Henrik S
@henriks.bsky.social
*Urban planning with economics & sociology... Also interested in NatSec, geoeconomics
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New from HCEO member Janet Currie et al: use of an affordable housing tax credit program improves long-term health outcomes for women and their children. www.nber.org/papers/w34464
Affordable Housing During Childhood Improves Long-term Outcomes of Women and their Children
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
New from HCEO member Janet Currie et al: use of an affordable housing tax credit program improves long-term health outcomes for women and their children. www.nber.org/papers/w34464
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November 10, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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My papers arguing that the "Abundance Movement" needs broadening to include place-based jobs policies for distressed places are being released today, with a long paper at the Upjohn Institute & a shorter summary at Brookings Metro.
September 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
My papers arguing that the "Abundance Movement" needs broadening to include place-based jobs policies for distressed places are being released today, with a long paper at the Upjohn Institute & a shorter summary at Brookings Metro.
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European leaders see a window to rearm. The clock is ticking before political will runs out.
Many Europeans Support Increased National Defense Spending — But How Durable Is That Support? - War on the Rocks
The war in Ukraine, intensifying U.S. pressure on NATO members, and other factors are leading many European countries to pursue increased defense
warontherocks.com
August 27, 2025 at 7:00 PM
European leaders see a window to rearm. The clock is ticking before political will runs out.
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Very good Bloomberg piece on Beijing’s recent push to curb overcapacity through an “anti-involution” campaign. It is important to remember in this context that while excess capacity has been...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Very good Bloomberg piece on Beijing’s recent push to curb overcapacity through an “anti-involution” campaign. It is important to remember in this context that while excess capacity has been...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
China Struggles to End Deflation With 2015 Playbook Out of Reach
When President Xi Jinping faced a deflation spiral a decade ago, he not only cracked down on China’s oversupply problem but also unleashed an almost $900 billion housing investment boom.
www.bloomberg.com
August 23, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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Very good Bloomberg piece on Beijing’s recent push to curb overcapacity through an “anti-involution” campaign. It is important to remember in this context that while excess capacity has been...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Very good Bloomberg piece on Beijing’s recent push to curb overcapacity through an “anti-involution” campaign. It is important to remember in this context that while excess capacity has been...
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Harvinaisen asiallinen keskustelu valtion tukemista asunnoista.
Lisäisin sen, että vaikka termi valtion tukema asuntotuotanto on vakiintunut, se on harhaanjohtava.
Merkittävin tuki tulee kunnilta tonttivuokra-alennusten muodossa.
Linkki 👇
Lisäisin sen, että vaikka termi valtion tukema asuntotuotanto on vakiintunut, se on harhaanjohtava.
Merkittävin tuki tulee kunnilta tonttivuokra-alennusten muodossa.
Linkki 👇
August 23, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Harvinaisen asiallinen keskustelu valtion tukemista asunnoista.
Lisäisin sen, että vaikka termi valtion tukema asuntotuotanto on vakiintunut, se on harhaanjohtava.
Merkittävin tuki tulee kunnilta tonttivuokra-alennusten muodossa.
Linkki 👇
Lisäisin sen, että vaikka termi valtion tukema asuntotuotanto on vakiintunut, se on harhaanjohtava.
Merkittävin tuki tulee kunnilta tonttivuokra-alennusten muodossa.
Linkki 👇
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New in @foreignaffairs.com w/ @himself.bsky.social. As the economic weapon proliferates, how can states (particularly the US) protect itself and the world. Hint: not by decapitating it understanding of the world economy.
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
The Weaponized World Economy
When Washington announced a “framework deal” with China in June, it marked a silent shifting of gears in the global political economy. This was not the beginning of U.S. President Donald Trump’s imagi...
www.foreignaffairs.com
August 19, 2025 at 12:22 PM
New in @foreignaffairs.com w/ @himself.bsky.social. As the economic weapon proliferates, how can states (particularly the US) protect itself and the world. Hint: not by decapitating it understanding of the world economy.
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.
Government papers found in an Alaskan hotel reveal new details of Trump-Putin summit
Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.
n.pr
August 16, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Documents with sensitive details about the meeting between President Trump and Russian President Putin were left behind on a public hotel printer.
