Dominic Smith
@dominicsmith.bsky.social
Economist. Retail sector and inflation. Current and Past Affiliations BLS, University of Minnesota, Collegio Carlo Alberto, and CWRU. Enjoy cooking and cycling. He/Him http://Dominic-smith.com
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WSJ:
"Some will say this means U.S. should never admit such refugees, but the alternative is abandoning allies who assist USA in war to retribution of our enemies..How many will assist us if they believe there will be no exit for them if U.S. leaves"
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
"Some will say this means U.S. should never admit such refugees, but the alternative is abandoning allies who assist USA in war to retribution of our enemies..How many will assist us if they believe there will be no exit for them if U.S. leaves"
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
Opinion | The Ambush on the National Guard
The alleged shooting by an Afghan ‘partner’ shouldn’t condemn all who assisted the U.S. and now live here.
www.wsj.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
WSJ:
"Some will say this means U.S. should never admit such refugees, but the alternative is abandoning allies who assist USA in war to retribution of our enemies..How many will assist us if they believe there will be no exit for them if U.S. leaves"
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
"Some will say this means U.S. should never admit such refugees, but the alternative is abandoning allies who assist USA in war to retribution of our enemies..How many will assist us if they believe there will be no exit for them if U.S. leaves"
www.wsj.com/opinion/the-...
E-bike plus trailer and I can transport 5 kids. Try doing that with your mid-sized SUV.
I am very smug on my e-bike with my two kids
This week I wrote about the rise of the e-bike dad - this piece was originally going to run alongside the story I did in September about the bike boom in general, and we didn't have space in print, but here it is:
www.economist.com/united-state...
www.economist.com/united-state...
November 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
E-bike plus trailer and I can transport 5 kids. Try doing that with your mid-sized SUV.
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Postdoc at the Minnesota Population Center, @minnpop.bsky.social
Applications open now and being evaluated on a rolling basis. Pass on to demographers you know!
(This one requires folks to relocate to the Twin Cities, because it involves work in the restricted data center)
Applications open now and being evaluated on a rolling basis. Pass on to demographers you know!
(This one requires folks to relocate to the Twin Cities, because it involves work in the restricted data center)
hr.myu.umn.edu
October 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Postdoc at the Minnesota Population Center, @minnpop.bsky.social
Applications open now and being evaluated on a rolling basis. Pass on to demographers you know!
(This one requires folks to relocate to the Twin Cities, because it involves work in the restricted data center)
Applications open now and being evaluated on a rolling basis. Pass on to demographers you know!
(This one requires folks to relocate to the Twin Cities, because it involves work in the restricted data center)
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Attention IO job market candidates:
Sometimes speakers in the CMA's external economics seminar series have to cancel at relatively short notice. We would love for these slots to go to JMCs to present their job market paper.
Drop me a message if you are interested or share with those who might be.
Sometimes speakers in the CMA's external economics seminar series have to cancel at relatively short notice. We would love for these slots to go to JMCs to present their job market paper.
Drop me a message if you are interested or share with those who might be.
October 16, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Attention IO job market candidates:
Sometimes speakers in the CMA's external economics seminar series have to cancel at relatively short notice. We would love for these slots to go to JMCs to present their job market paper.
Drop me a message if you are interested or share with those who might be.
Sometimes speakers in the CMA's external economics seminar series have to cancel at relatively short notice. We would love for these slots to go to JMCs to present their job market paper.
Drop me a message if you are interested or share with those who might be.
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I’ve been an Apple fanboy for 15 years and even I find this shameful and disgusting
New: Apple banned an app that simply archived videos of ICE abuses. Rather than other apps that record ICE official's real-time location, Eyes Up is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." Videos from TikTok etc. Every submission manually reviewed
www.404media.co/apple-banned...
www.404media.co/apple-banned...
Apple Banned an App That Simply Archived Videos of ICE Abuses
Eyes Up's purpose is to "preserve evidence until it can be used in court." But it has been swept up in Apple's crackdown on ICE-spotting apps.
www.404media.co
October 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
I’ve been an Apple fanboy for 15 years and even I find this shameful and disgusting
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NEW: In new research, @dominicsmith.bsky.social and @socampdi.bsky.social show that retail concentration has increased in most markets across the United States, with the expansion of large retail chains driving the trend toward a more concentrated retail landscape.
How Has Industry Consolidation Changed the Way Americans Shop? - ProMarket
In new research, Dominic Smith and Sergio Ocampo show that retail concentration has increased in most markets across the United States, with the expansion of large retail chains driving the trend toward a more concentrated retail landscape. Their findings are based on new product-level census data for all U.S. retailers. They explain the implications of this increased concentration for the everyday shopping experience of clothing, electronics, groceries, and much more.
www.promarket.org
September 4, 2025 at 6:00 PM
NEW: In new research, @dominicsmith.bsky.social and @socampdi.bsky.social show that retail concentration has increased in most markets across the United States, with the expansion of large retail chains driving the trend toward a more concentrated retail landscape.
