John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Asking people to read? would have sufficed. 000
John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Just out there living the dream of asymmetric information 030
Reposted by John WhiteheadKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 01/10/2026Scott "The House" Bessent, bond vigilantes for you on line 1 1217738
John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Seriously, 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). 000
John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Wait until I do “John” with a we’re-all-over-60 twist 121
John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 28/09/2026WSJ brings the fake news www.wsj.com/economy/trum...wsj.comThe Moves That Backfired on Trump and Drove Interest Rates and Inflation HigherThe president’s own agenda has helped undermine promises to fix the economy and get the deficit under control. 010
John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Looking 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...wsj.comA Perfect Storm Is Raging in the Bond MarketThe benchmark Treasury yield jumped above 5.1%, posting its biggest one-day rise in more than a year. 220
John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Let me try to explain male academics to you 030
John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 22/09/2026“The journal published over 10,000 articles in 2024” retractionwatch.com/2026/09/22/e...retractionwatch.comElsevier journal retracts 100+ papers for authorship issues, editor conflicts of interestScience 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… 253
John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I laid that down on another post, well done!! 010
John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 16/09/2026I still have a paper/ presentation upper level but wondering if I’ll drop the paper next. 010
John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 16/09/2026This comment is the winner. I tried to top it but nah. 041
John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I prettu much no longer have graded assignments 110
John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 14/09/2026www.wsj.com/economy/fede...wsj.comBessent Says the U.S. Can Grow Its Way Out of the Debt Crunch. What Would It Take?The Treasury secretary makes the argument that strong economic expansion is the antidote to climbing out of the deep debt hole. 010
John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Scott Bessent reveals the mysteries and points the way forward 350
John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Bessent is one of the more endearing members of the cabinet, his way with words …yes! 000
John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The half life of Pete’s PhD was about 10 years. He’s at or about 6% of a Harvard PhD at this point. 020
John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Advising that we not engage this mess with economic logic 040
John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Someone made up data again datacolada.org/138datacolada.org[138] Artificial Deadlines (Part 1): Evidence of Fraud in an Influential Study About ProcrastinationA 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… 040
John Whitehead @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social · 31/08/20264 environmental economists at Beerfest Saturday. LR: McEvoy, Molina, Whitehead, Morgan 170
