Enrique Fatas
@enriquefatas.bsky.social
Prof in Behavioral Economics at the Universidad Europea in Madrid and Valencia (Spain), working on behavioral public policy, social norms, discrimination, development, and conflict.
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I just received an email informing us about safety measures to take when traveling. Five years ago, I would not have imagined seeing these countries named together:
"Countries classified as high risk in terms of knowledge security are: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and the United States."
"Countries classified as high risk in terms of knowledge security are: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and the United States."
October 23, 2025 at 8:56 AM
I just received an email informing us about safety measures to take when traveling. Five years ago, I would not have imagined seeing these countries named together:
"Countries classified as high risk in terms of knowledge security are: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and the United States."
"Countries classified as high risk in terms of knowledge security are: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and the United States."
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Want to reduce sexual harassment in MA higher ed? Sign up NOW to testify either remotely or in person Thur Oct 16 2025 for this bill I’ve been advocating for!
ACTION: Choose H.4113 from the menu of bills. The deadline to register is Tuesday, October 14, by 5 PM. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
ACTION: Choose H.4113 from the menu of bills. The deadline to register is Tuesday, October 14, by 5 PM. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
October 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Want to reduce sexual harassment in MA higher ed? Sign up NOW to testify either remotely or in person Thur Oct 16 2025 for this bill I’ve been advocating for!
ACTION: Choose H.4113 from the menu of bills. The deadline to register is Tuesday, October 14, by 5 PM. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
ACTION: Choose H.4113 from the menu of bills. The deadline to register is Tuesday, October 14, by 5 PM. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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🌍 How can we use behaviour change to tackle real-world challenges?
See how our Introductory Course uses sustainability examples to bring behaviour change to life 👇 www.linkedin.com/pulse/explor...
📅 Next course starts 6 October - sign up: www.futurelearn.com/courses/beha...
@susanmichie.bsky.social
See how our Introductory Course uses sustainability examples to bring behaviour change to life 👇 www.linkedin.com/pulse/explor...
📅 Next course starts 6 October - sign up: www.futurelearn.com/courses/beha...
@susanmichie.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 8:29 AM
🌍 How can we use behaviour change to tackle real-world challenges?
See how our Introductory Course uses sustainability examples to bring behaviour change to life 👇 www.linkedin.com/pulse/explor...
📅 Next course starts 6 October - sign up: www.futurelearn.com/courses/beha...
@susanmichie.bsky.social
See how our Introductory Course uses sustainability examples to bring behaviour change to life 👇 www.linkedin.com/pulse/explor...
📅 Next course starts 6 October - sign up: www.futurelearn.com/courses/beha...
@susanmichie.bsky.social
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Information session on the Master program in #DevEcon @uni-goettingen.de for prospective international non-EU applicants:
📆 Tomorrow (28th), 2 pm German time on Zoom
#EconSky #Postgrad #Students
📆 Tomorrow (28th), 2 pm German time on Zoom
#EconSky #Postgrad #Students
Come to Göttingen! 😀 Information event for prospective students/applicants from Non-EU/EEA countries: August 28, 2025, 14:00, Zoom: https://lnkd.in/eQZKsMvY
Application window for citizens from… | Wi...
Come to Göttingen! 😀 Information event for prospective students/applicants from Non-EU/EEA countries: August 28, 2025, 14:00, Zoom: https://lnkd.in/eQZKsMvY
Application window for citizens from non-E...
www.linkedin.com
August 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Information session on the Master program in #DevEcon @uni-goettingen.de for prospective international non-EU applicants:
📆 Tomorrow (28th), 2 pm German time on Zoom
#EconSky #Postgrad #Students
📆 Tomorrow (28th), 2 pm German time on Zoom
#EconSky #Postgrad #Students
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Very good article by @martinsandbu.ft.com. I am still debating whether pragmatism now to prepare for a future confrontation might make sense. But when I hear European leaders praise Trump I do feel like the title of this article: they are selling our soul.
Europe is selling its soul to Trump on.ft.com/3JBTEGx | opinion
Europe is selling its soul to Trump
What masquerades as pragmatism is self-harming opportunism
on.ft.com
August 25, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Very good article by @martinsandbu.ft.com. I am still debating whether pragmatism now to prepare for a future confrontation might make sense. But when I hear European leaders praise Trump I do feel like the title of this article: they are selling our soul.
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Apply for funding to work with me and Gord at Cornell!
Interested in doing a postdoc with me & @dgrand.bsky.social? Consider applying to Cornell's Klarman Fellowship: as.cornell.edu/research/kla...
