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Soccer has always been defined by free-flowing, unbroken action. But for the World Cup in America, FIFA is using “hydration breaks” to shoehorn in commercials. 🔗 on.wsj.com/4aNS3YQ
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Love what the Australian soccer team says about modern Australia. Seriously, watch this video, and you'll be cheering for them too.
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This is beyond ridiculous.
And yet FIFA is silent while fans, players, staff, officials are denied entry to play in, work in, or watch their own World Cup.
Crazy times.
Award-winning Somali referee Omar Artan, set to be the first from his country to officiate at the World Cup, was denied entry to the United States, a sports ministry official told AFP on Monday u.afp.com/SDH9
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In the era of #ArtificialIntelligence, when human dignity is threatened by new forms of dehumanization, ours is the pressing duty to remain profoundly human. We must lovingly safeguard the grandeur of humanity bestowed upon us and revealed in its fullness in Christ, the splendor of which no machine can ever replace. #MagnificaHumanitas
vatican.va/content/leo-xiv/e…
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"Rebajar impuestos a los ricos conduce a una mayor desigualdad tanto en el corto como en el medio plazo, sin ningĂşn efecto en el crecimiento econĂłmico o el desempleo"
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Good morning, world! 🌎
We have spectacular new high-resolution images of our home planet, all of us looking back through the Orion capsule window at our Artemis II astronauts as they continue their journey to the Moon.
ALT One-third of Earth peeking through the window of the Orion capsule. The planet is a dreamy pale blue, swirling with white clouds and reflected sunlight. Although Earth only fills a fraction of the image it is the brightest object in the image by far. The capsule window is surrounded by a thick frame held in place with bolts, reminiscent of a heavy duty airplane window. It is dark in the capsule, but the outlines of straps and various components of the capsule are visible. Brighter white components are visible in the upper right corner. Credit: NASA/Reid Weisman
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¡Felicidades!
Congratulations, #Chile for becoming the first country in the Americas, and the second globally, to eliminate #leprosy disease.
A true milestone for public health! And a testament to what leadership, science, and solidarity can accomplish.
Read more đź”—bit.ly/4b3Hpga
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The Adolescence of Technology: an essay on the risks posed by powerful AI to national security, economies and democracy—and how we can defend against them: darioamodei.com/essay/the-ad…
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"Free markets failed for 700 years. When poor farmers couldn't pay, a simple quota beat auctions. Sometimes the invisible hand needs handcuffs."
New paper by @javdito & @JosespinSanchez
restud.com/the-illiquidity-o…
#REStud
#EconX
#EconTwitter
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The 24-year-old student Robina Aminian was shot dead in Tehran by the Islamic regime’s security forces while out protesting on the streets.
Rest in Peace Robina
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Venezuela has oil.
Greenland has rare Earth minerals.
Luckily Iceland has only volcanoes, glaciers, and very average cricketers.
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Income Inequality and the Erosion of Democracy
In this study, Rau & Stokes conclude that “income inequality is a strong & highly robust predictor of democratic erosion”
A reminder that problems of democracy are related to the social context
Open Access: pnas.org/doi/epub/10.1073/pn…
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A few months ago, I said that a higher minimum wage can lead to creative destruction.
Today, a new QJE paper shows exactly that: a higher MW yields "fewer but more productive firms".
High wages often improve economic efficiency! It's a crucial part of the Nordic model.
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this morning we posted machine-learned estimates of the cost of ~ending extreme poverty using direct income transfers. we get 0.3% of global GDP
I think this price is attractive! (it is a fraction of spend on, say, cosmetics or alcoholic beverages)
cega.berkeley.edu/end-of-pov…
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The new World Inequality Report 2026 confirms: Since 1995, the 0.001% broke away while the bottom 50% stagnated.
This isn't a healthy economy. It's policy failure.
We don't need charity. We need structural change.
Tax us. #TaxTheRich
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Our paper on the inflated effects of corporate tax cuts on economic growth, published in the European Economic Review, is the journal’s most downloaded paper and has attracted the most attention on social media over the last 3 years. It's also among the most widely cited papers🧵
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Unlike other comparable nations, specialists in Australia can charge what they like. But higher fees don't necessarily mean better care. @yutingzhang66 @unimelb theconversation.com/no-contr…
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"The top 0.001% (about 56,000 adults) have 3 times
more wealth than half of the entire world population
combined."
