@laurentfranckx.bsky.social
Environmental and transport economist. Civil servant. All posts are personal
New work by inequality research pioneer Raj Chetty shows how tearing down a dilapidated neighborhood and replacing it with mixed income housing has helped poor children prosper, by offering better opportunities and role models
www.economist.com/united-state...
From The Economist
www.economist.com/united-state...
From The Economist
Knocking down social housing helped poor children prosper
New research shows the impact of mixed-income developments
www.economist.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:50 PM
New work by inequality research pioneer Raj Chetty shows how tearing down a dilapidated neighborhood and replacing it with mixed income housing has helped poor children prosper, by offering better opportunities and role models
www.economist.com/united-state...
From The Economist
www.economist.com/united-state...
From The Economist
Pakistaanse advocaten Imaan Mazari en Hadi Ali Chattha kregen na een oneerlijk proces 10 jaar cel voor berichten op X waarin zij activisten steunden en kritiek uitten op het leger. www.amnesty.nl/forms/email-...
10 jaar cel voor Pakistaanse advocaat
Pakistan straft Imaan Mazari voor online kritiek op leger
www.amnesty.nl
February 6, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Pakistaanse advocaten Imaan Mazari en Hadi Ali Chattha kregen na een oneerlijk proces 10 jaar cel voor berichten op X waarin zij activisten steunden en kritiek uitten op het leger. www.amnesty.nl/forms/email-...
Sinds eind 2024 protesteren mensen in Georgië tegen repressieve wetten en tegen het besluit van de regering om het EU-toetredingsproces te pauzeren. De autoriteiten hebben deze protesten met geweld onderdrukt, met meldingen van foltering en mishandeling.
www.amnesty-international.be/doe-mee/onli...
www.amnesty-international.be/doe-mee/onli...
Eis gerechtigheid voor demonstranten in Georgië!
Sinds 29 november 2024 protesteren mensen in Georgië onafgebroken tegen repressieve wetten en tegen het besluit van de regering om het EU-toetredingsproces te pauzeren. De autoriteiten hebben deze pro...
www.amnesty-international.be
February 6, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Sinds eind 2024 protesteren mensen in Georgië tegen repressieve wetten en tegen het besluit van de regering om het EU-toetredingsproces te pauzeren. De autoriteiten hebben deze protesten met geweld onderdrukt, met meldingen van foltering en mishandeling.
www.amnesty-international.be/doe-mee/onli...
www.amnesty-international.be/doe-mee/onli...
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Ze moeten daar echt eens leren dat je gerust "meneer Duchâtelet, u vertelt complete onzin" mag zeggen, ipv die rechtzettingen achteraf terwijl het kwaad al geschied is.
Roland Duchâtelet had het fout in De Afspraak: CO2 is wel degelijk de oorzaak van klimaatopwarming (en niet andersom) vrtnws.be/p.RaG19N0Oa?t=177... @vrtnws.be
Roland Duchâtelet had het fout in De Afspraak: CO2 is wel degelijk de oorzaak van klimaatopwarming (en niet andersom)
vrtnws.be
February 6, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Ze moeten daar echt eens leren dat je gerust "meneer Duchâtelet, u vertelt complete onzin" mag zeggen, ipv die rechtzettingen achteraf terwijl het kwaad al geschied is.
Deuh
Roland Duchâtelet had het fout in De Afspraak: CO2 is wel degelijk de oorzaak van klimaatopwarming (en niet andersom) vrtnws.be/p.RaG19N0Oa?t=177... @vrtnws.be
Roland Duchâtelet had het fout in De Afspraak: CO2 is wel degelijk de oorzaak van klimaatopwarming (en niet andersom)
vrtnws.be
February 6, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Deuh
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Our cover this week. As I write in the accompanying briefing: where the press is stifled today, corruption should be expected tomorrow. www.economist.com/briefing/202...
February 6, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Our cover this week. As I write in the accompanying briefing: where the press is stifled today, corruption should be expected tomorrow. www.economist.com/briefing/202...
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Across social media platforms, political posting is linked to affective polarization--extreme users post the most.
As polarized partisans increasingly dominate the conversation, casual users disengage and the online public sphere grows smaller, sharper, and more extreme. arxiv.org/html/2510.25...
As polarized partisans increasingly dominate the conversation, casual users disengage and the online public sphere grows smaller, sharper, and more extreme. arxiv.org/html/2510.25...
February 5, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Across social media platforms, political posting is linked to affective polarization--extreme users post the most.
As polarized partisans increasingly dominate the conversation, casual users disengage and the online public sphere grows smaller, sharper, and more extreme. arxiv.org/html/2510.25...
As polarized partisans increasingly dominate the conversation, casual users disengage and the online public sphere grows smaller, sharper, and more extreme. arxiv.org/html/2510.25...
