Ralf Martin

@mondpanther.bsky.social

740 followers 340 following 98 posts

Professor of Economics @ Imperial College Business School, London
Proud resident of Parlo

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Energy 13%

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Ralf Martin @mondpanther.bsky.social · 11d

How it is going: suno.com/s/rfCZpo8GhT...

Space

Listen and make your own on Suno.

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Ralf Martin @mondpanther.bsky.social · 11d

How it started: suno.com/s/TnR6HWZIBr...

2026-01-29_08:58:45

Listen and make your own on Suno.

suno.com

Ralf Martin @mondpanther.bsky.social · 13d

Eiffel tower missing in action:

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Georg Weizsäcker @georgweizsaecker.bsky.social · 25d

In case your trust in tech wavers

Katharina @economista.bsky.social · 25d

An dieser Stelle möchte ich nochmal auf die folgende Seite hinweisen, kann interessant sein wenn man auf der Suche nach einer europäischen digitalen Lösung ist:

european-alternatives.eu

European Alternatives

We help you find European alternatives for digital service and products, like cloud services and SaaS products.

european-alternatives.eu

Reposted by Diane Coyle, Ralf Martin

Centre for Economic Performance @cep-lse.bsky.social · 25d

📢 Job vacancy: Research Assistant, Programme on Innovation and Diffusion at LSE

Work with John Van Reenen on cutting-edge research on innovation, diffusion & productivity, contributing to co-authored, top-journal-quality outputs 📈💡
Apply by 16 Feb

Reposted by Peter Holmes, Ralf Martin, W Grant

Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 28d

Dr. @timothysnyder.bsky.social has written many powerful works, but this one stopped me dead in my tracks when I first read it. Please take the time, and share widely.

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 28d

The Strongman Fantasy, from March 2024.
May it break.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-strong...

The Strongman Fantasy (text and audio)

And Dictatorship in Real Life

snyder.substack.com

Reposted by Peter Holmes, Ralf Martin

Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 28d

The Strongman Fantasy, from March 2024.
May it break.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-strong...

The Strongman Fantasy (text and audio)

And Dictatorship in Real Life

snyder.substack.com

Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Paul Lehmann, Robert Metcalfe , and 3 more Richard S.J. Tol, Paul Lehmann, Robert Metcalfe, Valerie Mueller, Aaron Sojourner, Ralf Martin

Sefi Roth @sjroth.bsky.social · Jan 8

📢 Call for Papers! The 9th Annual LSE/Imperial Workshop on Environmental Econ. will be held in London June 8-9
✅ Submissions by Feb 1
📄 Full papers only (no abstracts)
🎤 Keynote: Prof. @rmetcalfe.bsky.social

🔗 more details here: www.lse.ac.uk/geography-an...

9th Annual LSE/Imperial Workshop on Environmental Economics

Information about the LSE Department of Geography and Environment's Environmental Economics Workshop.

www.lse.ac.uk

Ralf Martin @mondpanther.bsky.social · Dec 31

Maybe we should have autonomous ebikes as well?

Reposted by Andrew Scott, Ralf Martin

Andrew Haslam-Jones @andrewhj.bsky.social · Nov 22

“Why do you think Russia paid your close, but less well known, colleague to say the sort of things that you were saying for free at the same time?”

Ralf Martin @mondpanther.bsky.social · Nov 19

Wow.... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Onboard the world’s largest sailing cargo ship: is this the future of travel and transport?

The Neoliner Origin set off on its inaugural two-week voyage from France to the US with the aim of revolutionising the notoriously dirty shipping industry

www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Andrew Scott, Simon Wren‐Lewis, Ralf Martin , and 2 more Andrew Scott, Simon Wren‐Lewis, Ralf Martin, Daniel Wincott, Mary Margaret McCabe

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · Nov 16

Not everyone is unhappy about the Government's descent into anti-refugee politics

Reposted by Jonathan Portes, Ben H. Ansell, Richard S.J. Tol , and 2 more Jonathan Portes, Ben H. Ansell, Richard S.J. Tol, Ralf Martin, Paul Nightingale

David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · Nov 15

A levy on foreign students is one of the closest things you're going to see to tariffs on services - except the UK will be putting it on its own exports...

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Levy on international students’ tuition fees not in best interest of UK, says leader of top university

Duncan Ivison, president of Manchester University, says government’s 6% surcharge plan will ‘hurt the sector’

www.theguardian.com

Ralf Martin @mondpanther.bsky.social · Nov 12

A great initiative: www.imperial.ac.uk/imperial-glo...

