Gonzalo Forgues-Puccio
@gforguespuccio.bsky.social
🇧🇴🇬🇧 Economist | Growth & Development | Corruption | Inequality | AI | Financial Markets | posts my own | reposts ≠ endorsement
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1/ Very pleased to release this paper with extraordinary coauthors David McMillon and Scott Page, which outlines ideas on how complex systems methods can enrich the study of inequality. A key idea is that persistent inequalities may be an emergent property for a range of socioeconomic environments.
Arguing that complexity methods can augment the study of inequality, with particular value in understanding the meaning of systemic determinants of disparities, from @durlauf.bsky.social, David McMillon, and Scott Page www.nber.org/papers/w34381
November 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
1/ Very pleased to release this paper with extraordinary coauthors David McMillon and Scott Page, which outlines ideas on how complex systems methods can enrich the study of inequality. A key idea is that persistent inequalities may be an emergent property for a range of socioeconomic environments.
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Already getting some Discourse wins here. (I take full credit.) www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
It’s Too Early to Write Off College Degrees
Companies are favoring multitool graduates with broad skill sets.
www.wsj.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Already getting some Discourse wins here. (I take full credit.) www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
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While Trump talks of suing the BBC, China is building the future.
This a big deal: "China’s carbon dioxide emissions have been flat or falling for 18 months"
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China's economy has grown by ~5% in the last year, so this comprehensively debunks the idea (again) that emissions are tied to growth. So yes, faster progress needed, but this is how you turn the corner.
China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds
World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
While Trump talks of suing the BBC, China is building the future.
Are Hispanics America’s New Jews?
That was the realignment that was
open.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I'm attending this event. RT if you think others will find this helpful 🙌 gitoc.heysummit.com
Global Initiative's Conference Room
Here we will be hosting launch events for our publications, initiatives, campaigns, and more.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I'm attending this event. RT if you think others will find this helpful 🙌 gitoc.heysummit.com
Javier Milei’s chance to transform Argentina and teach the world
"...rich-country leaders can .... learn from Mr Milei. His success shows the power of tough-but-coherent economic messages that are proclaimed with clarity and conviction."
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
"...rich-country leaders can .... learn from Mr Milei. His success shows the power of tough-but-coherent economic messages that are proclaimed with clarity and conviction."
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
Javier Milei’s chance to transform Argentina and teach the world
Lessons in public finance from the original sinner
www.economist.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Javier Milei’s chance to transform Argentina and teach the world
"...rich-country leaders can .... learn from Mr Milei. His success shows the power of tough-but-coherent economic messages that are proclaimed with clarity and conviction."
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
"...rich-country leaders can .... learn from Mr Milei. His success shows the power of tough-but-coherent economic messages that are proclaimed with clarity and conviction."
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...
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Happy publication day to The Growth Story of the 21st Century: The Economics and Opportunity of Climate Action by Professor Lord Nicholas Stern 🎉
Read online or download for free: https://bit.ly/4qu1BhR
@lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social @gsos-lse.bsky.social
Read online or download for free: https://bit.ly/4qu1BhR
@lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social @gsos-lse.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Happy publication day to The Growth Story of the 21st Century: The Economics and Opportunity of Climate Action by Professor Lord Nicholas Stern 🎉
Read online or download for free: https://bit.ly/4qu1BhR
@lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social @gsos-lse.bsky.social
Read online or download for free: https://bit.ly/4qu1BhR
@lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social @gsos-lse.bsky.social
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Just out: New G20 report led by @josephestiglitz.bsky.social
warns of an “Inequality Emergency.”
It calls for an International Panel on Inequality as global shocks deepen poverty and widen wealth gaps.
Read report here: ipdcolumbia.org/event/landma...
#Inequality #G20
warns of an “Inequality Emergency.”
It calls for an International Panel on Inequality as global shocks deepen poverty and widen wealth gaps.
Read report here: ipdcolumbia.org/event/landma...
