Like you I am OUTRAGED at the slander of Ulysses S Grant.

Nathan Kalman-Lamb@nkalamb.bsky.social · 15h ago

this is so incredible I can’t stop laughing because he forgot to include Reagan

The School of Public Health here at Memphis is hiring a health economist! Not my department, but would love to have someone who can come collaborate with the econ department (where we have a couple of health people too). www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/deta...

Wish more job ads were like "Now hiring someone good at their job and decent to be around" instead of "Now hiring an expert on the economics of the interaction of climate change and needle exchange programs"

Out of respect for both Dolly Parton and Jayden Daniels, I will be working 9 to 4.

Why are the most difficult people the ones who don’t retire until they’re like 80?

Imagination Library is an incredible program but most of the books are bad if I’m being honest. Still incredible program.

Encouraging to find this sign on my classroom door the first day

I realize I’m not the attended audience, but I think Justin is good at what he does. My question is how this translates to when we have a democratic administration. In my opinion, economists are at their most valuable when they are criticizing and refining their own side.

Justin Wolfers@justinwolfers.bsky.social · 3d ago

A lot of gratitude from me. I launched Platypus Economics 3 months ago with a goal to make economic literacy accessible to everyone. Crossing 100k subscribers YouTube is a big step in that journey. Thank you helping us get off to this incredible flying start!

We recently hired two new pre-docs in LEHD, and want to intentionally prepare them for graduate school in economics. What are the top 3 things you would recommend they do in the next 2 years? #EconSky

My strategy is to keep doing descriptive work until every other method is discredited.

NBER@nber.org · 4d ago

In IV studies, if researchers selectively report results with the best first stage F-test or best second stage t-test, it generates bias towards OLS, from Michael P. Keane, Timothy Neal, and Patrick Vu www.nber.org/papers/w35633

Me: trying to change lives for the better through the power of education My university: using video games to help students learn to kill people blogs.memphis.edu/newsroom/202...

@zbleemer.bsky.social & @jrothstein.bsky.social : the most selective US universities spend much more per student, and this gap has massively risen over time. They call this the "Meritocratic Consensus" in US higher education...

All good advice but it’s also part of this unwritten code we have that your intelligence equals your value. It doesn’t.

Ben Bolker@bbolker.bsky.social · 5d ago

One of my important roles as a senior academic: telling/reminding super-smart junior people that (1) they may soon have the novel experience of not being the smartest one in the room; (2) when they *are* the smartest one in the room, they should still try not to be jerks

Michael Lewis’ new book ‘Blockers’, coming out 10/6, is about the early days of DOGE and the civil servants who stood in their way. This should be a fascinating read: www.rizzolibookstore.com/product/bloc...

Under any other administration I would argue about the merits or drawbacks of this policy. Under this racist administration, I can only see the racist undertone.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 5d ago

BASH: One of the things that's happening is there's a push to start students down a trade school track as early as elementary school. Is that too early? LINDA McMAHON: I don't think so BASH: But elementary school? McMAHON: I think you can have some introduction of skilled trades in elementary

Was this you @joshua-goodman.com

The Quarterly Journal of Economics@qjeharvard.bsky.social · 2w ago

Recently accepted by #QJE: “Clause and Effect: Theory and Field Experimental Evidence on Noncompete Clauses,” by Cowgill (@bocowgill.bsky.social), Freiberg, and Starr (@evanpstarr.bsky.social): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...

Call Lapid tonight to see if he’s okay

Should have got more arsenal players #fpl

Had our annual august department meeting and now I’m exhausted. #introversion

In the time it took you to read that Acemoglu article, he published 8 more papers

I need to hire these people

"AI adoption raises homework scores by 18% and reduces completion time by 30%, but lowers monthly exam scores by 20% within six months." papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

The marginal cost of children: evidence from this sign

New study: The relative wage premium for going to college has halved for low-income Americans since 1960. What is to blame? Rising selectivity? Tuition hikes? State disinvestment? We decompose changes in the premium since 1900 to find out. 🧵#EconTwitter nber.org/papers/w33797

NB: The negative correlation w/ meaning is driven by religiosity; once you control for it, correlation w GDPpc is zero. Link to paper: www.nber.org/system/files...

If you like hot dogs and respect expert testimony never watch either being prepared

Honestly, how different is this from what usually happens? Probably not that much. www.404media.co/show-how-3m-...

‘Show How 3M Is 0% at Fault:’ Expert Witness Used ChatGPT to Write Report Defending Company in Deadly Explosion Lawsuit

ChatGPT prompts show how an expert witness report was created in a $61 million lawsuit over an explosion that killed three people.

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One of the most puzzling research findings I've ever seen: despite CUNY ASAP's large estimated effects on degree completion, there are no estimated effects on labor market outcomes Read the report for a thorough treatment of possible explanations www.mdrc.org/work/publica...

The 14-Year Effects of CUNY ASAP on Educational and Labor Market Outcomes | MDRC

The City University of New York’s Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP) is a comprehensive student support program designed to help more students graduate. This report examines ASAP’s long-te...

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Folks, who is telling high school students -- who I am sure are smart and talented and ambitious -- to cold email college professors and volunteer to do research or collaborate with them? This is not a good idea. Please stop this.

Honestly I'd like students to use AI to write me about our masters program instead of "Dear esteemed honored sir, I have always dreamed of studying at your prestigious institution".