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Bennett Professor of Public Policy, University of Cambridge; economist
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Great early walk this morning through the park and churchyard with #sophiefromromania who seems to be on better form

💥The Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in Tesla, Meta, and Alphabet (Google). The fund with US $569 billion equivolent in assets is "directing more money to companies and projects that help to improve society and the environment." #Divest www.reuters.com/markets/euro...

Also events at Resolution Foundation in London 3 April and Cheltenham Science Festival 6 June and at Stanford on 13 March

Now build one in the north. Also shows the huge uncertainty of passenger number predictions. The UK needs more transport economics research.. the opportunity costs of messing up are huge. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

This is exciting - look what just arrived (pre-orders help!):

After a quiet start- she’s a bit under the weather - #sophiefromromania had plenty of fun at the secure field

It’s *my* dinner, #sophiefromromania - yours is in your bowl

Please read this by @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social and others in the NYT about the damage being done by the 90 day US foreign assistance freeze. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/o... (out of paywall version here: www.refugeesinternational.org/new-york-tim...)

open.substack.com/pub/rorycell... My latest Substack post is about the importance of building public trust in the sharing of health data for research - and explains why I’ve changed my mind about trusting Palantir

My Trade Secrets today. Someone had to do the "in praise of regulation" column, and here it is. Or at least against boneheaded deregulation, where the UK for one risks going in the name of growth. Ironically, Britain's best growth strategy would be to rejoin the regulatory superstate of the EU.

In The Dog House is less gripping this evening for #sophiefromromania, apparently

💥 Listen NOW to S7 Ep13 with @lawrennd.bsky.social 💥 "when you strip away everything that machine intelligence can automate, you are left with the core of humanity that we need to better understand & amplify so that our world gets better, not worse." Apple: lnkd.in/eEWUuch YouTube: lnkd.in/eQ2AzF64

Delighted to share our @cambridgelaw.bsky.social Working Paper with @mccordonier.bsky.social reflecting on recent cases. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Smersh has taken over the world - but can Netflix write the James Bond ultimate victory? (Golly, the news has got weird)

This is a fantastic charity and worth a follow

Long walk with #SophieFromRomania with only the odd stand-off about our direction

The BBC’s library of classic sci-fi sounds is now available to sample

It took me a good while to figure out this seems to be a real post - every day those of us elsewhere think the news from the US can’t get more jaw-dropping - and then it does.

BBC.com is there for them - and perhaps later BBC broadcasts on shortwave, listened to at night at low volume ….

Don't miss our #CamFest event with the @bennettinstitute.bsky.social as we hear from @lawrennd.bsky.social & @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social. They'll discuss Neil’s book 'The Atomic Human' & explore society’s fascination with #AI 📅 18.00 | 27 March 🎟️ Last few tickets remaining! lu.ma/y9kw5wk3

A brisk bin day walk with #sophiefromromania

www.booksatthebarn.co.uk/shop/rory-ce... Really looking forward to meeting lots of #sophiefromromania fans in a Hampshire barn on February 20! (Correct link this time) #booksatthebarn

At and after an #MSC2025 wrapup by @hertiesecurity.bsky.social Monday night, I realised that most security people do NOT understand this enough, and that what went on at the #AIActionSummit was not "just" economic security, but military. Of course these are linked, & below is ht @himself.bsky.social

#sophiefromromania and I have just been on a great hour long walk with Emily Dean and her dog Raymond from the Walking the Dog podcast. Sophie enjoyed it so much she came out to say goodbye after I took her harness off

Toodle-oo #sophiefromromania, see you tomorrow

Tonight at 630pm I’m chairing an LSE public event on Climate Capitalism with @brettchristophers.bsky.social @benbraun.bsky.social and Daniela Gabor. Nothing more important and couldn’t have a more impressive panel to talk about it! www.lse.ac.uk/Events/2025/....

Lots of fun this morning with #sophiefromromania in her pal Juno’s garden

We're excited to co-host an event with @ai.cam.ac.uk at this year's #CamFest Hear @lawrennd.bsky.social discuss his new book, "The Atomic Human: Understanding ourselves in the age of AI" with @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social 🕕18:00-19:30 📅27 March 2025 📍Cambridge Union Free to book lu.ma/y9kw5wk3

Verdict: delicious

#sophiefromromania now enjoys our Sunday evening session with friends - here she is listening intently to @rorycj.bsky.social and Sian on the new global security landscape

Cambridge has a Navalny memorial bench where I met a few local Russians today. Much better than moping on my own.

The @nigelslater.bsky.social ginger cake looks fab despite being an unpromisingly liquid mixture. Taste test when friends arrive later

A very confident #sophiefromromania takes us around a graveyard on our early Sunday walk

Everyone, PLEASE take a minute to answer this. You will help the ASA and other advocates for #federalstatistics do an even better job in this fraught time. Your response is AMMUNITION in the battle for lawmakers’ and public attention. #data #datascience #datanerd #DOGE #statistics #infrastructure

Tim’s book is terrific!

Come work with Steve Roberts and me in Oxford! We're advertising a three-year postdoc on inverse reinforcement learning for survey data analysis: deadline 7th Mar my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Those of us interested in economic statistics need to think about developing non-official sources - this could damage trust irreparably in the official US agencies

Listen you two, stop doomscrolling about the nightmare unfolding in America and take me for a walk says #sophiefromromania

I am hiring a predoc at MIT to start this summer! We will work on various topics in labor economics - unions, minimum wages, imperfect competition, etc. Please apply and share ! #predoc @mitiwer.bsky.social #EconSky apply.interfolio.com/163492