Coming up this afternoon at 4pm on Radio 4. Listen to Cory, @youngvulgarian.bsky.social@cristinacaffarra.bsky.social, Gina Neff and I discuss why the internet has become so… um…💩. A giant step in ‘mind your language’ for Radio 4!
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Thanks George. We had a spirited debate on this “on the other site” which I won’t reproduce here… I disagree on some of your framing, and your conclusions, but thanks for engaging! :)
Antitrust/competition policy: stimulating and important thinking here by @cristinacaffarra.bsky.social. cepr.org/voxeu/column...; and cepr.org/voxeu/column....
The last five years of ‘polycrisis’ have accelerated a rethink in received wisdoms across multiple areas of policy, with several paradigm shifts in 2023 as policy makers struggled to deal with ove...
So here goes. There just hasn’t been such an extraordinary salon in Brussels, ever. Join us on 31 January, all welcome. Register here www.bruxconference2024.com/event/f79d71...
So striking how practicing economists just see the “problem” as “the agencies don’t use good economics” (ie what is produced for clients by consultants incl. ex-agency turned consultants w/out disclosure). No sense that context matters. It’s like what we do in antitrust is written on Moses’ tablets.