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Looking forward to presenting in this World Bank webinar tomorrow (5/13) at 9 am ET.

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I think about this comic at least once a week

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And a large thank you to Prof. Karthik Muralidharan for giving an insightful talk on his new book, "Accelerating India's Development" last week leading into the BREAD Conference, @karthik-econ.bsky.social

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Fun to host the spring BREAD conference. It was the first time Princeton had hosted since 2007 and our biggest event so far for RPDE. Thanks to all of the organizers, presenters, and participants!

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In a country where "more than a third of marriages are between first cousins," marrying outside the family leads to more progressive gender attitudes--even though people marry younger. sites.duke.edu/ericafield/f... by Al-Shafaee, Field, @seema.bsky.social, @munirsquires.bsky.social

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14 Brides for 7 Brothers

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RFK Jr. is seeking to change how vaccines are approved, calling into question whether Covid boosters will be out in the fall. In '23-'24, they were credited w preventing 68,000 hospitalizations, mostly in older/immunocompromised --> w/ @sherylnyt.bsky.social GIFT: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/u...

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My university's IT dept made its spam filter more stringent because of increased phishing attempts. I find the change mostly annoying b/c of false positives but the silver lining is most of the emails from high school students who, in essence, want help with their homework now go to spam.

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University leaders need to understand: they are holding INCREDIBLY good cards. It is so rare in today's polarized era to have the support of 70+ percent of the public against the Trump admiministration on anything. Universities have that—AND winning legal arguments.

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Check out how the anchors of CBS Evening News ended their broadcast tonight:

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30 years after arriving in the US, I just resigned from Northwestern and we sold our house. We are an American family, I became a citizen in 2014, and until recently did not expect to ever leave. But now, this no longer feels like the right place to raise a family and pursue a research career.

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This is a marvelous and important museum. Go see it while you can. I hope we can preserve it.

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Left a vm saying “$1 to $30,000 depending on the situation — good luck with your study”

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In just three months, with no external shocks, economic forecasters have gone from predicting that the U.S. economy would continue to deliver ongoing growth, to predicting a quite weak (and possibly recessionary) economy.

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Public good that I wish existed: Spreadsheet listing econ researchers working on China, their expertise, university. It'd help journal editors and, thus, authors. It's a super fast-growing category of paper, and I doubt I'm the only editor who doesn't know the early-career referee pool well.

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Citing Professor Seema Jayachandran's (@seema.bsky.social) research, @nytimes.com analyzes the potential impact of firing the staff at the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/c...

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Saying "tyranny," like Van Hollen does, instead of "fascism", seems smart to me. "Tyranny" probably resonates with more people because (a) they understand the meaning and (b) the emphasis is on abuse of power and not ideology.

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Thank you Steve Kerr! A reminder that we can all stand up in our own way to preserve the institutions we treasure.

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Kernel of a research design to study top-5-itis in economics: Compare career trajectories of people with similar CVs except one has an AEJ Applied and one has an applied micro ReStud. Avg quality/importance of the matched papers is probably higher for the AEJApp ones, so gives you a lower bound.

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I'm reading a paper I'm handling and can't easily tell the # of years vs units in the panel. Or # of clusters. There should be a norm and standardized way (e.g., at bottom of table) that papers report # of units, # of periods (or whatever the panel axes are), and # of clusters, not just N.

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Europeans can’t vote in the US but they do vote with their feet/flights ↘️ on.ft.com/42Itt8c

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Is this real? I honestly can't tell anymore. "I try to be cynical, but I can't keep up." - Lilly Tomlin

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holy shit this is real

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This chart was made in America by skilled artisans. It also provides important context for understanding our current tariff situation.

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I got the check, so at least one measure of quality of institutions has held steady in the US.

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Someone mailed me a check for a large amount of money and didn't seal the envelope, just tucked the flap in. It felt like I was part of a La Porta, Lopez-di-Silanes, and Shleifer study.

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Daily🧵of cartoons: when you get to the end, click on Continue Thread. If you save a cartoon, keep caption w/ artist's name & handle. Previous 🧵s under Feeds tab of my profile. Mike Luckovich @mluckovich.bsky.social

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Crimes in broad daylight. Trump and his friends are getting rich off this chaos. Market manipulation doesn’t even begin to describe this.

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“It’s totally silly,” Dani Rodrik, an economist who studies globalization at Harvard University, said of Mr. Trump’s focus on bilateral deficits. “There’s no other way to say it, it makes no sense.”

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After being an editor for 6.5 years (4 REStud; 2.5 JEEA), I have accumulated a few suggestions that can help you avoid unnecessary rejections.

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On tariffs, straight from the horse's mouth, so to speak. Dear CEA: at least divide by 4. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o...

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Tesla’s Cybertruck Is The Auto Industry’s Biggest Flop In Decades. “Judged solely on sales, Musk’s Cybertruck is actually doing a lot worse than Edsel, a name that’s become synonymous with a disastrous product misfire.” [kottke.org]

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This is a great video in the tariffs impacts on a small business. Grounded, direct, and informative.

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This is possibly Trump’s political situation

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A quick primer on tariffs, from someone who has written a textbook on international trade

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##EconSky Our seminar speaker for tmr was coming from U Toronto. He was apparently detained (politely) for several hrs by US customs in CA. He was then cleared to travel to the US after his flight had left. Needless to say, no seminar tmr.

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I feel kind of bad for the phishers who concocted an alluring email “from” university HR about a salary bonus, but did so just when the state of university finances make the email patently obviously fake.

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It's like suggesting that your household should sell exactly as much stuff to Target as it sells to you

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Theory of the second best: seeing that NYT headline got me to stop procrastinating and finally book a shingles vaccine appt. Luckily, I only saw this post afterwards!

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My first BlueSky post quoted in the press. Also my first BlueSky typo quoted in the press…

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Between Princeton standing its ground, the WI election results, and Cory Booker showing some verve, I’m energized today. I hope this momentum builds.

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I am proud to have Chris Eisgruber leading my university. He is meeting the moment.

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