My office has a "wellbeing room" for people to go and cry, have panic attacks, call their therapist, whatever. But between 11:30 and 1:30, I go in there to have my lunch. Nobody dares disturb me and that's great for my wellbeing

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French guy in the UK with half-English Kids. When my kids are at school I go on their Ipads watch Youtube shorts about PSG, Mbappe, Olise or Barcola, in the hope of tweaking the algorithms; and it seems to work. They can't grow up to become 'it's coming home'-idiots.

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Verantwortlich für die Finanzen bei der Jungen Union? Clara von Nathusius. Leider war sie für eine Stellungnahme nicht zu erreichen. Wer hätte gedacht, dass Parteiarbeit mehr ist, als schneidige Sprüche in Podcasts ablassen und Like Farming mit billigen Reaction Videos zu betreiben. Menschenkinder.

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peter hull comparing TWFE and modern DIDs & it seems TWFE is OK. people will go "YOU SEE IT DIDN'T MATTER AFTER ALL" but regardless of whether TWFE is ultimately useful or not that all DiD chaos was a net good because it clarified the estimand. tinyurl.com/twfevsdid

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New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

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