Dimitrios Diamantaras
@ddiamantaras.bsky.social
Economics Professor at Temple University, Philadelphia. Amateur photographer and singer (classical style, bass). Also on Mastodon at @[email protected]
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New working paper 🚨🚨🚨
What was the origin of modern economic growth?
Joel Mokyr had a Nobel winning answer - growth took off when science and technology began to reinforce each other
But can we test this quantitatively?
This paper does so – read more ⬇️ 🧵
What was the origin of modern economic growth?
Joel Mokyr had a Nobel winning answer - growth took off when science and technology began to reinforce each other
But can we test this quantitatively?
This paper does so – read more ⬇️ 🧵
December 19, 2025 at 1:47 PM
New working paper 🚨🚨🚨
What was the origin of modern economic growth?
Joel Mokyr had a Nobel winning answer - growth took off when science and technology began to reinforce each other
But can we test this quantitatively?
This paper does so – read more ⬇️ 🧵
What was the origin of modern economic growth?
Joel Mokyr had a Nobel winning answer - growth took off when science and technology began to reinforce each other
But can we test this quantitatively?
This paper does so – read more ⬇️ 🧵
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U.S. Unemployment Rate Rises, a Warning Sign for the Economy
Employers added only 64,000 jobs in November, according to data delayed by the government shutdown. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.6%, the highest level in four years
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Employers added only 64,000 jobs in November, according to data delayed by the government shutdown. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.6%, the highest level in four years
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
December 16, 2025 at 5:50 PM
U.S. Unemployment Rate Rises, a Warning Sign for the Economy
Employers added only 64,000 jobs in November, according to data delayed by the government shutdown. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.6%, the highest level in four years
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
Employers added only 64,000 jobs in November, according to data delayed by the government shutdown. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.6%, the highest level in four years
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...
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Video, I believe recorded off of local TV, of a bystander disarming one of the two killers.
December 14, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Video, I believe recorded off of local TV, of a bystander disarming one of the two killers.
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Legit hero right there.
Video, I believe recorded off of local TV, of a bystander disarming one of the two killers.
December 14, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Legit hero right there.
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Big new blogpost!
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
December 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Big new blogpost!
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
My guide to data visualization, which includes a very long table of contents, tons of charts, and more.
--> Why data visualization matters and how to make charts more effective, clear, transparent, and sometimes, beautiful.
www.scientificdiscovery.dev/p/salonis-gu...
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🆕 Ten key insights from development economics in 2025
The world is changing rapidly. Can research inform what comes next?
I spent a long time trying to condense everything I read this year at @voxdev.bsky.social into ten key insights, you can read the full blog here: voxdev.org/topic/ten-ke...
The world is changing rapidly. Can research inform what comes next?
I spent a long time trying to condense everything I read this year at @voxdev.bsky.social into ten key insights, you can read the full blog here: voxdev.org/topic/ten-ke...
Ten key insights from development economics in 2025
Research on VoxDev in 2025 has shed light on getting stuff done, paying for it, the changing development landscape, and a whole lot more.
voxdev.org
December 9, 2025 at 11:22 AM
🆕 Ten key insights from development economics in 2025
The world is changing rapidly. Can research inform what comes next?
I spent a long time trying to condense everything I read this year at @voxdev.bsky.social into ten key insights, you can read the full blog here: voxdev.org/topic/ten-ke...
The world is changing rapidly. Can research inform what comes next?
I spent a long time trying to condense everything I read this year at @voxdev.bsky.social into ten key insights, you can read the full blog here: voxdev.org/topic/ten-ke...
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After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
After becoming a congressional leader, a politician’s stock portfolio beats out those of peers by 47 (!!!) percentage points a year through trades timed around bills and firms that later get government contracts
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
www.nber.org/papers/w34524
via @florianederer.bsky.social
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In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
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Canadian crime is something else
November 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Canadian crime is something else
Visible with the naked eye Aurora in Abington, PA. Iphone 16 pro, 3 second exposure exposure, no further processing
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Visible with the naked eye Aurora in Abington, PA. Iphone 16 pro, 3 second exposure exposure, no further processing
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The impact of AI on workers depends critically on whether the AI-seller has market power. A monopoly seller of AI services causes significant harm to an economy, from Susan Athey and Fiona Scott Morton www.nber.org/papers/w34444
November 11, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The impact of AI on workers depends critically on whether the AI-seller has market power. A monopoly seller of AI services causes significant harm to an economy, from Susan Athey and Fiona Scott Morton www.nber.org/papers/w34444
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This is very funny; China's AI systems had huge returns on investing in crypto. The U.S. systems had losses. thechinaacademy.org/china-us-ai-... The idea of seeing the Wall Street jerks and crypto bros wiped out by Chinese AI is pretty delicious.
