Fight me

My latest for Project Syndicate, with Anya Schiffrin and Dylan Groves on how important good, quality journalism is for society project-syndicate.org/commentary/rev…

It's Day 2 of the PIIE-IMF 'Rethinking economic policy' conference on steering structural change!
The first panel today on policy tools features Kaushik Basu, Brian Kovak, Célestin Monga, & Joseph E. Stiglitz, moderated by Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas.
Watch: piie.com/events/2024/re…

Announcing the release of the biggest, best and most comprehensive annual AI Index Report ever!

Here are the key highlights in 13 charts.

AI Index #AI Stanford HAI

hai.stanford.edu/news/ai-index-…

The largest #oil producers are the heavyweights of the world economy.
Hard to see these numbers and ask Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Uganda, Chad, or Cameroon to stop oil exploitation. More than half a billion people in Africa don’t have access to electricity. tiny.cc/5zvrxz

To #OurChibokGirls ,

Our dear daughters, ten years ago on a day like today, you tragically became the metaphor for a Nigeria that serially fails her poorest and most vulnerable.

For all who have stood with you and your parents, refusing to exhaust hope for your freedom, we want

I applaud that editor. I believe there is a bias in editorial decisions in econ journals in favor of papers that “look hard” to produce. Degree of difficulty should be used to judge gymnastics and figure skating, not scientific contributions.

A thread on my conversation with Jon Hartley covering my early life as an economist, how I came to be a hyper-globalization skeptic, what today's proponents of industrial policy are getting wrong, and my vision for future policy.

Condamnée à mort au Vietnam: la businesswoman Truong My Lan, accusée de fraudes diverses pendant 11 ans. Selon le parquet, le total des dommages causés par l’escroquerie s’élève à 27 milliards de dollars.
« Je n’ai plus d’ennemis quand ils sont malheureux », écrivait Victor Hugo.

Extreme elegance. Very high standards. And yes, a brilliant economist too.

Here's a Brookings podcast Peter Henry and I did on 'Public Debt Reduction: The Jamaica Exception' brookings.edu/articles/how-d…

A propos de Mahammed Boun Abdallah Dionne, inhumé aujourd'hui à Touba.

From idea to draft to proofs to galleys to book, I always find it exciting and amazing. Thank you Brendan Curry and W. W. Norton & Company for bringing this so elegantly to life. And thank you Anya Schiffrin for the inspiration and discussion that was so important in shaping this.

🎙️André Onana nous parle de son évolution dans le football en partant des 2-0 au pays à Old Trafford en Angleterre.🗣️😍

Évolution du stylo BIC en 70 ans.
Quand tu sais et que tu acceptes qui tu es vraiment, conscient et serein de tes possibilités et de tes limites, tu n’as pas besoin de déguisement, d’artifice, ou de faux-semblants. Tu restes désespérément égal à toi-même, à prendre ou à laisser.

Quite the chart.

Here are Africa’s 14 largest economies—total GDP—and in red the 5 smallest.
Poor numbers
GDP per capita—constant dollars—in 2022 was lower than 40 years ago. Including for economies that are said to be high-performing. Most worrying case: the DRC, from $1,254$ in the 60s to $529!

A ton of Cocoa is now worth more than a ton of Copper.

What the heck is going on? 🚨

Daniel Kahneman, who changed psychology and economics forever, dies at 90.

Thanks for everything.

We remember him in 10 great quotes:

My new paper with David Eaves and Beatriz Vasconcellos applying my Common Good framing to the governance of Digital Public Infrastructure ⬇️ ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/publi…