Janet Yellen has inspired myself and so many other female economists. Her dedication to economics and public policy is an inspiration and it was incredible to be there for the first ever Janet Yellen Public Service Award!

What a legend and inspiration. Great job by @aeacswep.bsky.social to create the Yellen Award for public service and make her the first recipient. #ASSA2026

Are you a PhD student interested in the economics of innovation? The Economics of Ideas, Science, and Innovation Online short course, hosted by IFP, is back for the third time! ifp.org/economics-of...

Packed house at #ASSA2026 to innaugurate the @aeacswep.bsky.social Janet L. Yellen Award for Excellence in Public Service 🤩 An icon & an inspiration!

This online, PhD-level course in the economics of innovation is a huge opportunity. Taught by some of the world's top scholars on this: @heidiwilliams.bsky.social, Chad Jones, Azoulay, van Reenen, many others! Co-sponsor @ifp.bsky.social If you're admitted, it's free. Applications due January 9th!

Not to be missed

#ASSA2026 attendees, join the Institute, LERA & @neaecon.bsky.social#ASSA2026in celebrating the many contributions of Bill Spriggs to economics at two paper sessions plus luncheon plenary. Program committee Abigail Wozniak, Robynn Cox, Jesse Rothstein, and Omari Swinton. https://bit.ly/4pkJN7M

Watch livestream of the panel I'm moderating at ASSA assameeting.bsky.social on the state of US government economic statistics on Monday, Jan 5, at 8 AM EST here: www.aeaweb.org/conference/l... #econsky

I am serious about the invite - especially if you are junior or a grad student I enjoy schmoozing with the future of econ

We lost Kate Ho far too soon. She was a brilliant scholar (anyone who works on the economics of health care markets is influenced by her work), a wonderful colleague & teacher, but first and foremost a fundamentally decent, kind & caring human being. She is missed. www.princeton.edu/news/2025/12...

Rest in peace, Kate Ho.

Livestreamed from the ASSA meetings. Jan 5, 8 AM- 10 AM EST: The State of Government Statistics: - Karen Dynan - Bill Beach - Loretta Mester - Seth Carpenter - Jed Kolko moderated by me www.aeaweb.org/conference/2...

Attending the ASSAs in January? If so, check out the sessions hosted by the Society of Government Economists on January 5!

John Leahy, the chair of Michigan’s economics department, has suddenly passed away. I deeply mourn his loss. He was exceptionally smart and humorous, but most importantly, he had deep empathy. It is so difficult to process what happened. May he rest in peace.

sites.google.com/view/memoriesofkateho My advisor Kate Ho passed away two weeks ago. Her students have put together a memorial for her here. With permission from her family, we are sharing the site with the academic community. We'd love to hear from everyone who knew and loved Kate... [1/2]

Tragic death of John Leahy. An amazing economist, wonderful adviser, consistently modest and kind, he will be greatly missed. May his memory be a blessing.

Excerpt from The Antitrust Paradigm (2019) that seems relevant today

Thread with link to obits for the late, great, Kate Ho.

🧵1/3 J-PAL North America is thrilled to announce our 2025 #EvidenceChampion awardees! Both @nomadj1s.bsky.social and Dr. Owen Garrick have dedicated their careers to advancing racial equity and evidence-based policymaking. Learn more 👇

The Economics Department at @Princeton is saddened to share the news of Professor Kate Ho's passing. Professor Ho was an exemplary teacher, researcher, adviser, colleague, and friend. She will be dearly missed. https://bit.ly/497s4Lw

🧵I am a survivor of the synagogue attack in Pittsburgh in which 11 innocent people were murdered simply for being Jews. We now see the repetition of this horrific hate fueled violence in Bondi Beach, Australia.

Princeton Economics (short) obituary for Kate Ho, great researcher, teacher, mentor and all around right guy. economics.princeton.edu/news/honorin...

RIP, may her memory be a blessing #econsky marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2025/12/kate...

Cool intro essay. Thanks @mdrelichman.bsky.social

This is an *empirical* claim made without a shred of *empirical* evidence.

Message from NBER President Jim Poterba

Devastating news. Kate was a great economist and a generous person.

@aeacswep.bsky.social announces Mira Frick as the 2025 Elaine Bennett Research Prize winner! Visit www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co... for the full announcement. Congratulations Mira!

@aeacswep.bsky.social announces Donna Ginther as the 2025 Carolyn Shaw Bell Award winner! Visit www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co... for the full announcement. Congratulations to Donna Ginther!

At Princeton's holiday party in 2023, I recorded a version of "Sheena is a Punk Rocker" with the lyrics changed to "Kate Ho is the Best Advisor." I still feel that way. I couldn't have asked for a better advisor. I can't believe she's gone.

OMG. I never met her, but her work was incredibly brilliant and important. What a huge loss.

A loss to us all and to the progress of Economics.

110% what Zack Cooper says. Debating health insurance subsidies is looking in the wrong place. Monopoly power by hospitals and insurers is killing our economy, and literally, some of us. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/o...

Fantastic opportunity for junior Econ profs!

Here's my thread of this year's new scholars in Economics of Education and Education Policy. These PhD students and postdocs are on the job market, so take a look (and spread the word to others who might benefit from exposure). And now onto the scholars... 👇

Interesting thread. I am not sure we can get workers at Ford Motor Credit or pretty much anywhere at Apple to classify themselves outside manufacturing. Their firm, though not their establishment, is in manufacturing.

Following her fireside chat on the Future of Higher Education CEPR is proud to announce Wendy Carlin was awarded the Lifetime Service to the Profession for her contributions to The CORE Project, increasing access and changing the way economics is taught. Our heartfelt congratulations to Wendy!

I have participated in the 'Fed Chair sweepstakes' like any good Fed watcher. It matters. But **absolutely pivotal** for next year is the Supreme Court decision on Lisa Cook. If the President can remove members of the Board without review, it's game over for Fed independence.

As a Council member of the Royal Economic Society (@resmedia.bsky.social), I would like to remind RES members to consider nominating deserving colleagues and sharing this call within your networks. 🗓 Deadline: 9 Dec 2025 (5pm) res.org.uk/res-prizes-a... #Economics #Support #Promoting #Diversity

physics = econ = many fields, on this one

It looks like the FTC job postings for economists just went up today and are open until Dec. 17!

The Federal Trade Commission is hiring PhD Economists (very late, because shutdown)! Please repost/quote so JMCs can see. - no experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497400 - some experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497300 - much experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851496000 #Economics #EconSky

Well done. The key context here is that he was using his status within the profession to harass women (to be very clear, to extract sex in exchange for career opportunities, which he spelled out in emails to his buddy Jeffrey Epstein). SO GROSS.

One interesting NBER project, headed by Katharine Abraham and Matthew Shapiro, is the Economic Measurement Research Initiative. It has two new jobs listed. Get a job! Work on one of the big challenges! Complain if you can't click through! www-nber-org.stanford.idm.oclc.org/programs-pro...

In addition to his resignation, note that “effective immediately, the AEA has imposed a lifetime prohibition on Mr. Summers' attending, speaking at, or otherwise participating in AEA-sponsored events or activities, including serving in any editorial or refereeing capacity for AEA journals.”

Proud of my profession for enforcing its standards of ethics www.aeaweb.org/news/aea-sta...

This is beyond unworkable. Universities are very decentralized because no provost can review 4500 syllabi. Nor should they. It is not possible for a central administrator to have the content knowledge needed to micromanage 150 programs. It is the highly diverse faculty that holds that knowledge.

Core Economics institution bans Larry Summers for violating code of conduct standards. www.aeaweb.org/news/aea-sta...