Till Leopold

[World Economic Forum @wef]

Full of self-employment and side hustles, the modern #jobs market is increasingly complex. Do we have the #data we need on it? https://t.co/0RuxOkg0zk #WEF26 @UBS

[Bruno Maçães @MacaesBruno]

The US having control over Venezuela’s oil will feel more confident it can afford a war with Iran. But China now less able to afford American control over both Venezuela and Iran. Result is Iran war is growing more and more dangerous (with Israel demanding it for tomorrow)

[Surplus | Das Wirtschaftsmagazin @surplusmagazin]

Die Weltwirtschaft befindet sich in Aufruhr. Adam Tooze ordnet ein, wie es um sie steht.
https://t.co/xkLHGt22vU

[TalentCorp Malaysia @TalentCorpMsia]

🌍 𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐍 𝐋𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤

The 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐜 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐮𝐦 (WEF) and 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐩 co-hosted a high-level roundtable at the 2025 International Labour Conference in Geneva, bringing together regional ministers and global partners for a focused dialogue on workforce transformation.

Opening the session, WEF Managing Director 𝐌𝐬. 𝐒𝐚𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐙𝐚𝐡𝐢𝐝 shared key insights from the Forum’s Future of Jobs 2025 report. With AI, the green economy, and geopolitical shifts reshaping labour markets, she stressed, “This is not something any country or business should be thinking about separately. There is value in coordination, collaboration, and co-creation.”

[World Economic Forum @wef]

Who Benefits from Augmentation? with Mohamed Kande (@PwC), @luc_triangle (@ituc), @AlOraibi (@TheNationalNews), @may_habib (@Get_Writer) and @imravikumars (@Cognizant) #wef25 https://t.co/SUrwrPiwyt

[Daron Acemoglu @DAcemogluMIT]

I am deeply honored to have been awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for 2024, together with my friends and colleagues Simon Johnson and James Robinson.
https://t.co/sC8geaeex3

[World Bank Group Publications @WBGPubs]

The #InformationTech sector is expanding twice as fast as the global economy & creating jobs at 6x the rate!

How can lower-income countries leverage this trend to spur inclusive economic growth? https://t.co/bjXVedJhaF

#WBGDigitalProgress

[Till Leopold @TALeopold]

Escaping the New Gilded Age by Daron Acemoglu @ProSyn https://t.co/Qh1rTkaRYd

[Rethinking Economics @rethinkecon]

One of the founders of Rethinking Economics delivered her maiden speech in the UK Parliament last week as MP for Earley and Woodley

@YuanfenYang mentioned Rethinking & how detached economic debate is from real world crises

(But first watch her perfectly timed econ puns!)

[Gabriel Zucman @gabriel_zucman]

Thrilled to release this paper using fantastic Danish administrative data to study how people responded to the automatic exchange of bank information

This is one of the most important advances in international cooperation of the last decades—and it had spectacular effects
👇👇👇

[Gabriel Zucman @gabriel_zucman]

Officially declaring a tax-the-billionaires summer

With Brazil's leadership at the G20, Labour's victory in the UK, the Left's victory in France, and growing demand everywhere for ending the great tax injustice of our time, the time has come!

https://t.co/jiKYvn8LPw

[Jens Südekum @jsuedekum]

Heute ist ein aufregender Tag für alle Regionalforscher in 🇩🇪, denn gerade wurde der allererste „Gleichwertigkeitsbericht“ vorgestellt.

Ein Kompendium mit 102 Landkarten (!), darunter Material, das man so noch nie gesehen hat.

Hier meine persönlichen TOP 3 Highlights 🧵

[Daron Acemoglu @DAcemogluMIT]

Thank you @UNUWIDER, you can read the paper at the link they share. Though the origins of this research predate ChatGPT, the implications have become even more urgent in recent years.

You can also watch the 26th WIDER Annual Lecture here: https://t.co/ld85Uv7oii

[World Economic Forum @wef]

Global #growth has been slower in the past decade compared to previous ones, and the post-pandemic recovery is losing momentum.

Read the @wef’s Future of Growth report to gain a deeper understanding of the underlying nature and quality of growth:

https://t.co/XXGrUhK5Lv

[CEPR @cepr_org]

New CEPR Discussion Paper - DP18655
The World’s Rust Belts: Heterogeneous Effects of Deindustrialization on 1,993 Cities in 6 Countries
@GagliarL @Unibocconi, Enrico Moretti @UCBerkeley @berkeleyecon, @MichSerafinelli @UoE_Economics
https://t.co/7K46ulS1Gq
#CEPR_EH, #CEPR_ITRE

[John Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch]

NEW: Generative AI is already taking white collar jobs

An ingenious study by @xianghui90 @oren_reshef @Zhou_Yu_AI looked at what happened on a huge online freelancing platform after ChatGPT launched last year.

The answer? Freelancers got fewer jobs, and earned much less

[Daron Acemoglu @DAcemogluMIT]

The website for @MITShapingWork, which I co-direct with @davidautor and @baselinescene, is now live. We share our research on the future of work, upcoming events, news articles, podcasts, and videos. Find out how you can work with us: https://t.co/OxrTqd0vE0

[GermanForeignOffice @GermanyDiplo]

Yes. And it’s called saving lives.

[Gabriel Zucman @gabriel_zucman]

VERY excited for the upcoming publication of our @taxobservatory inaugural Global Tax Evasion Report

Out on October 23!

[UNESCO-UNEVOC #education #skills #training @UNEVOC]

Without a skilled workforce as the backbone, innovative green sectors cannot grow & the desired green jobs & employment effects cannot be created.

The #TVET sector must ensure that curricula, standards & teaching strategies align with today's green skills demands. #DialogueForum