Daniel Obst

Title page of new ifso working paper no. 53 by Daniel Obst: "Keeping Up by Working More: Evidence from a Survey Experiment on Status-Driven Labor Supply"

Keeping Up by Working More: Evidence from a Survey Experiment on Status-Driven Labor Supply — new ifso working paper by @dobst.bsky.social www.uni-due.de/imperia/md/c...

Video: Opinion | How Tyranny Begins Tyranny doesn’t happen overnight. Take it from the people who missed the first signs.

I did a NYT video interview—along with voices from Hungary, Nicaragua, and Russia— about how repression works in authoritarian states.

www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

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Join us for the 5th Pluralumn Workshop - "Empowering Young Minds" from August 6-8 at the University of Duisburg-Essen dedicated to connect young scholars with a pluralist approach to economics.

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Witzig, wie leidenschaftlich damals über technische Details zu den Energiepreisbremsen gestritten wurde, damit die Anreize perfekt wirken können. Kurze Nachfrage in der Nachbarschaft ergab: 4 von 6 Haushalten wissen nicht mal, ob sie aktuell einen Preis überhalb oder unterhalb der Bremsen haben.

Ich stimme ChatGPT zu, du solltest die Schwarzarbeit reduzieren!

Du auch hier, mega 🤗 das könnte was werden mit Bluesky :)

Ist das so eindeutig? Gibts da gute unbiased Überblicksartikel dazu? Ernst gemeinte Frage. Intuitiv hätte ich jetzt gedacht, dass Heimspeicher zusammen mit einem intelligenten Netz (wie ist das egtl definiert?) ganz gut funktionieren könnte.

INSM, a market-liberal think tank, demonstrating in front of a workers' association. Their banner reads "There is no Economy B"

Spotted INSM, a market-liberal think tank, demonstrating in front of a workers' association. Their banner reads "There is no Economy B", playfully riffing off the climate activists' "There is no Planet B". Makes one chuckle, especially if you're familiar with the Varieties of Capitalism literature.

How does economic inequality change society? - WID - World Inequality Database How does economic inequality change society? The source for global inequality data. Open access, high quality wealth and income inequality data developed by an international academic consortium.

Very interesting working paper on the beliefs about the effects of economic inequality and their effect on redistributive preferences! Strategically important for anyone endorsing and arguing for more equality: Should one stress instrumental or intrinsic arguments?

„Sei am Tage mit Lust bei den Geschäften, aber mache nur solche, daß du des Nachts ruhig schlafen kannst.“ Wer hat’s gesagt? :)

Great advice, thanks 😀🙏

Are hashtags actually a thing here? I am just starting to find my way around 😅

Finally hopped on the Bluesky train! 🚀 Here for all things related to socio-economics, pluralist economics, and a sprinkle of Cologne (the city, not the scent 😅). Remember the golden days of Twitter? Hoping this gives those vibes, and reignites my social media spark! 📚🌍