Ryan D. Edwards
@ryandedwards.bsky.social
Health Economics, Macro, Labor, Demography @UCSF and @UCBerkeley @berkeleyecon Former faculty @CUNY and @NBERpubs. 2002 Econ Ph.D. & Oakland fan. He/him
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Ryan D. Edwards
@ryandedwards.bsky.social
· May 22
Commencement remarks by Governor Kugler at the Economics Commencement Ceremony, University of California, Berkeley
Thank you, Stefano, and before I say anything else, congratulations to the Class of 2025! 1 My family is here today, so let me acknowledge my husband Igna
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Inspiring words from Fed Governor Adriana Kugler from Tuesday's ECON commencement at the Greek.
In person, "impatient" and "stubborn" struck me as perfect for this moment in history. On paper, they're less pronounced, but in an address they absolutely slapped
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In person, "impatient" and "stubborn" struck me as perfect for this moment in history. On paper, they're less pronounced, but in an address they absolutely slapped
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Glacial curricular innovation is not a medical school monopoly either, but I think there have been endogenous adjustments in other fields at the doctoral level. Seems like a good time to revisit, especially given what we know about first year classes in person
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
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Opinion | Make Medical School Three Years
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November 12, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Glacial curricular innovation is not a medical school monopoly either, but I think there have been endogenous adjustments in other fields at the doctoral level. Seems like a good time to revisit, especially given what we know about first year classes in person
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/o...
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Can I has Mitchell Duneier as my teacher dad? No? Is his Princeton class available online perhaps?
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Opinion | Bruce Springsteen’s Father Complicates a Powerful American Narrative
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November 9, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Can I has Mitchell Duneier as my teacher dad? No? Is his Princeton class available online perhaps?
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/o...
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Trying to defang Reform seems critical. How can Labour do it without becoming whom they seek to defeat? Find elements of other policies that resonate, avoid those that don’t
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UK seeks inspiration from Denmark to shake up immigration system
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood is taking cues from some of the toughest migration laws in Europe.
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November 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Trying to defang Reform seems critical. How can Labour do it without becoming whom they seek to defeat? Find elements of other policies that resonate, avoid those that don’t
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Q: Food prices are still going up. Grocery prices are still going up. How do you respond?
MIKE JOHNSON: All of the economist have shown that food prices always go up. There's an inflationary level that's built in to grocery prices.
MIKE JOHNSON: All of the economist have shown that food prices always go up. There's an inflationary level that's built in to grocery prices.
November 6, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Q: Food prices are still going up. Grocery prices are still going up. How do you respond?
MIKE JOHNSON: All of the economist have shown that food prices always go up. There's an inflationary level that's built in to grocery prices.
MIKE JOHNSON: All of the economist have shown that food prices always go up. There's an inflationary level that's built in to grocery prices.
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And finally, the candidates who won were running AGAINST people endorsed by Donald Trump. Like seriously, all of them. Americans are sick of tariffs raising their costs while he focuses on renovating bathrooms in the White House.
November 6, 2025 at 1:08 AM
And finally, the candidates who won were running AGAINST people endorsed by Donald Trump. Like seriously, all of them. Americans are sick of tariffs raising their costs while he focuses on renovating bathrooms in the White House.
Just lays it out very clearly. IEEPA justification for levying tariffs on every country would be a big expansion of executive power
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Opinion | Trump’s Blanket Tariffs Are a Bridge Too Far
The case against his use of IEEPA is powerful. The justices shouldn’t defer to presidential power.
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November 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Just lays it out very clearly. IEEPA justification for levying tariffs on every country would be a big expansion of executive power
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The IEEPA statute implies that powers are meant to address *emergencies*, and trade embargoes seem like reasonable tools. But as we have seen, tariffs do not work quickly, although they appear to provide leverage.
No donut holes to see here, folks
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No donut holes to see here, folks
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Update from Tony Romm
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November 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The IEEPA statute implies that powers are meant to address *emergencies*, and trade embargoes seem like reasonable tools. But as we have seen, tariffs do not work quickly, although they appear to provide leverage.
No donut holes to see here, folks
www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
No donut holes to see here, folks
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if Joe Biden said this during a speech Hannity would immediately start anchoring special coverage and the New York Times would fire up a live blog breaking down every syllable
Trump: "For generations Miami has been a haven for those fleeing communist tyranny in South Africa. I mean, if you take a look at what's going on in parts of South Africa. Look at South Africa, what's going on. Look at South America, what's going on. You know, we have a G20 meeting in South Africa."
November 5, 2025 at 7:15 PM
if Joe Biden said this during a speech Hannity would immediately start anchoring special coverage and the New York Times would fire up a live blog breaking down every syllable
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Like a Monty Python skit
this might be the funniest possible way they could have characterized it
November 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Like a Monty Python skit
Is it time for an amendment that allows for a supermajority Senate override of a pardon
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'I don't know who he is,' says Trump after pardoning crypto tycoon
The president pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the co-founder of the world's largest crypto exchange, in October.
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November 3, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Is it time for an amendment that allows for a supermajority Senate override of a pardon
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More insanity at FDA. Other than DOD and USDA, is there a more vital agency?