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HUGE NEWS FROM HELSINKI, FINLAND
Helsinki, a city of 690 000 people, has now had a full year without any traffic fatalities. None. No pedestrian, cyclist, scooter user or car deaths.
This is a huge achievement for a city of our size. 💪🏻
A little background 🧵 1/
yle.fi/a/74-20174831
Helsinki, a city of 690 000 people, has now had a full year without any traffic fatalities. None. No pedestrian, cyclist, scooter user or car deaths.
This is a huge achievement for a city of our size. 💪🏻
A little background 🧵 1/
yle.fi/a/74-20174831
Helsinki goes a full year without a traffic death
A city traffic engineer credits the success to lower speed limits and smarter design.
yle.fi
July 30, 2025 at 8:51 AM
HUGE NEWS FROM HELSINKI, FINLAND
Helsinki, a city of 690 000 people, has now had a full year without any traffic fatalities. None. No pedestrian, cyclist, scooter user or car deaths.
This is a huge achievement for a city of our size. 💪🏻
A little background 🧵 1/
yle.fi/a/74-20174831
Helsinki, a city of 690 000 people, has now had a full year without any traffic fatalities. None. No pedestrian, cyclist, scooter user or car deaths.
This is a huge achievement for a city of our size. 💪🏻
A little background 🧵 1/
yle.fi/a/74-20174831
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Putin's gambit "The continent offers the Kremlin a low-risk, high-yield theater to destabilize NATO’s southern flank, sustain its war economy, and pre-position military assets in the event of a broader conflict against NATO partners and their allies." cepa.org/article/puti...
Putin Building African Springboard for War on West
Russia’s military engagement in Africa has grown since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in a deliberate and cost-effective strategy.
cepa.org
July 30, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Putin's gambit "The continent offers the Kremlin a low-risk, high-yield theater to destabilize NATO’s southern flank, sustain its war economy, and pre-position military assets in the event of a broader conflict against NATO partners and their allies." cepa.org/article/puti...
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4/ This means that those confronted with a US willing to hurt itself with tariffs have no good options.
I think you can make a credible case both for aggressive resistance and for appeasement.
Anyone pretending the choice is easy is, in my view, kidding themselves.
I think you can make a credible case both for aggressive resistance and for appeasement.
Anyone pretending the choice is easy is, in my view, kidding themselves.
July 28, 2025 at 11:32 AM
4/ This means that those confronted with a US willing to hurt itself with tariffs have no good options.
I think you can make a credible case both for aggressive resistance and for appeasement.
Anyone pretending the choice is easy is, in my view, kidding themselves.
I think you can make a credible case both for aggressive resistance and for appeasement.
Anyone pretending the choice is easy is, in my view, kidding themselves.
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This heat wave mortality graphic tells quite the story.
Europe needs to get over itself and start rolling out air conditioning.
Europe needs to get over itself and start rolling out air conditioning.
July 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This heat wave mortality graphic tells quite the story.
Europe needs to get over itself and start rolling out air conditioning.
Europe needs to get over itself and start rolling out air conditioning.
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People think that the share of immigrants in their country is higher than it actually is. In most countries, the overestimation is more than 10 percentage points.
July 8, 2025 at 10:11 AM
People think that the share of immigrants in their country is higher than it actually is. In most countries, the overestimation is more than 10 percentage points.
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Today on Volts: food & agriculture are responsible for about a third of greenhouse gas emissions, but they get only a tiny sliver of the attention & funding. I talk with journalist @mikegrunwald.bsky.social about what he's discovered in 5 years of intensive research (& a new book) on the subject.
Reducing the climate impacts of food and farming
Michael Grunwald joins me to discuss how to increase agriculture's output while reducing its carbon footprint.
www.volts.wtf
June 27, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Today on Volts: food & agriculture are responsible for about a third of greenhouse gas emissions, but they get only a tiny sliver of the attention & funding. I talk with journalist @mikegrunwald.bsky.social about what he's discovered in 5 years of intensive research (& a new book) on the subject.
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Since Mamdani won the Dem NYC mayor nomination with a free bus proposal, let's talk about free transit.
