Listening to @wstreeckblog intervention at MaxPo conf it becomes clear that his skepticism on eurozone convergence… https://t.co/OeVtINioWG
Listening to @wstreeckblog intervention at MaxPo conf it becomes clear that his skepticism on eurozone convergence… https://t.co/OeVtINioWG
Fascinating to witness @wstreeckblog giving an account of the development of modern social science. Starts with Luk… https://t.co/ypk5Z9apuZ
"The Indian middle class conjured up by the marketers and consultants scarcely exists.” @TheEconomist NOT holding b… https://t.co/pMhLwHVyTJ
Many people have the wrong impression that a nuclear blast would just vaporize all of its victims. The "empty stree… https://t.co/CHKN5S4NTi
German Victory Parade in Paris 1871 Franco-Prussian War https://t.co/Vk4JIzno39
This is wild: the World Bank has to re-do at least four years of Doing Business rankings. Chilean score in particul… https://t.co/T54We1omLp
Yet more on “political economy stability as a reason Britain could fight on in May 1940”. This time from Peden’s ch… https://t.co/EnRsZbxFFk
When the UK government securitized a slice of 2002-2006 student debt with a face value of £3.7bn it was valued at o… https://t.co/SGWzEcYC44
"According to Census, more than 43 % of African immigrants hold a BA degree or higher — slightly more than immigra… https://t.co/10epnlByQt
"According to Census, more than 43 % of African immigrants hold a BA degree or higher — slightly more than immigra… https://t.co/hbVyzt5FbF
There is an astonishingly straight-line relationship between parental income and college enrollment rate in US.… https://t.co/y4Du0I11HR
Say your public debt level was oppressively high … what might be your options? Europe’s history after WWII gives so… https://t.co/clOhkC27YE
Germany is facing bottleneck of wood EUR-pallets on which its trade moves h/t @JeremyCliffe https://t.co/WDejMNeSiR https://t.co/IeVWRVjrtd
@erinkaylockwood @BJMbraun @davies_will i have wondered. I’ll be on one tomorrow. Good guys for sure. But four of us.
"All we have to do is replace Obama. … We are not auditioning for fearless leader. … Pick a Republican with enou… https://t.co/9o0qm6Pq6m
How changes in top marginal tax rates and top income shares since 1970 correlate. https://t.co/ycxhSXIXJs https://t.co/32C1k8RG4u
Sovereign wealth: Norway the outlier amongst all states in its accumulation of public wealth https://t.co/RRMuD2Z5k8 https://t.co/5c0fz7KwUp
Private wealth and public austerity: private and public net wealth compared. From world inequality lab.… https://t.co/lNhcEZQiZt
American exceptionalism: Whether you benefited from global growth since 1980 depends on where you live!… https://t.co/SMS8jMZFi3
That's because India isn't just poor, it's unequal. According to Piketty & others, the top 10% of Indians snagged t… https://t.co/jM9o3eWYDD
Despite the huge surge in EM growth there has been no reduction in global inequality when country boundaries are li… https://t.co/lXOB32MWsL
Some of us found ourselves reeling out of the room … https://t.co/Bvsen9YKYd
German question(s): how can a society with negative net public investment rate for more than a decade be celebratin… https://t.co/qUNmR8Fkar
Share of Germans in their 20s without formal vocational qualifications (ungelernt) falls from high of 16.5 % in the… https://t.co/t9KrVAfpO5
Integrating the Ausländer: Since the PISA-schock of 2001 Germany has halved the share of “foreign” students leaving… https://t.co/uXr0cvwWRa
Skills for teens: The continuously updated German “apprenticeship” system is remarkable: In 2016 it offered 64.2 %… https://t.co/6XM4szaVI3
The “PISA”-shock of Dec 2001 when Germany discovered how (pleasant but) truly mediocre most of its schools are, doe… https://t.co/jhoo8KhO2x
The globalization of German universities has stalled at a moderate level of c 9-10% v. 19 % in UK… https://t.co/iXZtPCDwrx
At least in some parts of Germany elementary schooling is moving to a full day basis = huge change in labour market… https://t.co/PASt8DsmKw
The opening sequence of J.P. Melville’s Un Flic makes whole film worthwhile. Noir in greys and greens. https://t.co/XLxbzj9ZDB
(Das) Geschrei – The Screaming NOT "The Scream" as it is usually translated. In light of title Munch's figure appea… https://t.co/avYECcHPBY
On a Melville Alain Delon tip – Un Flic is great. The helicopter heist sequence is hokey, but the opening is vintag… https://t.co/eItLDp5Jho
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