Alan @alangisaac.bsky.social · 15h#EconSky After 15 years it all remains on point (but with MAGA replacing the Tea Party). www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW9d...youtube.comOn politics and the federal budget, 2011YouTube video by Yoram Bauman 012
Reposted by AlanPhilipp Maier @pmaier1971.bsky.social · 22hThe average rate on a U.S. 30-Year Fixed Rate Conforming #mortgage on 01 October was at 7.368%. Relative to the prior week, the rate has increased by about 0.23 p.p. #mortgagerates #econsky 011
Reposted by AlanHarry Cleaver @harrycleaver.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Murder by the state is still murder. Botching it tortures the victim. Like war, murder by the state shows that killing is acceptable as long as you're killing who the state wants killed. 021
Reposted by AlanGernot Wagner @gwagner.com · 30/09/20263(!) climate researchers won @macfound.org genius awards today: @hollyjeanbuck.bsky.social, Kaiyu Guan, Marika Holland! Well deserved. www.macfound.org/programs/awa...macfound.orgHolly Jean BuckInvestigating the social, ethical, and political dimensions of climate and energy policies and emerging technologies. 13813
Reposted by AlanEthan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 25/04/2026I think that academia has not absorbed the fact that AI agents are now good enough to independently reconstruct complex papers without access to code or the papers themselves; just the methods & data. They aren’t perfect but the errors are often in the human paper, not the AI making a mistake. 2111723
Reposted by AlanMenzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Fed funds above or below Taylor rule implied target? #EconSky econbrowser.com/archives/202... 042
Reposted by AlanFederal Reserve Bank of St. Louis @stlouisfed.bsky.social · 21/09/2026How progressive is the federal income tax system? Find out in this analysis by Yu-Ting Chiang and Collin Eldridge bit.ly/4diNaIx #EconSky 071
Alan @alangisaac.bsky.social · 19/09/2026"Foundational expertise may be a prerequisite for extracting durable skill from AI-assisted practice." 001
Reposted by AlanSean Brodrick @seanbrodrick.bsky.social · 16/09/2026U.S. Homes are now the most unaffordable in history #EconSky 64721
Reposted by AlanJoe Brusuelas @joebrusuelas.bsky.social · 14/09/2026US 10-year yield breeches 5%. For the trading community oil & yields moving in tight correlation. For everyone else the three shocks and the regime change in inflation & interest rates rolls on. #Econ #EconSky 1155
Reposted by AlanMark's Spot @markmckechnie.bsky.social · 09/09/2026"The price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline has never been above $4 on Labor Day, according to AAA. On Monday, the national average price at the pump was $4.15, a record high for the holiday." #EconSkycnbc.comGasoline prices, over $4 per gallon, hit record high for Labor DayWith elevated prices for crude oil, a major component of gasoline, the price at the pump is higher than it's ever been for the holiday weekend. 031
Alan @alangisaac.bsky.social · 09/09/2026How did one administration assemble so much incompetence? (Source: Yahoo Finance) 010
Reposted by AlanChise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 07/09/2026GOOD NEWS! Phase I clinical trial results out of Johns Hopkins show a first-of-its-kind vaccine designed to target common KRAS mutations was safe AND stimulated KRAS-specific T-cell responses in 90% of study participants who were at HIGH risk of developing pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC).insideprecisionmedicine.comPancreatic Cancer Vaccine Triggers Immune Response Before Tumors DevelopPhase I results show early promise for a vaccine designed to prevent pancreatic cancer in people at high risk of developing the disease. 4233381136
Reposted by AlanEconometrica @ecmaeditors.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Why are the wealthiest so wealthy? 27-year panel: top 0.1% wealth gap reflects higher saving (36%), inheritances (31%), returns (28%). Calibrated to cross-sections alone, models miss "New Money" or "Old Money"; our dynamic facts pin down the mechanism. buff.ly/1Z1N36N 0197
Reposted by AlanThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Have seen this Nature piece about the effects of X's algorithm mentioned again and it bears repeating; exposure to a right wing algorithm makes you - measurably and predictably - more right wing, even after you stop using it. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comThe political effects of X’s feed algorithm - NatureAmong users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared... 4239381776
Reposted by AlanDavid Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 04/09/2026There’s a species of shark called the ninja lanternshark. It glows in the dark, like all lantern sharks. It’s called ninja because the scientist who discovered it was explaining her discovery to family at Thanksgiving and then her young cousin shouted “ninjas are cool, call it the ninja shark!” 202130361
Reposted by AlanBrian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026Breaking: Someone appears to have hacked the Republican National Convention website and it now redirects to the Epstein Files website. 53193902465
Reposted by AlanNPR @npr.org · 24/08/2026As President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C. enters its second year, three guard members who served many months on the mission share their reactions with NPR. n.pr/4zBvnWFn.pr'It embarrasses me to be involved': Inside the National Guard D.C. deploymentAs President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C. enters its second year, three guard members who served many months on the mission share their reactions with NPR. 27496181
Alan @alangisaac.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Reduced access to Canadian lumber will raise housing costs in the US. #EconSky 043
Alan @alangisaac.bsky.social · 21/08/2026The citizens of these states behaved like ostriches for many years, and as a result, the required adjustments will really hurt. 000
Reposted by AlanArs Technica @arstechnica.com · 19/08/2026In terms of policy positions, Overton has written articles calling abortion “corrosive” to women and appears to be in line with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr's ardent anti-vaccine agenda.arstechnica.comTrump expected to pick conservative policy wonk Heidi Overton to lead FDAShe opposes abortion, is wary of peptides, supports limiting vaccines, vexes MAHA. 53712
Reposted by AlanThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 19/08/2026A Los Angeles police officer accused of illegally recording colleagues making racist, sexist and homophobic comments will not face felony charges, prosecutors said, backing off a case that critics said would have a chilling effect on other whistleblowers.washingtonpost.comL.A. prosecutor backs off case that critics said could deter whistleblowersProsecutors faced a backlash for bringing felony charges against Los Angeles police officer Daniel Flores, whom they accused of illegally recording colleagues' offensive comments. 44613
Reposted by AlanNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Ross Douthat is unsettled. The "left-of-center" "elite consensus" of the Obama era he hated is gone (yay!) and replaced by a right-wing populism he dreamed of (YAY!) but he can see it going bad (oh no) so instead of opposing it or reconsidering how bad the Obama era was, he's confused. Cue dril 2/x 341543121
Reposted by AlanChris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 09/08/2026This guy is using a mini projector in the subway ceiling for Japanese TV and I’m gonna be honest this is a wild innovation in the science of watching shit on your phone. Everyone is into it. 511934204
Reposted by AlanNBER @nber.org · 05/08/2026Financial markets are frequently distressed. Proposing a "market-backstop principle" where central banks could impose modest liquidity requirements and be buyer-of-last-resort, from Frederic Boissay and Harald Uhlig www.nber.org/papers/w35548 011
Alan @alangisaac.bsky.social · 05/08/2026When MAGAs say they support free speech, they only mean MAGA-approved speech. 000
