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"We show how opportunity costs, a core economic concept, can explain seemingly non-rational behaviour (like cyclical choices) within a preference-maximising framework."

New paper by Manzini, Mariotti & Ülkü

#EconSky #REStud

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November 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
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🔴The Keynote Lecture given by Thomas Piketty at LSE last week is now available on REPLAY
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUcL...
LSE III Event | Global inequality in historical and comparative perspective
YouTube video by LSE International Inequalities Institute
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September 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Musk’s Wealth
2012: $2 billion
2025: $436.3 billion

Bezos’ Wealth
2012: $18.4 billion
2025: $244.2 billion

Zuckerberg’s Wealth
2012: $17.5 billion
2025: $257.8 billion

Federal Minimum Wage
2012: $7.25
2025: $7.25

It’s not the start of an oligarchy. — We’re in the thick of it.
September 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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📢 Out now in the September 2025 issue of #JAERE! 📢
"Attribution to Anthropogenic Causes Helps Prevent Adverse Events" by Florian Diekert, Timo Goeschl, and Christian König-Kersting.
Read it here: buff.ly/pza63xx
📈📉 #Econsky
September 3, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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📢 Save the date! RES Summit 2025 - 2 Dec

Theme: The Economics of the Justice System ⚖️
Sponsored by the @nuffieldfoundation.org

Speakers: Imran Rasul, @drstevenproud.bsky.social, Rocco d’Este, @profhjalmarsson.bsky.social, Arpita Ghosh, Emily Owens

👉 Register here: shorturl.at/Dclkz

#EconSky
September 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Ever wonder where your food really comes from? 🌍🥦

A new interactive map from #CUBoulder reveals the global web of food trade and how climate change could shake it.
Where does your food come from? First-of-a-kind map tracks journey across thousands of miles
A new interactive tool exposes the fragile, interconnected web of global food trade—and how climate change could disrupt it.
www.colorado.edu
August 9, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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After the Great Recession, the US started accumulating significant liabilities to foreigners. We spoke with Andrew Atkeson of UCLA about how to interpret this trend and what it means for American households. #econsky www.aeaweb.org/research/net...
Understanding the US net foreign asset position
Andrew Atkeson discusses changes in how much the United States is indebted to the rest of the world.
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August 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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Recently accepted to #REStud, "Behavioral Causal Inference," from Ran Spiegler:

www.restud.com/behavioral-c...

#econsky
June 23, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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Recently accepted to #REStud, "Overconfidence and Prejudice," from Heidhues, Kőszegi and Strack:

www.restud.com/overconfiden...

#econsky
June 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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#econsky

What Does #Consulting Actually Do for Firms?

New #NBER paper shows consulting boosts firm productivity by 3.6% and wages by 2.7%.

Both top and struggling firms hire consultants, but low performers benefit more. Gains come from restructuring, not #rentshifting.
August 6, 2025 at 4:28 PM