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Governance, productivity and economic development
Cuong Le Van (CNRS, PSE, CES), Ngoc-Sang Pham (EM Normandie), Thi Kim Cuong Pham (EconomiX), Binh Tran-Nam (RMIT)
https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.13099

Governance, productivity and economic development
This paper explores the interplay between transfer policies, R\&D, corruption, and economic development using a general equilibrium model with heterogeneous agents and a government. The government collects taxes, redistributes fiscal revenues, and undertakes public investment (in R\&D, infrastructure, etc.). Corruption is modeled as a fraction of tax revenues that is siphoned off and removed from the economy. We first establish the existence of a political-economic equilibrium. Then, using an a…

There’s another name for that…
Analysis | The U.S. Marches Toward State Capitalism With American Characteristics - The Wall Street Journal https://apple.news/AX_EJXTACTMSc4TPv3huykQ

Trump is recklessly shredding our economic advantages in the global economy.
Companies that are looking to make investments shouldn’t have to worry if Trump has cooked the books on economic data--but that’s exactly what’s happening following his decision.
-- Katie Porter

Firing of labor statistics head undermines trust in key data, ex-Trump official warns
President Trump is expected to nominate a new head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics this week, days after firing Commissioner Erika McEntarfer following the release of a disappointing jobs report. The president dismissed the data as “rigged” and “manipulated for political purposes.” Geoff Bennett discussed more with William Beach, the commissioner of labor statistics during the first Trump term.

A New Digital Divide? Coder Worldviews, the Slop Economy, and Democracy in the Age of AI
Jason Miklian, Kristian Hoelscher
https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.04755 https://

A New Digital Divide? Coder Worldviews, the Slop Economy, and Democracy in the Age of AI
Digital technologies are transforming democratic life in conflicting ways. This article bridges two perspectives to unpack these tensions. First, we present an original survey of software developers in Silicon Valley, interrogating how coder worldviews, ethics, and workplace cultures shape the democratic potential and social impact of the technologies they build. Results indicate that while most developers recognize the power of their products to influence civil liberties and political discours…

"Australia has an Everest to climb if it wants to protect itself from climate catastrophe. But do we have the
political resolve? | Erwin Jackson"
#Australia #Climate #ClimateChange…

"This report investigates the corporate machinery sustaining Israel’s settler-colonial project of displacement and replacement of the Palestinians in the occupied territory. While political leaders and governments shirk their obligations, far too many corporate entities have profited from Israel’s economy of illegal occupation, #apartheid and now,

A number of companies, including many of the country's most quintessentially American brands,
have warned that growing anti-Americanism as a result of Donald Trump's tariffs
could end up hurting their success overseas.
Experts believe that the trend,
if it translates into a broad-based shift in consumer behavior,
could prove to be a significant headwind for the companies
while taking a significant toll on the broader U.S. economy.

Major US Brands Sound Alarm Over Rising Anti-American Sentiment
A number of all-American companies have noted an uptick in anti-U.S. sentiment linked to ongoing trade and political tensions.

When Clear Skies Cloud Trust: Environmental Cues and the Paradox of Confidence in Government
Xiangzhe Xu, Ran Wu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.23554 https://a…

When Clear Skies Cloud Trust: Environmental Cues and the Paradox of Confidence in Government
Government trust, as a core concept in political economy and public policy research, serves as a fundamental cornerstone of democratic legitimacy and state capacity. This paper examines how environmental conditions, particularly sunlight efficiency, influence reported government trust through both affective and cognitive mechanisms. Leveraging World Values Survey Wave 7 data merged with NASA POWER high-frequency weather data, we propose and validate a novel ``salience and attribution'' mechanis…

A new Gallup survey of Trump’s first six months in office finds Trump with a 37% approval rating among adults
-- a new low across all pollsters
-- and losing ground on all issues.
Strikingly, Gallup finds that just 38% of Americans approve of how Trump is handling immigration,
and 37% approve of his job on the economy
— the two issues that probably won him the 2024 election.
Trump has lost double digits on handling the federal budget and 6 points on trade…

Trump's approval with independents sinks below Biden's, Trump's post-Jan. 6 | Weekly roundup for July 27, 2025
This week in political data: Gallup's newsy poll; New Pew benchmark data; Senate ratings; Manufacturing prices increase; and AI disrupting news traffic