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The Tennis Letter @thetennisletter.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Jannik before bringing back the black kit in Rome

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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

IMO a key skill of a good scientist is moving comfortably between the specific & general e.g., relentless in understand the nerdy details of the data (including its coding) WHILE holding onto the big picture of the hypotheses being tested with the data

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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 09/05/2026

I appreciate the economics journal that, when I clicked to pay the article submission fee, asked "Is this a gift?"

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Truly remarkable how many people have told the Pope, in some way or another, to "shut up and dribble." Or corrected him on the Bible, despite their thin education on theology. Or told him to stay out of US affairs, despite him being a US citizen. The hubris is amazing.

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Jesse Rothstein @jrothst.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

📢 Predoc Opportunity I'm hiring a full-time predoc to work with me at UC Berkeley, supporting my research on labor economics, the economics of education, and public policy. jesse-rothstein.com/rothstein_pr... Please pass on to anyone who might be interested. #econsky #econ_ra

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Joshua Weitz @joshuasweitz.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Fascinating chart with one outlier: Warren Buffett. At the low end, giving 0.06% of one's wealth is equivalent to: Net worth -> Lifetime Giving 50K->$30 100K->$60 500K->$300 $1M->$600 Most folks give far more by % in a *single year*. www.forbes.com/sites/forbes...

America's Richest People Are Not its Most Generous

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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 20/01/2026

The @nber.org Summer Institute call for papers is now live: www.nber.org/calls-papers... [Note that typical meeting dates have been pushed back by a week due to Boston hosting FIFA World Cup events ending on July 9.]

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Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

100% agree on both the devastating report and that multiple things are going wrong in math (and ELA, I suspect).

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Joshua Goodman @joshua-goodman.com · 24/11/2025

Thanks, Dan. My goal was not to lower the quality of the conversation. That report was devastating. Multiple things are going wrong in math education (and maybe college admissions).

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Dan Goldhaber @cedr.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Terrific podcast (includes @joshua-goodman.com) on the shocking UCSD report about the remedial math needs of incoming students and declines in math achievement more generally: open.spotify.com/episode/06Ve...

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The American Math Crisis

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Nancy Armour @nrarmour.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

It took until 2025

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Julian Reif @julianreif.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Our team at American Journal of Health Economics is looking for a social media editor! The position is compensated ($1000 per year) -- if you're interested, please apply using this Google form: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

kidding aside, that is a hell of a shot from there (via SN)

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Cool new working paper on why and how cable news threw gasoline on the culture war fire. The culture war isn't optimal for electoral candidates, but it's optimal for cable news companies. ungated: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/27v4x...

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Sarah Bana @sarahbana.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Yes - definitely get to work on my overhead compartment lift!

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Sarah Bana @sarahbana.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

My favorite flight day technology: Mobile order at airports — Panera Bread and Starbucks in a class above the rest.

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paris martineau @paris.nyc · 14/10/2025

i was surprised to learn that bc most protein powders are considered dietary supplements, they basically fall into a regulatory grey area there's no federal limit on the amount of lead they can contain and neither manufacturers nor the FDA have to prove these products are safe before they're sold

Protein powders and shakes, like all dietary supplements, fall into something of a regulatory gray area.

There is no federal limit specifying the amount of lead allowed in protein powders. And while the FDA requires that manufacturers keep their products free of harmful contaminants, it largely leaves it up to companies to decide what counts as harmful and test their own products for compliance.

Before 1994, manufacturers had to prove herbal products were safe before selling them. That changed after Congress passed the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act. The law sharply limited the FDA’s authority, leaving supplements far less regulated than drugs.

Today, supplements are “presumed safe unless found otherwise,” says Cohen at Harvard Medical School, and most products face scrutiny only after reaching the market—meaning unsafe or contaminated supplements can reach consumers before problems are caught.

