Reader in Economics at QBS, FREcon. Bangor FC fan and lover of low brow cinema. My only X account. Any views expressed are my own.
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Nuffield College is selling signed books from Nobel Laureate Sir James Mirrlees's personal collection.
True to form, the sales mechanism is a sophisticated auction based on Paul Klemperer's product-mix auction.
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'A university is not a machine for achieving a particular purpose or producing a particular result; it is a manner of human activity.' – Michael Oakeshott, 1950
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Superb from @ChrisGiles_
So-called "economists for Brexit" said we'd grow at 3%pa post Brexit.
Sadly, "mainstream" economics was dead right on long term effects of making trade with our biggest, richest and nearest trading partner more expensive. We are much poorer as a result
I struggle to understand the fascination with mainstream economists' (broadly accurate) Brexit forecasts...
... the leave forecasts on the other hand
ft.com/content/f99c7879-cb76…
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Ten years after Brexit, what are the lessons that should be learnt?
The FT’s economics commentator Chris Giles argues that the long-term economic warnings have largely been borne out — and that policymakers should take note.
ft.trib.al/3KJ1iz3
Not a Stoke fan, but to me this is a serious upgrade -pretzel and all, not least because the use of black and heritage sets it off.
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Unions combine to try to stop Ed Miliband becoming chancellor ft.trib.al/DxlpHre
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NI’s economy grew by 0.7% in the first quarter of this year official data suggests. That’s in line with the UK growth rate (though NI & UK measurement not fully comparable.)
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“Freese also conducted an elaborate study on penalty kicks—and to this day he considers the results proprietary.
‘I like to keep that one private,’ he says. ‘But I”ll be able to talk about it in 15 years when I’m done playing.’”
This is our quant. 🇺🇸
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There is a serious argument that the rise in productivity and living standards in the US South is the direct result of AC:
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er hello @JewishChron - please headline that he was one of the greatest historians of all time!
France honours Jewish resistance fighter executed by the Gestapo with Panthéon interment
thejc.com/news/world/france-…
Democracy has failed again: Magnums are not ice lollies...
With temperatures soaring outside, what is the UK's favourite ice lolly? Here are the top 5
Magnum: 28%
Fab: 8%
Solero: 8%
Twister: 7%
Feast: 6%
yougov.com/en-gb/articles/21…
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Diane Coyle considers some of the lessons Andy Burnham should take with him to Downing Street. project-syndicate.org/commen…
Make it make sense.
Well-known housebuilders pay €1.6m for famed Lamb Doyle’s pub irishtimes.com/property/comm…
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Martin Wolf: The rise and fall of US hegemony ft.trib.al/JB7LMyV
Err...why exactly?
While the GPO undergoes a revamp under a multi-million Euro plan, some government departments might be moving to the site on O'Connell Street.
Public Expenditure Minister Jack Chambers said the project will cost between €200 and €500 million. jrnl.ie/7078681
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.@UCBerkeley's @B_Eichengreen explains why the longtime @federalreserve chair was one of the Fed's most consequential—for good and bad. bit.ly/4fWyUaN
Five years to sell groceries...compliance costs incurred just to protect incumbents. Deeply unserious.
A new Lidl supermarket in Londonderry has been given the green light following a planning process that has lasted more than five years.
bbc.in/4vA270e