One of those evenings you spend glued to your phone…

Every time I reread this book, I am struck by how utterly heartbreaking it is.

Summer days ☀️

Saturday, April 5th, 2025: 6+hours of uninterrupted snow in Lubbock, TX.
My phone: Let me remind you of this sunset on July 12, 2022.
🤷🏼‍♀️🧐

While preparing a lecture on tariffs… 🐧

When your phone is being nostalgic at 5am. (March 27, 2021)

When you finally make it back after 43 hours in transit (a fire in London, strong winds in Chicago, a detour to Detroit, two missed connections to LBB, and an unexpected landing in Amarillo). Spring is in full bloom on campus. 🌺

My flight to Europe was canceled and delayed by a day, an explosion on campus interrupted an important meeting, two connecting flights suffered delays, and a fire in London completely derailed the trip back to the US, but that one sunny day in Lisbon was beautiful. ☺️

Sometimes you wake up to a student email like this, and it truly makes your day. :)

That surreal moment when you completely lose track of time and venture out to discover that a perfectly sunny day has evolved into a snowy evening. In Texas. ☺️

Another first day of classes. ☺️

I cannot begin to put into words how hugely meaningful this is.

New paper with Aleksandra Sznajder Lee on the effect of EU integration on economic redistribution in post-communist Europe.

Has EU accession affected the degree to which new CEE member states alleviate income differentials through taxes and transfers?

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