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Mirco Tonin
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Economic Policy Professor at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano @unibz.bsky.social, Italy; Director at FBK-IRVAPP @fbk-irvapp.bsky.social in Trento. Personal opinions here.
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Economics 58%
Sociology 7%
A reminder that Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra’s parents emigrated here during a period when Italians were considered to be a genetically inferior and criminal-minded underclass that Stephen Miller’s racist predecessors said should be excluded from America

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Should we be concerned about VAT evasion at the retail stage in contexts with high enforcement and low informality?

In their paper Annalisa Tassi and Adrien Bussy
exploit a VAT reform to answer this question.

📄Read the full paper: irvapp.fbk.eu/publications...
VAT collection only at the retail stage: Evidence on tax compliance
We investigate whether firms engage in VAT evasion at the retail stage—typically a point of weakness in VAT systems—in a high-enforcement, low-informality setting. To measure evasion, we exploit a ref...
irvapp.fbk.eu

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19 December 1941 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Marta Weisz, was born in Sárköz. During the war, she lived in Szatmárnémeti.

On 31 May 1944, she was murdered in a gas chamber of Auschwitz II-Birkenau.
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Our webinar about deportations of Jews from Hungary to Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/M42znxofU5Q

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Per limitare la povertà educativa, è necessario rafforzare e rinnovare le politiche di diritto allo studio.

Davide Azzolini, Antonia Mazara e Loris Vergolini ne parlano su La Voce e riportano i risultati di un esperimento in Italia.

lavoce.info/archives/109...
Quando il risparmio è un’arma contro la dispersione scolastica | D. Azzolini, A. Mazara e L. Vergolini
Per limitare la povertà educativa, è necessario rafforzare e rinnovare le politiche di diritto allo studio. Sembrano dare buoni risultati i programmi che incentivano il risparmio familiare. Lo dimostr...
lavoce.info

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Happy Hannukah

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Every year our card contains a picture that aims at inspiring moral reflection about the world we all share.

(Photo: Photo by Scott Peterson/Getty Images)

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Siamo lieti di invitarvi al seminario che si svolgerà in modalità ibrida: "Competenze digitali e di base", con la partecipazione di Roberto Ricci, presidente INVALSI.

Iscrizioni e info:
irvapp.fbk.eu/it/events/de...

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Quali conoscenze economiche servono per decidere in modo consapevole?

In occasione del mese dell’educazione finanziaria ne abbiamo parlato con Elsa Fornero, @mircotonin.bsky.social e Matteo Ploner

Approfondimento di @gretasofial.bsky.social su FBK Magazine👇
magazine.fbk.eu/it/news/educ...

"Aumentare l'offerta di alloggi", editoriale su Corriere dell' #AltoAdige e Corriere del #Trentino di oggi - LINK: pressreader.com/article/2815...

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Ci vediamo questo venerdì 21 novembre!

Non dimenticare di iscriverti per assicurarti il posto: irvapp.fbk.eu/.../conoscen...

For some reason I bought 10 lbs of good quality pasta yesterday

www.wsj.com/world/europe...
Italian Pasta Is Poised to Disappear From American Grocery Shelves
The Trump administration is set to impose duties of 107% on Italian pasta imports, among most punitive of the tariffs it has levied.
www.wsj.com
🚨JOB OPENING🚨

JKU Linz is hiring an Assistant Professor in Microeconomics (non-tenure track, 6 years).

The target date for applications is Nov 15, the hard deadline Nov 20.
Please share within your network!

Job ad and application (requires EJM login): econjobmarket.org/positions/11...

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Quali sono le conoscenze economiche di base utili a prendere decisioni individuali consapevoli?
Ne parlerà Elsa Fornero insieme a Matteo Ploner. Introduce Mirco Tonin @mircotonin.bsky.social

🗓️21 novembre 2025 | 17:30
📍FBK - via S. Croce 77 Trento

Info e iscrizioni: irvapp.fbk.eu/it/events/de...

