David Khoudour

Tariffs are taxes on Americans.

They are taxes on Americans who buy anything made abroad, which is essentially all of us.

Giving us a sliver of the additional money taken from us is not ‘giving us money’.

Larry Summers: "This is way beyond anything Nixon ever did ... this is the stuff of democracies giving way to authoritarianism. Firing statisticians goes with threatening the heads of newspapers, launching assaults on universities, launching assaults on law firms. This is really scary stuff."

On the other hand, they also capitalize the D in Defending.

Trump Told Park Workers to Report Displays That ‘Disparage’ Americans. Here’s What They Flagged.

It’s 1984, but in real life:

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...

Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Hits Senior Care Work Force

What a surprise !!!

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/u...

C’est malheureusement devenu la norme !

L’administration Trump expulse cinq migrants vers la dernière monarchie absolue d’Afrique, présentée comme un « pays tiers sûr » L’Eswatini, anciennement Swaziland, n’a pas révélé le contenu de l’accord avec Washington, qui présente ces personnes comme de dangereux criminels.

On peut tout leur reprocher, sauf leur manque d’imagination !

www.lemonde.fr/afrique/arti...

When you think it can’t be worse !

What does Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' mean for global development? The so-called non-profit killer clause is out, while a tax on remittances is in.

“It’s this double-whammy: the remittance tax impact coming off the back of aid cuts...remittances were going to be more important...now, they’re suffering from this extra blow.”

CGD’s @helen-dempster.bsky.social on the "big, beautiful bill's" impact in @devex.com:
www.devex.com/news/what-do...

Declining immigration weighs on GDP growth, with little impact on inflation Unauthorized immigration surged sharply in 2021–24 but has since declined abruptly with negative implications for economic growth.

New macroeconomic analysis from the Dallas Fed:

Mass deportation will reduce US GDP growth by 0.89 percentage points this year and 1.49 percentage points by 2027

It doesn't have to be this way. The choice isn't border chaos or vast militarized raids. The third option: lawful channels for migration

No “President” has a right to strip citizenship and deport people who challenge his policies. That’s fascism, not America.

Retailleau, Bellamy, Aubert : «Rebâtir un parc nucléaire et stopper le financement des renouvelables, notre plan pour l’énergie» TRIBUNE - Le président LR Bruno Retailleau, le vice-président délégué François-Xavier Bellamy et le vice-président du parti Julien Aubert, plaident pour un renforcement du parc nucléaire actuel et l’a...

Ces gens-là sont irresponsables !

www.lefigaro.fr/vox/economie...

And these people pretend they are #christians

¿Y si en vez de cerrarles la puerta, les ofreciéramos un empleo?

Más de 7,8 millones de venezolanos han migrado, pero millones siguen sin un trabajo digno.

Mientras tanto, Europa y otras regiones enfrentan una escasez creciente de trabajadores.

Each time a remotely progressive candidate wins office in the US, the rich declare they're going to leave town. What do they actually do? Nothing. A 2016 study found only 0.04% of millionaires move in a given year due to tax increases. Rich people talk to feel important. Please properly tax them.

Los Angeles Dodgers deny ICE’s attempt to gain entry to Dodger Stadium grounds, source says | CNN ICE agents attempted to enter Dodger Stadium on Thursday but were denied entry to the grounds by the team, a source familiar with the circumstances told CNN.

ICE agents attempted to enter Dodger Stadium on Thursday but were denied entry to the grounds by the team, a source familiar with the circumstances told CNN.

WE HAVE QUESTIONS…

This is a kidnapping. No uniform, no badge, civilian car. Who are they?

ICE? Sanctioned bounty hunters? Either way, they’re grabbing people without warrants.

How often is this happening, and why aren’t more people talking about it? Congress?

God help us. And by “us” I mean humanity.

Gaza residents say IDF escalated attacks in Strip since Israel launched war on Iran ***

While the world's attention focuses on Iran, the destruction of Gaza and the starvation and displacement of its population continue.

Netanyahu hopes this will now attract less attention by the Israeli public as well as by Western media and governments...

The American people voted yesterday. Looks like a landslide to me.

The @redsox.com have zero points in the summer score, but believe me, they made their fans very happy this weekend.

Maybe some extra points for a sweep?

Today in Boston.

Over a million people turned out.

Even the drone couldn't get it all.

#NoKingsDay #BostonStrong #ICEProtest

The day started with tragedy with political violence in MN and instead of being scared, neighbors SHOWED UP to stand together at No Kings Twin Cities. We packed the Capitol Mall all the way to the Cathedral. Estimate 80,000+ right now. So proud of our state. #nokings #indivisible

#NoKings Day in rainy #Boston

1. Trump's tax cuts overwhelmingly help the rich
2. His spending cuts are targeted at the poor
3. Tariffs cost the poor a larger share of their income

Roll these three regressive policies together and you get the largest redistribution from poor to rich in American history.

The anti-Robin Hood.

The State of Development Journals 2025: Quality, Acceptance Rates, Review Times, Open Access, and What’s New

Now up: the 9th in my annual series of efforts to put together data on development journals: rankings, number of papers submitted (over 12,000 last year across 12 journals), number published (937), acceptance rates, time to review, open access stats, and more... blogs.worldbank.org/en/impacteva...

Time to learn US history.

The chief architect of Neil Armstrong's Saturn V rocket? Immigrant Wernher von Braun.

But why aren't there more immigrants in those 1960s Space Program photos?

Nativist politicians did that. Chinese immigrants were banned 1882–1965, most other Asians 1907/1917 thru '65.

What happens to developing countries when highly-educated people migrate? See our new review of the evidence on "brain gain" vs. "brain drain": www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....
Ungated PDF: deanyang-econ.github.io/deanyang/fil... #EconSky #Migration

Can the UN's Migration and Refugee Agencies Become One? Can the UN's Migration and Refugee Agencies Become One? - PassBlue

Will we finally have a UN agency covering all dimensions of HUMAN MOBILITY (that is, both migration and forced displacement)?

That's a strong possibility according to @jfcrisp.bsky.social (and many others within the UN system)

www.passblue.com/2025/05/13/c...

The Impact of Return Migration on Economic Development Abstract. Mexican migration to the United States—one of the largest flows in human history—inverted in the late 2000s, and during the next decade more Mexicans returned home than those who migrated north. We exploit this historical reversal to estimate the effects of return migration on economic development in Mexico. We find that return migration leads to higher levels of development through improved income, labor, health, and educational outcomes. Our findings suggest that the benefits of migration extend beyond individuals’ tenure abroad, as accumulated capital, skills, and social norms have the potential to contribute to development back home.

Unprecedented return migration from the US has contributed to Mexico's economic development in recent decades. In the March issue, by José R. Bucheli and Matías Fontenla zurl.co/h2IZ1