Herman van de Werfhorst 🟥

Maybe he’s more worthy of the Nobel prize for chemistry. Or the lack of it.

Interessant. Raakt aan het debat over de meritocratie; ook daar wordt succes en falen verpersoonlijkt. De meritocratie is feitelijk een groot growth mindset model.

Maybe he’s more worthy of the Nobel prize for chemistry. Or the lack of it.

I also tried their almond croissant. Didn’t dare the look in the mirror.

By the way, those in London likely know the place, but if you need breakfast (and like cinnamon buns) this is the place.

Want to read about tracking and civic engagement? It’s summer after all.

Congratulations! Interesting. And reassuring findings, reading the abstract.

Thanks!

Trump destroys our source of information about jobs. This is beyond irresponsible. He hates facts. He rejects truth. He doesn’t want the public to know what’s really happening.

Robert Reich on the attack on data-producing institutions. @robertreich.substack.com.web.brid.gy

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All killed journalists, 1992-2024. With a spike in 2024, due to Gaza.

Yes that one was shared, with null findings and 2023. But maybe this was it! Thanks!

Thanks! Not less interesting!

Does Economics Make You Sexist? Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

I remember this, tackling the question whether studying #economics makes you more sexist (but from 2020, not last year). Short answer: yes! At least for male students and in the Chilean context. www.nber.org/papers/w27070 / but prob. not what you were looking for

School subject choices in adolescence affect political party support The educational cleavage is restructuring electoral competition in many democracies, yet there has been insufficient attention on how variation in educational content affects this. In order to addr...

The only recent thing I can find is this. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Although I think I remember smth on self-interest vs collective good.

Anyone? Within the past half year I think.

Thanks. I think I saw a recent paper that showed causal effects of studying economics to become more self-oriented. (Unlike this one, at least the abstract says there is no change during studies).

Field of study as a political cleavage From my 25 year old PhD thesis to today's political science

You may like this, on fields of study and politics. open.substack.com/pub/hermwerf...

A lot of the value correlates of field of study are by selection. We’re working on that now. Not quite the same as the morals you refer to tho. Mechanism could be communicative skills for politics. Understanding others’ needs. Whether this would also create morality on tech I don’t know.

Field of study as a political cleavage From my 25 year old PhD thesis to today's political science

What are you referring to? I worked a bit on field of study and political attitudes including tolerance, recently replicated. open.substack.com/pub/hermwerf... Interested in your observations.

Most electricity in the Netherlands now comes from renewables.

This is today's @ourworldindata.org Data Insight from my colleague @simonvanteutem.bsky.social.

All our Data Insights are here: ourworldindata.org/data-insights

Dixie Chicken

Tonight: a concert of Little Feat in Utrecht. This is perhaps the album I listened to most during my university study years. #littlefeat open.spotify.com/track/0eTHlx...

Statement by Prime Minister Carney on Canada’s recognition of a Palestinian state.

Canada has long been committed to a two-state solution — an independent, viable, and sovereign Palestinian state living side by side with the State of Israel in peace and security.
 
My statement on Canada’s recognition of a Palestinian state:

#Bluesky has 35.98 million registered users. That’s a huge leap from just 13 million in late 2024. It gained over 22 million users in just six months and is growing at a rate of about 1 user per second. If this pace keeps up, it could hit 53 million users by the end of 2025. Copilot
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Murals in Bristol. Great city by the way.

We spent a short day in London, transferring to the train to Amsterdam soon. The National Gallery showed a painting of Monte Cassino not far from where we’ll spend a week soon, mixing holiday and work.

Voor het eerst in jaren gaat India weer de bevolking tellen. En dit kan deze keer weleens het land ‘voor altijd veranderen’ Volkstelling: In India zal na jaren uitstel vanaf volgend jaar de bevolking worden geteld. Voor het eerst wordt ook vastgelegd tot welke kaste inwoners behoren, iets wat de oppositie al langer wil. La...

India will hold a census. Now with documenting caste, for the first time since 1931. This will provide a lot of information on social stratification in India. www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

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So you’re saying Americans have become more rational?

Hard work or inherited (mis)fortune? Young people’s future in an unequal world Renewing analysis from The Spirit Level: how are children and young people’s health, education and employment prospects shaped by household wealth?

“If we want every child to have a fair shot at life, we must confront extreme wealth accumulation and invest in the wellbeing of all children – at home, in classrooms, and beyond” – Aini Gauhar of @equalitytrust.bsky.social in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog