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Scott Santens

@scottsantens.com

GiveDirectly gave $550 to every adult in the Khongoni subdistrict of Malawi, reaching over 85,000 people. It was enough outside money to double local GDP. Extreme poverty plummeted by 88%. Inflation was negligible.

Now they're going even bigger by giving $550 to 185,000 people - an entire district.

Doubling local GDP didn’t drive inflation
Our large scale cash injection was equivalent to doubling the economy in Khongoni. Compared to surrounding areas, inflation in Khongoni rose by about 1% – a statistically detectable but economically negligible effect. After five months, this had fallen to zero.

Markets were able to absorb large-scale transfers without driving significant price inflation. That gives us strong evidence that this model can be scaled responsibly and rapidly without triggering harmful inflation.

This stability was a product of how recipients and markets responded:

🗓️ Recipients didn’t spend all at once: Findings showed households did not spend all of the transfer immediately and gradually increased their spending over months.
🚲 They also shopped around: Recipients had access to multiple markets, locally and in nearby Lilongwe city, allowing them to choose between sellers if someone didn’t have what they needed or tried to raise prices.
🤝 Vendors chose not to raise prices: Traders reported keeping prices steady to maintain trust, saying opportunistic hikes would damage their reputation once the cash was gone.
📦 Markets adapted to demand: Many vendors simply ordered more stock and new traders entered markets, both without significantly driving up prices.

October 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM

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Teresa Ribera

@teresaribera.ec.europa.eu

1/ Without any doubt, terrorism deserves our strongest condemnation and call for the immediate release of all hostages.

But a democratic state, signatory of the UN Charter and the Geneva Conventions, has a binding duty to respect international law.

🔗 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

‘Direct evidence of genocidal intent’: the UN commission of inquiry’s report on Israel’s actions in Gaza

Legal analysis has accused Israel of committing genocide in four out of five categories as defined by 1948 convention

www.theguardian.com

September 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM

Eduard Güell

@eduardguell.bsky.social

“The fightback against climate disinformation is gaining momentum.

Cities are where that trust can be built.”

Hidalgo i Khan

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

In London and Paris, we’ve experienced vicious backlash to climate action. But we’re not backing down | Sadiq Khan and Anne Hidalgo

Around the world, well-funded, organised climate deniers are spreading lies about the crisis. We call on governments and tech companies to step up, say London mayor Sadiq Khan and Paris mayor Anne Hid...

www.theguardian.com

June 23, 2025 at 7:17 AM

Eduard Güell

@eduardguell.bsky.social

Barcelona, des de l’aliança Mayors for Housing, proposa que la UE crei un fons europeu d’habitatge que ajudi a mobilitzar 300.000 milions d’EUR públics i privats anuals.

elpais.com/economia/202...

Collboni y otros 14 alcaldes europeos urgen a la UE a crear un fondo para vivienda que movilice 300.000 millones de euros anuales

Los regidores reclaman a Bruselas que destine partidas sin ejecutar de los fondos de recuperación para paliar la crisis habitacional

elpais.com

May 15, 2025 at 3:34 PM

Eduard Güell

@eduardguell.bsky.social

“Vaig veure algú que es preguntava a la televisió, ‘per què l’AOC i en Bernie van a Idaho?’ La resposta és molt simple: perquè vosaltres importeu”

15.000 persones a Salt Lake City, 12.500 persones a Nampa (Idaho), AOC omple pavellons

lavanguardia.com/internacional/…

https://lavanguardia.com/internacional/…

April 17, 2025 at 6:35 AM

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Agenda Pública

@agendapublica.es

"Barcelona es una ciudad muy vinculada y muy comprometida con Unesco y sus valores, y con el multilateralismo". Jaume Collboni, alcalde de Barcelona, en Agenda Pública.

El histórico discurso del alcalde de Barcelona en la Unesco

Barcelona es una ciudad con más de 180 nacionalidades y su alcalde, Jaume Collboni, se ha convertido en el primer regidor de la ciudad en intervenir ante el Consejo Ejecutivo de la Unesco. Barcelona, ciudad global. Collboni ha presentado esta semana la Alianza Global contra el Racismo y las Discriminaciones en un síntoma de la apuesta por el multilateralismo en un momento de cuestionamiento.

f.mtr.cool

April 12, 2025 at 7:02 AM

Eduard Güell

@eduardguell.bsky.social

Somos tan insensibles. Millás
t.co/qDzoVgUly0

https://elpais.com/opinion/2025-04-11/somos-tan-insensibles.html

t.co

April 11, 2025 at 3:00 PM

Eduard Güell

@eduardguell.bsky.social

Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds a @artefr.bsky.social

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Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - Accor Arena, Paris - ARTE Concert

YouTube video by ARTE Concert

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April 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM

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Pablo Urbiola

@purbiola.bsky.social

"El predominio de la imagen ha atrofiado mucho la capacidad simbólica de representar el mundo mediante el lenguaje"
elpais.com/ideas/2025-0...