It involves a competitive internal application process, but it's 3 years of funding @$80k/year
Please email me/Dave if you're interested! Oct 15th deadline
It involves a competitive internal application process, but it's 3 years of funding @$80k/year
Please email me/Dave if you're interested! Oct 15th deadline
Klarman Fellowships
The Klarman Fellowships in the College of Arts & Sciences provide postdoctoral opportunities to early-career scholars of outstanding talent, initiative and promise. Among the most selective of its kin...
as.cornell.edu
August 15, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Apply for funding to work with me and Gord at Cornell!
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As always, Ted Chiang is great in this interview.
cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...
cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...
August 14, 2025 at 1:24 AM
As always, Ted Chiang is great in this interview.
cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...
cdh.princeton.edu/blog/2025/08...
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Come hang with me at the Advances with Field Experiments (AFE) in Chicago Sept 18/19! ALSO pls submit a paper for the prizes (I’m helping judge and I’d like to see variety in the submissions!) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
August 11, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Come hang with me at the Advances with Field Experiments (AFE) in Chicago Sept 18/19! ALSO pls submit a paper for the prizes (I’m helping judge and I’d like to see variety in the submissions!) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Trust in science/scientific expertise is an essential ingredient of successful public policies. Great thread by @carlbergstrom.com below. A few years ago I wrote with Cristina Bicchieri on this topic:
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
August 12, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Trust in science/scientific expertise is an essential ingredient of successful public policies. Great thread by @carlbergstrom.com below. A few years ago I wrote with Cristina Bicchieri on this topic:
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Damn… truly getting to PhD-level sentience
Google Gemini doesn’t appear to be doing too well:
‘"I am a disgrace to this planet. I am a disgrace to this universe. I am a disgrace to all universes . . . I am a disgrace to all possible and impossible universes and all that is not a universe," the bot continued.’
‘"I am a disgrace to this planet. I am a disgrace to this universe. I am a disgrace to all universes . . . I am a disgrace to all possible and impossible universes and all that is not a universe," the bot continued.’
Google says it's working on a fix for Gemini's self-loathing 'I am a failure' comments
Google Gemini users said the bot is sharing self-loathing messages while attempting to solve tasks, including "I am a disgrace to this universe."
www.businessinsider.com
August 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Damn… truly getting to PhD-level sentience
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To state the obvious, the US economy has slowed down in 2025. Growth rates by semester (to remove the noise associated to imports/inventories dynamics in first two quarters)
July 30, 2025 at 1:14 PM
To state the obvious, the US economy has slowed down in 2025. Growth rates by semester (to remove the noise associated to imports/inventories dynamics in first two quarters)
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Yes, but let's be clear about the narrative: this was not a trade deal. The US can always impose 15% tariffs on the EU, no need for Europe to agree. What was agreed is that the EU will not retaliate after that imposition (plus some other details that no one yet understands).
The EU has validated Trump’s bullying trade agenda
The US president’s deals are not a win-win for the global economy
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July 30, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Yes, but let's be clear about the narrative: this was not a trade deal. The US can always impose 15% tariffs on the EU, no need for Europe to agree. What was agreed is that the EU will not retaliate after that imposition (plus some other details that no one yet understands).
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“Biggest trade deal ever”???? Hard to believe that European politicians do not understand the damage they are causing to democratic values in Europe when they are willing to play Trump’s game.
We have deal 🇪🇺🇺🇸
Together, the EU and the US are a market of 800 million people.
And nearly 44 percent of global GDP.
It’s the biggest trade deal ever ↓
europa.eu/!gRXhqQ
Together, the EU and the US are a market of 800 million people.
And nearly 44 percent of global GDP.
It’s the biggest trade deal ever ↓
europa.eu/!gRXhqQ
July 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM
“Biggest trade deal ever”???? Hard to believe that European politicians do not understand the damage they are causing to democratic values in Europe when they are willing to play Trump’s game.
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The past really sticks.
Even after 4 generations, your great-grandfather’s economic status still largely shapes your own.
👉 33% persistence across time for whites
👉 But racial inequality is the key driver
The American Dream? More inherited than we thought.
www.nber.org/papers/w33923
Even after 4 generations, your great-grandfather’s economic status still largely shapes your own.
👉 33% persistence across time for whites
👉 But racial inequality is the key driver
The American Dream? More inherited than we thought.
www.nber.org/papers/w33923
Like Great-Grandparent, Like Great-Grandchild? Multigenerational Mobility in American History
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
June 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The past really sticks.
Even after 4 generations, your great-grandfather’s economic status still largely shapes your own.