Research suggests that free transit:
a—increases ridership
b—doesn't get people out of cars
c—benefits youth, elderly & low-income ppl
d—doesn't add employment
e—maybe ups operational efficiency
Research suggests that free transit:
a—increases ridership
b—doesn't get people out of cars
c—benefits youth, elderly & low-income ppl
d—doesn't add employment
e—maybe ups operational efficiency
June 26, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Since Mamdani won the Dem NYC mayor nomination with a free bus proposal, let's talk about free transit.
Research suggests that free transit:
a—increases ridership
b—doesn't get people out of cars
c—benefits youth, elderly & low-income ppl
d—doesn't add employment
e—maybe ups operational efficiency
Research suggests that free transit:
a—increases ridership
b—doesn't get people out of cars
c—benefits youth, elderly & low-income ppl
d—doesn't add employment
e—maybe ups operational efficiency
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Spot on @maxbergmann.bsky.social:
”instead of focusing the summit on the critical need for Europe to figure out how to fight with significantly less U.S. support, NATO is back to focusing on largely symbolic spending targets”
YES this just distracts from what really matters: capability development
”instead of focusing the summit on the critical need for Europe to figure out how to fight with significantly less U.S. support, NATO is back to focusing on largely symbolic spending targets”
YES this just distracts from what really matters: capability development
NATO’s “Brain Death” in The Hague
At the 2025 NATO Summit, allies pledged to raise defense spending to 5 percent of GDP. But spending targets alone ignore deeper issues. Europe must shift its focus to building capable, integrated mili...
www.csis.org
June 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Spot on @maxbergmann.bsky.social:
”instead of focusing the summit on the critical need for Europe to figure out how to fight with significantly less U.S. support, NATO is back to focusing on largely symbolic spending targets”
YES this just distracts from what really matters: capability development
”instead of focusing the summit on the critical need for Europe to figure out how to fight with significantly less U.S. support, NATO is back to focusing on largely symbolic spending targets”
YES this just distracts from what really matters: capability development
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www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta... First Review of “Everyone Is Lying To You For Money” - Texas Monthly
Ben McKenzie Made One of the Best Documentaries in Years. Will Anyone Get to See It?
The ‘O.C.’ heartthrob’s crusade against crypto continues with ‘Everyone Is Lying to You for Money.’ But in a crypto-friendly climate, finding a distributor may be a challenge.
www.texasmonthly.com
June 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
www.texasmonthly.com/arts-enterta... First Review of “Everyone Is Lying To You For Money” - Texas Monthly
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The conditions that have led to what’s happening in the US today exist in democracies around the world.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
June 7, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The conditions that have led to what’s happening in the US today exist in democracies around the world.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
They are an inevitable outcome of our collective failure to adapt to fundamental changes in the information ecosystem on which our democracies were originally built.
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SDP, kokoomus, RKP ja perussuomalaiset olivat taas vääntämässä autopopulismia taas kaakkoon ja kaatoivat pysäköintinormin päivittämisen. Nyt valtaosassa Helsinkiä on edelleen voimassa vuonna 2015 säädetty pysäköintinormi.
May 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
SDP, kokoomus, RKP ja perussuomalaiset olivat taas vääntämässä autopopulismia taas kaakkoon ja kaatoivat pysäköintinormin päivittämisen. Nyt valtaosassa Helsinkiä on edelleen voimassa vuonna 2015 säädetty pysäköintinormi.
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NOW: Olivier Blanchard & Lawrence H. Summers hold a discussion on the US & global implications of the Trump admin's economic strategy, ranging from the role of the dollar, inflation, financial stability, & more, with @adamposen.bsky.social.
Watch live:
Watch live:
The macroeconomic impact of new US international policies
Olivier Blanchard and Lawrence H. Summers, two of the world's most insightful policy macroeconomists, hold a deep discussion of the US and global implications of the Trump administration's economic st...
www.piie.com
April 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
NOW: Olivier Blanchard & Lawrence H. Summers hold a discussion on the US & global implications of the Trump admin's economic strategy, ranging from the role of the dollar, inflation, financial stability, & more, with @adamposen.bsky.social.
