🚨Three years in the making, the day has finally arrived! A Theory of Everyone was released in the UK, Australia, and Commonwealth today. At 6:30pm, @matthewsyed & I will be chatting about why the world is breaking & what we can do about it. Pickup: https://t.co/0tMRd07tBS

I wrote a piece for the @IrishTimes on why Ireland can’t build anything these days, and how to fix that.

This is the most damning graph I've seen in awhile. What in the actual hell? They are installing nuclear at $2.50/W?

A massive study on the effects of social class tested 35 hypotheses in 4 countries (N = 33,536). Only 50% of prior findings replicated. Hypotheses based on differences between social class contexts in terms of constraints, uncertainty and status were well supported across

A widely held view is that the Gini coefficient is not decomposable by subgroups. This paper proposes an axiomatic framework that ensures well-behaved within and between-group terms under which the Gini is decomposable with a novel and unique formula. https://t.co/xy74eUfwQp

How to design a school that will engage boys and bring out the best in them? The Boys' Latin School in Maryland drew ideas from The Anxious Generation: They went phone free early, and gave more and better playtime: https://t.co/6aXG0Oke7z @aibm_org

What is innovation and why is it one of the laws of life? @mmuthukrishna explains in my latest podcast episode. Thanks to @TempletonRelig for sponsoring this season on the beauty and burdens of innovation.

“How on earth are you supposed to fund growth… when we’re snookered by process, by planning, by endless consultation” Columnist Matthew Syed says the UK is “paralysed” and needs infrastructure and growth to “get the tax revenue” to fund improved public services #bbcqt

Thanks to @NextBigIdeaClub for choosing my upcoming book "The Hypocrisy Trap" as a must-read! Find out more: https://t.co/7ceB12MyL8

“It’s fantastic, Peter, isn’t that great? Yes! Yes!” Listen to the moment Philippe Aghion shares his joy with his friend and co-laureate Peter Howitt, captured as part of this call made shortly after the public announcement of the 2025 economic sciences prize. In this interview,

BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt “for having explained innovation-driven economic growth” with one half to Mokyr

Hugely admire ⁦@DanNeidle⁩ but v disappointed with this tax proposal. What we need is a proper Land Value Tax, which would permanently shift the UK growth trajectory Scrap stamp duty: there’s a new tax that could make us richer https://t.co/TBXUp1Y0KO

Princeton is requiring #SAT scores again for admission because test scores predict student success. But using SAT scores also dramatically increases social mobility! Rich students (top 1%) benefit immensely when there are no test scores because they have legacy and non-academic

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Calling for experts! 📢 Help us develop the Nature Relationship Index (NRI) for the next Human Development Report 2026 (#HDR2026), highlighting the vital relationship between people and nature for #HumanDevelopment! 🔗 Consultation Link: https://t.co/nSoWkLpZjY 📅 Deadline: Oct

My speech to the Conservative Party Conference on how to reverse the UK’s decline. I didn’t hold back. The state has grown in every sphere, almost without people noticing; a wild move to the left over two decades. Farage is a socialist (look at his actual economy policy!) who

In our textbook, Modern Principles @tylercowen and I liken this effect to dating: "Imagine how difficult it would be to get a date if every date required marriage? In the same way, it’s more difficult to find a job when every job requires a long-term commitment from the

I was bored, so I reviewed Kate Raworth's "Doughnut Economics": https://t.co/3TtQLlzFEH

🚨 The SPSP Culture Pre-Conference has a new format this year! 🚨 It'll be the evening BEFORE most pre-conferences. Get info, register, and submit your research here: https://t.co/OvoRDrpVgT

Pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says fuggettaboutit -- we're all migrant mongrels. Stunning research by my colleague David Reich.

We must repudiate the idea that "speech can be violence" once and for all. @glukianoff and I wrote about the dangers of promoting this idea on college campuses back in 2017, in @TheAtlantic: https://t.co/BkFKx2d1Y6