Thomas Philippon
@ThomasPHI2
Economist. Dad. Rock climber. Author of The Great Reversal.
(1) New Working Paper: the fundamental driver of growth in modern economies, Total Factor Productivity (TFP), is linear, not exponential. This is a paper I did not expect to write...
🔴On entend souvent que les #Pesticides “naturels” utilisés en agriculture biologique seraient toujours moins toxiques que les pesticides de synthèse. Regardons deux cas concrets : Spinosad (AB) vs Acétamipride (conventionnel). Les données réservent des surprises. 👇
“US popularity collapses worldwide -China now more popular worldwide than the US -Israel emerged as the country with the worst global reputation" The 2025 Democracy Perception Index canvassed more than 110,000 respondents across 100 countries. politico.eu/article/usa-po…
Not sure people in the US realise this - the bubble shuts out all voices - but there is a swelling, global wave of revulsion against the US. Never seen anything comparable in my life
I don't ever want to hear any of you people ever utter the words "family values" or "protect children" ever again, because y'all just voted to hush what is arguably the biggest child sex-trafficking ring in all of history and are still worshipping the man who blocked it. I don't…
The Federal Reserve is NOT in the executive branch. Moreover, Jay Powell calmly corrected false information that was being used to smear him. He is not the villain here. Presidents are not kings, Powell does not work for Trump, and he has a right to defend himself.
No executive branch officer should even harbor—much less display—severe contempt for any POTUS And yet … Jay Powell clearly does The Fed is an unwieldy beast—one whose structure guarantees a state of enmity between the Fed chair and POTUS—and shouldn’t exist 🚨End the Fed!🚨
I clicked on the article; it is as silly as you'd expect
"Economics today resembles Catholic theology in medieval Europe: a rigid doctrine guarded by a modern priesthood who claim to possess the sole truth. Dissenters are shunned. ... Neoclassical economics has become the Aeroflot of ideas." Much truth in this.
Ds cet article de @lemondefr on pense que l'Anses indique texto qu'il y a des alternatives à l'acétamipride On creuse un peu on s'aperçoit que la citation du titre n'est pas de l'Anses On creuse encore + on s'aperçoit que l'Anses indique en ft que les alternatives sont + toxiques
La Stéphane de service du Monde planètes a trouvé des alternatives miracles à l'acétamipride sur les betteraves: pulvérisation de 2 insecticides sur la plante plutôt qu'un seul enrobé sur la graine, ce serait mieux ? lemonde.fr/planete/articl…
On vient de me montrer cette vidéo. Qui, paraît-il, fait un buzz. Et rien que le fait que ça fasse un buzz pose de lourdes questions sur le déclin du niveau scientifique de notre population et la désinformation journalistique criminelle. Débunkons un peu... Déjà le premier but de…
Gabriel Attal qui se fait découper avec précision c’est un petit plaisir coupable qui ne se refuse jamais
1.7 million views and 21,000 likes for a total lie, and an easily disproved lie at that. Honestly, what is wrong with people?
Obama’s 1961 ‘birth certificate’ listed him as an African American. That’s cool, but that ethnicity wasn’t officially termed until ~1980’s. So that’s weird.
Trump allegedly ‘crawled into her bed uninvited’ 🤮
Breaking News: The EPA said it would eliminate its scientific research arm and begin firing hundreds of scientists, after denying that it intended to do so. nyti.ms/4500xIU
I am so proud of my brave, brilliant colleagues @khadeeja_safdar and @joe_palazzolo, proud to live in a country where the founders put freedom of speech in the very first amendment, and proud to work at The Wall Street Journal. wsj.com/politics/trump… via @WSJ
I know I'm swimming against the mob ... but the widespread posting of the video of the CEO and his mistress at the concert is just unseemly. They are private citizens, they did not ask for the spotlight, and this is between them and their spouses. We don't have to be like this.
Empathy and learning to read.
What exactly is the left wing propaganda in Sesame Street???
Strange, I seem to remember this guy being in a position of authority not too long ago. Like Sullivan's op-ed on providing Ukraine weapons, they talk tough as soon as they’re out of office. I called them "book tour warriors" after Obama's people did similar.
👇Blinken: "About $300B of russian assets are frozen in European banks, and we have been able to use the interest from these funds to help Ukraine. I believe Europeans should agree to use the assets ..This is the best way to pay for what needs to be done"
This paper challenges a classic antitrust assumption: 📉 Third-degree price discrimination often REDUCES output & welfare vs. uniform pricing. 🛒 Using supermarket data, it finds Bork-style output tests may understate harm. ⚠️ Logit demand fails badly and masks welfare losses.
Aren’t the reporters at the WS Journal just doing what you asked them to do?
Forgive my language but this story is complete and utter bullshit. The WSJ should be ashamed for publishing it. Where is this letter? Would you be shocked to learn they never showed it to us before publishing it? Does anyone honestly believe this sounds like Donald Trump?
I have said many times on this site that for 30 years I was an election analyst for CBS News. I was so proud of what we did. To watch the news division and the broader network go into the toilet over. The last decade was painful and frustrating. But canceling Colbert? 1
CBS canceled Colbert’s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump – a deal that looks like bribery. America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons. Watch and share his message.