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Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan @kalemli-ozcan.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Super news for @brownuresearch.bsky.social and all. Let us all appreciate growth-openness link. Aghion at the news conference said he is worried about the protectionist wave and warned against obstacles for growth such as deglobalization and tariffs! He said openness is a driver of economic growth!

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

The IRS is laying off people during the shutdown, even though it was rehiring staff it previously fired because it was so shorthanded. This one stands out because firing IRS employees costs the government money, since they bring in about $6-8 for every dollar spent on tax enforcement

IRS Halts Layoff Plans, Begins Rehiring Amid Staffing Shortages
The agency is attempting to rebuild its workforce and restore public confidence.

Treasury Department: Treasury cut 1,446 employees on Friday. Two Internal Revenue Service employees confirmed layoffs were taking place at the tax agency, which has already shed more than 25,000 employees. One employee who was laid off was working Friday and exempt from shutdown furloughs.

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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 09/10/2025

We will be writing more of these. If you’re a scientist and your science has been disrupted, we want to hear from you: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

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Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.

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Drew Engelhardt @amengel.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Working on a dissertation in American political behavior and need money for survey research? Apply for a grant worth up to $15,000 from the Rapoport Family Foundation. They’re planning on awarding up to 15 grants this cycle. Deadline Oct. 22. www.rapoportfamilyfoundation.com/phdgrant

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Rapoport Doctoral Dissertation Grants

Supporting projects for PhD students doing political science research, democracy and social justice.

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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

We just spent 6 months to add 1 figure to this paper. Some people said, "Couples aren't prioritizing men's careers. Men just have better earnings opportunities when moving." Earnings effects of moves for couples on the left, singles on the right. Negligible gap between single men and women.

Event study coefficients that show that men's earnings rise more than women's among couples following a cross-commuting zone move (left panels). The pattern is muted or reverses among single men and single women (right panels).

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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 23/09/2024

Our new paper shows that men benefit from couples' long-distance joint moves more than women do, in both Germany and Sweden. Is this just b/c men are usually the main breadwinner? No, it's hard to explain the patterns we see w/o a gender norm prioritizing men's careers. www.nber.org/papers/w32970

Moving to Opportunity, Together

Many couples face a trade-off between advancing one spouse’s career or the other’s. We study this trade-off using administrative data from Germany and Sweden. We first conduct an event-study analysis of couples moving across commuting zones and find that relocation increases men’s earnings more than women’s, with strikingly similar patterns in Germany and Sweden. Using a sample of mass layoff events, we then find that couples in both countries are more likely to relocate in response to the man being laid off compared to the woman. We investigate whether these gendered patterns reflect men’s higher potential earnings or a gender norm that prioritizes men’s career advancement. We provide suggestive evidence of a gender norm using variation in norms within Germany. We then develop and estimate a model of household decision-making in which households can place more weight on the income earned by the man compared to the woman.

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John Cawley @johncawley.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Just full-time jobs in US academic institutions: Definitely better (+84%) than the worst COVID year (2020) but still worse than other post-COVID years; e.g. one-third fewer such jobs than last year.

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Sarah Bana @sarahbana.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

I got the option to use Lossless audio on Spotify -- but don't most folks (including me) use bluetooth audio? What is the return on investment on this type of feature? Just trying to understand.

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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

The Department of Labor has released its plan in the event of a government shutdown. Key takeaway for econ data: There will NOT be a jobs report on Friday (or any subsequent data releases) if funding isn't restored in time. #NumbersDay #EconSky www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov...

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Sarah Bana @sarahbana.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

I loved this segment!!! And @sifill.bsky.social shouted out the Townsend - Ostapenko comments 🎾 Same stones being thrown at successful folks, across contexts.

