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Andrew Friedson @andrewfriedson.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

I have a new article out in the Milken Institute Review Diane Ty and I lay out the caregiver crunch facing America in the very near future and offer policy actions that can be taken to blunt the blow. Read more in the link below

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Who Will Take Care Of Mom?

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Andrew Friedson @andrewfriedson.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

My kids’ school district did 3 hour early release once a month for teacher development. The superintendent now says that because test scores were up this year the program was a success. Also, to improve upon this success the dates will be moved from Mondays to Wednesdays.

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Andrew Friedson @andrewfriedson.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, basil, thyme, garlic, sugar snap peas, broccoli, kale, beets, carrots, and blueberries

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Andrew Friedson @andrewfriedson.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Brand new very sharp chefs knife. Time to focus my mental energy to avoid cutting myself while cooking. So of course, I burn myself.

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Andrew Friedson @andrewfriedson.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Time for our kids new Christmas Eve tradition of writing letters to Trader Joe’s to complain about them discontinuing items we like This one is all them and I’m here for it

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Andrew Friedson @andrewfriedson.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Our garage freezer and fridge have peak millennial naming

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Andrew Friedson @andrewfriedson.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Pick a movie, keep one actor - the rest are muppets Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan Keep Ricardo Montalban

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Andrew Friedson @andrewfriedson.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

I made eggplant parm from scratch and garlic pull apart bread

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Andrew Friedson @andrewfriedson.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Health policy hot take: System complexity is regressive.

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Andrew Friedson @andrewfriedson.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

The day after my first was born I was sitting and holding him and said to my wife, “He’s already so big, it feels like he was born just yesterday.” And that’s how you almost die by telling a dad joke.

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Andrew Friedson @andrewfriedson.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Family game of monopoly, I was winning. Landed on my son, lot of 1$. Not enough to wipe me out but enough to extend the game. My offer: I’ll give you everything and you win. In exchange you clean up the board without making a huge fuss, and we can play something else. Pareto improvement.

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Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Lets goooooo

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Andrew Friedson @andrewfriedson.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Jay Bhattacharya picked as new NIH director. Jay wrote me my first ever journal rejection letter. I also now have a textbook that competes with his textbook. These are unrelated…probably

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Andrew Friedson @andrewfriedson.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

My book came out one year ago. It was the most fun I’ve had writing professionally. Thank you so much to everyone that has read it or used it. Knowing that people are enjoying it makes me so incredibly happy. Dad jokes are a pedagogical tool. www.amazon.com/Economics-He...

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Economics of Healthcare

Economics of Healthcare [Friedson, Andrew] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Economics of Healthcare

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Andrew Friedson @andrewfriedson.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Like many of you, I too am crushed that Economics of Healthcare: A Brief Introduction was snubbed for a National Book Award. We’ll get em with the second edition.

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Andrew Friedson @andrewfriedson.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Photo of me from a different era. University of Rochester activities fair ~2006

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David Powell @davidpowell.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Every talk is a job market talk Every paper is a job market paper Every ice cream is a job market ice cream Every nap is a job market nap Every “it gets dark so early now” discussion is a job market “it gets dark so early now” discussion

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Andrew Friedson @andrewfriedson.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I don’t know if I can engage with this without the metricstotheface hashtag

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Lauren Hersch Nicholas @lhnicholas.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Excited to see all of my @appam.bsky.social friends soon! Also find me if you want to chat about our health economics & applied micro searches!

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Andrew Friedson @andrewfriedson.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

How do we fund research into antivirals that we don’t need yet but could need badly? Each bet is risky, but a bundle of bets can spread the risk and make for a better investment. It also acts as a hedge in portfolios against pandemics. Read more here: www.milkenreview.org/articles/the...

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The Coming Viral Storms

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Andrew Friedson @andrewfriedson.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

7yo: “I’m cold” 3yo: “Hi cold, I’m your brother” I am so proud.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 05/02/2024

I slowed down on this bottle of Jack half an hour ago why aren't I sober?

Washington Post headline: Inflation has fallen. Why are groceries still so expensive?

