Postdoc @UCLouvain | ICHEC Brussels | https://aurelien-goutsmedt.com
History economics, inflation, econ policy & energy
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Aurélien Goutsmedt
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Runaway Warming
Today is #ShowYourStripes day. A day when those concerned about the climate challenge raise awareness. I helped start the day in 2018 with the genius creator of the Warming Stripes Prof Ed Hawkins and the incredible BernadetteWoods
It’s grown by leaps and bounds globally since 1/
Today, June 20th, is show your stripes day! Here is the latest update to the daily warming stripes.
In case your favorite uncle asks, so far, through June 18th, 2026 is 1.45°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial baseline.
This Day in Labor History: June 20, 1947. President Harry S. Truman vetoed the odious Taft-Hartley Act, the most vile piece of labor legislation in American history. But Congress immediately overrode it, showing how weak organized labor was even at its strongest point in history!
Je croyais qu'il parlait de les préparer au réchauffement climatique, vu la canicule actuelle, mais il parlait de savoir utiliser chatgpt. Remarque, ça leur fera travailler les corrélations.
J’ai très sincèrement encore du mal à réaliser ce que la France pourrait subir dès dimanche. Le pic de chaleur s’allonge et s’intensifie : c'est désormais mardi qui apparaît comme la journée la plus chaude de l’épisode.
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Lecture du moment.
Belle synthèse sur un sujet brûlant. Je conseille.
#vendredilecture
Volé sur le fédivers.
"[...] we find that 1ºC warming reduces world GDP by over 20% in the long run. [...] Business-as-usual warming implies a present welfare loss of more than 30%, and a social cost of carbon in excess of $1,200 per ton." academic.oup.com/qje/article/...
What I find funny here is that the FT doesn’t argue that Chinese industrial policy is ineffective. If anything, it acknowledges China’s success in some sectors. What it says is that Western countries should be cautious about emulating China because they lack the capacity to do so.
Looking for economists on BlueSky? Here are about 1500, also organized by field, country and region.
ideas.repec.org/i/ebluesky.h...
#RePEc #EconSky
Abstract. This article estimates that the macroeconomic damages from climate change are an order of magnitude larger than previously thought. Exploiting na
