José Gloria
@josegloria.bsky.social
Political Economist | PhD Candidate at UCLA | Political Econ of Elites & Econ Development | Nomad 🇺🇸🇵🇭🇭🇰🇦🇺🇯🇵🇨🇦 | Posts in English/Tagalog/Español (a veces) | My Views, Like/RP ≠ endorsed
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Just 30 years after the 1870 Education Act introduced publicly funded schools, they had an attendance 1.9 million children.
Due to these schools, the gap in attaining literate occupations between lower- and higher-class children fell by approximately 18% in treated areas.
Due to these schools, the gap in attaining literate occupations between lower- and higher-class children fell by approximately 18% in treated areas.
🆕 How public education transforms opportunity: Evidence from the 1870 Education Act
Today on VoxDev, Ben Milner explores lessons from British history showing how targeted public investment in education can help narrow the gap in opportunity between rich and poor children: voxdev.org/topic/educat...
Today on VoxDev, Ben Milner explores lessons from British history showing how targeted public investment in education can help narrow the gap in opportunity between rich and poor children: voxdev.org/topic/educat...
How public education transforms opportunity: Evidence from the 1870 Education Act
The 1870 Education Act demonstrates how targeted public investment in education can help narrow the gap in opportunity between rich and poor children.
voxdev.org
November 24, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Just 30 years after the 1870 Education Act introduced publicly funded schools, they had an attendance 1.9 million children.
Due to these schools, the gap in attaining literate occupations between lower- and higher-class children fell by approximately 18% in treated areas.
Due to these schools, the gap in attaining literate occupations between lower- and higher-class children fell by approximately 18% in treated areas.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Good
I still think that he should be barred from being in contact with students, considering that he tried to sexually exploit a former student
#EconSky
I still think that he should be barred from being in contact with students, considering that he tried to sexually exploit a former student
#EconSky
Larry Summers Resigns From OpenAI Board Amid Epstein Revelations
The former Harvard University president stepped back from public commitments after receiving criticism for his correspondence with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
www.wsj.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Good
I still think that he should be barred from being in contact with students, considering that he tried to sexually exploit a former student
#EconSky
I still think that he should be barred from being in contact with students, considering that he tried to sexually exploit a former student
#EconSky
So Sen. Imee Marcos apparently always knew her brother, current 🇵🇭 Pres. BBM, was a drug addict but still endorsed him for president in 2022??
There is no honour amongst thrives even if they’re kin.
There is no honour amongst thrives even if they’re kin.
November 18, 2025 at 3:54 AM
So Sen. Imee Marcos apparently always knew her brother, current 🇵🇭 Pres. BBM, was a drug addict but still endorsed him for president in 2022??
There is no honour amongst thrives even if they’re kin.
There is no honour amongst thrives even if they’re kin.
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"Prosecuting a former president or prime minister is a normal and healthy thing for advanced democracies to do." foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/28/d...
Prosecuting the Powerful
Historical data shows putting leaders on trial is a healthy democratic practice.
foreignpolicy.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"Prosecuting a former president or prime minister is a normal and healthy thing for advanced democracies to do." foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/28/d...
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Worth reading - really captures the dilemmas facing states, especially peripheral states, as vehicles for decarbonization.
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Why Latin America can’t quit oil
As COP30 approaches, Brazil and Colombia offer competing visions of a ‘just energy transition’ for developing countries
on.ft.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Worth reading - really captures the dilemmas facing states, especially peripheral states, as vehicles for decarbonization.
on.ft.com/43eCwxD
on.ft.com/43eCwxD
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🚨 Applications Now Open for the EUI PhD Programmes 2026-2027!
📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences
Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort!
Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd
#EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity
📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences
Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort!
Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd
#EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity
November 1, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🚨 Applications Now Open for the EUI PhD Programmes 2026-2027!
📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences
Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort!
Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd
#EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity
📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences
Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort!
Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd
#EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity
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🆕 From brain drain to brain bridges: How mobile PhD scientists connect home countries to global science
Today on VoxDev w/ Rodrigo Ito @unumerit.bsky.social, Diego Chavarro, Tommaso Ciarli, Robin Cowan (University of Strasbourg) & Fabiana Visentin (Masstricht University): voxdev.org/topic/migrat...
Today on VoxDev w/ Rodrigo Ito @unumerit.bsky.social, Diego Chavarro, Tommaso Ciarli, Robin Cowan (University of Strasbourg) & Fabiana Visentin (Masstricht University): voxdev.org/topic/migrat...
From brain drain to brain bridges: How mobile PhD scientists connect home countries to global science
Internationally trained PhDs are often seen as a ‘brain drain’, but evidence from Colombia suggests that they act as crucial bridges – connecting local researchers to the global scientific community.
voxdev.org
October 21, 2025 at 10:18 AM
🆕 From brain drain to brain bridges: How mobile PhD scientists connect home countries to global science
Today on VoxDev w/ Rodrigo Ito @unumerit.bsky.social, Diego Chavarro, Tommaso Ciarli, Robin Cowan (University of Strasbourg) & Fabiana Visentin (Masstricht University): voxdev.org/topic/migrat...
