Fiona Scott Morton
@proffionasm.bsky.social
Economics professor;, competition, antitrust, IO, healthcare
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MAGA: Sweden is in the midst of civil war, on the cusp of civilisational erasure
Swedes: on your paid holiday, please borrow some free skates so you can enjoy our public rink in the middle of the idyllic square in the heart of our walkable city.
Swedes: on your paid holiday, please borrow some free skates so you can enjoy our public rink in the middle of the idyllic square in the heart of our walkable city.
December 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
MAGA: Sweden is in the midst of civil war, on the cusp of civilisational erasure
Swedes: on your paid holiday, please borrow some free skates so you can enjoy our public rink in the middle of the idyllic square in the heart of our walkable city.
Swedes: on your paid holiday, please borrow some free skates so you can enjoy our public rink in the middle of the idyllic square in the heart of our walkable city.
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I'm watching his speech and it's wild he has no idea what's going on in the country.
54% of Americans say they won't be able to pay for health care next year.
25% skipped a meal because they couldn't afford it.
The economy is good for billionaires. That's all he cares about.
54% of Americans say they won't be able to pay for health care next year.
25% skipped a meal because they couldn't afford it.
The economy is good for billionaires. That's all he cares about.
December 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I'm watching his speech and it's wild he has no idea what's going on in the country.
54% of Americans say they won't be able to pay for health care next year.
25% skipped a meal because they couldn't afford it.
The economy is good for billionaires. That's all he cares about.
54% of Americans say they won't be able to pay for health care next year.
25% skipped a meal because they couldn't afford it.
The economy is good for billionaires. That's all he cares about.
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The brilliant Kate Ho has passed away.
She was an amazing economist and a genuinely kind human being. Her work shaped how we think about healthcare markets and her generosity touched everyone lucky enough to know her.
The profession and the world are poorer without her.
She was an amazing economist and a genuinely kind human being. Her work shaped how we think about healthcare markets and her generosity touched everyone lucky enough to know her.
The profession and the world are poorer without her.
December 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
The brilliant Kate Ho has passed away.
She was an amazing economist and a genuinely kind human being. Her work shaped how we think about healthcare markets and her generosity touched everyone lucky enough to know her.
The profession and the world are poorer without her.
She was an amazing economist and a genuinely kind human being. Her work shaped how we think about healthcare markets and her generosity touched everyone lucky enough to know her.
The profession and the world are poorer without her.
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💡Regime0: Kickstarting growth with an EU wide startup incorporation regime
🗓️10 December 2025 11:30-12:30
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🗓️10 December 2025 11:30-12:30
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December 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
💡Regime0: Kickstarting growth with an EU wide startup incorporation regime
🗓️10 December 2025 11:30-12:30
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‘Elon Musk won’t stop. It’s time the British government got off X’
✍️ @willjennings.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3LB746A
✍️ @willjennings.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3LB746A
‘Elon Musk won’t stop. It’s time the British government g...
The platform has become a swamp of disinformation. Politicians should lead the way out of it
bit.ly
October 31, 2025 at 9:25 AM
‘Elon Musk won’t stop. It’s time the British government got off X’
✍️ @willjennings.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3LB746A
✍️ @willjennings.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/3LB746A
Why has leaving X not already happened? What responsible government is propping up and giving revenue to X with its news?
Good. Now leave that platform.
Today, we fined X for non-compliance with transparency obligations under the DSA.
We're holding X accountable for:
🔹Deceptive design of its ‘blue checkmark’
🔹Lack of transparency of its advertising repository
🔹Failure to provide access to public data for researchers
link.europa.eu/bcmC87
We're holding X accountable for:
🔹Deceptive design of its ‘blue checkmark’
🔹Lack of transparency of its advertising repository
🔹Failure to provide access to public data for researchers
link.europa.eu/bcmC87
December 6, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Why has leaving X not already happened? What responsible government is propping up and giving revenue to X with its news?
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I happen to think Donald Trump getting a prize from the most corrupt organization in the world is actually perfect.
December 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I happen to think Donald Trump getting a prize from the most corrupt organization in the world is actually perfect.
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who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
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Just leaving this here. www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Why Canada should join the EU
Europe needs space and resources, Canada needs people. Let’s deal
www.economist.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Just leaving this here. www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
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💡Regime0: Kickstarting growth with an EU wide startup incorporation regime
🗓️10 December 2025 11:30-12:30
How to attract entrepreneurs to invest in Europe? W/ Reinhilde Veugelers, @proffionasm.bsky.social & Antonio García del Riego.
🔗 Sign up for the event: buff.ly/Q0h9oqa
🗓️10 December 2025 11:30-12:30
How to attract entrepreneurs to invest in Europe? W/ Reinhilde Veugelers, @proffionasm.bsky.social & Antonio García del Riego.
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November 27, 2025 at 3:01 PM
💡Regime0: Kickstarting growth with an EU wide startup incorporation regime
🗓️10 December 2025 11:30-12:30
How to attract entrepreneurs to invest in Europe? W/ Reinhilde Veugelers, @proffionasm.bsky.social & Antonio García del Riego.
🔗 Sign up for the event: buff.ly/Q0h9oqa
🗓️10 December 2025 11:30-12:30
How to attract entrepreneurs to invest in Europe? W/ Reinhilde Veugelers, @proffionasm.bsky.social & Antonio García del Riego.
