Grateful to Emmanuel Saez for this generous discussion of my work, putting it in the broader perspective, out today in JEP🙏

The JEP commissions such pieces every year, which can serve as useful introduction to a literature (here on inequality, tax etc)

pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10…

Congratulations. It’s taking too long to find a cure, or a way to stop the progression of #ALS .

Lookout Santa Cruz, a news site that didn't exist four years ago, just won a #Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the storms that ravaged California in 2023.

Here's a summary page of those stories:

lookout.co/storms-2023-ro…

Of the 11 outlets that won journalism Pulitzers, none were owned by hedge funds, 0 owned by private equity, 2 in publicly traded companies, 4 were nonprofit, 5 were family owned #futureoflocalnews

We'll be marking the anniversary of Evan Gershkovich's detention in Moscow at this year's free Marie Colvin Lecture at SUNY - The State University of New York Global Center NYC this Monday with Emma Tucker, editor-in-chief The Wall Street Journal. Kick off 3pm with great panel on 'Coping with Crisis' SBU School of Communication and Journalism Committee to Protect Journalists 1/

PM #Orban sued several news outlets for picking up foreign stories that said Austrian retail chain #Spar was taking some of its money out of #Hungary as they feared a takeover attempt by a businessman close to the government

Deadly human smuggling through Mexico thrives in ‘perfect cycle of impunity’ icij.org/inside-icij/20… via ICIJ

Exclusive: As Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was basking in U.S. adulation on June 22, an officer in India’s intelligence service was relaying final instructions to a hired hit team to kill one of Modi’s most vocal critics in the United States. wapo.st/3WjjzY0

Tremendous piece. 👇

New from me The Atlantic: Why is your veterinary bill for your dog or cat so high? You can thank corporate and private equity ownership of once independent vet practices. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

what a nice compliment for ICIJ

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Agreed. The history and sociology of media industries is rarely taken into account when contemporaries (academics, students, even pundits) pontificate about its effects.

Congrats to the Financial Times’s Miles Johnson for winning a big Overseas Press Club award for his investigation into #Prigozhin ’s criminal empire!

Analysis | If, following today’s oral arguments, the Supreme Court does not rule that presidents have absolute immunity, Biden must sit down for an on-the-record interview with America’s Paper of Record.

My thanks to all of the EU deputy chiefs of mission and Michael Curtis and his colleagues at the EU DC HQ for their interest in Evan Gershkovich and the broader assault on press freedom in Russia and around the world. We appreciate it. #IStandWithEvan

Note to self: read Joe’s book. Just what’s needed now. Bravo.

newyorker.com/news/our-colum… @josephestiglitz my hubby's book in the New Yorker today.

.Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project partner and birdbg journalist Dimitar Stoyanov has been released from jail by police and his phone returned. Charges may still be filed. We continue to monitor the situation.

New ethical guidelines for tax professionals announced following global scandals icij.org/investigations… via ICIJ