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🆕 How political connections shield firms during an economic crisis Yutong Chen (UT Arlington), Gaurav Chiplunkar (UVA), Sheetal Sekhri (UVA), Anirban Sen (Ashoka University) & Aaditeshwar Seth (IIT Delhi) discuss the impact of demonetisation in India: voxdev.org/topic/instit...

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Disappointing as the result against PSG was and preparing for Paris is now key, I am hoping Mikel will not neglect Bournemouth's visit on Saturday. Sure, the league is gone but not securing 2nd spot will hurt the players going into the next season.

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Partey will play next week and hopefully PSG will be put to the sword.

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Emirates bound, again.

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Louis Theroux, The Settlers: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002bm1y via @bbciplayer

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Enjoyed this. Haven't listened to #1 yet, but I think there is also need to discuss informality on a sector by sector basis. So for example, within labour markets, you have several different categories of street vendors and their lot in life can be quite different to others even in the same city.

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Norway launches scheme to lure top researchers away from US universities

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Well worth a read, not just for the quirky description of the piece at the top.

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It takes a lot to outdo some of Liz Truss's fantasies, but with his disdain for Central Bank independence Trump is coming pretty close.

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Great piece, well worth a read. Also, don't miss the very cool contents of the mentioned website early on in the link.

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MPs and peers oppose Donald Trump address to parliament during UK visit Concerns raised address would be inappropriate because of president’s comments about UK, Nato and Ukraine www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Cogent, well worth a read.

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Tickets for the home leg vs PSG secured. More than 20,000 in the queue when I joined it, but the queue disappeared within 30 minutes.

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Heart-wrenching stuff. Don't read this on a full stomach.

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Better late than never.

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"We have observed that the rationality of the adversary is pertinent to the efficacy of a threat, and that madmen, like small children, can often be controlled by threats." 'The Strategy of Conflict', Thomas Schelling, 1960. Other than being very 1960s language, the substance still stands.

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Stanford’s president and provost release a statement supporting Harvard. stanforddaily.com/2025/04/15/l...

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Some good news.

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Had he lived Thomas Schelling would have turned 104 today. But he passed away, age 95, in December 2016. Immense contributions to the theory of games including his 1960 book on 'The Strategy of Conflict'. Stanley Kubrick interviewed him ahead of him producing and directing Dr Strangelove.

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US consumers are showing increasing signs of financial stress as they brace for higher prices from the Trump’s administration’s tariffs on imports, raising concerns about a crucial driver of the US economy www.ft.com/content/539c...

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Might hurt American farmers? Just look at Brazilian soybean exports to China.

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No need for Starmer to condemn Trump, or anyone else for that matter. Just offer constructive criticism and move on.

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Yes, 100%.

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When I think the Vietnam analogy is valid, we are in real trouble. Great article from @phillipinman.bsky.social and @theguardian.com Terrible situation the Trump Administration hubris is getting us into with their trade war of choice on China. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Absolutely the correct reaction.

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Tories' death knell?

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News of this went slightly under the radar when it first came out last month.

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"This wasn’t a black swan event. This was two black swans. Inside a Martian shuttle. Scripted by typewriting monkeys."

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The sight of elderly men, in full Arsenal gear, sitting in a half empty train carriage, slightly bent to one side and clearly too big for their short sleeve tops, is a sight to behold on Champions League nights. Arsenal 3 - 0 Real Madrid

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