🔗 Sign up for the event: buff.ly/Q0h9oqa
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ICYMI: New paper for causal effects with panel data, subsuming other approaches. We generate realistic synthetic data based on commonly studied datasets, showing our method substantially outperforms others and providing insight about what in the data-generating process corresponds to gains.
New paper: Triply Robust Panel Estimators (TROP) by @susanathey.bsky.social @guidoimbens.bsky.social Zhaonan Qu @vivianodavide.bsky.social.
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.21536
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.21536
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
ICYMI: New paper for causal effects with panel data, subsuming other approaches. We generate realistic synthetic data based on commonly studied datasets, showing our method substantially outperforms others and providing insight about what in the data-generating process corresponds to gains.
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"academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it... The dominant four collectively generated... $12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024."
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 AM
"academic publishing is dominated by profit-oriented, multinational companies for whom scientific knowledge is a commodity to be sold back to the academic community who created it... The dominant four collectively generated... $12 billion in profits between 2019 and 2024."
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November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Just generally I wish there was more enforcement around scams and fraud. Maybe it’s a drop in the bucket, but enforcing the laws that protect our most vulnerable Americans from financial ruin seems like it’s always a good idea.
"Every six months, Meta earns $3.5 billion from just the portion of scam ads that 'present higher legal risk,' the [Meta] document says, such as those falsely claiming to represent a consumer brand...That figure almost certainly exceeds 'the cost of any regulatory settlement involving scam ads.'”
Meta is earning a fortune on a deluge of fraudulent ads, documents show
Meta projected 10% of its 2024 revenue would come from ads for scams and banned goods, and it internally estimates that its platforms show users 15 billion scam ads a day, company documents show.
www.reuters.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Just generally I wish there was more enforcement around scams and fraud. Maybe it’s a drop in the bucket, but enforcing the laws that protect our most vulnerable Americans from financial ruin seems like it’s always a good idea.
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Let’s hear more of the dangers of democratic socialism under Mamdani
Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."
November 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Let’s hear more of the dangers of democratic socialism under Mamdani
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FIFA awarding a "peace prize" to Trump would be so absolutely on-brand, a truly genius innovation.
November 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
FIFA awarding a "peace prize" to Trump would be so absolutely on-brand, a truly genius innovation.
Can lawyers tell me if regular people are allowed to fight unidentified muggers if they do not know whether they are CBP or criminals?
“Three men in black vests entered a NY restaurant claiming to be ICE agents. Inside, they tied a worker’s hands and pulled a garbage bag over the person’s head. Another, believing the burglars’ story, surrendered themselves, only to be kicked to the ground and tied up as the intruders robbed an ATM”
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Can lawyers tell me if regular people are allowed to fight unidentified muggers if they do not know whether they are CBP or criminals?
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It's been a few days since Trump announced his "deal" with Xi. It's now clear that Trump got fleeced. America gave up lots and got nothing.
It's a story you should know bc few things matter more than the U.S.-China relationship.
1/ So here's a🧵
It's a story you should know bc few things matter more than the U.S.-China relationship.
1/ So here's a🧵
November 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
It's been a few days since Trump announced his "deal" with Xi. It's now clear that Trump got fleeced. America gave up lots and got nothing.
It's a story you should know bc few things matter more than the U.S.-China relationship.
1/ So here's a🧵
It's a story you should know bc few things matter more than the U.S.-China relationship.
1/ So here's a🧵
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I wonder which position in the Trump Administration Andrew will now pick?
October 30, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I wonder which position in the Trump Administration Andrew will now pick?
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The Netherlands finished burying all of its telecom and low/medium voltage power lines more than 20 years ago. When you look out at a Dutch street your view is not obstructed by overhead crap. Why is America still a primitive mess and why aren’t Americans even trying to fix it
October 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
The Netherlands finished burying all of its telecom and low/medium voltage power lines more than 20 years ago. When you look out at a Dutch street your view is not obstructed by overhead crap. Why is America still a primitive mess and why aren’t Americans even trying to fix it
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Whoever is the next Democratic presidential candidate should vow to tear down the hideous ballroom and rebuild the Rose Garden, I bet there are a lot of votes in that
October 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Whoever is the next Democratic presidential candidate should vow to tear down the hideous ballroom and rebuild the Rose Garden, I bet there are a lot of votes in that
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Reforming the GOP is indeed the best way out of America's crisis in the long term. The scary thing is that no one has even the outlines of a credible plan for how to do that
The most important thing is not any party winning. Partisanship can distort one’s thinking. The most important thing is the survival of the American republic, which requires two parties committed to liberal democracy. Can’t solve all the other problems we have unless you solve that as well.
October 22, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Reforming the GOP is indeed the best way out of America's crisis in the long term. The scary thing is that no one has even the outlines of a credible plan for how to do that
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The president of the United States posted a video of him defecating on the American people. Many in my profession normalized it. This is a big reason why we are where we are.
October 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The president of the United States posted a video of him defecating on the American people. Many in my profession normalized it. This is a big reason why we are where we are.
Why are Starbucks tea bags made of plastic? Am I right about this? It seems so and I don’t want to be drinking microplastics. Who could fix this?
October 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Why are Starbucks tea bags made of plastic? Am I right about this? It seems so and I don’t want to be drinking microplastics. Who could fix this?