Economist. Professor at UPF Barcelona. Work on market power, macro, labor. Author of “The Profit Paradox” TheProfitParadox.com
Jan Eeckhout
Loading...
📢 Now open for applications! The 2025 ERC Advanced Grant call for proposals. 📢
Are you an established Principal Investigator who needs long-term funding to pursue ground-breaking research?
The ERC Advanced Grant could be for you!
Apply by 28 August 2025 👉 buff.ly/f6FEXHk
🧵Thread 1/5 👇
All core instantaneous inflation measures rose in July; CPI nowcasted to rise in August #econsky @clevelandfed.bsky.social @janeeckhout.bsky.social
econbrowser.com/archives/202...
Onion headline:
Undocumented aliens bussed to Army Parade celebrating President’s birthday to pad crowds
The Digital Markets Act seems to working. WhatsApp is allowing messages to and from other platforms. Messaging (like phone calls and emails) becomes interoperable
Another killer acquisition… No more car sharing. Isn’t it poetic how they spin it?
Thinking about a PhD in Economics? I have an opening for a pre-doc / research position at UPF in Barcelona. You’ll gain research experience and I help you apply for PhD programs
Highly relevant for Master’s students. Please share
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/420232
Important competition news in the EU today. Interoperability to get more competitive digital markets:
“Apple should allow third party app stores on iOS and apps to be downloaded to the iPhone directly from the web. […] Apple failed to comply with this obligation”
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...
Measuring how interdisciplinary research is, based on citations. Main insight: philanthropic and Chinese funders are most interdisciplinary
open.substack.com/pub/johnsonb...
For those not on the other platform on Google and DOJ's proposed remedies for Google's 3rd antitrust defeat (adtech). I threaded Friday's hearing but this full doc is nothing short of beautiful. Best stuff may be missed so hear me out. This is a huge deal - 10yrs, "lifeblood of the Internet." /1
Thinking about a PhD in Economics? I have an opening for a pre-doc / research position at UPF in Barcelona. You’ll gain research experience and I help you apply for PhD programs
Highly relevant for Master’s students. Please share
euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/420232
