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Highly recommending this course. The organizers have incredible expertise in empirical field analysis - a now fully established method and theory that fits perfectly to the coming developments in the social sciences.

Aviation accounts for 3.5% of climate change impact, and it's one of the sectors where emissions are increasingly most rapidly. But where do aviation emissions come from? The answer is in this new paper led by Frédéric Dobruszkes - THREAD doi.org/10.1016/j.jtra…

Where Did the Global Elite Go to School? Hierarchy, Harvard, Home and Hegemony - Salas‐Díaz - Global Networks - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

In 2022, Norway increased their wealth tax to 1.1%. In response, some high profile billionaires moved out of the country. According to a viral claim, this resulted in a net loss of revenue. Is this true? No. Over the next two years, wealth tax revenue soared to all time highs.

Maybe the most powerful figure I’ve seen this year: the racial gap in tickets from speed cameras vs. officer stops. pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

I and twenty-two other Nobel economists signed a letter endorsing Kamala Harris for President. We believe Harris's policies will result in a stronger economic performance, with economic growth that is more robust, more sustainable, and more equitable. cnn.com/2024/10/23/pol…

Elitemagtforsker: Tankevækkende, hvor lidt gennemslagskraft udsatte patientgrupper har….. magt er synlighed & opportunisme i sundhedsvæsnet mens dem det handler om er usynlige - Dagens Medicin dagensmedicin.dk/magtens-sundhe…

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For those still on here: PhD-course on Multiple Correspondence Analysis, in Oslo January 13-16 2025! Come learn the technique from renowned expert Johs. Hjellbrekke , shooting star Maren Toft, and yours truly uio.no/studier/emner/…

Fascinating paper on where 6000 global elites went to college. Billionaires, CEOs, heads of state, central bankers, etc. In a word: Harvard. Fully 10% of global elites went to Harvard. Elite US schools are over-represented (23% IvyPlus), but nobody comes close to Harvard. 🧵

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Very soon in your favourite book shops and libraries, and also in gold open access (feat. Stephan Pühringer & Jens Maesse): routledge.com/The-Power-of-R…

With Pierre Benz & Pedro Araujo we just published a small preliminary paper showing the role of research topics in securing careers and funding in Swiss sociology, showing that those who obtain advanced grants tend to align with quant methods serval.unil.ch/resource/serva…

Urban–rural cleavages are seen as a defining political divide. But does this polarization hold worldwide? My new working paper tests this question using an original dataset of granular, geocoded election returns from 106 countries (polling station-level in 70). (1/8)

But in recent years, this connection has been fraying. Today, major policy debates—on trade, industrial policy, and geoeconomics—seem increasingly detached from academic economics. As scholars studying economic ideas, this forces us to rethink our approaches.

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Opening, or Scott, the second track of the Yorkston / Jaycock / Langendorf album, is now running free in the wild. All other noises by David A Jaycock, saxophone noises by Lina Langendorf, nyckelharpa noises by me. Available to pre-order on vinyl at jamesyorkston.bandcamp.com/album/yorkston… x

How many people go to church weekly? Surveys say it's about 1 in 5 Americans. Cell phone tracker data say it's actually closer to 1 in 20 Americans. Fascinating!

Tax cuts for the rich lead to higher income inequality. However, they do not have any significant effect on economic growth or unemployment. Empirical evidence for advanced economies over 1965-2015:

This paper by Magne P. Flemmen builds on a detailed mapping of environmental attitudes across social space. Arguing against the prosperity hypothesis, they show it is those rich in cultural capital who are most pro-environmental. #EarlyView in #BJS ➡️ buff.ly/9zkWcY0