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Zelensky is a wartime leader watching his people suffer and die under Russian attacks every day. To be lectured and lied to by Trump and Vance, as they defend the war criminal dictator committing these atrocities, is unimaginable agony. An everlasting shame for America.

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Join us on 10 March for the next Economic Geography Network Seminar. Jung Won Sonn (Bartlett School of Planning) examines "new state capitalism" as a transformation in the mode of state intervention, realigning the scales of capital accumulation and state sovereignty. www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/cas...

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BLOG | Do cities and regions gain from public sector relocation? In this guest blog, @maxnathan.bsky.social, @henryoverman.bsky.social, Capucine Riom, and Maria Sanchez-Vidal set out evidence on the impact of BBC relocation to Salford on wider employment in the area. Read more👇 loom.ly/hbBF_Xk

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🤔 interesting, I had not realised Andy Haldane was leaving

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This workshop looks superb - would recommend for anyone interested in think tanks / public policy 👇👇👇

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After a long wait, the working paper for the Many-Economists Project: The Sources of Researcher Variation in Economics. We had 146 teams perform the same research three times, each time with less freedom. What source of freedom leads to different choices and results? papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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EXCLUSIVE: New York’s congestion pricing plan raised $48.6M in tolls during its first month, a strong start that exceeded expectations. The revenue figures, expected to be released publicly on Monday by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, are the latest sign that the tolling plan is working.

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Pls follow UCL SRI, for this week at least

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Ian Chapman named as next UKRI chief executive - and given a brief by ministers to lead it into a "refreshed mission that puts economic growth at the heart of public investment in R&D". www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

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The world's top network of labor economists—@iza.org—will close permanently at the end of this year. What a loss to research. Especially now when the rising waters of disinformation choke truth. It is up to us, now, to begin the work to rebuild. www.deutsche-post-stiftung.org/media/202502...

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Am I reading this right - IZA is closing down at the end of this year? At least in its current form? This was sent out to Fellows today. #EconSky 📉📈

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Main thing I'm taking from the German election result is that Musk and Vance support for the AfD made no positive difference whatsoever. In the current scheme of things that really matters.

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Something is shifting. They are still breaking things and stealing things. And they will keep trying to break and to steal. But the propaganda magic around the oligarchical coup is fading. (1/2)

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NEW BLOG: How have voter ID requirements affected elections? @ralphscott.bsky.social & Edward Fieldhouse examine recent data to show what voter groups are without an accepted form of voter ID and how the new rules affected turnout at recent elections.

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New post! Frequently Asked Questions about US Government Funding for R&D. Short answers in the thread, longer answers at the link in the replies.

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Financial Times: Labour needs a growth plan for the north - @maxnathan.bsky.social, @henryoverman.bsky.social, Capucine Riom and Maria Sanchez-Vidal had recently studied the impact of BBC's move to Salford in terms of sectoral and firm composition and of employment and wages. cep.lse.ac.uk/_NEW/P...

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Adding Mike’s book to my reading list! Great interview with @mikealbertus.bsky.social too, by @benansell.bsky.social benansell.substack.com/p/land-power

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Postdoc opportunity on industrial policies and related topics at the Reimagining the Economy program at Harvard www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/cid/...

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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

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@cep-lse.bsky.social currently recruiting for four research assistants to help with projects on labour markets, productivity and business dynamics, and spatial disparities. cep.lse.ac.uk/_new/about/w...

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Many thanks to Jen for writing up the BBC moves to Salford research!

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Do you have a research paper on #coworkingspaces #thirdspaces? See @cssjournal.bsky.social Call for Papers. Special Issue edited by @fmfai.bsky.social & Ilaria Mariotti 👇🏼 @clivelloydspex.bsky.social @dgbailey.bsky.social @stefaniafiorentino.bsky.social @edwardyates.bsky.social

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This is a superb appreciation of Donald Shoup by @mnolangray.bsky.social for @worksinprogress.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/worksinp...

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@jburnmurdoch.ft.com invited me to talk about a post I wrote on his own viral article about changing attitudes towards progress. We ended up chatting about lots more! If this stuff interested you, here's a thread of links to learn much more. www.ft.com/content/3412...

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Very interesting from Stian on funding a wider range of social science research outside of universities - I’m involved with several university policy institutes and it is striking how much they have to struggle with university infrastructures to do what they do

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Yes it’s me, talking about halo effects from the BBC’s move to Salford. Details below 👇

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Just back from another murmuration swim. Totally magical. Here’s a little video from last night to give you some idea of what’s it’s like in there.

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Imagine a revolutionary method of transport which offers so many benefits but where the appropriate level of safety and vehicle maintenance is decided by Californian tech investors who are seeking rapid financial growth. Let’s talk about Lime in London! www.londoncentric.media/p/lime-ebike...

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Ooof

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🚨 New Research: The American Dream is Dying in Big Cities Cities used to be ladders of opportunity for their residents. Not anymore. Our new paper shows smaller cities & towns now outperform major metros for kids born into poverty. academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar... 1/8

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We are hiring pre-docs at the Reimagining the Economy Program at Harvard www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/wien...

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Superb - and depressing - work by @londonermag.bsky.social

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