#Inequality #G20
November 3, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Just out: New G20 report led by @josephestiglitz.bsky.social
warns of an “Inequality Emergency.”
It calls for an International Panel on Inequality as global shocks deepen poverty and widen wealth gaps.
Read report here: ipdcolumbia.org/event/landma...
#Inequality #G20
warns of an “Inequality Emergency.”
It calls for an International Panel on Inequality as global shocks deepen poverty and widen wealth gaps.
Read report here: ipdcolumbia.org/event/landma...
#Inequality #G20
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"We spend so much time on the global economy and global agreements. But there is so much that can be done internally”--Dani Rodrik, the Harvard economist, talking to me about his new book "Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World."
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
Can the Global Economy Be Healed?
A noted Harvard economist presents an optimistic vision of a world after Donald Trump.
www.newyorker.com
November 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
"We spend so much time on the global economy and global agreements. But there is so much that can be done internally”--Dani Rodrik, the Harvard economist, talking to me about his new book "Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World."
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
www.newyorker.com/news/the-fin...
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nature is healing
Overall social media use is declining.
Between 2020 and 2024, more Americans — especially the youngest (18–24) and oldest (65+) — report using no social media at all.
A small group of heavy users remains, but the middle is thinning out.
Between 2020 and 2024, more Americans — especially the youngest (18–24) and oldest (65+) — report using no social media at all.
A small group of heavy users remains, but the middle is thinning out.
October 31, 2025 at 8:32 AM
nature is healing
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“Clear-eyed and pragmatic, it maps a realistic path from crisis to renewal through investment, innovation and international cooperation. A hopeful work that redefines growth for a sustainable age.”
— @peterfrankopan.bsky.social
Free to read & download from 5th Nov doi.org/10.31389/lse...
— @peterfrankopan.bsky.social
Free to read & download from 5th Nov doi.org/10.31389/lse...
October 31, 2025 at 8:28 AM
“Clear-eyed and pragmatic, it maps a realistic path from crisis to renewal through investment, innovation and international cooperation. A hopeful work that redefines growth for a sustainable age.”
— @peterfrankopan.bsky.social
Free to read & download from 5th Nov doi.org/10.31389/lse...
— @peterfrankopan.bsky.social
Free to read & download from 5th Nov doi.org/10.31389/lse...
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Finally got organized and set up my YouTube channel. In just a few weeks, it’s passed 10,000 subscribers—maybe there’s something to this! For now it’s mostly talks and interviews, but it's sparking some exciting plans for more econ-goodness.
Subscribe here👉 www.youtube.com/@JustinWolfers
Subscribe here👉 www.youtube.com/@JustinWolfers
Justin Wolfers
Justin Wolfers is a Professor of Economics and a Professor of Public Policy at the University of Michigan and a Visiting Professor at the UNSW. He was previously a Visiting Professor at Princeton,…
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October 29, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Finally got organized and set up my YouTube channel. In just a few weeks, it’s passed 10,000 subscribers—maybe there’s something to this! For now it’s mostly talks and interviews, but it's sparking some exciting plans for more econ-goodness.
Subscribe here👉 www.youtube.com/@JustinWolfers
Subscribe here👉 www.youtube.com/@JustinWolfers
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I’ve written for @financialtimes.com about the need for belief in the future to get things built on.ft.com/47cO3Qs Why optimists build better infrastructure
Why optimists build better infrastructure
History credits the Victorians for their grand — and enduring — schemes but we need our eyes on the future to emulate them
on.ft.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I’ve written for @financialtimes.com about the need for belief in the future to get things built on.ft.com/47cO3Qs Why optimists build better infrastructure
October 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Have finally deactivated our Twitter account. It was great whilst it lasted & good for promoting our podcast but at the end of the day, we can't justify being there anymore. Hopefully enough folk can see our work via BlueSky, Insta & other platforms. 🤞#EconSky podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
Economics In Ten
Social Sciences Podcast · Economics In Ten is your go-to podcast if you want to learn about the lives, times and ideas of the world's greatest economic thinkers. Each episode is a fun exploration of a...
