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Normally I would not be posting personal developments on this website, but in this case I have a pressing concern. My dad, Spanish economist Andreu Mas-Colell, is dealing with an incredibly difficult and unjust situation. 1/

Economists do care about inequality, and do support policies to reduce it. They don't believe markets are perfect, or even that markets should be used at all in some cases. A large fraction of our work is on these topics. Spread the word, and reduce some of these misperceptions!

Die KOF und Bundesamt für Statistik BFS machen zentrale #Wirtschaftsdaten für die Schweiz auf opendata.swiss verfügbar. Ein besonderes Augenmerk wurde auf die Maschienenlesbarkeit gelegt, um so die Verarbeitung in Forschung und Lehre zu fördern und zu vereinfachen. kof.ethz.ch/news-und-veran…

It’s great that economists do research on market failures, inequality etc. But the public perception of our discipline is shaped by intro Econ classes. As long as those keep allocating 90+% time to efficiency and almost zero to distribution the perception is not going to change

First ever publicly available micro-estimates of wealth released for *all* low- and middle-income countries. Also includes granular population estimates *beta* version of their interactive poverty maps➡️ beta.povertymaps.net #opendata

Rationalizing inequality in the search for an equilibrium? Interesting discussion on neoclassical economics with Steve Keen.

I wonder if anyone has estimated the probability of winning two consecutive games in the #EuroCup by penalties.

“Significant other” just means that you can reject that they're a zero. If they’re truly important, you should refer to them as your “economically meaningful other.”

feMTEC – the women’s association at D-MTEC recently founded by Anna Kulakovskaya and Stefani Stefanova – invites to a first feMTEC Monthly Lunch on 8 September. Become part of feMTEC or find out what they are all about. Everyone is welcome! More info online: mtec.ethz.ch/femtec

feMTEC is inviting to their next open lunch. Everyone from D-MTEC is invited to participate in an informal setting to get together and exchange ideas on gender equality and other issues. mtec.ethz.ch/research/scien…

A great Swiss-based initiative promoting girls' education in the fields of technology and innovation. Support GirlsCodeToo in their crowdfunding campaign --->>> lnkd.in/dRQ9DEDc #girlscodetoo #crowdfunding #genderequality #technology #innovation #education

💥 Great new paper by @lukaslinsi @jrhopkin & Pascal Jaupart on how the global expansion of US financial investors has "exported" pay increases for high-level managers in the UK. 👇👇👇 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Is it possible to make an accessible thread about economic theory? Well, let's try. Let me try to explain to you why: * minimizing inequality is not the same as maximizing the income of the poorest, * why economic modeling forgot this for a long time, and * why it matters.