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Anthropic launches the Anthropic Economic Futures Program to bolster research on the impacts of AI and encourage new proposals on how to mitigate the downsides (Reed Albergotti/Semafor)
https://www.semafor.com/article/06/27/2025

Anthropic launches new effort to study AI’s economic impact
CEO Dario Amodei has warned of massive job losses because of AI and hopes research will help the world prepare.

Physics Will Cause the Economy to Shrink; a Look at the Next Ten Years
Our Finite World https://ourfiniteworld.com/2025/05/27/economic-contraction-coming-right-up/

Physics Will Cause the Economy to Shrink; a Look at the Next Ten Years
The world is hitting both energy and debt limits. Modeling and history show the expected results. Governments are particularly hit, as is higher education.

From The Conversation - Canada
What is modern monetary theory? An economist explains how it could help Canada
Few words spark more anxiety in public debate than “national debt” and “government deficit.” National debt is the total amount of money the government owes, accumulated over years of running deficits. Government deficit is when the government spends more money than it collects in taxes and other revenues.

What is modern monetary theory? An economist explains how it could help Canada
A heterodox school of economic thought known as modern monetary theory has significant implications for how Canadians understand public debt and deficit spending.

Americans grow uneasy about the economy | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/consumer-confidence-conference-board-economy-spending-1ef56ac698f194203848df1968567c85

Le long des nationales, la lente agonie des restos routiers
https://www.lemonde.fr/economie/article/2025/06/25/le-long-des-nationales-la-lente-agonie-des-restos-routiers_6615713_3234.html

Le long des nationales, la lente agonie des restos routiers
Le nombre de restaurants routiers a été divisé par dix depuis les années 1960. En cause, l’arrivée sur les routes françaises de nombreux chauffeurs étrangers, moins bien payés, qui n’ont pas les moyens de s’y arrêter, et l’exclusion des camions des anciennes routes nationales et des villes.

Weather affects economic growth in the short run. In the long run, the effect is insignificant except in a few extreme cases.
https://ideas.repec.org/p/arx/papers/2505.17946.html @…

The Effects of Climate and Weather on Economic Output: Evide
Estimating the effects of climate on economic output is crucial for formulating climate policy, but current empirical findings remain ambiguous. Using annual panel model and panel long-difference mode

L'économie russe va mal, et c'est une bonne nouvelle pour l'Ukraine et l'Europe.
https://legrandcontinent.eu/fr/2025/05/23/economie-russe-pour-comp…

The Economist is redesigning its app to show shorter stories during the week and longer reads on weekends; the publication says 85% of new subs are digital-only (Hanaa' Tameez/Nieman Lab)
https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/06/t…

Onze accountants in Nederland.....
"Volgens de Autoriteit Financiële Markten (AFM), die nauw met de Amerikaanse waakhond samenwerkte, hebben honderden medewerkers van Deloitte, PwC en EY vijf jaar lang gefraudeerd bij het maken van examens."
https://www.…

Accountantskantoren Deloitte, PwC en EY krijgen miljoenenboetes
Accountantskantoren Deloitte, PwC en EY zijn voor miljoenen beboet vanwege examenfraude. De Amerikaanse toezichthouder PCAOB heeft Deloitte en PwC een boete op van 3 miljoen dollar (zo'n 2,6 miljoen euro) en EY een boete van 2,5 miljoen dollar (ongeveer 2,15 miljoen euro) opgelegd.

European Commission says Meta has proposed limited changes to its pay-or-consent ad model, and Meta faces daily fines if it determines they are not sufficient (Reuters)
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/t

Meta will only make limited changes to pay-or-consent model, EU says
Meta Platforms made only limited changes to its pay-or-consent model, and EU regulators cannot confirm compliance with an antitrust order. The European Commission may impose periodic penalties starting June 27, if Meta continues to fail meeting the required standards.