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We argue against the widespread use of "NPV sensitivity analysis". Feedback from academics and practitioners has led to a substantive revision of the working paper. Comments welcome on the update version! Link below. MoritzDrupp Mark Freeman Ben Groom #EconTwitter

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Last week I learned something new about lead poisoning: it's ALSO been associated with mental health disorders like anxiety and depression! (On top of physical health, cognitive, and impulse control effects). 👇

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The contact hypothesis is a leading theory in social psychology--the idea is that interpersonal contact between groups, under favorable conditions, reduces prejudice. What do we learn from the new wave of pre-registered contact experiments? 🧵

China’s construction of coal-fired power plants reaches highest in a decade ft.com/content/4658e3… via @ft

Great, but awful thread. Not consonant with seeking value for money. So, some other objective.

Interesting chat here about this new science policy forum paper on biodiversity leakage from conservation.

For 31 years, Russia has lied and broken international agreements. Why would anyone expect that to change now? It's a good time to bump my piece with Tatyana Deryugina and Emilia Marshall cataloguing Russia's lies: latimes.com/opinion/story/…

THIS. Rachel Reeves needs to update the government’s approach to spending—not only in order to avoid cuts but to actually reverse years of austerity & reinvigorate social services. The alternative is slow electoral suicide & handing the country to Reform theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

Vacancy at Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn: Group Leader for Global Economic Modeling of Land Use, Agriculture, and Food (E14) Please Share within you relevant Networks: uni-bonn.de/en/university/…

Tariff takes - new US production not simple

Biggest mistakes I'm seeing in early reporting: 1. Tariffmageddon isn't over: Lotsa tariffs to account for, but the average tariff rate is only down around one quarter.

Super helpful explainer.

BIOECON Deadline today!!! Submit your papers on the economics of biodiversity, ecosystem services and conservation. It’s at St John’s, Cambridge Uni. August 31st to September 2nd. 👇

you'd think from yesterday's BBC Radio 4 PM that all problems of unequal government investment and inequality lie at the door of the HM Treasury Green Book. But it contains clear provision for regional considerations. A complete lack of strategy was the root cause. Politics basically.