Matt Rutledge

@rutledgematt.bsky.social

Economist at Boston College. The retiring type.

it's a mistake, and downstream from other worse things, that governments are obsessed with selling major sporting events through their economic impact—which is basically fake—rather than their societal value, which is on the one hand immeasurable, but on the other hand also immeasurable.

Hey #econsky: are you a researcher who secretly prefers your side teaching gig? Or is tenure looking like a reach because you “teach too much”? Or a liberal arts prof who’d prefer a big city with a larger pool of impressive, thoughtful students? Come be a Boston College PoP! 1/x

View of Boston College's Gasson Hall and Lower Campus facing toward Boston's skyline

Michigan follows up on their national championship by ending the season with victories over Ohio State and Alabama, presumably to repeat as national champions but I'm not checking

Hey #econsky: are you a researcher who secretly prefers your side teaching gig? Or a liberal arts prof who’d prefer a big city with a larger pool of impressive, thoughtful students? Or is tenure looking like a reach because you “teach too much”? Come be a BC PoP! 1/x