Today on VoxDev w/ Rodrigo Ito @unumerit.bsky.social, Diego Chavarro, Tommaso Ciarli, Robin Cowan (University of Strasbourg) & Fabiana Visentin (Masstricht University): voxdev.org/topic/migrat...
Just saw ‘Quezon’. Really enjoyed it. Na gusto ko talaga yung trajectory ng ‘Bayaniverse’ at aabangan ko yung pelikula tungkol kay Magsaysay
3.5/5 Stars
Tldr: “Bayan o Sarili” naging “Sarili Para sa Bayan”
#FilmSky #Quezon #Bayaniverse
3.5/5 Stars
Tldr: “Bayan o Sarili” naging “Sarili Para sa Bayan”
#FilmSky #Quezon #Bayaniverse
October 15, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Just saw ‘Quezon’. Really enjoyed it. Na gusto ko talaga yung trajectory ng ‘Bayaniverse’ at aabangan ko yung pelikula tungkol kay Magsaysay
3.5/5 Stars
Tldr: “Bayan o Sarili” naging “Sarili Para sa Bayan”
#FilmSky #Quezon #Bayaniverse
3.5/5 Stars
Tldr: “Bayan o Sarili” naging “Sarili Para sa Bayan”
#FilmSky #Quezon #Bayaniverse
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🎖️ The Prize in Economic Sciences is awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt!
Over the last two centuries the world has seen sustained economic growth. This year’s laureates explain how innovation provides the impetus for further progress.
#PrizeinEconomicSciences #NobelPrize
Over the last two centuries the world has seen sustained economic growth. This year’s laureates explain how innovation provides the impetus for further progress.
#PrizeinEconomicSciences #NobelPrize
October 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
🎖️ The Prize in Economic Sciences is awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt!
Over the last two centuries the world has seen sustained economic growth. This year’s laureates explain how innovation provides the impetus for further progress.
#PrizeinEconomicSciences #NobelPrize
Over the last two centuries the world has seen sustained economic growth. This year’s laureates explain how innovation provides the impetus for further progress.
#PrizeinEconomicSciences #NobelPrize
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come on australia let's go let's go let's go
October 12, 2025 at 2:12 AM
come on australia let's go let's go let's go
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It might be hard to convey to people outside economics just how seismic this is. The Trump effect has most certainly arrived to US academia.
I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.
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October 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
It might be hard to convey to people outside economics just how seismic this is. The Trump effect has most certainly arrived to US academia.
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I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.
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October 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.
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Political elites don’t just govern, many also own businesses. In Mozambique, public office is often converted into private business capital, highlighting how political power can be a direct route to economic influence.
Read today's article to learn more:
Read today's article to learn more:
🆕 How political connections shape Mozambique’s private sector
Today on VoxDev, Sam Jones (UNU-WIDER), Felix Schilling (ADC Consulting) & Finn Tarp (University of Copenhagen) discuss the risks associated with political elites owning private businesses: https://ow.ly/cqql50X7BbC
Today on VoxDev, Sam Jones (UNU-WIDER), Felix Schilling (ADC Consulting) & Finn Tarp (University of Copenhagen) discuss the risks associated with political elites owning private businesses: https://ow.ly/cqql50X7BbC
How political connections shape Mozambique’s private sector
Political elites don’t just govern, many also own businesses. In Mozambique, public office is often converted into private business capital, highlighting how political power can be a direct route to economic influence, both for office holders and their families.
ow.ly
October 7, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Political elites don’t just govern, many also own businesses. In Mozambique, public office is often converted into private business capital, highlighting how political power can be a direct route to economic influence.
Read today's article to learn more:
Read today's article to learn more:
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Victoria State Library, Melbourne
October 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Victoria State Library, Melbourne
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📢 Political polarisation has been rising sharply in both advanced and developing democracies.
At our VoxDevLit launch event on October 27, Cesi Cruz and @hlarreguy.bsky.social will summarise research on the causes and consequences of polarisation.
Register➡️ cepr-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
At our VoxDevLit launch event on October 27, Cesi Cruz and @hlarreguy.bsky.social will summarise research on the causes and consequences of polarisation.
Register➡️ cepr-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 7, 2025 at 12:13 PM
📢 Political polarisation has been rising sharply in both advanced and developing democracies.
At our VoxDevLit launch event on October 27, Cesi Cruz and @hlarreguy.bsky.social will summarise research on the causes and consequences of polarisation.
Register➡️ cepr-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
At our VoxDevLit launch event on October 27, Cesi Cruz and @hlarreguy.bsky.social will summarise research on the causes and consequences of polarisation.
Register➡️ cepr-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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🎉 NEW JOURNAL PUBLICATION 🎉
Happy to share my latest journal article in Review of Development Economics (SSCI, Scopus), co-authored with UPSE Prof. Emeritus Emmanuel S. de Dios!
