Many Ukrainians face a tough winter ahead. My 70-year old uncle has been chopping firewood to make sure him and his wife have heat. My cousins have been terrified by recent attacks, and some have lost power and water. Here's how you can help people like them directly.

The relationship between the current yield curve and what the Fed should do and say going forward is a complicated issue. A few thoughts. 1/

From which sources to follow news about Iran? First of all, avoid the The New York Times It systematically and largely misrepresents the situation in Iran (many Iranians in New York protested against the NYT bldg and have unsubscribed from it)... Below, I mention 3 sources: (1/5)

3. CNN was silent for a while but has started to cover Iranian news more seriously. I was impressed by research they have put here: cnn.com/2022/10/27/mid… (5/5)

It is not businesses that have flooded the U.S. elections with money. It is another type of "corporations". I write about it in this piece 👇

Per Gallup News, "Americans support publicly funded federal campaigns, and it is not too late for a reform like the 1970’s Federal Election Campaign Act", writes Matilde Bombardini ms.spr.ly/6012don3Q #ElectionDay

BPP group at Haas looking for broadly defined "sustainability" candidates. Senior and junior please apply here by 11/28: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF03552

A new paper examines the relationship between rising concentration in institutional investors’ ownership of publicly traded U.S. firms and portfolio companies’ political giving. Ray Fisman, with Marianne Bertrand, Matilde Bombardini, Francesco Trebbi, and Eyub Yegen: promarket.org/2023/02/10/inv…

How are the relationships between the US, China, Europe, and the Global South changing? Hear from a distinguished panel of experts on Thurs, 2/16 at 12pm in Spieker Forum, Chou Hall. Registration: haas.org/3lnsabP Clausen Center SocialScienceMatrix Laura D. Tyson

Investing in influence Marianne Bertrand Chicago Booth, Matilde Bombardini Haas School of Business, Ray Fisman BU Economics, Francesco Trebbi Haas School of Business, Eyub Yegen HKUST ow.ly/noBi50NhN33

Interested in deglobalization, chips trade wars, the future of the dollar and international trade and climate? Stellar lineup at our Clausen Conference Nov 18 includes Chad P. Bown Pinelopi Goldberg Matteo Maggiori Register: clausen.berkeley.edu/clausen-confer…

As moderator Nov 18 Clausen Conf. Panel on Semiconductors Export Restrictions, still hoping to hear view Bureau of Industry and Security, in charge of implementing US export restrictions: standing invitation to U/S Estevez + his team Haas School of Business BISgov tinyurl.com/4f32pe45

🙌Joining our semiconductor panel at the Clausen Conference on November 18: Ronnie Chatterji (Duke), former White House Advisor for the CHIPS Act, and Matt Borman from the Bureau and Industry and Security BISgov. Join us at Haas School of Business Register here tinyurl.com/4f32pe45

Join UC Berkeley’s Clausen Center for the 2023 Conference on Global Economic Issues: "Deglobalization and Fragmentation," on Sat., November 18. Pinelopi Goldberg, Elihu Professor of Economics and Professor of Management at Yale, will keynote. haas.org/3FUw5Uh

IMF Chief Economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas will moderate session on International Trade, Environment and Energy at Clausen Conference this Sat Nov 18 w/ great panelists Catherine Wolfram, Joseph Shapiro and Cullen Hendrix. Register here 👉tinyurl.com/5dsk9hrw

Including my panel on the future of the dollar with Matteo Maggiori, Gene Frieda and Patricia Mosser.

Trade-energy-environment policy meets academia! Looking forward to discussing carbon tariffs, Russia sanctions, Inflation Reduction Act/friendshoring, related Sat at free Clausen conference tinyurl.com/5dsk9hrw with Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas , Matilde Bombardini, Cullen Hendrix, C Wolfram

Excited to be on the job market! ➡️My website: shorturl.at/fmqsv Here is my #JMP: "How Big Is the Big Push? The Macroeconomic Effects of a Large-Scale Regional Development Program" ➡️Full draft: shorturl.at/jEHIT A thread for #Econtwitter⬇️ 1/10

A major new center devoted to next-generation behavioral #economics research has launched at the university where the field was born. Announcing the O'Donnell Center for Behavioral Economics, led by Prof. Ulrike Malmendier: haas.org/3MTVeCm UC Berkeley

This was a dream come true! Trade__Talks is an integral part of my course and it really inspires students to learn more about trade policy and research, so this is a huge honor! Thank you Chad P. Bown for the phenomenal service to our trade community.