Salvatore Morelli
@MorelliSal
Income/wealth distribution & public economics @Giur_Roma_Tre (Law Dep); Director of http://wealthproject.gc.cuny.edu @stone_lis; -@csef_unina; Coordinamento @DD_forum;
The avg young person today is on course to spend 25 years of their life on their phone. (Plus more on other screens). Most of them don't want to live this way, but feel trapped. How about we delay giving smartphones and tablets till at least 14? thetimes.com/uk/technology-…
Excruciating and beautifully written words. "To keep it locked inside would be to let this hunger consume even the voice that names it."
“Living in Gaza now requires a choreography of absence. We don’t walk; we drift. We don’t eat; we search. We don’t sleep; we remain alert, ears tuned to the sound that will send us running. Survival is a ritual of adaptation in a world that offers none.” @AlaaQAlQaisi
Two asset types are often excluded from conventional stats: consumer durables & offshore financial wealth. Yet they shape how wealth is distributed across households. Learn how to visualize these aggregates on the GC Wealth Project site👇 wealthproject.gc.cuny.edu/news/article.h…
1/2 📢 Call for Papers – Workshop on Employment Dynamics and Wage Structures in the 21st Century: Bridging Microdata and Policy 📌 Panmure House, Edinburgh 🧷Keynote speakers: John Haltiwanger (University of Maryland) and Isaac Sorkin (Stanford University)
After promoting its drones with a video attacking an unarmed civilian in north Gaza, @RAFAELdefense has removed the video, which has been saved by multiple media agencies. Looks like somebody is trying to erase the evidence of direct involvement in war crimes and genocide.
Rafael, an Israeli arms manufacturer, uses footage of a Palestinian being targeted and killed by a Spike FireFly drone in northern Gaza as a promotional material for its military products.
BOGOTÁ 🇨🇴🇵🇸 — Day 1: 30 nations gathered for a historic conference to halt the Gaza genocide. "Palestine is not alone."
This study from 2023 showed that the more we know about climate change, the more we appear to expect it to incur higher costs, generally speaking... "Here I present a meta-analysis of published estimates showing that the social cost of carbon has increased as knowledge about…
📄Sul #Menabò di @EticaEconomia illustriamo i punti salienti della discussione al recente convegno di @OxfamItalia su potenzialità e prospettive di imposte #selettive sulla #ricchezza 👉tinyurl.com/3snxbv4s 📺Per rivedere i lavori del convegno 👉tinyurl.com/3dfteuc8
Sono a Siena, in Italia! 🇮🇹 Fuggito da Gaza, ora studio italiano e sarò ricercatore ospite all’Università per Stranieri. La mia famiglia è ancora lì: darò voce a chi non può parlare 🎙️ Grazie a chi ha reso tutto questo possibile❤️ @tomasomontanari
una data storica: a giugno la produzione da #solare ha superato quella da #nucleare in Europa
NEW | Solar generated a RECORD 22% of EU electricity in June 2025, becoming the top power source for the first time ever☀️ Record #solar in most EU countries helped power systems grapple with high demand from ongoing heatwaves⚡ ember-energy.org/latest-insight…
13 EU countries set new solar power records in June 2025 🏆☀️ The top two saw #solar provide MORE THAN A THIRD of their electricity: - Netherlands: 40.5% (4.39 TWh) - Greece: 35.1% (1.52 TWh) ember-energy.org/latest-insight…
One of the challenges to understanding climate change is that extremes don't necessarily change in the same way as averages. In Western Europe, for example, the hottest day of the year is warming noticeably faster than the average summer day.
Huge amount of Israeli bombing in Gaza overnight and today with 70+ killed since dawn includ Dr Shehada Mahmoud Asqoul, the former Head of Pulmonology at Nasser Hosp killed in his tent - plus a cafe full of journos and others kills another 20+
A successfull and stimulating 2nd edition of the Lofoten Int'l Symposium on Inequality & Taxation (#LISIT2025)!
The 2nd Lofoten Int'l Symposium on Inequality & Taxation (#LISIT2025) is now history! A fabulous 2-day workshop with a stellar group of economists & public finance scholars, surrounded by the stunning peaks & sea views that only the Lofoten islands can offer. Thread below👇
Oggi, per oltre mezzo milione di ragazzi inizia il mitico #EsameDiMaturità. Un rito stressante che segna un passaggio significativo della vita dei giovani! Una preghiera per loro, per i genitori e per gli insegnanti esaminatori.