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October 29, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Have finally deactivated our Twitter account. It was great whilst it lasted & good for promoting our podcast but at the end of the day, we can't justify being there anymore. Hopefully enough folk can see our work via BlueSky, Insta & other platforms. 🤞#EconSky podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/e...
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To say this is a problem is a gigantic understatement. We live in the golden age of AI slop. Hopefully we will soon gain the right control the algorithms that control our online life in order to filter out AI slop to a large degree.
October 24, 2025 at 6:26 AM
To say this is a problem is a gigantic understatement. We live in the golden age of AI slop. Hopefully we will soon gain the right control the algorithms that control our online life in order to filter out AI slop to a large degree.
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Final call for papers for the Scottish Economic Society Annual Conference, to be held from 13–15 April 2026 at the University of Glasgow.
The deadline is 4 November 2025. #EconSky
openingdoors.eventsair.com/ses26
The deadline is 4 November 2025. #EconSky
openingdoors.eventsair.com/ses26
October 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Final call for papers for the Scottish Economic Society Annual Conference, to be held from 13–15 April 2026 at the University of Glasgow.
The deadline is 4 November 2025. #EconSky
openingdoors.eventsair.com/ses26
The deadline is 4 November 2025. #EconSky
openingdoors.eventsair.com/ses26
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We’ve just added 4,500+ new meetings to our Open Access database of Westminster and Holyrood meetings with external organisations.
🔎 Check out the new data here: openaccess.transparency.org.uk
🔎 Check out the new data here: openaccess.transparency.org.uk
October 17, 2025 at 3:14 PM
We’ve just added 4,500+ new meetings to our Open Access database of Westminster and Holyrood meetings with external organisations.
🔎 Check out the new data here: openaccess.transparency.org.uk
🔎 Check out the new data here: openaccess.transparency.org.uk
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Wow. This is the paper I have been waiting for. Mobile apps are brain rot, with meaningfully bad economic consequences for those who overuse them.
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Digital Distractions with Peer Influence: The Impact of Mobile App Usage on Academic and Labor Market Outcomes,” by Barwick, Chen, Fu, and Li: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Digital Distractions with Peer Influence: The Impact of Mobile App Usage on Academic and Labor Market Outcomes*
Abstract. Concerns about excessive mobile phone use among youth are mounting. We present estimates of both behavioral and contextual peer effects, along wi
doi.org
October 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Wow. This is the paper I have been waiting for. Mobile apps are brain rot, with meaningfully bad economic consequences for those who overuse them.
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"Democracy relies on people who refuse to stay silent"
Great news as the Nobel Peace Prize recognises Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. A brave woman and the true leader of a country who deserves to be free
Great news as the Nobel Peace Prize recognises Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. A brave woman and the true leader of a country who deserves to be free
October 10, 2025 at 9:11 AM
"Democracy relies on people who refuse to stay silent"
Great news as the Nobel Peace Prize recognises Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. A brave woman and the true leader of a country who deserves to be free
Great news as the Nobel Peace Prize recognises Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado. A brave woman and the true leader of a country who deserves to be free
Fantastic news! Well deserved! A clear signal to authoritarian leaders.
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...
October 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Fantastic news! Well deserved! A clear signal to authoritarian leaders.
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...
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Abundant AI geniuses will be great, but only if we can work out what to use them for, from Ajay K. Agrawal, @joshgans.bsky.social, and Avi Goldfarb https://www.nber.org/papers/w34316
October 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Abundant AI geniuses will be great, but only if we can work out what to use them for, from Ajay K. Agrawal, @joshgans.bsky.social, and Avi Goldfarb https://www.nber.org/papers/w34316
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It has arrived. Out in December. Cover by me with ChatGPT assistance.
October 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
It has arrived. Out in December. Cover by me with ChatGPT assistance.
October 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM
September 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM