Frustrating to think that governments could have done the green transition practically for free in the 2010s and now here we are, worrying about oil prices again
If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.
Coventry, City of Peace and Reconciliation 🙏
800 EUR ??? 😱 Lufthansa
Congratulations 🎉
Britain is highly unlikely to rejoin the EU in the next few years. But it finds itself aligned with continental Europe in many ways—including in its citizens’ feelings about the bloc econ.st/3Pe7QZ7
Illustration: Mona Eing & Michael Meissner
Submit your best (cool) text-as-data work by 13 March for the MPWZ-CEPR online workshop (13-14 April):
tinyurl.com/2s3j8kxf
We welcome submissions from all fields of economics & other social sciences that use unstructured data.
Jointly organized with @phinifa.bsky.social @elliottash.bsky.social 🎉
Presenting "Religion and the Wealth of Nations after 250 Years" at King's College, Cambridge, closely watched by John Maynard Keynes ☀️
The year 2026 Nick Crafts Lecture at @warwickecon.bsky.social @cagewarwick.bsky.social given by the amazing @marthajbailey.bsky.social
Luigi Guido speaking on The Economic Costs of Ambiguous Laws
Lunch (yesterday) outside in the sunshine in beautiful Coventry.
Today: Seminar by Luigi Guiso, and the annual Nick Crafts Lecture delivered by @marthajbailey.bsky.social at @cagewarwick.bsky.social @warwickecon.bsky.social
@fcinnio.bsky.social
Morning run along Coventry Canal from Hawkesbury Junction to Nuneaton 👌
The Tragedy of Institutions:
When they work, they're largely invisible. When largely invisible, they're taken for granted. When taken for granted, they seem unnecessary. When they seem unnecessary, someone eliminates them. Then they need rebuilding. Rebuilt, they're often worse.
🚨🚨Biggest #EU news of today: #Iceland looks to fast-track vote on joining EU as referendum on EU accession could come as early as August, departing from original plan for 2027 ref. 🧵
www.politico.eu/article/icel...
Morning run along the Grand Union Canal from Hatton Locks to Knowle Locks in glorious sunshine 🌼
Time to leave X?
Spring 🌼 in Coventry
Come join @nathannunn.bsky.social James Fenske, Stephan Heblich and myself in the far north of 🇨🇦🍁🇨🇦
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, boasts up to 240 nights of active aurora borealis per year ❤️
Delighted to be part of this volume edited by Alex Trew 🏴 with Chapter 10:
"Religion and the Wealth of Nations after 250 Years" 🙏
Here is the working paper version 👇
lnkd.in/eVUcH-UT
Glorious sunshine in Coventry and Warwickshire. Morning run along the Grand Union Canal from Hatton Locks to Leamington Spa ☀️
@amritakulka.bsky.social and my housing work was featured on ITV Tonight yesterday. You can play with a fun map and read more about it here: wheretobuild.warwick.ac.uk
“We analysed over 3 million new builds in the UK and found that about 70% .. had worse access to jobs and employment than the average pre-existing house.”
📺️ Watch @nikdatta.bsky.social discuss the #wheretobuild research for ITV Tonight on the government’s overhaul of planning rules.
9th Feb 2026: The Economic Journal has already received 256 submissions this calendar year ... 😮
1/Universities need to systematically address the findings in the Epstein files. In my opinion, every university in which current or past faculty, administrators, trustees appear in the files, should establish formal bodies to review and assess.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/u...
🚨📰New WP 🚨📰
How does social housing design affect neighborhoods decades later? We study London gangs to show that postwar urban planning—specifically high-rise public housing construction—had lasting effects on gang formation
@cep-lse.bsky.social
Such a great book by
@paulinegrosjean.bsky.social
I ❤️ the 🇫🇷 version.
Call for nominations for dissertation and book awards from @sioecon.bsky.social. Please get the word out!
Congratulations to our @EJ_RES 2025 Referee Prize winners! 🎉
These prizes recognise the outstanding contribution of referees and the vital role they play in supporting authors and the Journal.
Read more: bit.ly/3NQoMnY
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