Manipulation of Information in Times of Crisis: Evidence from Covid Excess Mortality โ€“ published at @j_econ_growth! A thread on our main findings๐Ÿงต TL;DR: Many countries manipulate information. Why? It's about constraints on the executive. doi.org/10.1007/s10887-026-0โ€ฆ #econtwitter

The culture war is a civil war. If we donโ€™t end it, American science will be collateral damage. share.google/OLdcTTO6wlUhDubโ€ฆ

ืื ื™ ืœื ืื•ื›ืœ ืœื”ื’ื™ืข ื”ืฉื ื”, ืื‘ืœ ืžืžืœื™ืฅ ื‘ื—ื•ื ืขืœ ื”ื›ื ืก ืฉืœ ื”ืื’ื•ื“ื” ื”ื™ืฉืจืืœื™ืช ืœื›ืœื›ืœื” ืœื›ืœ ื”ืขื•ืกืงื™ื ืื• ื”ืžืชืขื ื™ื™ื ื™ื israeli-economic-associationโ€ฆ

That is hilarious, actually. Econs of the Left, 1976: "Socialism is better than Capitalism for Growth!" Econs of the Left, 2026: "Socialism is bad for growth, and that's good!"

ืœื ื˜ื™ื™ืง ื—ื“ืฉ ืื‘ืœ ืื™ื–ื” ืžื“ื”ื™ื ื–ื” eduroam. ื‘ืื•ื ' ื–ื” ืกืชื ืขื•ื“ wifi, ืื‘ืœ ืื– ืืชื” ืžื’ื™ืข ืœื›ื ืก ื‘ืคืจื™ื– ืื• ื‘ืฉื™ืงื’ื• ืื• ืœื ืžืฉื ื” ืื™ืคื” ื•ื–ื” ืคืฉื•ื˜ ืขื•ื‘ื“.

This paper contributes to the literature by...

ื”ืžืœืฆื•ืช ืœื“ื‘ืจื™ื ืžื’ื ื™ื‘ื™ื ื‘ืฉื™ืงื’ื•? ืขื“ื™ืคื•ืช ืœืื–ื•ืจ ื”ืื•ื ื™ื‘ืจืกื™ื˜ื”

Because it's so much fun, Jen

ืขื•ื‘ืจ ืœืžืฆื‘ ื˜ื™ืกื”

ื”ื™ื” ืœื™ ืกื™ื•ื˜ ื ื•ืจืื™ ืฉื‘ื˜ืขื•ืช ื”ื•ืจื“ืชื™ ืื™ื–ื” ืกืจื’ืœ-ื›ืœื™ื ืฉื”ืชืงื™ืŸ ืžืœื ืชื•ื›ื ื•ืช ื’ืจื•ืขื•ืช ื•ืจื•ื’ืœื•ืช ืขืœ ื”ืžื—ืฉื‘ ืฉืœื™ ื•ืื– ื”ืชืขื•ืจืจืชื™ ื‘ื”ืงืœื” ืฉื‘ืžืฆื™ืื•ืช ื–ื” ืœื ืงืจื” ื•ื™ืฉ ืจืง ื˜ื™ืœื™ื ื•ืขื•ื“ ืกื‘ื‘ ืขื ืื™ืจืืŸ ๐Ÿ™

Lebanon - and only Lebanon - can redeem itself by implementing its own national consensus and the relevant UN Security Council resolutions: disarming Hezbollah. What conflict does Israel actually have with Lebanon? A few miles of border adjustments. Israel has no territorial claim in Lebanon, and Lebanon has no territorial claim in Israel. The only real obstacle to ending a 78-year state of hostility is an Iranian-funded and Iranian-armed militia that has become the scourge of Lebanon itself. An agreement does not have to mean immediate full normalization. It can simply mean an end to hostilities. With no armed Hezbollah, and with a state that truly holds a monopoly over the use of force, Lebanon could become attractive to foreign investment. The Israeli north could rebuild. With an armed Hezbollah, however, the next war is only a matter of time, as is the continued suffering of both sides. Israel cannot eliminate Hezbollah. Only the Lebanese themselves can take their fate into their own hands. My grandmother and her entire family came from Beirut, where they had lived for generations, part of the broader Jewish community of what was once known as Greater Syria. There will come a day when I will be able to return and see where she grew up, and when Lebanese people will be able to come to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and pray in peace. That future remains possible. But it begins with Lebanon reclaiming its sovereignty from an armed militia that answers not to Beirut, but to Tehran.

ืชืขืจื•ื›ื” ืฉืœ ืื•ืฆืจื•ืช ื”ืกืคืจื™ื” ื”ื‘ืจื™ื˜ื™ืช ื‘ืœื•ื ื“ื•ืŸ ื•ืืœืœื” ืชืคืกื• ืื•ืชื™ ื‘ื”ืคืชืขื”. ืœื ืฆื™ืคื™ืชื™!

There are few things more ironic than hearing a humanities professor charge that "economics has science-envy" while also touting Karl Marx, an economist with a chronic case of science-envy deriving from a need to distinguish himself from the "utopian" socialists he plagiarized.

Twee jaar terug veroorzaakte een artikel van Saskia Mostert nogal wat ophef omdat het een verband suggereerde tussen covidvaccins en oversterfte. Het was beroerd, deels geplagieerd, en er verscheen ook snel een Expression of Concern. >>

ืžื” ืืžืจื ื• ืฉื”ื™ื ืฉืขืช ื”ืงืกื ืฉื‘ื” ืžื•ืกื™ืคื™ื ืชื•ืจื™ื ืœืœืฉื›ืช ื”ืื•ื›ืœื•ืกื™ืŸ ื‘-GoVisit?

A few months ago, a high profile paper in Science claimed to find that researchers' ideology produced biased results in favour of immigration. A reanalysis of the data finds that result came from a coding error, which once corrected, shows no effect. Will people who shared that original finding update their views? osf.io/preprints/metaarxiv/4โ€ฆ

I will be visiting Yale SOM for AY 2026/2027 The visit includes me teaching an interdisciplinar PhD methods course. If you often experience New Havenness, ask your Dr (advisor) whether "Methods Stumblers" may be right for you.

๐Ÿ“ข#CallForPapers - 3rd Transatlantic Political Economy Conference (T-PEC) โŒ›Deadline: 19 June ๐Ÿ“†9-10 Oct 2026 | ๐Ÿ“McGill University Event partners: @EBRD @HEC_Montreal @KingsCollegeLon @mcgillu Organisers: @Nicolas_Ajz @cevatgirayaksoy @clpennec ow.ly/joEY50YYOwl

ืœื ื™ื•ื“ืข ืœืžื” ื ื–ื›ืจืชื™ ื‘ื–ื”...