First China-US AI Crypto Trading Showdown: Qwen3 Max First, DeepSeek Chat V3.1 Second, GPT‑5, Gemini 2.5 Pro, Claude Sonnet 4.5, and Grok 4 Wiped Out
China’s AI large model Qwen achieved a return of 22.32%, while DeepSeek followed closely with a 4.89% return.
thechinaacademy.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
This is very funny; China's AI systems had huge returns on investing in crypto. The U.S. systems had losses. thechinaacademy.org/china-us-ai-... The idea of seeing the Wall Street jerks and crypto bros wiped out by Chinese AI is pretty delicious.
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🧵There's this phenomenon you sometimes see in certain corners of science where a small group of researchers all work on the same narrow topic and mostly just talk to each other. It becomes a really insular community: everyone cites everyone else, ... 1/5
November 6, 2025 at 9:38 AM
🧵There's this phenomenon you sometimes see in certain corners of science where a small group of researchers all work on the same narrow topic and mostly just talk to each other. It becomes a really insular community: everyone cites everyone else, ... 1/5
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Not a word about the most effective way to avoid contracting airborne infections, wearing a mask
Gift link if you still want to read the article: www.wsj.com/sports/olymp...
Gift link if you still want to read the article: www.wsj.com/sports/olymp...
November 6, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Not a word about the most effective way to avoid contracting airborne infections, wearing a mask
Gift link if you still want to read the article: www.wsj.com/sports/olymp...
Gift link if you still want to read the article: www.wsj.com/sports/olymp...
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New data on the #EconJobMarket as of Nov 2. Based on total # of job listings on JOE, this year continues to be even weaker (by 11%) than during COVID (2020). 1/many #EconSky
November 5, 2025 at 10:11 PM
New data on the #EconJobMarket as of Nov 2. Based on total # of job listings on JOE, this year continues to be even weaker (by 11%) than during COVID (2020). 1/many #EconSky
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Dropping a beta version of this page while everyone is up and processing baseball!
This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers.
paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...
This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers.
paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...
Economics Literature Search
Full-text search across 15,000+ papers from top economics journals and NBER working papers. Track how empirical methods have evolved over time.
paulgp.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Dropping a beta version of this page while everyone is up and processing baseball!
This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers.
paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...
This tool lets you search the full text of papers from the American Economic Review, American Economic Journal series, and over 30,000 NBER working papers.
paulgp.com/econlit-pipe...
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A bellwether of the wreckage that will be caused by the catastrophic assault on science in the U.S.
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
A bellwether of the wreckage that will be caused by the catastrophic assault on science in the U.S.
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What a great day: legends of innovation economics Mokyr, Aghion and Howitt win the Nobel. Joel was a PhD advisor of mine, so need a full article! Included: good & bad explanations of the Indus Rev, Aghion's charisma, influence of Jon Hughes, French fashion houses: kevinbryanecon.com/mokyraghionh...
A Nobel for Innovation: Mokyr, Aghion, and Howitt
kevinbryanecon.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
What a great day: legends of innovation economics Mokyr, Aghion and Howitt win the Nobel. Joel was a PhD advisor of mine, so need a full article! Included: good & bad explanations of the Indus Rev, Aghion's charisma, influence of Jon Hughes, French fashion houses: kevinbryanecon.com/mokyraghionh...
Congratulations to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt for the recognition by the Nobel committee of their foundational studies of economic growth based on sustained innovation!
October 13, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Congratulations to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt for the recognition by the Nobel committee of their foundational studies of economic growth based on sustained innovation!
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Co-director @dacemoglumit.bsky.social participated in yesterday's United Nations dialogue session on AI, highlighted in @nytimes.com. Daron stressed that the current path of AI, which emphasizes automation, could lead to greater inequality.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/b...
Countries Consider A.I.’s Dangers and Benefits at U.N.
www.nytimes.com
September 26, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Co-director @dacemoglumit.bsky.social participated in yesterday's United Nations dialogue session on AI, highlighted in @nytimes.com. Daron stressed that the current path of AI, which emphasizes automation, could lead to greater inequality.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/b...
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Hey, so I'm doing this thing next week, and it's a pilot for what I'm hoping will be a regular thing, and I'm really excited about it, and I do hope you'll join us.
Signup here: myumi.ch/G2dZ7
Signup here: myumi.ch/G2dZ7
September 24, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Hey, so I'm doing this thing next week, and it's a pilot for what I'm hoping will be a regular thing, and I'm really excited about it, and I do hope you'll join us.
Signup here: myumi.ch/G2dZ7
Signup here: myumi.ch/G2dZ7
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My book, a labor of love, with 15 years of my own research and the stories of countless women, is out today!! I document why women's time has gotten so squeezed, and then provide actionable, evidence-based strategies on what we can do about it! So many people on here did the research in the book! 🙏
September 23, 2025 at 6:48 PM
My book, a labor of love, with 15 years of my own research and the stories of countless women, is out today!! I document why women's time has gotten so squeezed, and then provide actionable, evidence-based strategies on what we can do about it! So many people on here did the research in the book! 🙏