Watch live:
Watch live:
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Allied dependence on PRC shipyards. "Taiwan’s shipping juggernaut Evergreen Marine Corporation has procured over 15 percent of its fleet from shipyards that also assemble warships for the PLAN." www.csis.org/analysis/unp...
Unpacking the White House’s Executive Order on Restoring the U.S. Shipbuilding Industry
An ambitious new White House executive order seeks to revitalize the U.S. maritime industry. This article unpacks the dynamics driving the push to restore U.S. shipbuilding and how these measures are ...
www.csis.org
April 14, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Allied dependence on PRC shipyards. "Taiwan’s shipping juggernaut Evergreen Marine Corporation has procured over 15 percent of its fleet from shipyards that also assemble warships for the PLAN." www.csis.org/analysis/unp...
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How we use the internet is largely shaped by a handful of US-based tech giants.
US gov't surveillance laws allow them to demand access to your private data without your knowledge or a warrant.
Read the thread below for the list of European alternatives that put your privacy first.
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US gov't surveillance laws allow them to demand access to your private data without your knowledge or a warrant.
Read the thread below for the list of European alternatives that put your privacy first.
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March 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
How we use the internet is largely shaped by a handful of US-based tech giants.
US gov't surveillance laws allow them to demand access to your private data without your knowledge or a warrant.
Read the thread below for the list of European alternatives that put your privacy first.
1/16
US gov't surveillance laws allow them to demand access to your private data without your knowledge or a warrant.
Read the thread below for the list of European alternatives that put your privacy first.
1/16
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Imagine a game of musical chairs—but it’s NYC’s housing market.
@pewilliams.bsky.social breaks down why we have to stop playing the game and add chairs: Supply is key to affordability. 🏠 #FiresideStacks 🔥 www.firesidestacks.com/p/the-musica...
@pewilliams.bsky.social breaks down why we have to stop playing the game and add chairs: Supply is key to affordability. 🏠 #FiresideStacks 🔥 www.firesidestacks.com/p/the-musica...
March 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Imagine a game of musical chairs—but it’s NYC’s housing market.
@pewilliams.bsky.social breaks down why we have to stop playing the game and add chairs: Supply is key to affordability. 🏠 #FiresideStacks 🔥 www.firesidestacks.com/p/the-musica...
@pewilliams.bsky.social breaks down why we have to stop playing the game and add chairs: Supply is key to affordability. 🏠 #FiresideStacks 🔥 www.firesidestacks.com/p/the-musica...
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Interesting Caixin article on the redirection of Chinese ODI: "This eastward shift represents a significant realignment in global economic relationships, with China’s outward direct investment increasing 10.1% in 2024. Over 20% of these...
www.caixinglobal.com/2025-03-14/i...
Interesting Caixin article on the redirection of Chinese ODI: "This eastward shift represents a significant realignment in global economic relationships, with China’s outward direct investment increasing 10.1% in 2024. Over 20% of these...
www.caixinglobal.com/2025-03-14/i...
In Depth: Where Chinese Overseas Investment Is Heading
China’s ODI grew 10.1% last year to $162.8 billion, with significant funding going to Southeast Asia and the Belt and Road countries
www.caixinglobal.com
March 23, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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Interesting Caixin article on the redirection of Chinese ODI: "This eastward shift represents a significant realignment in global economic relationships, with China’s outward direct investment increasing 10.1% in 2024. Over 20% of these...
www.caixinglobal.com/2025-03-14/i...
Interesting Caixin article on the redirection of Chinese ODI: "This eastward shift represents a significant realignment in global economic relationships, with China’s outward direct investment increasing 10.1% in 2024. Over 20% of these...
www.caixinglobal.com/2025-03-14/i...
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Good note on measuring geopolitical distance. Things are not always so simple…
www.federalreserve.gov/econres/note...
www.federalreserve.gov/econres/note...
Fragmentation? Revisiting the Ideal Point Distance measure of geopolitical distance
The Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington DC.
www.federalreserve.gov
March 21, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Good note on measuring geopolitical distance. Things are not always so simple…
www.federalreserve.gov/econres/note...
www.federalreserve.gov/econres/note...