Happy to share my latest journal article in Review of Development Economics (SSCI, Scopus), co-authored with UPSE Prof. Emeritus Emmanuel S. de Dios!
October 6, 2025 at 5:15 AM
🎉 NEW JOURNAL PUBLICATION 🎉
Happy to share my latest journal article in Review of Development Economics (SSCI, Scopus), co-authored with UPSE Prof. Emeritus Emmanuel S. de Dios!
Happy to share my latest journal article in Review of Development Economics (SSCI, Scopus), co-authored with UPSE Prof. Emeritus Emmanuel S. de Dios!
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research sky is on fire (good) these past few days
October 1, 2025 at 10:47 AM
research sky is on fire (good) these past few days
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There is no God, start an academy/university.
There is no God, start a literary magazine
September 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
There is no God, start an academy/university.
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BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered Trump to restore $500 million in frozen UCLA NIH grants. The same judge, Rita F. Lin, previously ordered all UCLA NSF grants reinstated. Lin has now nearly entirely reversed Trump's July de-funding of UCLA research: www.latimes.com/california/s...
Federal judge orders Trump to restore $500 million in frozen UCLA medical research grants
A San Francisco-based federal judge on Monday ordered the Trump administration to restore all National Institutes of Health grants to UCLA, roughly $500 million, that the government suspended in July.
www.latimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 1:00 AM
BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered Trump to restore $500 million in frozen UCLA NIH grants. The same judge, Rita F. Lin, previously ordered all UCLA NSF grants reinstated. Lin has now nearly entirely reversed Trump's July de-funding of UCLA research: www.latimes.com/california/s...
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The CEPR Advanced Forum in Financial Economics (CAFFE) continues on 9 Sep @ 14:00 CEST.
🗣️Constantine Yannelis (University of Cambridge) presents 'How do Income-Driven Repayment Plans Benefit Student Debt Borrowers?'
Register here: cepr.org/events/event...
#EconSky
🗣️Constantine Yannelis (University of Cambridge) presents 'How do Income-Driven Repayment Plans Benefit Student Debt Borrowers?'
Register here: cepr.org/events/event...
#EconSky
September 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The CEPR Advanced Forum in Financial Economics (CAFFE) continues on 9 Sep @ 14:00 CEST.
🗣️Constantine Yannelis (University of Cambridge) presents 'How do Income-Driven Repayment Plans Benefit Student Debt Borrowers?'
Register here: cepr.org/events/event...
#EconSky
🗣️Constantine Yannelis (University of Cambridge) presents 'How do Income-Driven Repayment Plans Benefit Student Debt Borrowers?'
Register here: cepr.org/events/event...
#EconSky
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“Bourdain freely acknowledged that part of the reason he continued to work at such a frantic pace might have been a fear about where his mind might go if he ever sat still,” Patrick Radden Keefe wrote, in 2018.
Travels with Anthony Bourdain
Tony will be remembered for his infectious enthusiasms and his brash exuberance, but I was most inspired by his capacity for reinvention.
www.newyorker.com
August 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
“Bourdain freely acknowledged that part of the reason he continued to work at such a frantic pace might have been a fear about where his mind might go if he ever sat still,” Patrick Radden Keefe wrote, in 2018.
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"In this superb volume, Nicholas Kuipers makes a signal contribution to our understanding of state-building, nation-building and the interaction between the two."
States against Nations by @nickkuipers.bsky.social (@princetonpolitics.bsky.social), Coming Soon
#Politics 💙📚
cup.org/4o6k2rZ
States against Nations by @nickkuipers.bsky.social (@princetonpolitics.bsky.social), Coming Soon
#Politics 💙📚
cup.org/4o6k2rZ
July 25, 2025 at 8:06 PM
"In this superb volume, Nicholas Kuipers makes a signal contribution to our understanding of state-building, nation-building and the interaction between the two."
States against Nations by @nickkuipers.bsky.social (@princetonpolitics.bsky.social), Coming Soon
#Politics 💙📚
cup.org/4o6k2rZ
States against Nations by @nickkuipers.bsky.social (@princetonpolitics.bsky.social), Coming Soon
#Politics 💙📚
cup.org/4o6k2rZ
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"Tao is one of the most prominent mathematicians and academics to publicly oppose the administration’s actions, calling them an “existential threat” to his field, and academic science, more broadly. He said public advocacy is a priority over his research, for now."
www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...
www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...
The 'Mozart of Math' rarely speaks about politics. The wide-ranging cuts to science funding made him change that.
UCLA's Terence Tao called the Trump administration's actions an "existential threat" to academic research in the U.S.
www.nbcnews.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:38 AM
"Tao is one of the most prominent mathematicians and academics to publicly oppose the administration’s actions, calling them an “existential threat” to his field, and academic science, more broadly. He said public advocacy is a priority over his research, for now."
www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...
www.nbcnews.com/science/scie...