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The reason I do not fall for scams as an adult is because I was innoculated with a weak strain of scam as a child.

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What it feels like to teach trade and tariffs in intro classes right now without tenure protections. At least I’m not also doing something people will be unhappy with like exam grades… Damnit.

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If you are interested in forming a group for NTT folks, let’s connect!

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I have several papers that explore tariff wars using economic models. Here’s what they tell us about likely outcomes (🧵) TLDR: All countries ultimately lose. While the overall impact isn’t catastrophic for larger economies like the US, it’ll be devastating for small countries.

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What a fine fine day to start a unit on trade in Micro.

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1. MACRO DATA REFINEMENT 2. MACRO DATA REFINEMENT 3. MACRO DATA REFINEMENT 4. MACRO DATA REFINEMENT 5. MACRO DATA REFINEMENT if you must know!

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On this day, my child (aged 3) stopped a play session at his preschool to host a seminar on super heroes and bad guys. Protect your children from seminars. Learn from my errors.

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Why don’t you use the experiments in class? Me: actual footage of every time I have

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actual footage of me as an undergrad taking intermediate macro who thought Dr Ben Gad was serious when he said we should attend a paper being presented and saw things no undergraduate should see Me, later: is it always so…. adversarial? Him, a Chicago PhD, gleefully: that? that was nothing!!!!

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🚨 #EconSky PhD students working in Applied Micro: Submit your paper for the 4th Workshop, co-organized by @cmichaudleclerc.bsky.social, Priya Mukherjee, and me! Plus, we have two amazing keynotes this year: @econsandy.bsky.social and Rema Hanna.

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#k12teachers, still plenty of time to register for this Econiful PD "Dispelling the Myths about the Econ Immigration." Get activities made w/ research to back all content & chance to win Bryan Caplan's Open Borders or Boustan/Abramitzky's Streets of Gold #teachecon #immigration #econsky link below

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Is Reyes a Hokie?

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Have information you think the public should know about the Census Bureau or other parts of the federal government? I'm a @npr.org correspondent who's available via the encrypted messaging app Signal at hansi.01

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In case you missed it, the American Relief Act apparently made telehealth a non covered health service for any HSA eligible plan by declining to extend first dollar coverage. if you have a family member who requires monthly appt to refill their prescriptions, it is now billed at the full rate.

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The Inter-American Development Bank is forming a poverty group, with multiple staff positions. Lead Specialist jobs.iadb.org/job/Economic... Specialist jobs.iadb.org/job/Economic... Great opportunity to help shape the organization's operational & analytical work around poverty reduction.

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Of potential interest to the #econsky & related community: Miami (OH)’s finance department is hiring 2 teaching-track faculty positions. See: miamioh.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/miamio...

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The University of Virginia has created a website of archived government websites—bookmark it—you’re going to need it later. guides.lib.virginia.edu/c.php?g=1451...

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I have a confession . . . I was an “overhead cost”. I was a beaker washer, agar plate pourer, research secretary. I was paid by “overhead cost” fees. Loved it. Those “overhead cost” jobs allowed this rural kid to become a physician. Please tag how #OverheadCostJob impact u.

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Please reach out to me with any details on how cuts to USAID funding are affecting any of Iowa's state universities.

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What can you do about the assault on USAID? Share this far and wide. Do your part! Please do retweet 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

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If you're an early career researcher - perhaps based in a fledgling authoritarian state - and want an out, @britishacademy.bsky.social offer 2-year fellowships to come to a UK university (including relocation costs and research funds). www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/inte...

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I had not realized this about MD/PhD F30/31 fellowships

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Happy Federal Worker Appreciation day to those who celebrate

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Oh hey we are finally seen (last entry in mint green)

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We are hiring pre-docs at the Reimagining the Economy Program at Harvard www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/wien...

submitted 29 days ago • 2 comments

For Econ/policy PhD students on the market interested in higher ed/workforce related policy - come work with us! See postdoc position below at a new Center Steph Cellini and I co-Direct.

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This comments section is the first time I've felt even a shred of hope in eight days.

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I’d like to thank the Academy, I mean Deepseek, for what appears to be a never ending stream of content for principles of micro this semester

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The Summer Economic Fellowship Program is still open until Feb. 1st. For all the details and to apply, go to: aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...

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