Reposted by Matt DarlingDan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 1hThe trouble is that they grow up into analysts and politicians who think that "what is the reason for Britain's economic stagnation?" Is an exam question 1544
Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 41mBabysitting the Economy part 2: Krugman meets Kalecki 0231
Reposted by Matt Darlingtimothyogden.bsky.social @timothyogden.bsky.social · 4hIf you're really, really lucky, something you did 10 years ago might be relevant today: indevelopmentmag.com/michael-krem... *if that thing involves a superstarindevelopmentmag.comMichael Kremer’s Approach To Economics – In Developmentevidence and argument for a developing world 161
Reposted by Matt DarlingChristina Holland @mortalwombat.info · 5hProduct idea for people whose partners are addicted to chatgpt: a proxy that intercepts requests to the chatgpt endpoint and lets you pretend to be chatgpt and type answers back to them like that's a great idea for solving quantum physics, maybe you should think about it more while doing the dishes 0306
Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 6h"One conservative commentator said “the website represents one of the more compelling partnerships between MAGA and Silicon Valley — not least because bureaucracy is nowhere to be seen.” Yes, that’s sort of the problem: you actually need to deal with the bureaucracy to make the services work." 05813
Reposted by Matt DarlingDon Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 8hAs it stands, the site helps to reduce learning costs, but not compliance costs (actual paperwork including verification of identification and documentation to establish eligibility). That is a lot harder to pull off, and the National Design Studio has not shown its capable of that yet. 2586
Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 8hGosset creating Student's T:static.klipy.comCelebrimbor Wields Glowing Sword in Shadow of WarALT: Celebrimbor Wields Glowing Sword in Shadow of War 1371
Reposted by Matt DarlingCathy Reisenwitz @cathyreisenwitz.com · 23hcathyreisenwitz.substack.com/p/in-the-nat...cathyreisenwitz.substack.comIn the national divorce, Democrats are getting the free-marketThe American Dream does not, as it turns out, just happen. 3223
Reposted by Matt DarlingAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 05/10/2026 __________ | | | | | | | | | |______ | | | | | | | | | | 1214116
Reposted by Matt DarlingPatrick Meyers @pmeyers7.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I used to think that it radicalized the right while depressing the left, but I've come to realize that a lot of the RW users are also increasingly nihilistic and often doom and feel helpless to change anything. Don't mistake this as sympathy - people who use that platform do so by choice. 17013
Reposted by Matt DarlingPatrick Meyers @pmeyers7.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I unfortunately have to monitor Twitter for work somewhat regularly and I was struck today that while we think of it here as a radicalization engine (and it surely is that too), it also serves as a nihilism factory. Everything is toxicity, doom, cringe, betrayal - nothing can be authentic or earnest 215842
Reposted by Matt DarlingAriel Edwards-Levy @aedwardslevy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026my greatest secret is that because I am a public-opinion nerd, everyone thinks I am also an elections nerd, and by nature I am not 6462
Reposted by Matt DarlingShawn Minnix @beingofuniverse.bsky.social · 05/10/2026So people are mad about...MattY pointing out how something the Trump administration did isn't exactly a substantive change in any way and used slightly dismissive language to do so. God I hate the bluesky rage machine. He's not ragebaiting you, you just get mad at everything for no good reason. 2281
Reposted by Matt DarlingWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 05/10/2026their vile p-hacking, our inventive and curious exploration of diverse model specifications 228019
Reposted by Matt DarlingKevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Here is a lengthy and damning report on abuses in the cosmetology industry: www.newamerica.org/insights/cut...newamerica.orgCut Short: The Broken Promises of Cosmetology EducationCosmetology education in the U.S. needs dire reform. It fails to meet student expectations and leaves graduates with burdensome debt. 0121
Reposted by Matt DarlingKevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Matt Yglesias is right about this: open.substack.com/pub/matthewy...open.substack.comTrump’s new student loan rule is fineNormal programs at normal schools are safe. Don’t be a useful idiot for cosmetology scams. 2212
Reposted by Matt DarlingKevin Carey @kevincarey1.bsky.social · 05/10/2026What stops him from extending it further is the law Congress passed sets the standard and the Department of Education is implementing it. The law applies to *programs*, not -- as the TNR tweet implied -- majors. 2141
Reposted by Matt Darlingellie lockhart (she/they) @eleanor.lockhart.contact · 05/10/2026ok but again, Yglesias in the second post is correct, these are mostly targeting scam degrees, not liberal arts ones. (for all my complaining about lefty academic abstraction, it's also not true that most lib arts degrees underpay!) 2696
Reposted by Matt DarlingWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Kinda interesting because they actually have pretty bad statistical judgement in my experience. I guess the explicit mention of p-hacking throws them off and flags safeguards, but they are very happy to do it if it’s not called that, including when you didn’t ask. 41575
Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Kinda crazy that Acemoglu is still under-cited. 2480
Reposted by Matt DarlingLauren Bauer @laurenhlb.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I just got an email from GiveDirectly to "Send cash to SNAP families losing food benefits." This is where we are. 2182
Reposted by Matt DarlingRoosevelt Institute @rooseveltinstitute.org · 05/10/2026Less than a year in, New Mexico's universal childcare program is already changing who's working. @brycecovert.bsky.social reports on a new study from @chrismherbst.bsky.social finding employment among low-income mothers is up 18%, and full-time work is up 23%.the74million.orgNearly a Year In, Universal Childcare Is Reshaping Work for Moms in New MexicoA new study highlights some early impacts of universal childcare on labor supply for mothers in New Mexico. 6370135
