Erik Angner

Put a hygrometer in our summer home and learned that the building is an ideal humidor 💧

Picture of the Day: Pro-Israel group and Neo-Nazis, side by side, protesting Stockholm Pride 🤷

August 1, 2025 AMERICAN ECONOMIC ASSOCIATION Committee on Economic Statistics and Committee on Government Relations Statement from the American Economic Association on the Dismissal of the BLS Commissioner Leaders of the American Economic Association express their grave concern over the dismissal of the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) earlier today. The independence of the federal statistical agencies is essential to the proper functioning of a modern economy. Accurate, timely, and impartial statistics are the foundation upon which households, businesses, and policymakers make critical decisions. Undermining the independence or credibility of these agencies threatens the integrity of the information that markets, institutions, and the public rely on every day. Measuring the vast and dynamic U.S. economy in real time is inherently challenging. It is standard practice for statistical estimates to be revised as more complete and higher-quality data become available. These revisions reflect the commitment of statistical agencies to accuracy, transparency, and methodological rigor-not failure or bias. The BLS has long had a well-deserved reputation for professional excellence and nonpartisan integrity. Safeguarding this tradition is vital for the continued health of the U.S. economy and public trust in our institutions. We call upon elected officials to respect and preserve the independence of the nation's statistical infrastructure. Lawrence Katz President, American Economic Association Katharine Abraham President-Elect, American Economic Association Karen Dynan Chair, American Economic Association Committee on Economic Statistics Kenneth Troske Chair, American Economic Association Committee on Government Relations

Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing

As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements

This is a big deal

Okunnighet är inte problemet

Den legendariske investeraren Warren Buffett påminner oss om det vi inte vet. Kanske var just ödmjukheten nyckeln till hans framgång, skriver Erik Angner, professor vid Stockholms universitet

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Okunnighet är inte problemet Warren Buffett påminner oss om det vi inte vet

“Trots Warrens Buffetts uppenbara geni är det hans okunskap jag kommer minnas – hans okunskap och den ödmjukhet han uppvisade för vad han inte vet. Kanske var det just det som gjorde honom så framgångsrik.” Min nya krönika i EFN Finansmagasinet: efn.se/okunnighet-a...

That’s Plan B

Thinking of getting a ”beach bod” 🏖️ I mean, how long can it take?

@zotero.org is the most useful and ethically uncompromised piece of software still under active development, at least for a certain subset of society.

Spent an entire day painting the house but don’t have a single instagram-worthy picture to prove it. What is even the point!?

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Perfekt sommarläsning i hängmattan: en ny kolumn i EFN Finansmagasinet! Om Warren Buffett, kompetenscirklar, och allt vi inte vet.

Tom Lehrer, Musical Satirist With a Dark Streak, Dies at 97

Another giant is gone: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/a...

Slarva inte med argumenten mot etikprövning – Svensk filosofi Kritiker av Etikprövningslagen är förvånansvärt tysta om vad lagen är till för. Erik Angner, professor i praktisk filosofi och före detta ledamot vid Etikprövningsmyndigheten, menar att lagen befrämja...

I wrote about the case here: svenskfilosofi.se/2024/09/30/s...

In a new film about the Unabomber, Russell Crowe will star as the Harvard professor who subjected Ted Kaczynski to horrifying psychological experiments: www.netflix.com/tudum/articl... I predict the ”abolish IRB requirements” crowd will backtrack real fast.

An unbearably sad statement from the Editorial Committee (SDJ) of the AFP news agency, please read:

"Without immediate intervention, the last reporters in Gaza will die.
AFP has been working with 1 writer, 3 photographers and 6 videographers, all freelance, in the Gaza Strip… /1

Haha, jag minns. Jag fick utmärkta råd här iaf: www.cowparfymeri.se

YouTube video by TEDx Talks Optimism: A Duty? | Erik Angner | TEDxKI

At long last I can say unironically: “Thank you for listening to my TEDx talk!” www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rs_q... #optimism #behaviorchange #resilience #climatechange

”If he can drive the change that’s required, future generations will thank him”; ”if AI can cure cancer, that would be wonderful.” These claims are true of everything. They’re true of a rock.

YouTube video by Alexander Pärleros Jakten på lycka & varför den leder oss fel - Erik Angner

På Framgångspodden med Alexander Pärleros, om varför jakten på lycka kan leda fel: youtu.be/2qD8YT2ENjE?... #lycka #framgång #glädje #podd

Can confirm that student demand for classical philophical reflection about how to fashion a good, rewarding life is *intense*. My students read Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Seneca, Mill, and others with great interest: utbildning.su.se/english/educ...

Opinion | Students Want the Liberal Arts. Administrators, Not So Much.

”The tragedy of the contemporary academy is that even when traditional liberal learning clearly wins with students and donors, it loses with those in power” – absolutely critical read by Prof. Jennifer Frey: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/o...

Most revealing, though, are the counterarguments. At this stage, it’s just a series of ad hominems.

Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...

Nice talk by @erikangner.com on the case for optimism on climate change and other social issues. A welcome reprieve from doomscrolling on this site!

Thank you, Todd! Appreciate it.

This is why economists are so universally loved and respected 👍

If he didn't want the lecture about the Coase Theorem, he should have negotiated a contract with you in order to prevent it

Damn straight!!

Neighbor is upset that his view of the nighttime sky is affected by our electric lights. I can only assume he’d appreciate a lecture about the Coase Theorem!?

I confess I’ve made this exact claim for years without solid evidential support. But maybe it’s true! www.cambridge.org/core/journal... via @justincaouette.bsky.social