Tomorrow I will be finishing a 321 mile bike ride from Cleveland to Cincinnati to raise money for Gigi's Playhouse Cleveland in memory of my Aunt, Amy Jo Smith.
Amy died in March and Gigi’s Playhouse was her second home since they moved in nearby.
support.gigisplayhouse.org/gigifit-acce...
Amy died in March and Gigi’s Playhouse was her second home since they moved in nearby.
support.gigisplayhouse.org/gigifit-acce...
July 24, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Tomorrow I will be finishing a 321 mile bike ride from Cleveland to Cincinnati to raise money for Gigi's Playhouse Cleveland in memory of my Aunt, Amy Jo Smith.
Amy died in March and Gigi’s Playhouse was her second home since they moved in nearby.
support.gigisplayhouse.org/gigifit-acce...
Amy died in March and Gigi’s Playhouse was her second home since they moved in nearby.
support.gigisplayhouse.org/gigifit-acce...
Next week I will be biking 321 miles from Cleveland to Cincinnati in memory of my Aunt Amy Jo. I am raising money for a nonprofit that supports people with Down Syndrome that was incredibly helpful to my Aunt. support.gigisplayhouse.org/gigifit-acce...
GiGiFIT Acceptance Challenge 2025 - 321, Go for Amy Jo: Ride Across Ohio for Acceptance
This July I am riding 321 miles from Cleveland to Cincinnati with 2 other people to raise money for Gigi's Playhouse Cleveland in memory of my Aunt, Amy Jo Smith. Biking and Amy: Two of Amy's great...
support.gigisplayhouse.org
July 16, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Next week I will be biking 321 miles from Cleveland to Cincinnati in memory of my Aunt Amy Jo. I am raising money for a nonprofit that supports people with Down Syndrome that was incredibly helpful to my Aunt. support.gigisplayhouse.org/gigifit-acce...
My attempt to defend the stroller division title for the #econ5k. Pushing 5 more pounds than last year, but she sang to me the entire run. We got some nice company on the cooldown.
January 1, 2025 at 3:10 AM
My attempt to defend the stroller division title for the #econ5k. Pushing 5 more pounds than last year, but she sang to me the entire run. We got some nice company on the cooldown.
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Submit your papers to the 2025 @escoeorg.bsky.social conference!
Keynotes include @erikbryn.bsky.social, Carol Propper (Imperial) and Vipin Arora (BEA).
Attendance is free and the conference takes place on KCL's beautiful central London campus.
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Keynotes include @erikbryn.bsky.social, Carol Propper (Imperial) and Vipin Arora (BEA).
Attendance is free and the conference takes place on KCL's beautiful central London campus.
#EconSky
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ESCoE Conference on Economic Measurement 2025 - Call for papers closes 13 Jan 2025 - ESCoE
ESCoE will hold its annual conference, organised in partnership with the UK Office for National Statistics (ONS), on 21-23 May 2025.
www.escoe.ac.uk
December 17, 2024 at 9:02 PM
Submit your papers to the 2025 @escoeorg.bsky.social conference!
Keynotes include @erikbryn.bsky.social, Carol Propper (Imperial) and Vipin Arora (BEA).
Attendance is free and the conference takes place on KCL's beautiful central London campus.
#EconSky
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Keynotes include @erikbryn.bsky.social, Carol Propper (Imperial) and Vipin Arora (BEA).
Attendance is free and the conference takes place on KCL's beautiful central London campus.
#EconSky
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No one asked, but I'll share the PBS kids shows that I think made me a kinder and smarter person:
(Honorable mentions: Sesame Street and ZOOM)
bsky.app/profile/itsa...
(Honorable mentions: Sesame Street and ZOOM)
bsky.app/profile/itsa...
December 10, 2024 at 11:01 PM
No one asked, but I'll share the PBS kids shows that I think made me a kinder and smarter person:
(Honorable mentions: Sesame Street and ZOOM)
bsky.app/profile/itsa...
(Honorable mentions: Sesame Street and ZOOM)
bsky.app/profile/itsa...
Has anyone created a similarity index for HS codes? For example nickel wire and nickel scrap are under different HS4s but a similarity score on description would say they are similar. #econsky
November 7, 2024 at 8:44 PM
Has anyone created a similarity index for HS codes? For example nickel wire and nickel scrap are under different HS4s but a similarity score on description would say they are similar. #econsky
Me: What did you learn at school today?
3yo: We learned economics.
Me: What did you learn about economics?
3yo: We learned about capital.
Me: Huh?
3yo: We learned about capital A for Apple.
I guess he does pay attention when we read to him.
www.amazon.com/ABCs-Economi...
3yo: We learned economics.
Me: What did you learn about economics?
3yo: We learned about capital.
