positive effects across industrial development outcomes in targeted industries, as it promoted the ascent of new industries and new patterns of specialization and helped boost labour productivity:

🚨BREAKING: Oxfam and over 130 organizations demand an immediate end to Israel's deadly distribution scheme, a return to UN-led coordination, and the lifting of the brutal blockade on Gaza. Read our joint statement 👉oxf.am/3TksrtE

The humanitarian community calls for an end to the so called "Gaza Humanitarian Foundation" (GHF) since it provides nothing but starvation and gunfire to the people of #Gaza. Since this scheme began, at least 500 starving people have been reported killed and nearly 4,000 injured

What Trump has done for Russia in 2025: – Lifted sanctions on arms dealers and Kremlin-linked banks – Disbanded US sanctions enforcement – Blocked Ukraine aid approved by Congress – Opposed oil price cap at G7 What Trump did for Ukraine: – Called Zelenskyy a dictator

Poland (yes, Poland, with 60% less sunny days than countries closer to the Equator) generated more electricity from renewables than from coal for the 1st time ever in June Every country can do it, and will do it on.ft.com/3ItRpV2

The result of Trump’s call with Putin.

Hours after Putin spoke to Trump And a few days after the US announced it would cut supplies of Ukrainian air defense