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Martin Sandbu
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Martin Sandbu
@MESandbu
Joined February 2013
- I think they got to the Moon because they figured out, in detail, how to do it before launching.No one knew how to get to the Moon. But they did, and Britain now needs to recover that spirit to come out of the EU on October 31, writes @BorisJohnson ow.ly/rmW230pb843
- Genuine question: why does the governor of the Bank of England encourage restraint in wage demands but not call for restraint in businesses’ attempts to protect their profit margins? Intellectual bias, ideology, greater resignation wrt price- than wage-setting, or something else?
- When you comment on Lulashenka’s hijacking of an EU flight and kidnapping of dissident(s?), don’t neglect to call it precisely that: plane hijacking and political kidnapping.
- Johnson won 43.6% of all votes; May won 42.4%. That is not a landslide. He played the electoral system better. But seat victory was driven by Labour's vote share decline of ~8pp. So Johnson's talent is the wrecker's not the builder's, and even that was with good help from Farage.
- The European Council on Thursday is a moment of truth, unlike most events that are billed as moments of truth. It will tell the world definitively whether European countries want to act together or separately when most it at stake. My take: 1/n
- For all those who have pushed, successfully or unsuccessfully, for a rise in the minimum wage, give a thought to Alan Krueger whose death has just been announced. He first helped overturn conventional wisdom that higher wage floors must hurt employment. princeton.edu/news/2019/03/1…
- Replying to @MESandbu and @FinancialTimesThe best statement from western leaders today is @ABaerbock's: "After months of preparing lies and propaganda, President [Vladimir] Putin decided last night to make good on his threats... Russia alone has chosen this path...Ukrainians have done nothing to justify this bloodshed /
- Personal news: I'm delighted to share that this month I start in a new role as the @FT's European Economics Commentator, writing comment and analysis of pan-European economic stories. Send your ideas my way!
- Replying to @betsy_kleinThat landscaping company must have made a good impression.
- Replying to @MESandbu and @BBCr4todayAnother looking-glass Goveism: imposing on EU-trading businesses the same bureaucracy as exports to the rest of the world, from which they have been free until now, they will give them greater "opportunity" to make those more bureaucratic exports elsewhere too.
- For my tweeps patiently awaiting a Brexit for Christmas, an advent treat. I just received an eBay shipment of an antiquarian book, and it came wrapped in a surprise choice of paper:
- The Economics of Belonging is out! My book on how to rebuild an economy that works for everyone without giving up on globalisation is available from today in hard cover, as an e-book and in audio. Get yours here: tinyurl.com/EcBelong.
- I am really honoured by the endorsements of my new book "The Economics of Belonging" by such great thinkers and writers - thanks to @rodrikdani, @DianeCoyle1859, @BaldwinRE, @stianwestlake and @anandMenon1. Available for pre-order now! press.princeton.edu/books/ebook/97…
