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Econ prof, VMI, views 100% my own. The object of war is not to die on your hill but to make the other bastard die on his. www.stevenlandgraf.com
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submitted 23 hours ago • 1 comment

The child in this trustee’s scenario? Faculty. Who submitted their tenure files for consideration in accordance with the terms of their employment. Both sides have a responsibility in that contract, one to submit and one to review. I hope everyone really hears this.

submitted 1 day ago • 12 comments

I think one consequence of the ICE Raids, particularly dragooning other federal LEOs into them, is going to poison the well for basically any law enforcement action because people cannot on the face tell the difference!

submitted 2 days ago • 13 comments

Every time something happens involving Geert Wilders, newspapers don't need to show a picture of what he looks like. We do not need a reminder of this.

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

Giving game theory based parenting advice: "Since babies cry about everything, regardless of importance, that makes it a very noisy signal."

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This post will be 20 years old next week and remains as true as ever. kieranhealy.org/blog/archive...

submitted 3 days ago • 3 comments

Cool paper alert

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

It's bleak, but the key to changing minds is talking to people about what these policies mean in practice. Guarantee you 80% of people never give the "implementation" part a thought. Sports bans mean mandatory genital inspections for your cis daughters. Bathroom bans mean bathroom surveillance. 1/3

submitted 3 days ago • 1 comment

New milestone Glaeser and Gyourko housing paper just dropped.

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

New @nberpubs: "Trade and Industrial Policy in Supply Chains: Directed Technological Change in Rare Earths" www.nber.org/papers/w3387... "Trade and industrial policies, while primarily intended to support domestic industries, may unintentionally stimulate technological progress abroad." 😲

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FBI agents are now visiting Charlottesville’s public defenders *at their homes*. It’s naked intimidation of our justice system.

submitted 4 days ago • 37 comments

The reason why "Washington outsiders" have such a major electoral advantage is that this is the most heated Senators feel they can get in criticizing a colleague, while Walz can get up on stage and directly say what we're all thinking like "Calling Joni Ernst garbage is an insult to dirty diapers."

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Good chart. on.ft.com/3FgBiJC Dollar’s correlation with Treasury yields breaks down

submitted 4 days ago • 12 comments

headline construction masterclass

submitted 4 days ago • 491 comments

Even after Trump leaves office, we're going to have to contend with the fact that large swaths of elites in this era have lost their ability to feel shame and desire to act dignified in public. This is a US Senator.

submitted 4 days ago • 1 comment

When Federal Reserve districts experience high inflation or low unemployment but lack voting rights to influence FOMC decisions, credit extended to commercial banks through the Discount Window declines, from Vyacheslav Fos, Tommaso Tamburelli, and Nancy R. Xu https://www.nber.org/papers/w33853

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Harold Koh: “What I’ve learned from my dad, from my wife, from my family is that courage is contagious. So is cowardice. What you decide is a choice. And when your moment come—and believe me, it will—please make sure that the decision you make is one you can live with."

submitted 5 days ago • 2 comments

The goal is plainly and literally to cut the number of people involved in basic science in the US by 70%

submitted 6 days ago • 8 comments

A taco Trump on every corner.

submitted 6 days ago • 10 comments

"At least my institution doesn't have a high percentage of international students to lose from this anyway." What do you think your int'l-dependent rivals are going to do to poach your class of 2030 admits when they desperately need to make up for revenue shortfalls?

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