Excellent excerpt of Rory Stewart’s new book Politics on the Edge podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

"when your time is running out, why waste it on worrying about what might happen, enjoy each day as it comes" garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/waking-from-…

🥁 Our new WP "From the Death of God to the Rise of Hitler" 👇 See Joachim Voth's 🧵 below.

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And the Economics Job Market begins. Warwick Economics is a great place to work! econjobmarket.org/positions/9917

Virtual issue of JEH in honour of Claudia Goldin: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

We are 1m volunteers today for Our Future Health! You can help improve #OurFutureHealth by reaching the 5m goal. If you're unsure you should join, just let me know and I'll tell you about my experience last June. Everyone counts!

“We need to move away from the fax-machine age” - Professor Dennis Novy tells National Security inquiry that it is time to get serious about data CAGE @ Warwick Warwick Economics warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/econom…

Very sad, though unsurprising, news coming out of Russia today. For every opposing voice lost, others will stand. RIP Navalny #Navalny

I saw his hearse & his coffin. I saw thousands of Russians paying him their last respects. But it’s still hard to believe that Alexei Navalny is dead. Among his supporters there's disbelief & defiance. Our report from Moscow. Producer Liza Camera anton chicherov & team

Muscovites today are placing flowers on the grave of Alexei Navalny. Messages, too. Written on one piece of paper: “This is the candidate we wanted.”

@RolfatWarwic… despite the beautiful sound of Brahms Lullaby, this is NOT a #RelaxWithRolf video, but you have to wait until the end to see why. Rolfie sleeps when Rolfie wants to sleep! 😂🥰🐈‍⬛🐾🎶 #RolfRules

The internal organization of empire contributed to the choice of ocean shipping technology, Portugal’s decline & ascendancy of the Dutch in the 17th century, according to Claudia Rei in an exciting new paper in Social Science History. Open access! doi.org/10.1017/ssh.20…

Always remember those that stand against tyranny and oppression.

Important research on how environmental imbalances threaten human lives by my colleague Anant Sudarshan at Warwick Economics bbc.com/news/articles/…

Looking forward to a new term in a few weeks with lots of new friends. Rolf x

"History is a complicated business. There are high plateaus and also a good deal of swamp." open.substack.com/pub/garrisonke…