👉 33% persistence across time for whites
👉 But racial inequality is the key driver
The American Dream? More inherited than we thought.
www.nber.org/papers/w33923
Even after 4 generations, your great-grandfather’s economic status still largely shapes your own.
👉 33% persistence across time for whites
👉 But racial inequality is the key driver
The American Dream? More inherited than we thought.
www.nber.org/papers/w33923
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Philly showin' up today
June 14, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Philly showin' up today
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To every single state legislator here: We love you. Stay safe. We need you. @bobduffct.bsky.social @robincomey.bsky.social @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social @reprojas9.bsky.social @iamgarywinfield.bsky.social
(I am sure I am forgetting many. We support you!)
(I am sure I am forgetting many. We support you!)
June 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
To every single state legislator here: We love you. Stay safe. We need you. @bobduffct.bsky.social @robincomey.bsky.social @repkavrosdegraw.bsky.social @reprojas9.bsky.social @iamgarywinfield.bsky.social
(I am sure I am forgetting many. We support you!)
(I am sure I am forgetting many. We support you!)
Tipping points matter:
Feels like we are in a threshold cascade: I will join as long as X percent of my alters join. You will join as long as Y percent of your alters join. These sorts of things can domino through networks but they can also come to an abrupt halt if a pivotal node does not reach its threshold.
Stanford’s president and provost release a statement supporting Harvard. stanforddaily.com/2025/04/15/l...
April 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Tipping points matter:
Just amazing.
Remember the "Highlights" that some Elsevier journals require? Dean Karlan and friends developed an amazing way to troll them: haikus!
April 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Just amazing.
I can hardly think of a better place to get a PhD these days, with Marie Claire Villeval’s team at GATE
@verrinaeugenio.bsky.social
@verrinaeugenio.bsky.social
🚨PhD position in Experimental and Behavioral Economics at GATE Lyon 🚨
The candidate will be co-supervised by myself and a colleague at GATE. If you know any strong candidates (or if you're one!), feel free to reach out.
Deadline: May 15, 2025
Happy to answer questions! Full call in link below.
The candidate will be co-supervised by myself and a colleague at GATE. If you know any strong candidates (or if you're one!), feel free to reach out.
Deadline: May 15, 2025
Happy to answer questions! Full call in link below.
April 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I can hardly think of a better place to get a PhD these days, with Marie Claire Villeval’s team at GATE
@verrinaeugenio.bsky.social
@verrinaeugenio.bsky.social
Music to my ears, these days
“We are investing in community violence intervention (CVI) programs because street outreach by credible messengers and behavioral science-informed interventions help de-escalate stressful situations before they lead to violence."
A new $20 million grant is available for community organizations working on violence prevention efforts in Chicago • The TRiiBE
In a joint announcement, local officials announce a new grant that will fund street outreach and case management for residents impacted by gun violence.
thetriibe.com
April 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Music to my ears, these days
Any solid insights about why Harvard did something different to what Columbia (or my former home, Penn) did? Internal drivers? Tougher requests? Second (third) mover advantage?
April 15, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Any solid insights about why Harvard did something different to what Columbia (or my former home, Penn) did? Internal drivers? Tougher requests? Second (third) mover advantage?
I decided to suspend any visit to the US. I already declined some invitations. How many of you made the same decision? How do you feel about it?
I feel guilty. Feel free to blame my Catholic background.
I feel guilty. Feel free to blame my Catholic background.
April 15, 2025 at 6:42 AM
I decided to suspend any visit to the US. I already declined some invitations. How many of you made the same decision? How do you feel about it?
I feel guilty. Feel free to blame my Catholic background.
I feel guilty. Feel free to blame my Catholic background.
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If this is the effect of walking back some of his economic program, just imagine the prosperity he could unleash if he abandoned all of it!
April 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
If this is the effect of walking back some of his economic program, just imagine the prosperity he could unleash if he abandoned all of it!
A good read on how the failed rationale for tariffs fails to interpret the academic results cited in their methodology section.
This, from my colleague
Brent Neiman says it all.
Trump admin used the results from his paper to justify tariff rates. Except they used the completely wrong number.
Staggering 🤯
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o...
Brent Neiman says it all.
Trump admin used the results from his paper to justify tariff rates. Except they used the completely wrong number.
Staggering 🤯
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o...
April 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
A good read on how the failed rationale for tariffs fails to interpret the academic results cited in their methodology section.
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Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq
April 3, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Donald Trump has committed the most profound, harmful and unnecessary economic error in the modern era. Almost everything he said—on history, economics and the technicalities of trade—was utterly deluded econ.st/3YbbFjq