Absolute respect for the staff at the stats agencies who keep the innovation going, despite the challenges. These new data will be helpful. Do not take this for granted.

#NHV is implementing strong road diets with cycletracks along Whitney and State, 16 years after a huge citywide push by residents and city councilmen (now mayor and state rep), making room for 450 new homes www.newhavenindependent.org/article/whit... www.newhavenindependent.org/article/stat...

The vibes at YIMBYtown were amazing. More than any other conference I’m familiar with, most people at YT are doing meaningful work on the ground and attend because they want to become more effective. Pragmatic, optimistic and energetic—just what we need right now. Let’s build more homes, y’all!

ND Gov. Kelly Armstrong at @yimbytown.bsky.social : on any policy change, 20% of people will be cranky & loud against, 80% are supportive but busy living their lives & don’t speak up. Ignore the 20%. Turn off your social media. Find a compelling emotional hook to engage the silent 80%.

“American colleges, especially the most selective ones, are confronting the dual problems of rampant grade inflation and declining rigor,” @rosehorowitch.bsky.social writes. “Teacher evaluations are a big part of how higher education got to this point.”

SB-79 HAS PASSED THE SENATE AND IS ON ITS WAY TO THE GOVERNOR’S DESK

This semester I'm experimenting with new ways to integrate the latest technology into my courses.⚡📘⚡

This is not true. Blackstone owns 0.06% of the single family homes in America. There is no market where they own more than 1% of the homes. Nobody has a monopoly on housing. 2/3 of American households own their homes and rental housing is a VERY diversified and competitive industry.

Dan Sacks and I are looking for a postdoc to work on Medicaid evaluation projects at UW-IRP. See posting: hr.wisc.edu/postdoc-and-... . Email your resume and cover letter to Tim Connor at [email protected]. For any questions regarding the position, please contact Dan Sacks at [email protected]

Induction stoves are quieter, cooler, and produce less toxic pollution than gas. On the other hand, they also cook better, as a growing number of professional chefs recognize.

Seems bad

As we kick off the fall semester, join us in welcoming our new faculty members to Yale! Learn more about their backgrounds and research: economics.yale.edu/news/250828/...

Here’s the link to comment on the rule. Please do comment. They can make a difference in litigation. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

My very first concert was Ray Charles on the New Haven Green.

This move to import more U.S. corn ethanol will increase GHG emissions, rather than decreasing them.

I now too have a "professional announcement." I have known it for quite some time now, but only from today on this is really, legally official: I am now Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor campus), @umich.edu

“It’s people who will get cancer in 10, 20 or 30 years who will really pay the price for these cuts”

Are the mRNA vaccines incredible? YES! Are the mRNA vaccines perfect? No. Have the mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives? YES! Can we make the mRNA vaccines even better? YES! Can we use mRNA vaccine technology to prevent and treat many other diseases? YES! Fund mRNA research!

if you would please consult this graph by @alfredtwu.com

Truly great news as NYC moves forward with this subway extension. But the cost remains mind-boggling. We're talking $1.97 b for 1.6 mi of new tunnel, space for 125th St station, & upgrades to 0.5 mi of existing tunnel. In Paris, a €2.5 b contract awarded last year will build 10.6 mi of new tunnel.

NEW Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper: "Selective Turnout, Voting Policy, and Partisan Bias: Evidence from Multi-Level Data" By Steven Berry, Christian Cox, and Philip Haile: cowles.yale.edu/research/cfd...

Debunking #immigration myths with data egc.yale.edu/research/lea... @yaleeconomics.bsky.social #econsky

Hello #econtwitter community: if any of you has been teaching any of my papers, would you mind shooting me a DM? I would hugely appreciate that 🙏 and thanks in advance!

This is exactly the kind of thing that the convicted murderer in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting was exposed to. Shameful and dangerous that a US government agency is referencing such a false, hate filled screed. This should be taken down immediately. @fetterman.senate.gov @deluzio.house.gov

I believe one of the new mRNA vaccines was expected to treat colon cancer, and another had the potential to keep pancreatic cancer from recurring. That’s what they’re taking away.

NEW in Econometrica, Charles Hodgson and Gregory Lewis develop and estimate a model of consumer search with spatial learning. Read the full article here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.3982/...

