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John Tang

@JP_Tang

Assistant Professor, Department of History and Art History, Utrecht University 🇳🇱🇦🇺🇺🇸🇹🇼🏳️‍🌈

 Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Joined October 2011
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Matthijs Korevaar (Erasmus) presenting joint work with Peter Koudijs on long term wealth effects from taxation. Our opening seminar for the academic year! @The_EHES @EconHistAssoc
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You’ve been given free access to this story from The Economist as a gift. You can open the link five times within seven days. After that it will expire. France is love-bombing Britain economist.com/britain/2026/0…
France is love-bombing Britain

France is love-bombing Britain

And Britain seems keen to return the compliment, for a change

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King Donald Is Dethroning the Dollar nytimes.com/2026/08/28/opini… via @NYTOpinion
Opinion | King Donald Is Dethroning the Dollar

Opinion | King Donald Is Dethroning the Dollar

The dollar’s role as the world’s reserve currency is threatened by the erosion of our institutions under Trump.

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You’ve been given free access to this story from The Economist as a gift. You can open the link five times within seven days. After that it will expire. Does AI stop children from learning? economist.com/graphic-detail…
Does AI stop children from learning?

Does AI stop children from learning?

New data show the peril and promise of the technology

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Amen I Let My Students Watch Me Struggle With a Masterpiece. It Changed Everything. nytimes.com/2026/08/17/opini… via @NYTOpinion
Opinion | I Let My Students Watch Me Struggle With a Masterpiece. It Changed Everything. (Gift...

Opinion | I Let My Students Watch Me Struggle With a Masterpiece. It Changed Everything. (Gift...

Teachers need to model the passion they want to see.

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These 25 Artifacts Explain America nytimes.com/interactive/2026… via @NYTOpinion
Opinion | These 25 Artifacts Explain America (Gift Article)

Opinion | These 25 Artifacts Explain America (Gift Article)

Want to understand this country? Look at our stuff.

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You’ve been given free access to this story from The Economist as a gift. You can open the link five times within seven days. After that it will expire. Dismissing Europe as a museum is glib. Think of it as a theme park economist.com/europe/2026/07…
Dismissing Europe as a museum is glib. Think of it as a theme park

Dismissing Europe as a museum is glib. Think of it as a theme park

All the continent’s a stage

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You’ve been given free access to this story from The Economist as a gift. You can open the link five times within seven days. After that it will expire. The rise of the deserving rich economist.com/finance-and-ec…
The rise of the deserving rich

The rise of the deserving rich

Today’s billionaires are more likely than yesterday’s to have made their own money

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I’m Gay, Not Queer. It Matters. nytimes.com/2026/06/30/opini… via @NYTOpinion
Opinion | I’m Gay, Not Queer. It Matters.

Opinion | I’m Gay, Not Queer. It Matters.

Polyamorous? Queer. Vaguely uncomfortable with gender expectations? Possibly queer, too.

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Japan’s creative fight to keep bookstores from turning their last page

Japan’s creative fight to keep bookstores from turning their last page

About 500 municipalities across Japan no longer have a physical bookstore. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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The Korean alphabet, called Hangul, is the only major writing system in human history with a known...

The Korean alphabet, called Hangul, is the only major writing system in human history with a known...

Nobody knows who invented the letter A. Nobody knows who invented the letter B, or C, or almost any other letter of the writing systems used by the world's

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How Does One Brain Speak Two Languages? nytimes.com/2026/06/15/scien… via @NYTimes
How Does One Brain Speak Two Languages?

How Does One Brain Speak Two Languages?

A new study of bilingual speakers suggests that a single “grammatical engine” in the brain can power multiple languages at once.

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How Japan Lost 3 Million People in Five Years nytimes.com/interactive/2026… via @NYTimes
How Japan Lost 3 Million People in Five Years (Gift Article)

How Japan Lost 3 Million People in Five Years (Gift Article)

Japan’s population fell by more than 3 million over the past five years, a record drop that underscores the depths of the country’s accelerating demographic crisis.

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He Invented the Basque Cheesecake. He Prefers Chocolate. nytimes.com/2026/05/27/world… via @NYTimes

He Invented the Basque Cheesecake. He Prefers Chocolate. (Gift Article)

Santiago Rivera is widely credited with creating the “burnt” cheesecake in the 1980s, though he doesn’t love the spinoffs it has spawned. Decades later, he’s preparing to hand over his kitchen to his...

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Nobel laureateJoel Mokyr (Northwestern) delivering the De Vries lecture at the Dutch Royal Academy of Sciences on the market of ideas🙌 – at Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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This Is Why You’re Drowning in Busywork nytimes.com/2026/05/11/opini… via @NYTOpinion
Opinion | This Is Why You’re Drowning in Busywork (Gift Article)

Opinion | This Is Why You’re Drowning in Busywork (Gift Article)

The A.I. revolution involves a huge transfer of labor — not from worker to machine but from worker to you.

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Japan’s New Care Workers: Bodybuilders, Wrestlers and M.M.A. Fighters nytimes.com/2026/04/25/world… via @NYTimes

Japan’s New Care Workers: Bodybuilders, Wrestlers and M.M.A. Fighters (Gift Article)

Young athletes are being recruited to plug a staff shortage in Japan’s nursing homes. The results are reshaping elder care.

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‘Wagyu’ Used to Guarantee Quality Beef. What Are You Paying for Today? nytimes.com/2026/04/21/dinin… via @NYTimes
‘Wagyu’ Used to Guarantee Quality Beef. What Are You Paying for Today?

‘Wagyu’ Used to Guarantee Quality Beef. What Are You Paying for Today?

Behind the scenes, competing forces battle for the reputation of prestige meat.

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