Oleg Itskhoki

@itskhoki

Professor of Economics @Harvard.
Infrequently tweet thoughts and re-post links, rarely engage on this platform, looking forward to a less toxic social media.

Cambridge MA itskhoki.com Joined May 2012

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Oleg Itskhoki @itskhoki Apr 5, 2025

*Trade war: my theory of the case*
1. What is the goal/ideal outcome/trump admin hopes: 10% tariff across the board with no retaliation + direct non-tariff favors from other countries to settle this at 10% + a possible full-scale bilateral trade war with China. (1/n)

Oleg Itskhoki @itskhoki Sep 14

Ominous indeed: an “unexpected” consequence of the brutal five-year-long war in Europe is that the most cruel dictatorship of the 21st century develops the leading weapon technology

youtu.be/ZNtevnJe_8k?is…

www.youtube.com Eric Schmidt on the war in Ukraine, AI and how Russia is innovating It’s been said this year that Ukraine has had some successes on the...

Oleg Itskhoki @itskhoki Jul 7, 2025

Slides for today's @nberpubs ITI session on trade war, streamed here: nber.org/conferences/si…

dropbox.com/scl/fi/d7nhquk…

Trade Diversion (Jonathan Dingel) @TradeDiversion Jul 7, 2025

Headed to NBER SI. In addition to seeing the latest research, I'm looking forward to the panels on "The Future Impacts Of Current Trade Policy" (@itskhoki, @skalemliozcan, @akhandelwal8, Rodriguez-Clare) & "The Future of the Global Economy" (@itskhoki, @paulkrugman, Tesar).
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Oleg Itskhoki @itskhoki Jun 17, 2025

news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/…

news.harvard.edu How market reactions to recent U.S. tariffs hint at start of global shift for nation — Harvard... Economist updates literature on optimal American import-tax rate in world of interconnected trade, investment

Oleg Itskhoki @itskhoki Jun 4, 2025

and this is the scary looking gender-age pyramid without even reflecting yet the consequences of this war

Oleg Itskhoki @itskhoki Jun 3, 2025

something i would not be able to comprehend...

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