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SIEPR @siepr.bsky.social · 23h

Congratulations to Adrien Auclert @aauclert.bsky.social, SIEPR senior fellow and the recipient of the San Francisco Fed's inaugural Janet Yellen Award for Monetary Research for his early-career work on monetary economics! Link 👇 on Auclert's path into economics. #MonetaryPolicy #EconSky

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Tim Bresnahan @timobres.bsky.social · 1d

Congrats to Joel, Philippe and Peter. Terrific work, and a lot of it, behind this year's Econ Nobel. Congrats also to the Nobel Committee for honoring work using very different methodologies on a topic of supreme importance. aeaweb.org/news/nobel-p...

Congratulations to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt on being awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt lauded for showing how new technology can drive sustained growth.

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Department of Economics @Universität Zürich 🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 5d

A "coup" we are very excited and proud about! 🙂

Ein Coup für die Uni Zürich: Zwei Nobelpreisträger bauen ein eigenes Zentrum auf

Abhijit Banerjee und Esther Duflo sorgen mit Experimenten dafür, dass Entwicklungsökonomie auch in der Praxis funktioniert. Dank einer Spende der Lemann Foundation bauen sie in Zürich ein Zentrum für ...

www.nzz.ch

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Florian Scheuer @florianscheuer.bsky.social · 5d

I am delighted to share that Nobel laureates Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee will join our Department of Economics @econ.uzh.ch at the University of Zurich on July 1, 2026, as Lemann Foundation Professors of Economics.

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Tim Bresnahan @timobres.bsky.social · 5d

AG James. "I am a proud woman of faith, and I know that faith and fear cannot share the same space. And so today I am not fearful, I am fearless, and as my faith teaches me, no weapon formed against me shall prosper." More like her and the Republic will stand.

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Tim Bresnahan @timobres.bsky.social · 7d

The key to uselessness is unusability.

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 8d

Have a paper related to crime or criminal justice policy that you'd like to present in the ViCE seminar? Email it to me at [email protected]. Studies using causal research designs are the best fit. See past schedules here: jenniferdoleac.com/vice-seminar/

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Tim Bresnahan @timobres.bsky.social · 8d

Editor changes at Econometric Society Journals and Monograph Series.

mailing.econometricsociety.org/t/r-e-tkjyhu...

The Econometric Society: New Co-Editors for the Society's three journals

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Jonathan A. Parker @profjaparker.bsky.social · 9d

Awesome news, and congratulations and thank you to the four of them!

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Tim Bresnahan @timobres.bsky.social · 19d

You are a great success, @itsafronomics.bsky.social

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Brett Hollenbeck @bretthollenbeck.com · 21d

It looks like he didn't share it on Bluesky, so I will. @afinetheorem.bsky.social has written an excellent review article covering 7 recent books on the economics of AI that serves as an excellent overview of this topic. Highly recommended!

kevinbryanecon.com/BryanAIBookR...

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SIEPR @siepr.bsky.social · 19d

Please join us in celebrating Nick Bloom on his Clarivate Citation Laureate recognition for his work measuring economic uncertainty! Bloom joins a distinguished list of Stanford economists who have previously been honored, including Nobel Laureates Paul Milgrom, Robert Wilson & Paul Romer. Link ⬇️

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Tim Bresnahan @timobres.bsky.social · 20d

Agree. Lucas critique issue to overcome if it becomes a policy tool.

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Tim Bresnahan @timobres.bsky.social · 20d

Super interesting paper. Colluders often switch or hide language to avoid detection. Will invitations to collude change language to avoid this specific detection? Many other classes of bad actors, e.g. posters of harmful content on social media, have so changed to avoid AI detection.

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Martin Gaynor @martingaynor.bsky.social · 25d

Monopoly history - mergers and collusion in the steel industry, which went unchallenged initially and for quite some time. At the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor (amazing museum!) in Youngstown, Ohio.

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 25d

Two years ago, @nber.org asked me to talk about my research on political violence during Reconstruction. Political violence is not just about intimidation, it is also related to thwarting and violently penalizing political success. Seems appropriate to revisit that today.

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2023, Trevon Logan, "Whitelashing: Black Politicians, Taxes, and Violence"

YouTube video by NBER

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John McLaren @johnmclaren.bsky.social · 26d

I’m interested!

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Corinne Low @corinnelow.com · 26d

Thrilled to finally have this incredibly important work by @itsafronomics.bsky.social in my hands!!! We on econ Twitter of yore know that Anna is PEERLESS at scicomm for econ--breaking down complex topics to make them palpable, relatable, and fun. Get yours!! a.co/d/9z7ktCf

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 26d

REAL MEN READ #TheDoubleTax!!!!!!!!!!!

Edgar Allen Dope @ecsweet.bsky.social · 26d

Imma audible this. All up n down my sl is this book so lemme see what she saying 🤗

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 26d

The @nber.org Race and Stratification in the Economy working group is seeking submissions for our upcoming Spring 2026 meeting to be held on March 27, 2026.

The submission deadline is December 11, 2025.

The call for papers is here:

www.asc.ohio-state.edu/logan.155/pd...

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Oren Ziv @orenziv.bsky.social · 27d

This rocks!

Thiru Balasubramaniam @thirugeneva.bsky.social · 28d

Professor Robert Staiger, the Roth Family Distinguished Professor in the Arts and Sciences and Professor of Economics at Dartmouth College, has been appointed as the new Chief Economist of the World Trade Organization. @wto.org

Robert W. Staiger - Wikipedia

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 28d

I read @itsafronomics.bsky.social new book “The Double Tax” this afternoon. It’s engaging and one of the best popular ways to bring social science to the public and policy that I’ve read in a long while. Black women are uniquely disadvantaged in our economy. 😍 she gave Janelle James her flowers!

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David Wessel @davidmwessel.bsky.social · 28d

Five ways to make government spending on transportation more efficient. A @brookings.edu / AEI project organized by Ed Glaeser and me. www.brookings.edu/articles/fiv... #econsky

Five proposals to make government spending on transportation more efficient | Brookings

Overview of a joint AEI-Brookings project on improving the efficiency of transportation spending

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Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · Sep 14

Here are four ways anyone can support and help their local library:

• Get a library card ⭐️
• Use your library card 🌟
•Visit the library 💫
•Tell everyone to get a library card and support their local library ✨

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Tim Bresnahan @timobres.bsky.social · 28d

Cicero, IL, is not yet a major city, but "Omnium Rerum Principia Parva Sunt."

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Claudia Sahm @claudia-sahm.bsky.social · 29d

Very good news.

Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 29d

BREAKING: DC Cir. court of appeals rejects Trump’s effort to remove Lisa Cook from Board of Governors of Federal Reserve, allows her to participate in tomorrow’s meeting

for leave to participate as amicus curiae filed by the Separation of Powers Clinic [2134531-21 and Azoria Capital, Inc., and James T. Fishback [2134784-2], be granted. The Clerk is directed to file the lodged amicus briefs. It is FURTHER ORDERED that the motion for stay and administrative stay be denied [2134492-2]. A concurring statement of Circuit Judge Garcia, joined by Circuit Judge Childs, and a dissenting statement of Circuit Judge Katsas are attached. Before Judges: Katsas*, Childs and Garcia.
(* Circuit Judge Katsas would grant the motion

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