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Strict Scrutiny Podcast @strictscrutiny.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

CHICAGO! See us live! For our big TERM PREVIEW EPISODE! There will be games …. Tickets won’t last long. Get yours now: crooked.com/events 🎟️

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NBER @nber.org · 15/09/2025

Most US workers see fluctuating monthly earnings. Firms are one main cause. Workers don't like these volatile jobs as it makes their spending more volatile and they quit more, from Peter Ganong, Pascal J. Noel, Christina Patterson, Joseph S. Vavra, and Alexander... www.nber.org/papers/w34227

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Zach Liscow @zliscow.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

🚨NEW RESULTS (w/ Slattery & Nober) - When gov't engineers retire, highway projects cost more: the engineers pay for themselves 6 times over - Improving gov’t engineer quality from the 25th to 75th percentile reduces costs by 14%, equal to 3x avg. engineer pay Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

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Nathan Lane @nathanlane.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Are there any experts in information retrieval and RAG systems in digital history and the humanities?

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Jeff Denning @jeffdenning.com · 04/09/2025

If you know of a student who is looking for a education post doc (now, odd timing I know), I may have an opportunity for them. They would be working Texas admin data so experience with that would be a big plus.

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Guy Berger @econberger.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

I like that various private sector data provides are developing proxies for employment growth, but IMHO proxies for slack and turnover would be even more useful.

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Tim Bresnahan @timobres.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

This letter is not particularly controversial in its assertions and the topic of central bank independence is extremely important. Takes about 4.5 minutes to read and sign (if you agree.) Looks like the number of signatories is up since Tatyana's post, but Economics needs YOU!

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Got a whole lot of text messages about this today!

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Tatyana Deryugina @tderyugina.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Almost at 200 signatories now!

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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

President Trump said he is firing Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve governor, "effective immediately." It's his most direct assault yet on Fed independence -- and a step that it is far from clear he can legally take. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u... #EconSky

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Trump Says He Is Removing Lisa Cook From Federal Reserve Board

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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 26/08/2025

Trump is desperately looking for a scapegoat to cover for his own failure to lower costs for Americans and firing Lisa Cook is his latest move. It’s an authoritarian power grab that blatantly violates the Federal Reserve Act, and any court that follows the law will overturn it.

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Claudia Sahm @claudia-sahm.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Do not forget. It’s about control of the Fed. This is a very dark day.

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Daniel A Collier, PhD @dcollier74.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

Was just told by my chair that all seven names I submitted to be tenure letter writers, wrote a letter. First off thank you all, you know who you are. Second, that's good I hope that some offset those who may have an axe to grind like @imbernomics.bsky.social. Seriously thanks for your time.

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ALT: a close up of a man in a suit and tie making a face .

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Erika McEntarfer @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Not saying this will happen here but when governments go after public statistics the private sector data isn’t safe from interference either - in Argentina the government went after alternative data providers with lawsuits and fines.

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Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Well that didn't take long: "Wall Street Leaning Harder on Private Data After Trump BLS Spat" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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John Cawley @johncawley.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

If you'll be on the #EconJobMarket this coming year, you may want to join this webinar by @aereorg.bsky.social, titled, "Navigating Uncertain Waters: Advice for the Current Job Market," with Min Gong & @adrienneohler.bsky.social. 29 Sept 2025 @ 11am ET.

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Sandy Black @econsandy.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Society of Labor Economists (SoLE) Annual Conference will be May 1-2, 2026 in Denver, Colorado. Submission portal is now open! Deadline for submissions is October 31--don't forget to submit! It will be a great conference! (organized by me and @jrothst.bsky.social) mailchi.mp/sole-jole/so...

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SOLE 2026 Submissions Open

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Recession watch, updated to include the latest industrial production numbers.

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Kevin Rinz @kevinrinz.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Some professional news: today is my last day with @equitablegrowth.bsky.social I’m excited to be joining @clevelandfed.bsky.social as a senior research economist on Monday. Also excited to be back in Cleveland in time to see the @cleguardians.com try to chase down the Tigers.

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

So painful to read Federalist 76, which is about the president's appointment power, in 2025. Hamilton's like, no president would be so degenerate as to appoint only those "personally allied to him," esp since Senate confirmation would 'silently operate' as an "excellent check" on such attempts

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