Today at 4pm (EST) the Godley-Tobin Memorial Lecture by Professor Jayati Ghosh (link for the YouTube channel below)
gabrielmathy.bsky.social
@gabrielmathy.bsky.social
Economist and Economic Historian at American University. Macroeconomics, Economic History, Green Transition, International, Finance, Labor Markets, lots more.
Brent crude oil up ~3% reaching $90/bbl, while WTI crude up ~2% to nearly $85/bbl. RBOB up 5c/gal, national average gas price will hit $4/gal either tomorrow or Tuesday, likely to see increases ahead for most states!
Telemundo saying it was a "fracasso": FOX not being as honest.
Cabo Verde getting to penalties is a huge accomplishment, but hard to win against Messi
telemundo is showing 3D radar maps, this is serious soccer coverage
India's thermal coal imports drop to 4-year low as green power rises reut.rs/4vujGyo
India's thermal coal imports drop to 4-year low as green power rises
India's thermal coal imports fell to a 4-year low in January-May due to higher local output and rising renewable energy generation, commodities consultancy BigMint said.
reut.rs
Really messing me up that they named two neighboring towns in Pennsylvania Lancaster and York and I didn't notice until today.
Welp *USDA CONFIRMS DEADLY SCREWWORM IN US CATTLE
George Pearkes@peark.es · 2mo agoMan $TSN has been getting REKT what's going on over there
Just a reminder: I will be talking about my book this Friday at 12 noon at Columbia Univ. Registration link below.
Finally updated the search engine behind econlit-db to Meilisearch. Everything should be quite fast now -- under a second or two. Let me know if you have any bugs. paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...
Economics Literature Search
Full-text search across 15,000+ papers from top economics journals and NBER working papers. Track how empirical methods have evolved over time.
paulgp.com
New QJE paper measures spending flows between 1000s of small groups of consumers and producers, government, rest of the world. Most consumer spending stays domestic, esp in rural, older, less-educated areas->higher fiscal multipliers; targeting "left-behind" groups boosts economy
I think a lot of people here are way underestimating how difficult it is to break a sexual abuse story *even when everybody kind of knows it* unless you can get victims on record. it is very, very hard.
Dinosaur Bob@dinosaurbob.bsky.social · 4mo agoApparently Swalwell’s behavior was an open secret in CA politics.
"they have no cards, other than a short term extortion of the World by using International Waterways" Those feel like... pretty solid cards?
Found it strange that ppl push back on my argument that sales of electric vehicles are going to accelerate after Iran War, coz LINE GO UP for a decade now Turns out almost no one knows this fact: Sales of internal combustion engine cars peaked way back in 2018! bsky.app/profile/70sb...
Albert Pinto@70sbachchan.bsky.social · 5mo ago27/ This is how much of a shock absorber from the oil shock some countries have built up. in 2019, 1 of 10 cars sold was electric in just 4 countries. In 2026, more than 1 of 10 cars sold are electric in 39 countries! ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
We'll have to get used to smaller jobs numbers representing reasonably strong job growth in an environment of low population growth (including immigration). The "breakeven" estimates (job growth needed to maintain u-rate) are often quite low, like here: www.federalreserve.gov/econres/note...
There's one trait where economists clearly outperform the other social sciences: Hubris.
Oudone Lothirath missed four out of five chemotherapy appointments while in ICE detention and received no medical care there. Now he will likely die in a matter of days. www.startribune.com/how-ice-deta...
Detained by ICE, he missed multiple cancer treatments. Now he’s in hospice.
Some immigrants with chronic health problems were swept up by ICE in Minnesota, leading to missed medications and, for one man, missed chemotherapy sessions.
startribune.com
Prior to Iran attacks, CIA assessed Khamenei would be replaced by hardline IRGC elements if killed www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Exclusive: Prior to Iran attacks, CIA assessed Khamenei could be replaced by hardline IRGC elements if killed, sources say
In the run-up to the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Saturday, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency assessed that even if Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the operation, he would...
reuters.com
NSF Update (Awards through 2/27/26) Directorates to follow 1/10
