Benjamin Braun

benbraun.social

20 October 2026 17:01

The reason European academics can't be bothered to worry about AI paperclip factory scenarios is that the paperclip factory we've built for ourselves is already up and running at close to full capacity.

Jessica Leight

leightjessica.bsky.social

19 October 2026 17:53

Today's cool young researcher #econtwitter #econsky is @caterina_vieira @LSEEcon who works on topics related to development + urban economics

Kevin Hjortshøj O’Rourke

kevinhorourke.eurosky.social

19 October 2026 09:44

There is a lot of good research going on at the moment at the intersection of macroeconomics and economic history, and this looks like an interesting conference : www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/our-research... #econhist

Kristina McElheran

kmcelheran.bsky.social

16 October 2026 12:34

We simply have to think better/harder/further about what happens when jobs change. So much functional fixedness in our narratives about AI’s impacts…

Siobhan McAndrew

siobhanmcandrew.bsky.social

16 October 2026 09:02

Very cool: