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John Whitehead

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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 01/10/2026
Scott "The House" Bessent, bond vigilantes for you on line 1
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Seriously, I was at the AAEA meetings once and sitting at a table with 3 other guys. I noted that we we all named John (Bergstrom, Hoehn, Loomis).
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Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The resistance:
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
WSJ brings the fake news www.wsj.com/economy/trum...
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The Moves That Backfired on Trump and Drove Interest Rates and Inflation Higher
The president’s own agenda has helped undermine promises to fix the economy and get the deficit under control.
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Pat McAfee
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Looking forward to hearing how Scott Bessent responds to this (buy more bonds than the DOT sold!). He is, after all, the house. www.wsj.com/finance/inve...
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A Perfect Storm Is Raging in the Bond Market
The benchmark Treasury yield jumped above 5.1%, posting its biggest one-day rise in more than a year.
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It’s a guy tho, right?
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Your boy with another win
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“The journal published over 10,000 articles in 2024” retractionwatch.com/2026/09/22/e...
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Elsevier journal retracts 100+ papers for authorship issues, editor conflicts of interest
Science of the Total Environment (STOTEN) has retracted 165 papers this year, most for “suspicious” changes in authorship or editorial conflicts of interest.  The retractions have come after S…
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Lee Greenwood might be available
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Thoughts and prayers
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This comment is the winner. I tried to top it but nah.
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Scott Bessent reveals the mysteries and points the way forward
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Putin’s negotiator
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
He sounds kinda racist
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Funny, not funny
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Someone made up data again datacolada.org/138
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[138] Artificial Deadlines (Part 1): Evidence of Fraud in an Influential Study About Procrastination
A new paper in Psychological Science (.htm) reports a failure to replicate Study 2 of Ariely and Wertenbroch’s influential article entitled, “Procrastination, Deadlines, and Performance: Self-Contr…
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
4 environmental economists at Beerfest Saturday. LR: McEvoy, Molina, Whitehead, Morgan
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Endorse
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
It’s Lake Ontario.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
can someone rename gas to $2/ gallon
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Give her a break she’s not a politician
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Here is a new working paper. We're comparing recreation value (CS and WTP) with probability-based and opt-in data. ideas.repec.org/p/apl/wpaper...
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Do Any Differences in Estimated Recreation Benefits from Pro
Estimating recreation benefits from environmental events or regulatory actions often requires household survey data. Probability-based sampling is preferred but costly; opt-in panels cost less but the
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Thread
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Winner
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NY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Whether it’s Pete Hegseth overseeing missile depletion, food shortages, and sailor suicide attempts or Lloyd Austin being Black, both secretaries of defense have angered portions of the electorate.
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Great Smoky Mountains NP
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Not much of a secret www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/u...
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C.I.A. Sets Up Secret Cuba Task Force as Trump Pressures Havana
The task force will allow the spy agency to quickly direct more financial, human and technical resources at the island, with the goal of creating fissures among the Cuban political elite.
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
4% growth is off the charts, literally
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Raising taxes to pay down the debt. Got it.
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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
He will never understand that being "the fat guy from Superbad" is infinitely better than being "the martial arts chud nobody likes"
Jonah Hill says jiu jitsu has him ready to
"annihilate" anyone who still sees him as the fat guy from Superbad
"I love Brazilian jiu jitsu, except my body is begging me not to love it. My wife is often like,
'You're not going to become a professional fighter. You know that, right? You're a comedian"
"If we got into it, I would f*ck you up. I would f*ck all three of you up"
"My favorite thing is people are like, 'Oh, Jonah Hill, f*cking fat guy from Superbad.' And I'm like, 'I would f*cking annihilate you, dude. I'm not kidding you. Try it. If you see me, try it, dude. Bring it. Who's got it?'"
SMARTLESS
Sirius?
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
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Journal investigating apparent data mismatch in climate study
A leading environmental economics journal is looking into claims that a 2025 study linking national innovation to lower carbon emissions contains data that does not match its source, after an exper…
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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
bloomberg has a fun article today arguing that the Cybertruck is the biggest flop in automotive history. it includes this glorious graph.
A graph showing how the edsel and Cybertruck both performed based on their sales target and actual year one and year two sales. The edsel was expected to sell 200k units in its first year. It sold slightly over 50k, and less than 50k the next year

The Cybertruck had a sales.target of 250k in its first year. They sold around 40k, the next year they sold about half as many.
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
They let your boy out again
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
We don’t talk about Scott Bessent enough www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/u...
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Treasury to Begin Minting $1 Gold Trump Coin Featuring President’s Face
Critics question whether the coins are legal and argue that President Trump is using the currency to celebrate himself.
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I just bumped up my weight 5 lbs in my profile. It happens.
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Facebook is also where angry boomers keep up with their friends so mostly yes
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Storm the castle, boys!
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Someone tells us how this World Congress session goes down
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Looking forward to lower rates, Kevin
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
www.wsj.com/economy/cent...
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Trump Picked Warsh to Cut Rates. His Committee Is Talking About Hikes.
Kevin Warsh walks into his first meeting as Federal Reserve chairman this week in an awkward spot. He argued for rate cuts. The conversation at the Fed has shifted the other way.
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
No group chat invites
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
I received another 14 day review request for a different paper from the same Elsevier journal.
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
I declined
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Two months ago today:
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Paul Hünermund @p-hunermund.com · 09/06/2026
NBER working papers get too much weight in our profession
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
“The money for the new coal plants would come from funds that Congress originally designated for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from polluting industries.” www.nytimes.com/2026/06/04/c...
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Trump Offers Funds for First New U.S. Coal Plants in 13 Years
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John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Increased supply —> increased prices in Trumplandia
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