I’ve harped on the media for very poor reporting of the ways jobs numbers are produced, but I also want to highlight good examples such as @bencasselman.bsky.social at New York Times and this piece by NBC News. Good, informative economic journalism is possible. www.nbcnews.com/business/eco...

Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements This is a big deal

Economist at right-leaning American Enterprise Institute bsky.app/profile/mich...

I can't stress how damaging this is. Destroys trust in core government statistics.

From r/virginvschad 👀 #stats

Welcome back, Gary Becker.

Lots of complaints about administrative bloat at universities, but if you have any federal research funding (well, at least for now) it's terrifying to manage it without significant, and high quality, administrative support. [This is a shout out to the amazing staff/admin at UM Ann Arbor]

Some professional news: After more than a decade of columnizing at The Washington Post, I'm taking the buyout. This is my last column. It is my advice to any other lucky pundits who land a perch like this -- with 11 principles I've aspired to, even if I haven't always achieved them: wapo.st/3TU2fGw

We traveled to DC to talk to Congressional Staffers about the impact of NIH and NIBIB funding. It enables us to develop synthetic biology tools to advance cell & genetic medicines for patients in need. REPOST to deliver the message that SCIENCE saves lives & makes America GREAT!

Hospitals are gobbling up physician practices—and health care prices are rising as a result. New research in @nber.org shows that vertical mergers between hospitals & physician practices are driving up physician & hospital prices. Read the Tobin Center Policy Brief: tobin.yale.edu/research/hos...

This week on Open Circuit: The hosts chat with journalist and author Michael Grunwald about the hidden emissions of biofuels, the failure of feel-good farming, and how ag tech can learn from energy. Listen now: www.latitudemedia.com/news/open-ci...

"In this paper, we provide an equilibrium treatment of how data-intensive mechanisms for selling advertising impact product prices and welfare both on and off the platform." NEW in @reveconstudies.bsky.social by Dirk Bergemann, Alessandro Bonatti, and Nicholas Wu: academic.oup.com/restud/artic...

The Cowles Foundation's postdoctoral program helps advance research while building networks and expertise that will serve postdocs throughout their careers. Learn more about our newly minted faculty members: economics.yale.edu/news/250630/...

Summary Table of the massive defunding of biomedical research in the United States www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Congestion pricing by the # ‘s 6 months in: * 67k fewer drivers entering zone daily * Delays in Holland Tunnel down 65% * Traffic deaths down 32% so far in 2025 * $500m projected this year for MTA capital improvements * B’way attendance +12% * Subway ridership +7% So yes this program is a SUCCESS.

Yes, I have a book launching Monday called WE ARE EATING THE EARTH that digs into some of this suckitude. Biofuels are now eating a Texas worth of the earth. Which is pointless and awful. But agriculture is eating 75 Texases worth of the earth. www.amazon.com/We-Are-Eatin...

Y’all, I wrote a book! www.amazon.com/Science-Seco...

Harvard is free for anyone whose family income is below $100k, and tuition-free if it's below $200k, so the Trump administration is investigating it for working to "raise tuition prices while offering selective financial aid packages to maximize profits.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/26/u...

Forthcoming in the AER: "Is Air Pollution Regulation Too Lenient? Evidence from US Offset Markets" by Joseph S. Shapiro and Reed Walker. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Are you wondering how to make monopoly digital platforms more competitive? I have a new book with answers. Intro article here in ProMarket: www.promarket.org/2025/06/26/a...

The best thing NYC can do for the planet is to create more New Yorkers. That means more housing. It means making NY (even) more livable and affordable, especially for families. It can't possible be that our vision of the good life is LES in your 20s, then out into the 'burbs once you have kids.

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social is a great example of how far you can go if you genuinely center your campaign in an engaging way around the issue that voters overwhelmingly say in surveys they care the most about www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyL4...

This was the biggest story of the 2024 election - the single most effective effective Harris ad of the campaign was when she promised to lower costs by building more housing and taking on landlords! bsky.app/profile/davi...

Not feeding into the Bluesky debate but I would love to see more academics sharing papers on here. Revive the ‘ol “here’s a thread about this paper” thing. I think it’s good for the information ecosystem.