I don’t know if anyone actually sees this given that I never post but here it goes. If you see Iranians these days be a bit gentler with them. We are going through something horrific. Our nation is in the hand of a few individuals who don’t seem to care about anything other than having a useless

Question for political scientists/economists: obviously trump has in numerous times tried and or successfully violated the role of law. But this is not limited to him. Obama infamously killed a U.S. citizen without due process. So my question is whether these violations are ever quantified.

Hard to argue with Matthias here. Big loss for us and good for Europe.

Just so it’s clear, the government wanted to oversee hiring and employment at a *private* institution in order to implement a purity test. When the institution refused, they took away money for life saving research (cancer etc). That’s some fascist shit.

Happy Norwooz! Tomorrow is the winter solstice and official start of spring ! Beyond its symbolic significance, it’s a time of cleaning. Let’s hope for this particular cleaning sometime soon (and those in the west who wish to act accordingly)!

Spare a thought for your green-card holding and naturalized colleagues, many of whom are now doing risk-benefit calculations before speaking on anything that could be considered remotely political

The thunderstorm of terrible U.S. government actions continues. Free speech is only applied selectively! I read the coverage of several outlets and it seems like the only crime here is supporting Hamas. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

To call myself angry these days whenever I open my browser and I am not reading a math theorem is an understatement! I find it extremely difficult to see anything positive. And I was able to in '17 despite being on the receiving end of the muslim ban!

I have to admit that while people are quite shocked by the WH events today, to me this is simply just a sign of what this administration is doing. In fact, perhaps it is quite good that Zelensky decided fight back against the bogus claims. To me, we crossed a line when we voted for Russia in the UN!

Is what we are saying a failure of the equity discourse of the 2010's? Perhaps. As @adamprz.bsky.social put it elegantly, the equity discourse of the 2010's seem to only have been around symbols as opposed to meaningful changes in policies or cultural changes. ESG investing became synonym with ...

What is happening is quite painful to watch with the latest bowing of King Trump to Putin being the worst part of it all. For me this is the first time that I am feeling like we are collectively failing ourselves into oblivion. ...

How can a world where writing is done by machines allow us to keep track of our human experience? It’s a world with “Homo sapiens with full-sized aortic pumps”!

My wonderful friend and coauthor. Congrats!

All in a single issue!!!

0/ A holiday economic theory reading list. Some of my favorite pieces on theory that can be read with minimal sweat, but with the maximal intellectual reward. In no particular order:

Not having a formal education of microeconomic theory means that I didn’t know Ramsey did this before Savage!!!!

If you are interested in engagement and attention specially on places like this (!!) or you just like theory come to our session at the ASSA on Attention and Engagement on Platforms #EconSky www.aeaweb.org/conference/2...,

Since I’ve heard about it, I’ve only used generative AI a handful of time. Do I count as a Luddite?

It’s a pretty low bar ! They just have to not use chemical weapons on Syrians !!

Another forgotten aspect of living in dictatorship is the constant heart break. As another one of my family members is collecting things and moving out of Iran since they don’t want their daughters to grow up in that country, more and more heart ache follows. ..

There is so much uncertainty about Syria right now. But, what’s important is to remember that dictators don’t last; especially such brutal ones like the Assad family. That’s worth celebrating whatever Jolani does! I hope people in the west understand that!

Am I the only economist not being affected by overleaf??!

I think I agree with @shengwuli.bsky.social here. I also found Indira Puri’s job market paper and her work with @drewfudenberg.bsky.social also very interesting and useful steps in figuring out the distinctions.

My favorite kind of behavioral economics. Take a simple deviation from the standard properties of learning and explore all of its strategic implications.

A few - which in not sure which one I like the most: 1. They are not Bayesian: base rate neglect, … 2. Mis-specified prior 3. Cheap talk: they hide info from others or themselves

Paper worth reading: "The Optimality of Majority Rule" by Nina Bobkova. It offers a new perspective on why simple majority-rule may be best: it not only aggregates information but it also motivates voters to learn about what really matters. Link: drive.google.com/file/d/1pVVE... #polecon

We are hiring and we love theory (in everything!!).

Not necessarily controversial but rather not the main point. Perhaps it’s a useful argument to calm the nerves. The key distressing point is not the policies. My hope is incompetence and that he is in a position (popular) that he’s never been before.

From today in Pittsburgh! Seems appropriate for this platform!!

This paper provides a simple formula that automates going from... Empirical estimates of wage distribution impacts ---> Desired tax on new technology Sorry, but now that that has been automated, we no longer need economists for this anymore! :) economics.mit.edu/sites/defaul...

Life is too short not to work on problems that you love to work on!

So #econblusky, what are we discussing here that everyone is so excited about?