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"Kids are different today," I hear every mother say
Mother needs something today to calm her down
And though she's not really ill, there's a little yellow pill
She goes running for the shelter of her mother's little helper
And it helps her on her way, gets her through her busy day
Mother needs something today to calm her down
And though she's not really ill, there's a little yellow pill
She goes running for the shelter of her mother's little helper
And it helps her on her way, gets her through her busy day
See, bringing up kids is easy peasy, such a lark!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nervine
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nervine
February 6, 2026 at 7:39 AM
"Kids are different today," I hear every mother say
Mother needs something today to calm her down
And though she's not really ill, there's a little yellow pill
She goes running for the shelter of her mother's little helper
And it helps her on her way, gets her through her busy day
Mother needs something today to calm her down
And though she's not really ill, there's a little yellow pill
She goes running for the shelter of her mother's little helper
And it helps her on her way, gets her through her busy day
Suske en Wiske hebben de Wikipedia pagina niet gehaald
February 6, 2026 at 6:37 AM
Suske en Wiske hebben de Wikipedia pagina niet gehaald
George Kennan in 1944
February 5, 2026 at 6:45 PM
George Kennan in 1944
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Logica van het niveau:
"Artsen moeten niet leren over longkanker, want dan gaan mensen beginnen roken."
"Artsen moeten niet leren over longkanker, want dan gaan mensen beginnen roken."
February 4, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Logica van het niveau:
"Artsen moeten niet leren over longkanker, want dan gaan mensen beginnen roken."
"Artsen moeten niet leren over longkanker, want dan gaan mensen beginnen roken."
As some other guy said:
I am in blood
Stepp'd in so far that, should I wade no more,
Returning were as tedious as go o'er
I am in blood
Stepp'd in so far that, should I wade no more,
Returning were as tedious as go o'er
February 5, 2026 at 5:02 PM
As some other guy said:
I am in blood
Stepp'd in so far that, should I wade no more,
Returning were as tedious as go o'er
I am in blood
Stepp'd in so far that, should I wade no more,
Returning were as tedious as go o'er
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Famine is spreading in Sudan’s western Darfur region and has now engulfed two more towns there, a global hunger monitoring group said.
Famine spreads to more towns in Sudan’s Darfur region, hunger experts say as war rages on
A global hunger monitoring group says that famine is spreading in war-torn Sudan’s western Darfur region and has now engulfed two more towns there.
bit.ly
February 5, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Famine is spreading in Sudan’s western Darfur region and has now engulfed two more towns there, a global hunger monitoring group said.
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The ratio between spending by the world’s richest 10% and the poorest 50% has more than halved since 2000, new data show. Find out how quickly inequality is improving in your country
The world is more equal than you think
Rich and poor consumers are seeing their spending patterns converge
econ.st
February 5, 2026 at 12:20 PM
The ratio between spending by the world’s richest 10% and the poorest 50% has more than halved since 2000, new data show. Find out how quickly inequality is improving in your country
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Goed zo. Met al die mensen die vezelrijk willen eten, is een ongeluk snel gebeurd.
Telenet mag de term 'fiber' niet zomaar gebruiken bij reclame vrtnws.be/p.JNnZLoKJw?t=177... @vrtnws.be
Telenet mag de term 'fiber' niet zomaar gebruiken bij reclame
vrtnws.be
February 5, 2026 at 6:20 AM
Goed zo. Met al die mensen die vezelrijk willen eten, is een ongeluk snel gebeurd.
Now that's a surprise
Steve Bannon says the federal government is planning to send ICE officers to patrol polling stations during the midterms.
"We're going to have ICE surround the polls come November."
"We're not going to sit here and allow you to steal the country again." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
"We're going to have ICE surround the polls come November."
"We're not going to sit here and allow you to steal the country again." www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Steve Bannon says ICE will ‘surround the polls’ as Trump doubles down on taking over elections
Trump doubled down on his comments to nationalize voting Tuesday during an Oval Office press conference. “If you think about it, a state is an agent for the federal government in elections,” Trump sai...
www.democracydocket.com
February 4, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Now that's a surprise
TIL that, in a private conversation in 1943 (before even the Teheran conference), Roosevelt admitted that he nurtured no illusions about the true intents of Stalin, but that he hoped that, after twenty years of European influence, the Russians would become less barbaric.
February 4, 2026 at 9:11 PM
TIL that, in a private conversation in 1943 (before even the Teheran conference), Roosevelt admitted that he nurtured no illusions about the true intents of Stalin, but that he hoped that, after twenty years of European influence, the Russians would become less barbaric.
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I greatly admire my colleague Sam but I disagree with this interpretation.
We have to distinguish decision utility, which is non-comparable across people from normative judgements about welfare which do allow interpersonal comparisons.
Economic theory allows us to discuss both.
We have to distinguish decision utility, which is non-comparable across people from normative judgements about welfare which do allow interpersonal comparisons.
Economic theory allows us to discuss both.
We rarely think of economics as scandalous, but maybe we should. Sam Bowles, in conversation with @durlauf.bsky.social & Ethan Bueno de Mesquita, argues that a core assumption in the field impedes moral reasoning about wealth redistribution. Watch "Why Economic Inequalities Endure"→ bit.ly/3Yj4F3B
February 4, 2026 at 8:14 PM
I greatly admire my colleague Sam but I disagree with this interpretation.
We have to distinguish decision utility, which is non-comparable across people from normative judgements about welfare which do allow interpersonal comparisons.
Economic theory allows us to discuss both.
We have to distinguish decision utility, which is non-comparable across people from normative judgements about welfare which do allow interpersonal comparisons.
Economic theory allows us to discuss both.
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The guy who owns Amazon shutting down the books section of the Washington Post is beyond parody
WaPo also closing Books section and downsizing International and Metro sections
February 4, 2026 at 2:05 PM
The guy who owns Amazon shutting down the books section of the Washington Post is beyond parody