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Thanks #MarkusAcademy for a great dialog on "The Missing Value of Firms' Data: Measurement in an Era of AI." In case you missed it, video posted here: bcf.princeton.edu/events/laura... #Econsky #DataEconomy #AI

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RFK Jr. Vows To Make Measles Deaths So Common They Won’t Be Upsetting Anymore

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The main purpose of the "comment" function in LaTeX is making it psychologically easier to delete things that should be deleted.

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Data econ comedy? EFA folks offered to record me talking to comedians about research. Why not? So here's me, Dhaya Lakshminarayanan and Sammy Obeid talking/joking about the data economy. Fun? Cringey? An interesting experience to be sure. #EconTwitter #DataEconomy www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFgQ...

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Today at 12:30ET, join us to learn about how to measure and value data. A wide open research area with lots to do. Visit website below to register. Open to all! #MarkusAcademy bcf.princeton.edu/events/laura...

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Join me and Markus Brunnermeier Thursday at 12:30 PM ET for a webinar on "The Missing Value of Firms' Data: Measurement in an Era of AI." #MarkusAcademy #Econsky RSVP: bit.ly/4gMlk6H .

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Former BLS commissioner Erica Groshen on how the policy change to Schedule F that Trump & #Project2025 advocate would destroy the credibility of the federal statistical system. Her comment on LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/posts/erica-... ...

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Just saw a talk where a speaker referenced about 20 authors. I knew all but 2, and all those are male. Even if only 20% of econ authors were women, the odds of all the relevant papers being written exclusively by men are ... Is this a problem? If so, any productive remedy? #Econsky

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New data from Treasury & the Nat'l Assn of Insurance Commissioners is yet more evidence that our current home insurance system is failing households across the country. We urgently need a better system that prioritizes housing resilience & affordability. #SharedFates www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Sad this is needed. Americans benefit enormously from US debt being a safe asset. We effectively get to mint insurance that foreigners hold because it naturally appreciates in crises, at no cost to us. Why would we threaten this goose that lays us golden eggs to play political games?

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Thanks Joe! Glad this part resonated

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Tools from macroeconomics and finance to incorporate the central role that data plays in the economy. @isaacbaley.bsky.social and @laura-veldkamp.bsky.social's The Data Economy is out now. Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... #EconSky

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Thank you Deepak for a thoughtful interview on the economic role of data. We covered growth, competition, asset valuation, measurement. #EconTwitter YouTube: tinyurl.com/bdpuv9cc Apple: tinyurl.com/57r65fer Amazon: tinyurl.com/yc6fy9xe Audible: tinyurl.com/48mezsxd SoundCloud: tinyurl.com/u6fdvwmm

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this is incredible stuff. most state DOTs would spend tens of billions on highway expansions to try and see numbers like this (that wouldn’t even pan out anyway thanks to induced demand lol)

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Just released today! Learn how to incorporate data into economics as a productivity-booster, a strategic asset and even a form of payment. Order at amazon.com/Data-Economy... or at press.princeton.edu/books/hardco.... Teaching this? Email me or Isaac for slides + solution manual. #Econsky

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Love to see my amazing colleagues @aldasky.bsky.social & @triofrancos.bsky.social talk class politics in the NYT. Climate change is a class issue & green populism is a real response to Trumpism. Dems should listen. This applies to Canada too. NDP should take note. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/07/o...

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Relevant to the debate on fact-checking amidst Meta's decision, Adam Szeidl and Ferenc Szucs tell a clear and terrifying story about the power of misinformation and propaganda, and its effects on democratic accountability. drive.google.com/file/d/1M2Nx...

