Gracias por todo, NeG. Se echará de menos su contenido riguroso, actual y accesible.
Gracias por todo, NeG. Se echará de menos su contenido riguroso, actual y accesible.
Fossil fuel stocks are exploding in response to the war on Iran.
Who stands to benefit? The richest of the rich.
Who stands to lose? All of us who have to pay higher prices for energy and a new round of sellers' inflation.
Ahir vam presentar l'Informe Social de Catalunya 2025. Esperem que el primer de molts.
L'economia creix, però massa famílies no ho noten. Ara sabem una mica millor per què.
Informe complet → gen.cat/informesocial
✍️ Carta desde el más allá
La despedida del periodista Carlos Hernández a los lectores de
@eldiario.es, que escribió para que se publicara tras su muerte
A video of ICE agents apparently killing a man, shooting him several times while he's on the ground. They run away from his corpse.
This is dangerous for many reasons, not least the information suppression that this causes.
Lots of pressure on the EU to continue defending the torch of cooperation and, frankly, collecting data for the world now
It is incredibly embarrassing for this continent that Sanchez has to join a group of Latin American leaders in issuing a statement of condemnation for the US invasion, because no other leader in Europe will join him in criticising 🇺🇸.
BREAKING: The United States appears to have begun bombing Venezuela. Massive airstrikes are underway. War is here.
Feliz Navidad!!🎄
Dos datos:
1) El 0,001% más rico (unos 56,000 adultos) tiene 3 veces más riqueza que la mitad de la población mundial combinada.
2) Desde la década de 1990, la riqueza de los multimillonarios ha crecido un 8% anual, el doble que la mitad más pobre de la población.
Estrategias para combatir el sinhogarismo: poner la vivienda en el centro www.elperiodico.com/es/opinion/2...
The affordability crisis is an inequality crisis. When prices spike in key sectors, it's not just inflation—it's a massive redistribution shock that hits poor households hardest.
In our **new working paper**, we identify the sectors that matter most. A thread 🧵
scholarworks.umass.edu/entities/pub...
Following Eurovision’s decision to allow Israel’s participation, Spanish public broadcaster RTVE has withdrawn from the contest. The announcement split the screen between Israel’s performance and scenes of bombardment and starving children in Gaza. #Spain #eurovision #genocide
Acte.
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🔴 El CETIS presenta el seu segon informe sobre el sensellarisme i posa el focus en tres eixos clau: millorar-ne el coneixement, enfortir la prevenció i situar l’habitatge al centre de la resposta pública.
“what allowed poverty to fall in that period was not in fact the rise in work, but investment in social security benefits for families both in and out of work”
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
El Gobierno incluirá por primera vez metas de reducción de pobreza y desigualdad en el cuadro macroeconómico. La previsión de crecimiento se elevará al 2,9% para este año y presentará en sus previsiones un indicador de lucha contra la brecha de ingresos social.elpais.com/03lup5
must-read analysis of how Musk's twitter is drenching new users with right-wing propaganda
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
Acaba de nacer el "Journal of Policy Evaluation", si estáis interesados en evaluación de políticas públicas, os recomiendo contribuir a apoyar esta excelente iniciativa, leyéndolo o escribiendo algún trabajo ¡Os esperamos!
polipapers.upv.es/index.php/jp...
Got my hands today on this edited volume by @ankehassel.bsky.social and @bpalier.bsky.social – looking great!
The decline of public property: in recent decades, the public share of total assets has declined. Net public assets (i.e., assets minus liabilities) in major European countries have fallen to just above zero (from 20-30% in 1978), while private assets have risen to >6 times GDP.
New piece on Social Europe, on the impact of the digital revolution on work and why platformisation ultimately matters more than automation #EconSky #sociology @lauranurski.bsky.social @sergiotorrejon.com
Las democracias necesitan una política social y fiscal que limite la desigualdad de ingresos y riqueza si quieren sobrevivir a largo plazo:
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
🚨 ÚLTIMA HORA: Hemos suspendido nuestras actividades médicas en Ciudad de Gaza. Nuestros centros están rodeados por tanques y bajo ataques aéreos. Pedimos protección inmediata y cese de la violencia. #Gaza
How a wealth tax would reestablish tax fairness (fiscal justice): French edition featuring @gabrielzucman.bsky.social.
www.wsj.com/world/europe...