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a-g-benson.bsky.social
Energy Economist | PhD @ UC Irvine, Class of ‘21 | currently employed at Kairos Power (posts do not imply endorsement of employer) | Albuquerque, NM https://github.com/a-g-benson
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I want to highlight this piece -- in particular as it gives yet another example of the cycle between favorable tax treatment for resource investments, and subsequent expropriations, which we documented in our paper 'Finders, keepers?' (myself, @danielspiro.bsky.social and Arthur van Benthem). 1/11

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New Energy Institute Blog Post: Remember When Capacity Markets Were the Solution to Missing Money? - by Jim Bushnell energyathaas.wordpress.com/2025/02/18/r...

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

Great video from AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes. Plain language, not too long, and focused on what's at stake. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrE0...

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🚨NEWS: Massive layoffs are about to hit the IRS -- around 10,000 employees -- potentially in the middle of filing season. Of particular interest to the DOGE: Cutting IRS enforcement capabilities. -- with @jeffstein.bsky.social + Hannah Natanson

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Great to see my paper "Getting Infrastructure Built: The Law and Economics of Permitting" out in the Journal of Economic Perspectives Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... Thread on the paper 👇

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If you've ever used the Polity data, read this from Monty Marshall. tl;dr Polity is coding recent US events as an executive self-coup and an adverse regime change.

submitted 11 days ago • 56 comments

Ah, yes, the noble American tradition of shoehorning one’s pet issue into a social media post about the Super Bowl. For a brief moment, everything feels normal.

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I've been using em dashes—gratuitously—since I was, like, 14 years old. AI is copying *me*, not the other way around.

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The paradox of declining public trust in U.S. government: Public trust in the US government has been on a long-term decline. The untrustworthy conduct of the 1st & 2nd Trump administrations are simply too absurd to be believed.

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BREAKING: I’m hearing the great Donald Shoup has passed away. Few urbanists can really be called game-changers, but Shoup powerfully changed how we see parking rules and their huge affect on cities. The recent revolution in parking standards was inspired by his unique work. Thank you Donald. #RIP

submitted 16 days ago • 6 comments

I'm deeply saddened to share that Donald Shoup passed away last night. He was the ideal academic—curious, methodical, and concerned with turning ideas into real-world change. TAing his parking course these past few years has one of the greatest honors of my life. Rest in peace, Shoup Dogg.

submitted 16 days ago • 46 comments

If this happens, I’m going to become The Joker.

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Our founder @maxroser.bsky.social has received an honorary doctorate from KU Leuven & UCLouvain! For his work to make data & research on large global challenges easier for everyone to access & understand, and the positive global impact that Our World in Data has had. Congratulations, Max!

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

Just overheard a couple dads at the kids track meet I’m at talking about “gains from trade” behind me and it warmed my heart. #takeecon

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Leopard: I will eat your face Bank analysts: Our baseline assumes no face-eating Leopard: Chomp chomp chomp

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More illegal demands of resignations from the Trump Administration wishing to fill seats with cronies before the incumbents' fixed terms of office expire. DO NOT OBEY! www.ans.org/news/2025-01...

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Wrote some more stuff on substack. Mostly just fleshing out ideas that I've already posted about on here, and for myself because I've been trying to write more as a personal goal. Wrote about what I think the challenges facing a left wing media apparatus are in terms of goals and outlook:

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

Mitch, my man, this is too little and too late. You already voted to confirm the entire shambling circus of degenerates, rapists, racists, and crooks when you let Trump off the hook for Jan. 6.

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Mark Ellis worked at Sempra for 15 years, was Chief of Corporate Strategy. Now he's saying that: - Wall Street-owned utilities wildly over-profit. - It costs Americans $50bn/year. - They use junk math to justify it. - Regulators let them do it. www.economicliberties.us/our-work/rat...

submitted 31 days ago • 10 comments