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Berkeley Economics retweeted
Once again, U.S. News & World Report (@usnews) has named UC Berkeley the #1 public university (tied). Berkeley has topped the rankings for much of the 21st century. 🥇 bit.ly/4xFfAUF
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ON AIR NOW: @gabriel_zucman live on @KQEDnews Forum discussing Proposition 40 and breaking down the debate over California’s proposed billionaire tax.
Tune in live: kqed.org/radio
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A view to a kill…ing of productivity: The allocative cost of war in Ukraine
Marvin Amann @kielinstitute, Yuriy Gorodnichenko @YGorodnichenko @berkeleyecon, Oleksandr Talavera @SashaTalavera @econ_ub
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AI in a fragmenting world: Why ‘connector’ economies can still gain
Barry Eichengreen @B_Eichengreen @berkeleyecon, Jingyuan Cui, Asmaa El-Ganainy, Yevgeniya Korniyenko, Elyad Shojaei, Li Zeng, Shihangyin Zhang @IMFNews
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Berkeley Economics retweeted
Have questions about standardized tests and college admissions in the US? Jesse Rothstein has answers: escholarship.org/uc/item/6kx…
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Berkeley Economics retweeted
We’re number one — four years running. UC Berkeley tops PitchBook’s rankings for startups. Full story on Berkeley News: news.berkeley.edu/2026/09/01…
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Berkeley Economics retweeted
New research: with @mariusring and @SeimSeim, we studied the taxes paid by the super-rich in Sweden and Norway, thinking that if some countries must do a good job of taxing billionaires, it must be them.
To our surprise, we found… the opposite. 🧵
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Can forecasting social science make experiments better?
Last month on VoxDev, @sdellavi (@berkeleyecon) & @evavivalt (@UofT) discussed why research forecasts overestimate effects, and how to correct and reweight them:
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Can forecasting social science make experiments better?
Last week on VoxDev, @sdellavi (@berkeleyecon) & @evavivalt (@UofT) discussed why research forecasts overestimate effects, and how to correct and reweight them:
voxdev.org/topic/education/c…
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Why do empires expand while democracies cooperate? In his new book, "Empires, Nation-States, and Democracies", UC Berkeley Professor @gerardrolanducb examines how domestic regime types shape international order and global stability. press.princeton.edu/books/ha…
ALT Book Cover: Empires, Nation-States, and Democracies: Institutions in the International Arena
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Berkeley Economics retweeted
As the nation marks 250 years, Berkeley historians (@UCBHistory) hope Americans consider the experiences of Indigenous nations, enslaved and emancipated people, immigrants, and communities whose voices have often been overlooked.
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Berkeley Economics retweeted
From Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas (ex-@IMFNews, @berkeleyecon ) The World’s Superpowers Are Scrambling for an Edge. It Makes All of Us Less Safe. nytimes.com/2026/07/10/opini… via @NYTOpinion
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Students need ~$50 to quit TikTok or Instagram for a month. But they'd pay to have everyone quit together.
Research from @UCBerkeley's @BenHandel and co-authors shows social media is a "collective trap"—costly to leave alone, better if everyone leaves.
📄 aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.12…
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"The fight between oligarchy and democracy is shaping up to be the defining battle of the 21st century." Economist @gabriel_zucman discusses his new book "We Need to Tax Billionaires" and his proposed 2% minimum tax: ls.berkeley.edu/news/why-uc-…
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Mapping the household-level transmission of monetary policy
Olivier Coibion @UTAustin @UTAustinEcon, Yuriy Gorodnichenko @YGorodnichenko @UCBerkeley @berkeleyecon, Francesco Grigoli @Grigoli82 @Georgetown, Damiano Sandri @DamianoSandri @BIS_org
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A smarter approach to electricity rationing
@TDeryugina @giesbusiness, @YGorodnichenko @berkeleyecon, @MarReguant @bse_barcelona @NUEconomics
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The word is not enough: Testing the effects of information treatments on perceived corruption in Ukraine
Yuriy Gorodnichenko @YGorodnichenko @UCBerkeley @berkeleyecon, Ilona Sologoub @IlonaSologoub @Vox_UA
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Berkeley Economics retweeted
New research: we have studied the wealth of the 200 Californian billionaires and what they effectively pay in tax.
From Mark Zuckerberg (Meta) to Sergei Brin and Larry Page (Alphabet), the results are edifying. 🧵
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Congratulations @SecYellen, Professor Emeritus of Economics @berkeleyecon, who has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, recognizing her distinguished and continuing achievements in original research and historic service. 🐻📈 news.berkeley.edu/2026/04/30…
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Mobile seniors and local economic development
Marco Badilla-Maroto, Benjamin Faber, @LevyAntoine, @MathildeMunoz @UCBerkeley @berkeleyecon
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