"Conoscenza economica di base per decisioni individuali consapevoli" - evento organizzato da @fbk-irvapp.bsky.social IRVAPP - The Research Institute for the Evaluation of Public Policies | Bruno Kessler Foundation con Elsa Fornero il 21 novembre 17:30 a Trento. LINK: irvapp.fbk.eu/events/detai...

"Mente, #Soldi e Scelte Quotidiane: Come Riconoscere i #Bias e Gestire Meglio le tue #Finanze" - evento con Volksbank · Banca Popolare dell’Alto Adige il 20 novembre a Bolzano, Sede Centrale Volksbank alle 18:00 - LINK: www.volksbank.it/it/events/20...

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
🚨 Job Market Alert 🚨

The Department of Economics of the University of Bologna invites applications for a fixed-term Assistant Professor position
**any field**
starting AY 2026/27.

📅 Apply by Nov 10

💼 6-year contract, low teaching load, no Italian required.

Info: econjobmarket.org/positions/11...

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Per darvi un'idea di come funziona.
Come funziona la macchina del fango
Un piccolo episodio personale che rivela l’anatomia di un sistema nato per intimidire e riscrivere la realtà
fabiosabatini.substack.com

Uscito oggi su Rivista Eco l'articolo "Che medici usciranno dal nuovo semestre aperto?" con Alessandro Fedele in cui discutiamo la recente riforma del meccanismo di accesso a medicina www.rivistaeco.com/2025/10/19/c... @mariomacis.bsky.social @danielwiesen.bsky.social
Experts say that some effects of starvation in Gaza can be permanent. And for the severely malnourished, simply starting to eat normal meals again can cause sickness—even death. https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/what-comes-after-starvation-in-gaza

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14 October 1940 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Mirjam Lewkowicz, was born in Gouda.

In September 1943, she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber after the selection.
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A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8
🚨 2-Year Postdocs in Dev Econ at Uni Copenhagen 🚨

Come work on some exciting experimental projects😀!

Dedicated time for your own research.

Reach out to hear more!

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Application deadline 🗓️: Nov 11

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Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths:

"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."

"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."
Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US?
It’s unfortunately not uncommon for pedestrians to be killed by cars in the US.
www.construction-physics.com

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10 October 1933 | A Hungarian Jewish girl, Vera Erdesz, was born.

In 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
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A short video showing the ruins of gas chamber and crematorium III: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ipQmBPAlJQ8

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Martina Bazzoli e Sonia Marzadro hanno partecipato all’EUROMOD Annual Meeting and Research Workshop 2025 : euromod-web.jrc.ec.europa.eu

Si è parlato di microsimulazione con un focus su politiche fiscali e sociali, transizione verde e riduzione delle disuguaglianze.
My god.

“Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com

Felice di partecipare a "Carta di Bolzano su #IA e #informazione: il ruolo del giornalista e della formazione" - Giovedì, 2 ottobre 2025 ⋅ 15:00 – 19:00 @unibz.bsky.social NOI Techpark - @federicoboffa.bsky.social @francescoravazzolo.bsky.social @montali.bsky.social

www.unibz.it/it/events/ca...
02 ott 2025 15:00 - 02 ott 2025 19:00 / Carta di Bolzano su IA e informazione: il ruolo del giornalista e della formazione
Un incontro per presentare la Carta di Bolzano sull’utilizzo responsabile dell’intelligenza artificiale nei media, con esperti, giornalisti e accademici.
www.unibz.it

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Nathan Gill admitted eight counts of bribery between 2018 and 2019. He said he was tasked to make specific statements in return for money.

#EuropeNews
Former Brexit Party MEP admits accepting bribes to shill for Russia 
Nathan Gill admitted eight counts of bribery between 2018 and 2019. He said he was tasked to make specific statements in return for money.
l.euronews.com

Felice di partecipare a "L’ABC dell’economia a scuola. Educazione economica fin da bambini" a @unibz.bsky.social