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Andrew Friedson @andrewfriedson.bsky.social · 16/01/2024

My kids: “We wore our PJs inside out and flushed ice cubes down the toilet and that caused our snow day!” Inner monologue: “This is not the time to discuss causal inference”

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Sebastian Tello Trillo @sebastiantt.bsky.social · 04/01/2024

This week we @ajhollingsworth.bsky.social talk with @andrewfriedson.bsky.social on publishing a book. Andrew recently release a textbook on health Econ, and he explain to us how that process came about it. Also, there is a giveaway of the book!Just share this tweet or the episode on any SM

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E43 - How to get a book published with Andrew Friedson

Listen to this episode from The Hidden Curriculum on Spotify. This week we (@ajhollingsworth) talk with Andrew Friedson on how to get a book published. Andrew is a research director at the Milken Inst...

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Andrew Friedson @andrewfriedson.bsky.social · 23/12/2023

There is an alternate universe where Bill Nighy is the science guy and Bill Nye is the washed up rocker in Love Actually

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Saloni @scientificdiscovery.dev · 02/12/2023

Life expectancy is negatively correlated with lifespan inequality: Countries with a higher average life expectancy also tend to have *less* lifespan inequality. There is less variation in lifespans due to lower mortality in childhood and youth. ourworldindata.org/life-expecta...

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Andrew Friedson @andrewfriedson.bsky.social · 23/11/2023

These just arrived. I’m incredibly thankful for the people that helped along the way.

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Upjohn Institute @upjohninstitute.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

Join us in congratulating the Upjohn Institute 2023 Dissertation Award winners. These year, we chose two first prizes and one honorable mention. First prizes go to Lukas Althoff and Pauline Carry. Honorable mention goes to Virginia Minni. Read more about their work. #EconSky

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Upjohn Institute announces 2023 Dissertation Award winners and honorable mention

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Andrew Friedson @andrewfriedson.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

My first report with the Milken Institute dropped today as part of our Future of Health Summit There is a lot of discussion about equity in clinical trials, but missing is a broad accounting of clinical trial demographics. That’s what you can find in the report! Give it a look!

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Demographic Reporting and Mix in Clinical Trials | Milken Institute

Clinical trial enrollment can vary based on demographics. Cancer drug trials, for example, have been shown to skew disproportionately toward young, White, male participants. Variability also exists in...

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Andrew Friedson @andrewfriedson.bsky.social · 05/11/2023

Watched The Sandlot as a family 8yo: That was great! How many views does it have? Me: This came out before the internet, when I was a kid we went and got it from the video store 8yo: On cds? Me: It was on a video cassette 8yo: But it was in color!

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Andrew Friedson @andrewfriedson.bsky.social · 02/11/2023

The most difficult part of a standing desk is checking the feeling of superiority over people sitting

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Andrew Friedson @andrewfriedson.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

Call me a curmudgeon but I am very anti the practice of setting up a table at the end of your driveway to hand out candy. The scariest part of Halloween should be the social anxiety of ringing someone’s actual doorbell l.

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Jess Hoel @jesshoel.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

Hey EconBlueSky, help me think of a cute title for my new paper! It's about what parents *think* will happen when they miss work because a kid is sick. Abstract below. Sicko Kiddo: ???

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Andrew Friedson @andrewfriedson.bsky.social · 29/10/2023

My days as a professor are officially over: I busted out the sewing kit and removed the elbow patches from my blazer.

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 28/10/2023

I don’t know the answer to many of the world’s great problems. But have they tried diverting all power to the forward array? That worked for us often.

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Andrew Friedson @andrewfriedson.bsky.social · 28/10/2023

Hi kindergarten families! This year instead of Halloween costumes you child can come to school dressed as their favorite storybook character. We’re telling you this with a whole 3 days advanced notice. Have a nice weekend!!!

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Andrew Friedson @andrewfriedson.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

ASHEcon2024 - looking for papers on pharma or inequality for a session

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Andrew Friedson @andrewfriedson.bsky.social · 22/10/2023

My neighbor has a Halloween water feature of a skeleton vomiting neon green water into a toxic waste barrel.

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Nathan Blascak @nathanblascak.bsky.social · 21/10/2023

Great news on my birthday! My paper with Slava Mikhed and James Bailey on the financial effects of Missouri's 2005 Medicaid rollback has been accepted at the American Journal of Health Economics. Working paper versions here: www.philadelphiafed.org/-/media/frbp...

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