Alan de Brauw
@adebrauw.bsky.social
Economist- I study value chains, food systems and nutrition, migration, and to some extent agricultural finance. Work at IFPRI, posts do not reflect views of my employer.
Challenge: Post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hellhole it is.
August 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Challenge: Post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hellhole it is.
Indicative of a lot of the economy right now
August 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Indicative of a lot of the economy right now
I am not sure how you missed this one?
June 14, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I am not sure how you missed this one?
Since tariffs are high, can we put a massive tariff on this stuff? And triple it if it's coming from the penguins....
April 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Since tariffs are high, can we put a massive tariff on this stuff? And triple it if it's coming from the penguins....
Wishing we could include coffee in the “healthy food” (in Fiumicino, taken yesterday)
April 21, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Wishing we could include coffee in the “healthy food” (in Fiumicino, taken yesterday)
A Medici statue looks distraught as his same game parlay goes down in flames
April 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
A Medici statue looks distraught as his same game parlay goes down in flames
Galileo depicted on his tomb looking towards the heavens wondering why he thought the world would not end revolving around a gaudy tasteless social club in south Florida
April 14, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Galileo depicted on his tomb looking towards the heavens wondering why he thought the world would not end revolving around a gaudy tasteless social club in south Florida
1688 globe by Vincenzo Coronelli mislabeling the Gulf we all know as the “Gulf of México” (in the Galileo Museum in Firenze)
April 13, 2025 at 9:57 AM
1688 globe by Vincenzo Coronelli mislabeling the Gulf we all know as the “Gulf of México” (in the Galileo Museum in Firenze)
Excited to be in the launch of the new Better Diets for Nutrition Science Program of @cgiar.org in Nairobi
April 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Excited to be in the launch of the new Better Diets for Nutrition Science Program of @cgiar.org in Nairobi
Never change Illinois. Happy new year to all!
December 31, 2024 at 11:11 PM
Never change Illinois. Happy new year to all!
I guess jelly not on offer in this Gulshan 2 establishment
December 9, 2024 at 2:11 AM
I guess jelly not on offer in this Gulshan 2 establishment
Finally got to a Bulls game here in DC. Taken Horton-Tucker put on some moves until he got winded
November 27, 2024 at 3:13 AM
Finally got to a Bulls game here in DC. Taken Horton-Tucker put on some moves until he got winded
Trying to decide whether this is an output or an outcome. They could sell me a tape of the meeting that decided this concoction was a good idea.
November 22, 2024 at 2:30 AM
Trying to decide whether this is an output or an outcome. They could sell me a tape of the meeting that decided this concoction was a good idea.
That's my oldest in the back announcing the Blair girls soccer game...
September 20, 2024 at 12:50 AM
That's my oldest in the back announcing the Blair girls soccer game...
Things have gone a bit too far…
August 31, 2024 at 10:01 AM
Things have gone a bit too far…
Might have been the only NSO subscriber in the audience for Killer Mike last night but it was awesome to be there!
May 22, 2024 at 5:39 PM
Might have been the only NSO subscriber in the audience for Killer Mike last night but it was awesome to be there!
I’m slow on the social media rn. Spotted in Canberra this week- I read that as “sugar paste with a hint of peanut”
February 11, 2024 at 2:46 AM
I’m slow on the social media rn. Spotted in Canberra this week- I read that as “sugar paste with a hint of peanut”
Since people are sharing what they found- I found all the food waste- decided maybe I shouldn't open that door though
October 25, 2023 at 1:29 PM
Since people are sharing what they found- I found all the food waste- decided maybe I shouldn't open that door though
Copying from that dying site- congrats Blair XC on a great team effort today! (my son= bottom right)
October 1, 2023 at 3:08 AM
Copying from that dying site- congrats Blair XC on a great team effort today! (my son= bottom right)