Jack Calland

Our goal lies far in the distance, clearly visible. PhD @BlavatnikSchool @NuffieldCollege. Labour & social protection. 🇿🇦🇬🇧

[Jack Calland @jackcalland]

https://t.co/1KnYwJlJou

[Our World in Data @OurWorldInData]

Explore the data for your country: https://t.co/c4Flv1JxRM

[Jack Calland @jackcalland]

Neat chart from @OurWorldInData on immigrant and emigrant destinations.

[Johan Fourie @JohanFourieZA]

We are looking for students that studied at South African universities with a strong record in economics, mathematics and statistics, the curiosity to work on hard questions, and the patience to spend several years building real expertise. If that sounds like you – or a friend – you can read the details and apply at https://t.co/9pC9iO8qa5.

[Jack Calland @jackcalland]

I'm a lifelong Hockney fan and finally had the chance to see his work in person in Paris a few years ago. His "Year in Normandie" at l'Orangerie blew me away. Here's my little brother taking it in. RIP to a true pioneer.

[Seth Thompson @s3ththompson]

My favorite works will always be Hockney's colored pencil drawings.

How anyone can evoke this richness and vibrancy with such an economy of line is beyond me.

[八月 @8th_month]

ホックニーが住んでいた家は彼の作品世界そのものだった。

[Jack Calland @jackcalland]

@Thulani_Dlamini This is such sad news. I also learned a lot from Mlingani. Sorry for your loss Thulani.

[Jack Calland @jackcalland]

South Africa's murder rate is down 20% since 2024.

The end of load shedding seems to be best explanation for the drop.

It's striking that 50% of murders take place in just 12 policing precincts (out of nearly 1200).

@StephenGrootes https://t.co/oRKJJs5Ryg

[Olena Tregub @OTregub]

Apocalyptic bird nest.

A Russian glide bomb knocks down a tree in Donbas. From the shattered branches rolls out a tiny bird’s nest.

Made of drone fiber-optic cable.

Source: Oleg Malchenko

[Jack Calland @jackcalland]

People on this app would have Madiba jailed for this fit

[Jack Calland @jackcalland]

This discourse is silly. The design uses a stylised depiction of the flag; it is not an attempt to “display the national flag” in an official setting.

[Mbekezeli @MbekezeliMB]

The flag is wrong.

The South African flag should never, ever be displayed upside down.

When it’s vertical, ‘V’ should always be on top, the red on the left, blue on the right.

[Richard Calland @richardcalland]

#NewProfilePic

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

This belongs to all of us.

[Jack Calland @jackcalland]

@NewLeftEViews unfortunately lots of overlap of both groups recently

[Jack Calland @jackcalland]

South Africa slightly underrepresented in dev econ research based on the size of its poor population.

Yet SA is ineligible for certain funding because of its “upper middle income” status. The extent of its poverty is hidden by its extreme inequality.

[Jessica Leight @leightjessica]

What countries are overrepresented in dev research? Using new database of published dev papers, a scatterplot of papers published vs. log extremely poor population (<PPP $2.15 in 2021); left-truncated for < 100K ppl. Curve captures proportional representation (given log scale)

[Matthew Syed @matthewsyed]

The ministers urging Starmer to go are feeding the hysteria. The next leader will be subject to instant leadership speculation and the next, and the next, whether Labour, Reform or Tory. Britain is becoming ungovernable. And the media fixation on this tittle tattle is not helping

[Jack Calland @jackcalland]

@JesusFerna7026 @GalorOded @OmerOzakEcon There is also this recent WP on schooling’s role in social cohesion: https://t.co/FFsxEQtRnN

[Mail & Guardian @mailandguardian]

BREAKING: Phala Phala sinks President Cyril Ramaphosa. A major win for the EFF as the Constitutional Court rules the Phala Phala Parliamentary vote unconstitutional. The process now moves back to the National Assembly for the assembly of an impeachment committee.

For more visit https://t.co/fknaqFyNfg

#MailAndGuardian

[P @perwilo]

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[Mateo Hoyos @mathoyos]

I strongly agree that development economics should return to the big questions: why some countries industrialize, transform, and grow, while others do not. These are the questions that made the field central to economics and to policy in the first place. 1/6