Maria Abreu
Prof. of Economic Geography and Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge. My work is on labour markets, migration, planning, and regional policy. I also love photography and baking, and have a crazy cocker spaniel called Fonzie.
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- Reposted by Maria AbreuThere's more. On 31 March 2010, Lord Mandelson's principal private secretary sent him a note of a meeting between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Larry Summers, US Treasury Secretary. Lord Mandelson forwarded it to Jeffrey Epstein five minutes later.
- Reposted by Maria AbreuBREAKING on ft website: Lord Peter Mandelson leaked a sensitive UK government document to Jeffrey Epstein while he was business secretary that proposed £20bn of asset sales and revealed Labour’s tax policy plans www.ft.com/content/fdf7...
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- Reposted by Maria AbreuOne overlooked aspect is that graduates are now forecast to cover 83% of higher education costs – the funding system has been almost entirely privatised.
- Reposted by Maria AbreuGuyana 2026: Along a forest road, we watched a pair of White-throated Toucans flying to and from their nest cavity. Sometimes we'd see them peeking out before they took off again. It was only later, when we examined the photos, that we realized their chick was also looking out the window!
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- Trying to read a (very dense) chapter for the reading group tomorrow, but the dog has other ideas.
- He’s not giving up.
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- Reposted by Maria Abreu#econsky et al. I am happy to announce the #call_for_papers for the 2026 Economics of Mental Health Workshop! The workshop is hosted by @peibich.bsky.social at Paris Dauphine and takes place from June 22-23. They keynotes are @jcmecon.bsky.social & Marco Bertoni. 1/n
- Reposted by Maria AbreuMost households currently subject to the two-child limit have at least one adult in work. Of the minority of households not in work, more than nine-in-ten have a child under three or a disabled family member with additional care needs, making any return to the labour market challenging.
- This is very interesting. It also shows the value of analysing the same question using different (quantitative and qualitative) methods.
- Reposted by Maria AbreuImportant ethnography by Diana Enriquez, putting some flesh on the survey findings reported by Lindsay Ellis in the WSJ. Fascinating that these organizational pathologies are currently so widespread.
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- Reposted by Maria Abreu🧵 @jburnmurdoch.ft.com is spot on about the conditions in his FT piece. Liberal democracy held it together thanks to growth, good demographics, and the promise of a better future. Those days are gone, and that’s the "why" behind the erosion. However...
- Democratic politicians have, though, pursued growth in GDP at the expense of other values. One response to @jburnmurdoch.ft.com pessimistic scenario is refocus on those values, combined with egalitarianism, sufficiency and quality of life. Not "it's the economy, stupid" but "it's the the society"
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- Reposted by Maria AbreuThis interview is very funny. www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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- Reposted by Maria AbreuCow Tools! We have lived alongside cows for nearly 10,000 years. We breed them and exploit them It is now, only now, that we have discovered THEY CAN USE TOOLS Here I describe our study (paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... in @currentbiology.bsky.social with @auersperga.bsky.social
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- Fonzie in the place that he loves best (Ilkley Moor).
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- Reposted by Maria AbreuThis photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition, The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance Iconic imo
- Reposted by Maria AbreuJust imagine - you’re a cat, with presumably a house, but you ignore that house and come instead to *my* house, and you walk in like you own the place, and come and go as you please and do whatever you like whenever you like. Just imagine how smug you’d be. Pretty smug? Not as smug as this bastard.
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- Does anyone know of any shop in London selling music cassettes (second hand or new)?
- Reposted by Maria Abreu✂️ Yesterday I finally responded to @agakowalska.bsky.social’s challenge to make a collage from a single piece of packaging. I present to you a green (tea) woodpecker, made from a big Yorkshire Tea box. It was fun and I’ll be rooting through our recycling bin for more materials later on ♻️
- Every day we wake up to a new horror or disaster in the making.
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- Really good programme right now on BBC 6Music about the making of David Bowie’s Low.
