1. Trump's tax cuts overwhelmingly help the rich
2. His spending cuts are targeted at the poor
3. Tariffs cost the poor a larger share of their income

Roll these three regressive policies together and you get the largest redistribution from poor to rich in American history.

The anti-Robin Hood.

I'm getting the feeling that my current research on difference-in-differences with non-binary treatments has no shot at NSF funding.

I just finished a scaling panel. My main thesis was that we need to move scaling from a feature of economic systems to a distinct object of study. This can happen through Option C Thinking, as I discuss in my recent Nature study
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Does anyone here know of an Environmental Econ IV paper with replication package and open data access, e.g. air pollution related? Need it for teaching and would appreciate any pointers. #EconSky

𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐭. 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞. 🚨 🔄

We are excited to present the 4th Causal Data Science Meeting on November 5–6 this year, co-hosted by Copenhagen Business School and Maastricht University. 🗓 #CDSM24 📈📉

More info: causalscience.org

Bluesky is officially “open” now (no more invites). So just a reminder to not engage with trolls and bad actors, there is no algorithm here to promote or spread them, replying to them is what puts them on everybody’s timelines. So block and give no oxygen.

Gilt die Verfassung nur bei der #Schuldenbremse und Sozialausgaben oder auch bei der Steuerpflicht von Milliardären? Mich empört die Schieflage bei der Verfassungstreue 👇
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Forschungsdaten: Wirtschaftsforscher drängen auf besseren Datenzugang Seitdem das BMBF in einem 1. Schritt Stellungnahmen zum Forschungsdatengesetz gesammelt hat, ist nicht mehr viel passiert. Zum Leiden der Wissenschaft. Nachbarländer sind weiter.
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