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FDA Official Steps Down, Sued by Drugmaker
George Tidmarsh, who resigned Sunday, is accused in a lawsuit of seeking a bribe and defaming a drug.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:12 AM
More insanity at FDA. Other than DOD and USDA, is there a more vital agency?
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This is paranoid, disingenuous drivel. Miran called out the revolving door himself.
“The people who have made those criticisms, they’d be making exactly the same claims about me if I had fully resigned from C.E.A.,” he said. “Their minds were already made up.”
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“The people who have made those criticisms, they’d be making exactly the same claims about me if I had fully resigned from C.E.A.,” he said. “Their minds were already made up.”
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Fed Risks a Recession if It Doesn’t Cut Rates Rapidly, a Top Official Warns
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November 2, 2025 at 4:51 AM
This is paranoid, disingenuous drivel. Miran called out the revolving door himself.
“The people who have made those criticisms, they’d be making exactly the same claims about me if I had fully resigned from C.E.A.,” he said. “Their minds were already made up.”
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“The people who have made those criticisms, they’d be making exactly the same claims about me if I had fully resigned from C.E.A.,” he said. “Their minds were already made up.”
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I’m sorry/congrats
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I’m sorry/congrats
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Get the hell out of Evanston.
October 31, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Get the hell out of Evanston.
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The United States was the leading destination for top scientists from all over the world.
That is ending. Politicians ended it. It will cripple our future competitiveness.
And it’s such a bitter tragedy. Almost no Americans, Conservative or Liberal, grasp what is now being stolen from them.
That is ending. Politicians ended it. It will cripple our future competitiveness.
And it’s such a bitter tragedy. Almost no Americans, Conservative or Liberal, grasp what is now being stolen from them.
Top researchers consider leaving U.S. amid funding cuts: 'The science world is ending'
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour
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November 1, 2025 at 3:44 AM
The United States was the leading destination for top scientists from all over the world.
That is ending. Politicians ended it. It will cripple our future competitiveness.
And it’s such a bitter tragedy. Almost no Americans, Conservative or Liberal, grasp what is now being stolen from them.
That is ending. Politicians ended it. It will cripple our future competitiveness.
And it’s such a bitter tragedy. Almost no Americans, Conservative or Liberal, grasp what is now being stolen from them.
Immigration Agents Clash With Chicago-Area Residents on Halloween
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November 1, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Quick overview of immigrants’ remittances by Planet Money with a longer segment due today
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America's immigration crackdown is disrupting the global remittance market
America's immigration crackdown might have serious financial consequences for a range of countries.
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October 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Quick overview of immigrants’ remittances by Planet Money with a longer segment due today
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It's hilarious to me how much the WSJ Editorial Board these days has to resort to being reasonable rather than unhinged.
Can the justices find in IEEPA how Congress delegated to the President the power to punish capriciously over a TV ad?
www.wsj.com/opinion/reag...
Can the justices find in IEEPA how Congress delegated to the President the power to punish capriciously over a TV ad?
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Opinion | Reagan vs. Trump on Tariffs
The Gipper was a free trader, no matter what the current President says.
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October 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
It's hilarious to me how much the WSJ Editorial Board these days has to resort to being reasonable rather than unhinged.
Can the justices find in IEEPA how Congress delegated to the President the power to punish capriciously over a TV ad?
www.wsj.com/opinion/reag...
Can the justices find in IEEPA how Congress delegated to the President the power to punish capriciously over a TV ad?
www.wsj.com/opinion/reag...
Games of chance for kids, like those awful claw machines that don’t actually ever grab anything, are works of pure eeeeville
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...
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Opinion | Rescuing My Daughter From the Cult of Labubu
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October 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Games of chance for kids, like those awful claw machines that don’t actually ever grab anything, are works of pure eeeeville
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...
It seems like a perfect time to look at trends in prices of beef cattle, and to compare them to trends in prices of processed beef for consumption, if the question is whether it’s supply versus incentives for supply and market power in processing
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US beef prices are soaring. Will Trump's plans lower them?
Trump is under fire from ranchers, who say his ideas to lower prices address "symptoms not the problems".
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October 25, 2025 at 7:29 PM
It seems like a perfect time to look at trends in prices of beef cattle, and to compare them to trends in prices of processed beef for consumption, if the question is whether it’s supply versus incentives for supply and market power in processing
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It’s such a weird world we’re in, where Democrats are going to the mattresses for subsidies that help poor people in states that haven’t expanded Medicaid
Not a bad strategy for electoral success, if it can help build a coalition
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Not a bad strategy for electoral success, if it can help build a coalition
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ACA premiums could skyrocket: What to expect as open enrollment begins
Health insurance costs are set to rise next year as federal lawmakers fail to reach a deal to preserve health care subsidies.
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October 22, 2025 at 5:51 AM
It’s such a weird world we’re in, where Democrats are going to the mattresses for subsidies that help poor people in states that haven’t expanded Medicaid
Not a bad strategy for electoral success, if it can help build a coalition
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
Not a bad strategy for electoral success, if it can help build a coalition
www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
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If I have time to make signs for No Kings tomorrow, they're just going to be lines from the Declaration of Independence cataloguing George III's offenses that match things Trump has done.
October 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
If I have time to make signs for No Kings tomorrow, they're just going to be lines from the Declaration of Independence cataloguing George III's offenses that match things Trump has done.