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NEW: I analyzed nearly 300 federal cases involving the Trump administration. Federal judges—across the political spectrum—are using language I’ve never seen before. One called government actions “unconscionable.” Another quoted Kafka. They’re begging us to pay attention.

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- federal district courts ruled against the Trump administration in 26 of 27 cases—a stunning 96% loss rate ( @adambonica.bsky.social @stanford.edu ) data4democracy.substack.com/p/the-96-rebellion-district-courts

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Thanks! It started by chatting with Anke 15y ago (!) on how governments may negotiate treaties not because of spillovers, but to tie hands of future governments => (a) coalitions can be larger (b) we provide a unique theory of "conventions" (c) the Paris Agreement won't unravel even if US withdraws🙂

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Now that we don't want colleges to do science anymore, the courts have cleared the way for them to concentrate on sports. marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/06/coll...

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Today, it's 120 years since the Norwegian parliament unanimously declared independence from Sweden: The government had resigned and when the Swedish King was unable to find a new one, the parliament "fired" him for being unable to do his duties as a Norwegian King. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolu...

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No, this wouldn't mainly affect me or other Stanford professors. It would affect your kids. stanforddaily.com/2025/06/05/s...

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www.theguardian.com/environment/... Starting in August 2024, an unprecedented heatwave has swept across Western Australia’s reefs, turning corals white from the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo all the way to Ashmore Reef, about 1,500km north-east.

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Recently accepted to #REStud, "Pareto Improvements in the Contest for College Admissions," from Krishna, Lychagin, Olszewski, Siegel, and Tergiman: www.restud.com/pareto-impro... #EconSky #CollegeAdmissions #Contests

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Dear @mark-carney.bsky.social: Please consider but request 2 senators for each of your 13 provinces/territories, 100 congress members, 80 electoral college votes and a new presidency election for the new union. www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...

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No cookie awarded for correctly guessing that Harvard's long-term reputation will be boosted thanks to Trump www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...

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Just admitted to our political economy students that our rational choice and utility maximizing models have little explanatory power these days.

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"MIT, Yale, Stanford, and Princeton... have long defended international students... many would likely step in to offer additional resources or alternative pathways for affected students" www.crimsoneducation.org/za/blog/can-...

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When saying that they "tax elite colleges" they should instead admit that they prohibit, create barriers, and tax the best education the best young people could obtain. www.reuters.com/world/us/new...

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@mdoepke.bsky.social from Northwestern to LSE: www.chronicle.com/article/citi...

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My pleasure! Thank you, @araujocrrafael.bsky.social, @franciscocosta.bsky.social, and Sant'Anna, for responding carefully, and ConGrat with an important publication ‪@reveconstudies.bsky.social

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"Strong institutions provide comparative advantage in clean industries, and so improve a country’s environmental quality." Recent paper from @joseph-s-shapiro.bsky.social: www.restud.com/institutions... @nber.org #econsky #REStud

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"We document the workings of a detected cartel that adopted a protocol of keeping winning bids secret from designated losers. We show how such protocols can raise cartel profits." New paper from Kawai, Nakabayashi and Ortner: www.restud.com/wp-content/u... #EconSky, #REStud #collusion, #privacy

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Recently accepted to #REStud, "‘Bad’ Oil, ‘Worse’ Oil and Carbon Misallocation," from Coulomb, Henriet and Reitzmann: www.restud.com/bad-oil-wors... #EconSky

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"This study estimates the carbon-efficient forest cover in the Brazilian Amazon. A $10/ton carbon tax could preserve 95% of the efficient carbon stock, avoiding 42B tons of CO2 & yielding $1.6T in welfare gains." From @araujocrrafael.bsky.social , @franciscocosta.bsky.social & Sant'Anna #EconSky 👇

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How reduce the opposition to renewables? Wu @stanford.edu proposes "land-sparing and low-conflict strategies" including "the dual use of land for solar energy production and agriculture, and the co-location of onshore wind and solar PV projects": events.stanford.edu/event/stanfo...

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Not discussed in this article is the fact (Haya has written on this issue) that the forest offsets program, where it is used in California and other western states, makes the wildfire problem worst by creating binding contractual barriers to doing fuel treatments including prescribed fire.

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-We have the corresponding responsibility not just to react to the headlines, but to provide the depth, clarity, and constitutional grounding that complex moments demand. Stanford Law School Dean George Triantis @stanford.edu law.stanford.edu/press/trumps...

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75 Y - and more important than ever before! www.consilium.europa.eu/en/schuman-d...

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The White House should learn. In San Francisco, our Waymo cars have no one behind the wheel. The cars run just fine. Better with no driver than a bad driver, it turns out.

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Rather than using a favorite tool on whatever passing by, @s-stantcheva.bsky.social "brings a rare mix of rigorous theory, superb data, and empirical methods" to deepen our understanding of public economics. That's impressive and shows commitment. Congratulations! www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/ho...

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A devastating, heartbreaking piece on the impact of Trump's catastrophic cuts to USAID in Sudan. “This is the darkest hour for Sudan,” said Jan Egeland, head of the aid agency Norwegian Refugee Council, who described the cuts as a “moral failure.”

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There is a lot of talk about the impacts on academia and universities. They are bad enough. But there are much worse consequences of DT's policies. www.npr.org/sections/goa...

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The support for university independence is extremely strong - and uncontroversial - among top universities and their faculty members: www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2025/04...

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minus x minus = plus, thanks to the mass firings newrepublic.com/post/193930/...

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Costa Rica has massively rewilded over recent decades. Has this led to the collapse of farming, rural society, or national wellbeing? Totally the opposite, and we in Ireland have SO much to learn from their example. My piece for the @irishexaminer.bsky.social www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...

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Trump administration to investigate states with strict climate laws www.bostonglobe.com/2025/04/11/s... via @BostonGlobe

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After being an editor for 6.5 years (4 REStud; 2.5 JEEA), I have accumulated a few suggestions that can help you avoid unnecessary rejections.

submitted 74 days ago • 5 comments

Thanks a lot to all authors and referees! I have completed my term at REStud (I'll write a few suggestions in my next post), and I'm thrilled to be replaced by brilliant @jaksteiner.bsky.social www.restud.com/new-joint-ma...

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Hawaii has ambitious sustainable energy targets. Which is yet another reason for why giving a talk here on that topic is delightful. uhero.hawaii.edu/workshop-on-...

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How to use hegemonic power and threats to get concessions from trading partners? This question is raised not only by the current US administration, but also in the "new" field of geoeconomics by @mmaggiori.bsky.social @stanford.edu, as explained by @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/3436...

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Had Elon continued @stanford.edu he could have taken our class on how CEOs should act in the political sphere. Colleague Callander: "business leaders don't only have to gauge the risk of public backlash, but now the possibility of government retaliation too" www.businessinsider.com/tesla-elon-m...

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Open letter by 700+ Jewish faculty in US on Trump's Columbia funding cuts, supposedly against antisemitism: "Not on our behalf. Harming US Universities does not protect Jewish people. Cutting funding for research does not protect Jewish people. Punishing researchers does not protect Jewish people."

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