Reposted by Matt DarlingPaul Crider @paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com · 05/10/2026Put another way, if you were teaching a Great Questions of Human Life course, wouldn't you expect at least a couple of the authors from this list to show up? 1101
Reposted by Matt DarlingPaul Crider @paulcrider.liberalcurrents.com · 05/10/2026I'm actually not seeing the big deal here? It's a fairly diverse (albeit western, yes) mix of writers for a "Great Questions of Human Life" Gen Ed course, and it's for only half the syllabus. A professor can take this all kinds of directions. 8221
Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026A really funny part of the premiere of 'Neagley' was the amount of hand holding the writers did to reassure men that, even though the series has a female protagonist, she is NOT going to talk about her emotions. 2230
Reposted by Matt DarlingEconReporter @econreporter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026🚨 A new BLOG post from ME!!!🚨 This is an unusual one for me. I am just grew quite obsessed with the fact that Shiller is not doing much press and TV appearances, answering CBNC hosts' "Is this a bubble/irrational exuberance now?" questions. This is my thinking about that 1132
Reposted by Matt DarlingAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 05/10/2026"Steady throttling of @usbls.bsky.social funding makes all decision-makers—public & private—less well informed... shouldn’t be up for debate, given how strong of an economic benefit they deliver." @hilwething.bsky.social @epi.org on federal economic statistics www.epi.org/blog/consequ...epi.orgConsequences of austerity: How reductions in BLS funding threaten the credibility of our statisticsGovernment funding cuts are undermining the Bureau of Labor Statistics' ability to provide the reliable information that businesses and policymakers need to make sound decisions about the economy. 03112
Reposted by Matt DarlingGravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026There's a reason why Somerville hasn't had a traffic death in 4 years. The city isn't perfect, but they've made a concerted effort to design many streets around people and not cars. You can still drive, but you're going to have to do so slowly and while paying attention.bostonglobe.comSomerville is intentionally making roads harder to drive on. It’s getting results. - The Boston GlobeTo make roads safer, the city says, sometimes you have to put some obstacles in drivers' way. 138883
Reposted by Matt DarlingBill @bill-of-lefts.bsky.social · 05/10/2026You can get to like 95th percentile of media literacy if you think to yourself, maybe I should google that, before accepting a claim uncritically 512311
Reposted by Matt DarlingRobert Rose @robear.bsky.social · 04/10/2026A good fresh Star Trek take on those fake isekai title jokes 137115213098
Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 05/10/2026You can't hold this against him. Nate Silver only invented "averaging things" that year. 3772
Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Experience Rating Reformalso would help with this - it's important for entry level workers to *GET* jobs. 2491
Reposted by Matt DarlingAntoine Vernet @antoinevernet.com · 04/10/2026Beside the point, I know, but a lot of things are supported by the illusion of understanding… Including most of my brilliant new research ideas that don't survive trying to walk through the argument with a friend over coffee... 0424
Reposted by Matt DarlingPride Ott 🦦 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ @hikoukihikouki9.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I think the synthesis is that there are plenty of economies with GDP/capita growth that are undesirable but there are very very very few economies with stagnation/regression that are desirable. 1465
Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I disagree, the best cure for ideological bias is asking people to walk through the mechanics of their argument. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23620547/ 1319721
Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I think Hassett has the better argument here. 5231
Reposted by Matt DarlingAaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 04/10/2026Also real estate is differentiated only for buyers. Sellers just care about price. Labor is doubly differentiated, both buyers and sellers care about each others' particularities. Thins markets. 1212
Reposted by Matt DarlingKevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com · 04/10/2026One consequences of the left's hostility to economics is that they rally behind solutions that will probably make things worse. Economics is not the enemy of the left, and hasn't been for nearly half a century 310016
Reposted by Matt DarlingDaniel Bergstresser @dbergstresser.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Jobs are definitely heteroheinous. 0202
Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026People keep analogizing rent control to the minimum wage, suggesting that maybe empirical work will refute the theoretical work. But the empirical work is generally showing what theory would predict. 1733333
Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 04/10/2026"[GDP] is just one measure of an economy." "...it's a pretty important measure." 2325315
Reposted by Matt DarlingJulia M. Rohrer @dingdingpeng.the100.ci · 04/10/2026Researcher insisting that attributing Y to X is not meant to be a causal statement: 0737
Reposted by Matt DarlingWhy @why.bsky.world · 03/10/2026Gonna write some LOTR fanfic and use it to start the empiricism community, come check out my website moreright, where we talk about AI unsafety (which tbh will be more productive) And just to clarify up front: this will *not* be a sex cult. 151356
Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Was as kinking this stuff and it's fascinating how much it parallel to Austrian Economics. 3662
Reposted by Matt DarlingColin @colin-fraser.net · 03/10/2026Another day working at the frontier AI lab. Everyone keeps asking me if the models have qualia. Buddy, I don’t even have qualia. 331355
Reposted by Matt DarlingK @kate10010.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Lmao thank you Goldman I love this report 6555
Reposted by Matt DarlingShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 03/10/2026they really spent a thousand years letting everyone in the world know about black vs white smoke and what they mean in what might be the longest running elections to elect new leader in one place we've ever had only for this clown to be like WHERE IS YOUR ELECTION 2052547
Reposted by Matt Darling👻 David Weiskopf believes in spooks 👻 @dave.bzky.team · 16/01/2026Matthew McGroverhey 28411