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Fascinating paper by Claudia Goldin on drivers of low fertility in advanced economies. Countries where economic progress outstrips social progress (in particular, gender equality in household division of labour) see the most rapid falls in fertility.. www.nber.org/papers/w33311

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Hearing Sandy Black's students and mentees talk about all that she has done for them at the CSWEP awards -- it reminded me that's what this profession was meant to be. Feeling inspired and uplifted. #ASSA2025 #Econsky #CSWEP

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In accepting her Bennett prize yesterday, Maryam did a brave thing: talk about the mental health challenges that faculty face. She's both an accomplished scholar and amazing person. #Econsky

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Congratulations to Simon Oh, Niels Gormsen and Kilian Huber on their research prize! Great to see good research on socially important topics. @plausiblyexog.bsky.social #econsky www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/news/blog/20...

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Between stubbornly persistent inflation + GOP tax cuts (likely expansionary in near term) + tariffs raising price level for imported goods + deportations disrupting supply chains, Fed may be headed for a crash course with Trump. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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If you want to understand why healthcare pricing is horrific, the first thing to know is that our system puts 100% of the credit risk for deductibles, copays and co-insurance on hospitals and doctors. That's insane. We have turned them into Sub Prime Lenders 🧵

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11:59pm today is the submission deadline: The “Finance Cavalcade conference is the best large finance conference according to the subsequent publication rates in Top-3 finance journals.” Reinartz and Urban, JEF 2017 #Finance #econsky sfs.org/sfs-cavalcad... sfs.org/financecaval...

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Congratulations to Chris, Virgiliu and Daniel! A great prize for important work.

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A phenomenon I am noticing in the forecasting community, potentially b/c many forecasters work for large organizations that don't want to run afoul of the new administration, most 2025 outlooks are simply assuming Trump won't enact any of his major policy planks & projecting status quo 🤔

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For those of us interested in copyright copyrightlately.com/public-domai...

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The results from BloombergNEF's 2024 lithium-ion battery price survey are out. Lithium-ion battery pack prices dropped 20% from 2023 to a record low of $115 per kilowatt-hour. This is the largest decline observed in our survey since 2017. 🧵⬇️

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Strong evidence on the value of strong women. Female combat vets are national treasures, who defied attitudes expectations and odds. At least the statistics give them some credit.

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Considering The Data Economy as a textbook for a class in econ, finance, accounting, CS, etc? Instructors can request a FREE inspection copy: press.princeton.edu/exam-desk-co... #econsky #dataeconomy #AI

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1 week left to submit your work to the Cavalcade! Just across the river from NYC, it promises to be an exciting conference in a spectacular location. #Finance #econsky sfs.org/sfs-cavalcad...

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Many universities advising international students to return to the US before Jan 20. Are they accounting for restrictions when admitting new international students?

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Today, class, we will once again discuss “revealed preferences” The 🇺🇸 consumer, so angry about the terrible economy & Suffering From Inflation™️ that she has spent like hell over the Black Friday & Cyber Monday weekend 🧐🤔🤷‍♂️

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This picture never ceases to amaze me.

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This point about clearing land (of trees!) is critical. We cannot feed people and make biofuels without cutting down huge amounts of forest. Bad policy. @steveberry.bsky.social

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Congratulations to my colleague Bruno Pellegrino on the AEB Federico Prades Award for Young Economists for "Barriers to Global Capital Allocation" #econsky www.aebanca.es/noticias/com...

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BCG reports that many manufacturing companies would like to pool data across companies, in order to improve business processes. I surely hope we don't adopt data privacy laws that would prevent this type of 3rd party data sharing. www.bcg.com/press/13janu... #econtwitter #dataeconomy

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The Data Economy - a grad text w practice Q's -- is finally a not-just-digital reality! Pre-order from www.amazon.com/Data-Economy... . E-books available @: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... @princetonupress.bsky.social #Econsky #DataEconomy

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NABE survey of 38 forecasters: Greatest downside risk to US economy: Geopolitical conflict. Greatest upside risk: an uptick in productivity growth. nabe.com/NABE/Surveys... #econsky

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Seems like an extremely natural consequence of unionization, for good or for ill: www.insidehighered.com/news/admissi...

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Female content creators on YouTube received significantly more negative feedback for comparable content. But the removal of public display of dislikes eliminated this gender gap and persistently increased female creator productivity and consumer demand. sites.google.com/view/maritaf...

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