It’s a great essay. However, I disagree with the criticism of social preference models. Clear ”proximate” mechanisms are complements to (and often steps to finding) the ”ultimate” mechanisms you seek. See for example the work on preference evolution by Alger and Weibull.
But isn’t that just the title that the British have replaced by Earl?
Men då måste väl det regelverket stå i strid med Barnkonventionen - som redan tidigare blev en del av svensk lag? Och var det i så fall klarlagt när man införde det?
I am not a legal expert, but it seems difficult to reconcile the decision with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which is currently an integral part of Swedish law?
Längdutrustning är bäst att köpa på Alewalds på Kungsgatan, tycker jag (andra våningen). Inte Söder, men ändå.
EFN har gjort ett reportage om Tore Ellingsens (@toreellingsen.bsky.social) och min forskning om plikt och plikt-baserad motivation efn.se/play/pliktka...
Tack till de alla de inblandade duktiga journalisterna!
Here’s the title of Chapter III of Adam Smith’s Moral Sentiments (1759):
”Of the corruption of our Moral Sentiments, which is occasioned by this disposition to admire the rich and the great, and to despise or neglect persons of poor and mean condition”
Surely, Sanna Marin (former Finnish Prime Minister) must now salvage what is left of her reputation and leave the Tony Blair Institute?
No, I am not afraid of that. Big Tech owners want profit; they don’t want to make sacrifices for Trump’s imperialism. If he doesn’t contribute to their market value, they will no longer stand behind him. They will tell him to back off.
I think this is entirely realistic. We are already (credibly) threatening to cancel the trade deal. Cancelling intellectual property protections is cheaper for EU and very expensive for Big Tech. It only takes the word from von Leyen to make them think very hard about continued support for Trump.
But this isn’t the right time for that. Right now, we want Big Tech to turn against Trump, and we need to convey that they are better off if they do than if they don’t.
Yes. Ending the excessive legal protections of US Big Tech is obviously the first step in Europe’s retaliation.
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Viktiga frågor, insiktsfull recension.
Så här blir det när man är arg när man skriver.
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Many thanks for the kind words, Scott! I’ll immediately update the book’s companion site, where I post lecture notes and more: sites.google.com/view/tore-el...
Is there already a term for overconsumption of negative news about doomscrolling?
”Last night in Sweden,” in contrast to what you may have heard, rates of lethal violence were at record lows ⤵️
I have a new paper w Andrea Prat & Jake Spitz. We show that Republican appointed Supreme Court Justices vote in favor of the richer party by over 70% today, as compared to D’s at 30%. In the 1950s and both were at 50%. This strong trend may contribute to rising inequality. www.nber.org/papers/w34643
The analysis is on point 🎯 and the framing is a chef 💋.
"Trump assumed that Canada had no choice but to fold. He believed that trade dependence was a leash he could yank whenever he wanted a concession.
He was wrong." #cdnpoli www.newsletter.samuel-warde.com/p/canada-fli...
Sugar: Copper Blue
Om man vill göra kriminalpolitiken enklare att utvärdera, kanske man skulle experimentera med olika åldersgränser i olika regioner? Varför inte?
It has become received wisdom in Brussels and Washington that there is a new “euro-sclerosis”: that the EU economy is lagging the US
This view is wrong
A little primer on the measurement of productivity – and why reports of the economic death of Europe are greatly exaggerated🧵
When this @DeptofWar says we have the back of our warriors-we mean we stab them in it.
Senator Kelly is correct.
Plus a Public Service Announcement:
KEY section of Department of Defense's Law of War Manual is 18.3.2.1.
The VERY rule on the "requirement" to refuse illegal orders gives as its paradigmatic example of what is "clearly illegal:
"orders to fire upon the shipwrecked."
Will see Bob Mould in Stockholm tomorrow. My son will be with me - he has just tested his home studio by recording a version of The Act We Act. (He plays all the instruments himself - and sings too.)
Update your syllabus and stay on the frontier - it will increase your students’ wages. Epic work by my colleagues @barbarabiasi.com and @profsongma.bsky.social #linkoftheday
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Exactly. The news media did- and is still- not doing its job. Sane-washing or whatever you want to call it.
What a great day: legends of innovation economics Mokyr, Aghion and Howitt win the Nobel. Joel was a PhD advisor of mine, so need a full article! Included: good & bad explanations of the Indus Rev, Aghion's charisma, influence of Jon Hughes, French fashion houses: kevinbryanecon.com/mokyraghionh...
What does a Nobel Prize on ‘innovation-driven economic growth’ actually reward?
A historian’s perspective on how to deal with the Nobel frenzy
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