Global Development Fellowship

The Global Development Fellowship intends to support high impact, short term placements for PhD students from Least Developed and Lower Middle-Income...

www.imperial.ac.uk

Ralf Martin @mondpanther.bsky.social · Oct 17

Definitely

James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · Oct 17

Something I think would be a genuinely good thing would be an Extinction Rebellion-style activist campaign across Europe to raise the urgent need for European competitors to SpaceX, TSMC and DJI.

Just enormous strategic weakness and absolutely no sense of urgency.

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James O'Malley @jamesomalley.co.uk · Oct 17

Ralf Martin @mondpanther.bsky.social · Oct 15

good to know

Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · Oct 15

A much needed corrective by @chrisgiles.ft.com to the "welfare is out of control" narrative, drawing on research by my colleague @benbgeiger.bsky.social

www.ft.com/content/ee67...

No need for a moral panic about the welfare system

It’s far from perfect, but the UK’s spending is broadly controlled and employment is high

www.ft.com

Reposted by Stephen P. Jenkins, Mel Bartley, Simon Wren‐Lewis , and 2 more Stephen P. Jenkins, Mel Bartley, Simon Wren‐Lewis, Ralf Martin, Katherine Brickell

Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · Oct 15

A much needed corrective by @chrisgiles.ft.com to the "welfare is out of control" narrative, drawing on research by my colleague @benbgeiger.bsky.social

www.ft.com/content/ee67...

No need for a moral panic about the welfare system

It’s far from perfect, but the UK’s spending is broadly controlled and employment is high

www.ft.com

Ralf Martin @mondpanther.bsky.social · Oct 13

Our new report finds that Climate Change is not only a growth story but also an inclusive growth story with lower income countries having a comparative advantage in green innovation. www.ifc.org/en/insights-...

Ralf Martin @mondpanther.bsky.social · Oct 13

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Trump calls climate science a ‘con job’. That could make tackling the crisis a whole lot easier | Francesco Grillo

Europe and Brazil have a rare opportunity, unimpeded by the US, to make a success of Cop30 – and reshape the world order, says Francesco Grillo of the European University Institute, Florence

www.theguardian.com

Ralf Martin @mondpanther.bsky.social · Oct 13

"Brazil and the EU must come together around a pragmatic agenda. Alongside them should be India, Canada, the UK, Australia (the host of Cop31) and, yes, China. These seven may not be like-minded on many vital issues, but they still represent about half of the world’s emissions, population and GDP."

Ralf Martin @mondpanther.bsky.social · Oct 11

This could follow the example of the German "Solidaritaetszuschlag" that was introduced to help fund the Re-unification in 1991. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solidar...

Solidaritätszuschlag – Wikipedia

de.wikipedia.org

Ralf Martin @mondpanther.bsky.social · Oct 11

For starters they should do this by introducing any tax increases as a dedicated line item on your income tax statement. Call it the Brexit Solidarity Levy, Farrage Appreciation Charge (FAC) or similar....

Reposted by Ben H. Ansell, Andrew Scott, Ralf Martin , and 1 more Ben H. Ansell, Andrew Scott, Ralf Martin, Jill Rutter

Anand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · Oct 10

If they do this, they’ll need a convincing answer to the obvious question some will ask: ‘why don’t we rejoin?’ Keir Starmer’s plan to blame Nigel Farage for budget tax rises

www.thetimes.com/article/8875...

Keir Starmer’s plan to blame Nigel Farage for budget tax rises

With Reform UK threatening the end of two-party politics, both Labour and the Tories are fighting to stay relevant as conference season comes to an end

www.thetimes.com

Ralf Martin @mondpanther.bsky.social · Oct 9

Maybe we can get more information on extending life as well?

Ralf Martin @mondpanther.bsky.social · Oct 4

Damn it... www.economist.com/science-and-...

Is dark chocolate actually healthy?

We assess whether that tempting idea is too good to be true

www.economist.com

Ralf Martin @mondpanther.bsky.social · Oct 4

This article is quite a tour de force: from Hannah Arendt via Trump to a critique RCTs. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...

A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0

If the first term of Donald Trump provoked anxiety over the fate of objective knowledge, the second has led to claims we live in a world-historical age of stupid, accelerated by big tech. But might th...

www.theguardian.com

Ralf Martin @mondpanther.bsky.social · Oct 3

here is the leader of the green party celebrating migration. Celebrate migration and its benefits and stop platforming xenophobes! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...