Me: Huh?
3yo: We learned about capital A for Apple.
I guess he does pay attention when we read to him.
www.amazon.com/ABCs-Economi...
September 26, 2024 at 11:46 PM
Me: What did you learn at school today?
3yo: We learned economics.
Me: What did you learn about economics?
3yo: We learned about capital.
Me: Huh?
3yo: We learned about capital A for Apple.
I guess he does pay attention when we read to him.
www.amazon.com/ABCs-Economi...
3yo: We learned economics.
Me: What did you learn about economics?
3yo: We learned about capital.
Me: Huh?
3yo: We learned about capital A for Apple.
I guess he does pay attention when we read to him.
www.amazon.com/ABCs-Economi...
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Dani Sandler and Marit Rehavi will be speaking next Wednesday via Zoom about career pathways of government economists and disparities in pay, and on how managers influence employees’ career paths and wage disparities in both the government and private sectors.
SGE Seminar on September 18th @ 12:00pm ET - Career Trajectories and Earnings Gap in the Government: Evidence from Research
www.sge-econ.org/2024/08/27/c...
www.sge-econ.org/2024/08/27/c...
Career Trajectories and Earnings Gap in the Government: Evidence from Research – The Society of Government Economists
www.sge-econ.org
September 11, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Dani Sandler and Marit Rehavi will be speaking next Wednesday via Zoom about career pathways of government economists and disparities in pay, and on how managers influence employees’ career paths and wage disparities in both the government and private sectors.
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I organized a session on "Youth" for #ASSA2024 through
@sgeecon.bsky.social. I am looking forward to the presentations on Sunday morning. My co-author Charlene Kalenkoski will be presenting our joint work on teen social interactions, time use, and well-being using #ATUS. See you there!
@sgeecon.bsky.social. I am looking forward to the presentations on Sunday morning. My co-author Charlene Kalenkoski will be presenting our joint work on teen social interactions, time use, and well-being using #ATUS. See you there!
It's #ASSA week. SGE is sponsoring 7 sessions: sge-econ.org. Topics include crime, taxes, family, youth, measuring income, price indexes, and rural development. All at the Marriott Rivercenter, Conference Room 5. We will have swag.
January 3, 2024 at 3:17 AM
I organized a session on "Youth" for #ASSA2024 through
@sgeecon.bsky.social. I am looking forward to the presentations on Sunday morning. My co-author Charlene Kalenkoski will be presenting our joint work on teen social interactions, time use, and well-being using #ATUS. See you there!
@sgeecon.bsky.social. I am looking forward to the presentations on Sunday morning. My co-author Charlene Kalenkoski will be presenting our joint work on teen social interactions, time use, and well-being using #ATUS. See you there!
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Consumer prices rose 0.1 percent in November, and were up 3.1 percent from a year earlier. Core prices, excluding food and energy, were up 0.3 percent month/month and 4.0 percent year/year. #NumbersDay
Data: www.bls.gov/news.release...
Full coverage: www.nytimes.com/live/2023/12...
Data: www.bls.gov/news.release...
Full coverage: www.nytimes.com/live/2023/12...
December 12, 2023 at 1:31 PM
Consumer prices rose 0.1 percent in November, and were up 3.1 percent from a year earlier. Core prices, excluding food and energy, were up 0.3 percent month/month and 4.0 percent year/year. #NumbersDay
Data: www.bls.gov/news.release...
Full coverage: www.nytimes.com/live/2023/12...
Data: www.bls.gov/news.release...
Full coverage: www.nytimes.com/live/2023/12...
I’ve been wondering this as well. I have a collection of data that would be convenient to have in an SQL db, but do I really want to be my own db admin?
Yeah, I meant the more precise statement of “how many of you stand up a server database that holds tables with primary keys and secondary keys, etc” but everything else is useful too!
September 26, 2023 at 3:09 PM
I’ve been wondering this as well. I have a collection of data that would be convenient to have in an SQL db, but do I really want to be my own db admin?
I’m very glad this is continuing. I miss the in-person race, but it must have been incredibly difficult to plan a race in a different city each year.
Get ready for the 2024 #ECON5k! More information at sites.google.com/view/econ5k. Co-organizers are @dbergstresser.bsky.social, @inaganguli.bsky.social, and Sandra Goff
September 25, 2023 at 10:59 PM
I’m very glad this is continuing. I miss the in-person race, but it must have been incredibly difficult to plan a race in a different city each year.
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#Econsky may be number 12 on this list, but as everyone knows there are AT LEAST 15 feeds in the top 10.
Just updated the Likes data for this list of science-related BlueSky feeds: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Here’s the Top 30 most popular feeds 👇
Here’s the Top 30 most popular feeds 👇
September 25, 2023 at 10:21 PM
#Econsky may be number 12 on this list, but as everyone knows there are AT LEAST 15 feeds in the top 10.