Lola López Mondéjar, psicoanalista: “Los clubes de lectura son espacios revolucionarios”

Necesitamos tiempo y energía para conversar y reflexionar. La ensayista nos propone defender espacios de resistencia al móvil, a las redes sociales y al individualismo

elpais.com

April 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM

Eduard Güell

@eduardguell.bsky.social

Sobre la importància del límit
www.lavanguardia.com/internaciona...

Trump, enemigo del mundo, por Xavier Mas de Xaxàs

La razón parece que ha llegado a su fin. Se ha ido. Ya no está en la Casa Blanca y su ausencia causa dolor en todas partes, incluso en las regiones más alejadas de

www.lavanguardia.com

April 5, 2025 at 9:15 AM

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J. Valls

@valls1313.bsky.social

Accountability Barcelona 2024

March 30, 2025 at 11:15 AM

Eduard Güell

@eduardguell.bsky.social

Barcelona will become the first European city to end licenses for Airbnb homes, requiring owners by 2028 to offer them as long-term lodging at capped rents or put them up for sale.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/30/b...

Can Barcelona Solve One of the Toughest Housing Crises in Europe? (Gift Article)

The Spanish city’s woes mirror a broader affordable-housing crunch spreading rapidly across Europe and driving inequality.

www.nytimes.com

March 30, 2025 at 11:23 AM

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J. Valls

@valls1313.bsky.social

Trobem en Barcelona una ciutat atractiva, amb una excel·lent xarxa de serveis i de comunicació, i que destaca per la qualitat dels seus espais i oferta hotelera. Tanmateix, allò que realment la fa diferent respecte d’altres ciutats, és el seu hub biomèdic . www.elperiodico.cat/ca/barcelona...

Coneixement i progrés

El que realment fa diferent Barcelona respecte d’altres ciutats és el ‘hub’ biomèdic, que no només inclou l’àmbit assistencial al voltant dels hospitals, sinó també centres i instituts d’investigació ...

www.elperiodico.cat

March 23, 2025 at 11:10 AM

Eduard Güell

@eduardguell.bsky.social

Demà serà a Barcelona Kamasi Washington.

t.co/kWD1hVfdzS

https://elpais.com/babelia/2025-03-22/kamasi-washington-jazz-para-entender-mejor-el-mundo-lo-importante-es-unir-la-musica-con-tu-espiritu.html

t.co

March 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM

Eduard Güell

@eduardguell.bsky.social

Noves dades qüestionen la millor teoria científica sobre la història i l‘estructura de l’univers. Però un altre resultat recent la reforça
de @katrinamillerphd.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/s...

Astronomers Get ‘More Than a Hint’ That Dark Energy Isn’t What They Thought

New data further challenge the best scientific theory of the history and the structure of the universe. But a separate recent result reinforces it.

www.nytimes.com

March 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM

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The New York Times

@nytimes.com

The U.S. authorities denied entry to a French scientist and then deported him because his phone contained message exchanges with colleagues and friends in which he expressed his “personal opinion” on the Trump administration’s science policies, said the French government. nyti.ms/4iAZR2l

A headline reads: “U.S. Turned Away French Scientist Over Views on Trump Policies, France Says.” More text reads: “The French authorities said the academic had been traveling to a conference near Houston when border officials blocked his entry because of conversations found on his phone.”

March 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM

Eduard Güell

@eduardguell.bsky.social

Impressionant la Piazza del Popolo per la manifestació per Europa! 🇪🇺

March 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM

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Eloísa del Pino

@eloisadelpino.bsky.social

Os dejo mi entrevista con Marc López de Agenda Pública por si queréis conocer más al CSIC, el mayor organismos científico de nuestro país

agendapublica.es/noticia/1970...

Eloísa del Pino: "El más grave de los negacionismos científicos es el de los políticos"

Lidera la principal institución científica española, la tercera europea y la sexta mundial. Eloísa del Pino, presidenta del CSIC, conversa con 'Agenda Pública'. "La inversión en I+D en los países de l...

agendapublica.es

March 9, 2025 at 7:07 AM

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Agenda Pública

@agendapublica.es

🧪 Eloísa del Pino: "El más grave de los negacionismos científicos es el de los políticos"

Lidera la principal institución científica española, la tercera europea y la sexta mundial. @eloisadelpino.bsky.social, presidenta del @csic.es, conversa con 'Agenda Pública'.

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