@kevinhorourke.eurosky.social
Economist and economic historian. Directeur de Recherche, CNRS and Professor of Economics, Sciences Po, Paris.
Website: kevinhorourke.com
@kevinhorourke.eurosky.socialAs far as I can see this is virtually the only leverage the US still has vis à vis Ukraine and Europe. It might not enjoy the consequences of carrying out the threat.
@kevinhorourke.eurosky.socialI am so sad to hear of the death of Chris Wickham, an outstanding medievalist and (among many other things) a great economic historian. He was also an outstandingly good academic citizen, who in every respect left the rest of us in the shade, and a very nice man. May he rest in peace.
@kevinhorourke.eurosky.socialUden fast ansættelse er der ingen akademisk frihed. Og det gælder ikke kun, når det drejer sig om politisk følsomme emner. Jeg ved ikke om danskere er klar over hvor mærkeligt og skadeligt det er, at akademikere i landet ikke har "tenure".
@kevinhorourke.eurosky.socialUden fast ansættelse er der ingen akademisk frihed. Og det gælder ikke kun, når det drejer sig om politisk følsomme emner. Hvis en rektor mener, at der nu skal forskes inden for et andet område, og jeg bliver fyret, så har jeg ingen akademisk frihed. Det er en skam for Danmark.
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@kevinhorourke.eurosky.socialEurope has a pretty obvious political interest in US diesel prices being high as we approach the midterms, so hopefully this will not have much of an impact...
@kevinhorourke.eurosky.socialThis is a good article and I would love to see the play. It reminds me yet again how today’s economics is so apparently utilitarian, yet so uninterested in the actual wellsprings of utility.
It is not a sensible discipline from which to draw your philosopher kings.
@kevinhorourke.eurosky.socialIt has just been pointed out to me that there are five economic history journals in this recent list of top 100 economics journals. Something for economics departments to ponder, and it gives me some hope not just for economic history but for economics...
#econhist
@arbejdsmyren.bsky.socialReposted by @kevinhorourke.eurosky.social@kevinhorourke.eurosky.socialReliable, unless you are expecting us to live up to our WTO commitment to you not to discriminate against you as regards trade policy. A deal is a deal but not that one, it doesn't suit us right now.
@kevinhorourke.eurosky.socialIreland would be well advised to learn from continental Europe where this dangerous pest has already spread widely, spurring efforts to control it as for example here:
www.frelonsasiatiques.fr
@k2mey.eurosky.socialReposted by @kevinhorourke.eurosky.socialThis is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them!
@mediapart.frReposted by @kevinhorourke.eurosky.social« Les banques sont toutes détenues par des juifs » : Jordan Bardella face à ses écrits antisémites
Une enquête à lire en intégralité sur Mediapart 👉 https://l.mediapart.fr/lPl
@kevinhorourke.eurosky.social"Unverständnis und Kritik an der Entscheidung in Heidenau kommt auch vom Künstler und Erfinder der Stolpersteine, Gunter Demnig. Der Beschluss passe nicht zum "C" in der CDU. Was die AfD anbelange sei er allerdings nicht sehr erstaunt - nach den Aussagen der Partei zum Thema deutsche Vergangenheit."
@retractionwatch.comReposted by @kevinhorourke.eurosky.socialWeekend reads: ‘The Weimar of knowledge’; ‘Could AI Be Better at Peer Review Than Humans?’; guidelines in South Korea ban hidden prompts, restrict AI use
@kevinhorourke.eurosky.socialMan City verdict: A great victory — but ‘best league in world’ reduced to rubble
@saulstaniforth.bsky.socialReposted by @kevinhorourke.eurosky.social"Intl humanitarian law must apply consistently to all people, all places.. if not it just becomes a menu you can choose from when, for some political reasons, you want to criticise someone" Norways foreign minister at yesterdays Hague Group meeting on defending intl law
@saulstaniforth.bsky.socialReposted by @kevinhorourke.eurosky.socialThe foreign minister of Malaysia spelled it out yesterday: "International law cannot be an optional menu where rules apply only when convenient. If the system is to survive, impunity cannot be tolerated"
@saulstaniforth.bsky.socialReposted by @kevinhorourke.eurosky.socialProfessor of intl law William Schabas explains that there's an article in the Rome Statute (which established the International Criminal Court) that calls on state parties to prosecute those who target & harass court officials.
@kevinhorourke.eurosky.socialI do think that editors need to be given more resources. If every not-obviously-fake submission could be fact checked by someone before it crosses our desk that might help. But the current situation is unsustainable.
@kevinhorourke.eurosky.socialPart of the response has to be to punish fraudsters. And maybe part of the response will be that “if this paper COULD HAVE BEEN” generated by AI we will desk reject it. I don’t know what will happen, but spending time dealing with this stuff as an editor or referee will strike many as not worthwhile
