Philipp Strack

Economic Theorist at Yale

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

I renew my appeal for an end to the ongoing violence against the Palestinian civilian population in the West Bank, and I urgently call on the international community to work toward advancing the two-state solution, for a just and lasting peace.

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

I continue to follow with deep concern the ongoing and escalating violence in the #HolyLand, where, in recent days, many civilians, both in the West Bank and in Gaza, have once again fallen victim. I make a heartfelt appeal for a return to negotiations to achieve a just political solution, founded on the equal dignity and equal rights of every human person. At the same time, I urge the rejection of further military actions and unilateral decisions, especially those that violate the respect for and the status quo of the holy places of every religion.

[B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم @btselem]

The ʿAsʿus family was about to sit down for dinner when they heard gunfire from the street. Everyone rushed to take cover. Two-year-old Layla was sitting in her mother’s lap when a bullet struck her in the head. She was later pronounced dead at the hospital. The shooters were Israeli soldiers who had were carrying out a raid in a neighboring home in the village of Muthallath a-Shuhada in Jenin District, on 25 January 2025.

Layla is one of 54 children and teens killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank in 2025. Our new report, Unshielded Childhood, released this week, tells their stories and the circumstances that led to each of their deaths.

Since October 2023, Israel has killed 241 children and teenagers in the West Bank, the highest number of Palestinian minors killed there since the territory was occupied in 1967. This is the result of an Israeli policy that enables and backs the killing of Palestinians, without anyone being held to account.

Read our latest report, "Unshielded Childhood" >> https://t.co/yAs8NcDZl8

[Philipp Strack @philippstrack85]

@skominers @axiommathai Wow, that is super neat!! How long did it take you to formalize the proof? How long to learn how to use lean? Do you think this is realistic to do for a paper before submitting it?

[Philipp Strack @philippstrack85]

@MartelliniPaolo @paulg Agree, an income / wealth / capital gains tax will have different effects on different people depending on the sources of their income (which correlates with their place in the wealth distribution). This is the point I wanted to make with the illustrative table.

[Philipp Strack @philippstrack85]

@paulg Thank you, hadn't caught the footnote. I think a wealth tax is politically palatable, beyond your point that people probably underestimate its size, because the equivalent income tax differs substantially across segments of the population (whose share of capital income varies):