Christian Odendahl

YouTube video by DER SPIEGEL Hans-Rudolf Merz mit Lachanfall im Parlament | DER SPIEGEL

Researching the Swiss tariff regime on agricultural products, I am reminded of this gem.

Swiss MP just cannot stop laughing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBeL...

Bipartisan Call to Strengthen America's Economic Statistical System In a new letter to Congress penned by the Economic Innovation Group, a bipartisan group of more than 80 economists have called for proper funding and modernization of the U.S. statistical agencies.

Well-timed letter just ahead of Trump lashing out at the BLS.

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This New York Times Sunday headline says it all in just a few words. Businesses and customers in other countries will find new suppliers. They just won’t be in our country or employ our workers. Major long term economic shift against U.S.

vad kul! Ha det trevligt.

You are such a net-zero dad. I love it!

I was the AEA's President Elect as the first Trump term began. We worried about government statistics then, and appointed a committee that included members (such as Google's Chief Economist) who might be in a position to help make reliable statistics available if the government went dark.
#econsky

Ja, vermutlich nicht lange aber egal: 2 Rheinderbies!

Herzlichen Glückwunsch! Auf die nächsten 125 Jahre Rheinderby. 🔴⚪️🐐

I was raised by a single mum, she was a feminist and taught me so much.

But even I sorta accepted things as normal that I absolutely shouldn’t have. I still feel shame when thinking about what my older sister must have endured.

I didn’t know people with such views existed, but my God, yes, the 90s were a dark age.

Tom Lehrer found matter worth roasting everywhere he looked America’s best modern satirist died on July 26th, aged 97

Anything could be his victim; nothing was sacred. Sometimes stern, sometimes morose, but often joyose, his songs twisted in the knife. But it was his solitary, strictly private life that made the songwriter happy

andrew chen of 3sixteen explaining why you may not feel the tariffs yet

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Check out the virtual issue curated by former editor @bardharstad.bsky.social ‬- featuring papers - all with free access - on environmental economics, political economy and theory

Teaching material available!

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Thank you!

Inevitably? 🧐
On the contrary, what is inevitable is to stand up. 🇪🇺
Sovereignity and values.

Donald Trump thinks he’s winning on trade, but America will lose The harm from tariffs will be lasting and deep

Our take on the Trump tariffs, now that the new global trade order becomes clearer. 👇 www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

Ah! So at the low end, the rate of change (if it's a logistic model) understates how fast it can go. Got it.

Why Ford’s Made-in-America Strategy Hurts It in Trump’s Trade War The company says new tariff deals with Japan, the EU and South Korea put it at a disadvantage.

"Ford prides itself on making most of its vehicles in the U.S. Some 80% of the cars it sells in the U.S. are built there, and it makes more vehicles in the U.S. than any other automaker." www.wsj.com/business/aut...

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Could you clarify, who is using the logistic model here? The consumer?

Economist greenlash cover

Which brings me to my question: will the greenlash last?

Another small data point on the greenlash: H1 2025 for the first time more heat pumps sold than gas boilers in Germany.

This is *Germany*, the country that had probably the most moronic debate on heat pumps and efuels over the last few years.

Small data point on the greenlash.

For the first time, EVs get net positive approval ratings in this long-running survey by an insurance firm in Germany.

The young and those who drive a lot (!) are most in favour of EVs, the latter have highest "switch rate" of 6.1%.

www.huk.de/fahrzeuge/ra...

German armed forces see 28% surge in recruits in NATO defence boost Germany's armed forces reported a 28% surge in soldier recruits from January to late July, compared with the same period last year, bolstering plans to boost NATO defences in response to what it sees as an increased threat from Russia.

It almost seems like a well-equipped army is a more attractive proposition for prospective recruits than a chronically underfunded one, together with a change in public perceptions of and appreciation for military service and national defence. www.reuters.com/business/aer...

Economist cover Greenlash

Our cover this week.
economist.com/briefing/202...

4/ What's going on? Part of the story, and the piece most often discussed, is the impact of gas on Britain's grid.

Britain is unusually dependent on gas for baseload power, a product of having build no nuclear since the 1990s and phasing out coal rapidly in the 2010s.

Energy in Britain has gotten scarce—and thus expensive.

Prices are high in absolute terms, and further above the European average than any point in at least 40 years (barring the 22/23 shock).

What's behind this, and is it crimping growth? I took a look for @economist.com. (🧵)

What opponents of the EU-US trade deal get wrong Internal reform matters more than external trade

“Instead of pointing fingers, the critics should roll up their sleeves.”

Our leader on the EU-US trade deal.
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Question for trade people

Suppose Dems win the 2028 election. What's the probability the Trump tariffs are repealed?

For bonus points: what can other countries do now to increase this probability?

Graph showing: India's daily power generation from solar

But the big effect in renewables is solar, with strong increases in generation capacity leading directly to a jump in generation.