Henrik Jensen
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Henrik Jensen
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Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen. Also tennis and guitars. Everything is own opinions.
I fully get that the US doesn’t want illegal drugs entering the country. Seen from the outside, it seems that all policy is aimed at reducing drug use by cutting off the drug supply. Are there no recent attempts to reduce the demand for illegal drugs?
#drugs #fentanyl
October 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/w...

Will we soon see chants a la “Where’s Jared’s Laptop?”.
Witkoff and Kushner Set to Join Gaza Talks Soon, Official Says
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October 7, 2025 at 8:51 PM
So I guess Acemoglu is not a safe bet for a Nobel this year?

#economics #econsky #Nobel
October 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
#tennis

How is Laver Cup being shown on TV in the US? Yesterday, Agassi was saying f@c& A LOT.
September 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Jimmy Kimmel!

Man, the U.S. has quickly become a Big Government country. Yikes.
September 18, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Racism defended by probabilities.

#Trump #Racism
September 8, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Menu costs in action.
#EconSky
Signage around the Department of Defense offices were quickly changed to “Department of War” to match President Donald Trump’s rebrand of the organization, including Secretary Pete Hegseth’s nameplate.
September 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Reposted by Henrik Jensen
Broke some news at Bounces overnight:

Donald Trump will attend the men's final on Sunday as a guest of Rolex, the Swiss watchmaker which is a major US Open sponsor and which has a major interest in convincing Trump to reduce high tariffs on Switzerland.

www.benrothenberg.com/p/donald-tru...
Why Donald Trump is Returning to the U.S. Open
A decade after he was booed out of the U.S. Open, Bounces can report who has invited Trump back courtside.
www.benrothenberg.com
September 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Let the government firing spree begin.

www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...
Employers added 22,000 jobs in August.
www.nytimes.com
September 5, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Bandcamp is informing about tariffs.
August 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Connections
Puzzle #808
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August 27, 2025 at 12:28 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/o...

#econsky

Nice discussion with Mankiw and B. Stevenson on tarrifs, inflation and monetary policy. Both mention the risk that associated price shocks may affect inflation expectations adversely.

Does anyone know of recent theoretic models having that feature?
August 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
www.elections.im.dk/advance-voting

A minor PSA. In Denmark, citizens cannot vote by physical mail. I mention this, as we these days have been used as an example of a country disproving that the US is the “only country with voting by mail”.

@nytimes.com
Advance Voting
Advance voting is the preferred Danish term for postal voting, since the procedure is quite different from what is usually associated with postal voting.
www.elections.im.dk
August 19, 2025 at 10:09 PM
#tennis

So, due to Sinner’s obvious inability to play, the world’s best female doubles player,
Siniakova, is thrown under the bus. 😬

New team is Collins and Harrison
August 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
#tennis

Sinner has withdrawn from us open mixed doubles.
August 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Terence Stamp, Luminary of 1960s British Cinema, Dies at 87
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August 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/o...

This word salad is remarkably empty. So many random and unsubstantiated claims.
Opinion | Trump’s Trade Representative: Why We Remade the Global Order
www.nytimes.com
August 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/b...

Why are nobody calling these, and lots of the other policies of micro-managing, for what they are: Communist central planning?

#tariffs #trump
Staggering U.S. Tariffs Begin as Trump Widens Trade War
www.nytimes.com
August 7, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Going down memory lane, I rediscovered an article I read during my ph.d.-studies:

Waller, C.J. (1991),
BASHING AND COERCION IN MONETARY POLICY. Economic Inquiry, 29: 1-13.
doi.org/10.1111/j.14...

#econsky
August 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/07...

So, from now on numbers will be manipulated.
Trump, Claiming Weak Jobs Numbers Were ‘Manipulated,’ Moves to Fire Labor Official
www.nytimes.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM