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Having a great time at the Advances with Field Experiments (AFE) conference so far. They projected Zoe Cullen’s keynote above the bar last night: wise words that apply to field experiments and choices at the bar “less is more sometimes” Other highlights were Bo Cowgill won the best paper award.

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Excited to have @danilaserra-eco.bsky.social here at Tufts Econ to tell us about the effects of ethics training on police officers in Ghana

#Econsky check the Economics Department at the University of Arkansas is hiring two open-rank Economics professors, including an opening in public economics and public policy. Public Economics/Public Policy: lnkd.in/eQTEgPM9 Macroeconomics: lnkd.in/ewxxNSh8

Appeals court declines to let Trump remove Fed Governor Cook

Trump can't cook this Fed #econsky

The first book I've ever written comes out tomorrow. If you want to support a first time Black woman author, grab your copy by tomorrow: annagifty.com #booksky #blacksky

The Double Tax is out tomorrow!! Support one of #EconSky's own! Order your copy or pick it up at your local bookstore!!!

You know a novel is going to be good when it opens up with “hello nerds: yes I know about inflation, please shut up about it”

I spend a good amount of time with my university's academic catalog. There is not a single university in the country, probably not a single department, that would meet TAMU president's directive that "course content must match catalog descriptions for each and every one of our course sections."

Trump’s executive orders aren’t laws, but if everyone in Texas, from the whiny student to the dean to the TAMU President to the governor, acts like they are, then what’s the difference? He’s bootstrapping new (and unconstitutional) laws.

After last month's jobs report, Trump claimed the numbers were “rigged,” then ousted the official responsible for producing them. Today's data confirmed the reality that Trump wanted to avoid: The labor market is stalling under the weight of his economic agenda. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...

Just received this statement from Lisa Cook: "President Trump purported to fire me 'for cause' when no cause exists under the law, and he has no authority to do so. I will not resign. I will continue to carry out my duties to help the American economy as I have been doing since 2022."

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lol not so fun fact, the representation for Black women in economics has actually gotten worse. In 2017, Black women made up 0.6% of #economics phds. In 2023, we made up 0.2%.

Lisa Cook is the first (and only) Black woman to serve on the Fed Board of Governors.

Really hard to tell what these targets of Trumps attacks and smears have in common Trump says Fed Governor Lisa Cook 'must resign' www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcn...

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook to resign, citing a call by the head of the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency urging the Department of Justice to probe Cook over alleged mortgage fraud.

Great news! IZA (the German labor economics institute that had lost its main source of financial support) has found a new home and will continue as a convener and disseminator of knowledge. Hurrah!

This is good news!

It's pretty clear that people are only gay if the marginal benefit is less than the marginal cost of dating men.

If the concern was really around accuracy why did the Trump administration dismiss the **uncompensated** Technical Advisory Committee and the Data Users Advisory Committee, which gave guidance on statistical methodology and specialized economic expertise?

I'm afraid you'll have to fire all of us, Mr President. www.wsj.com/economy/trum...

For the evening crowd #econsky

New post on a presidential memorandum open.substack.com/pub/rajivset...

Look how legislators who interacted with both Janet Yellen and at least one other male Fed chair interrupted Yellen more and interacted with her using more aggressive language.

Yellin' at Yellen

Former chair of the Council of Economic Advisers under Obama👇👇

President Trump plans to tap an economist from the conservative Heritage Foundation to oversee the Bureau of Labor Statistics. He fired the previous leader after a disappointing jobs report.

I don’t think I have ever publicly criticized any Presidential nominee before. But E.J. Antoni is completely unqualified to be BLS Commissioner. He is an extreme partisan and does not have any relevant expertise. He would be a break from decades of nonpartisan technocrats.

Trump's nominee for BLS commissioner, EJ Antoni, is disastrously terrible. He's a 1200%, 1300% maybe 1400% in-the-tank Trumper, with few credentials beyond a history of misrepresenting or misunderstanding economic statistics. He has shown no commitment to truth www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Let’s be clear. He’s not a “highly respected economist.” He has a recent PhD with no experience in running large surveys—which is critical for understanding how to effectively track labor force data.

"Highly Respected Economist, Dr. E.J. Antoni" appears to have 1 citation (by non-academic, non-peer reviewed publication) in Google Scholar.

Come hang with me at the Advances with Field Experiments (AFE) in Chicago Sept 18/19! ALSO pls submit a paper for the prizes (I’m helping judge and I’d like to see variety in the submissions!) docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

My team has updated our free database of POSTDOC fellowships. This database contains 286 entries. For each entry, we provide a link, short description, deadline, amount, and eligibility criteria. Download this updated and expanded database here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-...

This week on #TheProfessorIsIn, we dig into official economic statistics. What are they? Why does the government provide them? Why there's a trade-off between accuracy, timeliness, and cost. And why it's so important that these numbers be produced free of political interference. youtu.be/oSbnv2drRkA

An inspiring story about a town in Trump country that fought back against an ICE Raid. When ICE raided the town with/ local police's help, the town fought back. A model of how we can fight back. paydayreport.com/following-ic...

How will Trump’s attacks affect higher education? Let’s look to history Germany's universities were the world's premier research institutions Hitler destroyed them How long did they take to recover? They haven’t

This is the first example I've seen of a university trying to mobilize constituents to stand up against Trump threats. There's been a lot of "wHaT eLsE CaN AdMiNiStRaToRs Do?" in The Discourse when this is exactly the thing they haven't been doing. Good for UCLA for trying. Others should follow.

Janet Yellen's husband & Econ Nobel Laureate George Akerlof: "...when presidents flip the board, it’s not just a game that ends. It’s the pieces of democracy that get scattered to the floor." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/o...

Are you or someone you know moving to the Cambridge/Boston area for a visit this year? If yes, come be my neighbor and rent this house from a Tufts faculty member (Ethan Danahy) they are very flexible about length of stay and start/end date! www.sabbaticalhomes.com/rental/176106

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

I was the AEA's President Elect as the first Trump term began. We worried about government statistics then, and appointed a committee that included members (such as Google's Chief Economist) who might be in a position to help make reliable statistics available if the government went dark. #econsky

Any economists on here who cen speak about experiences in their (non-US) country with the politicization of official statistics? DM me. #EconSky

In the latest Barbara Petrongolo (@ox.ac.uk & CEPR) discusses unanswered questions about #GenderInequality in work and why solving them benefits both fairness and productivity. A new podcast form the @pse.bsky.social ‬ -CEPR Policy Forum series: cepr.org/multimedia/g... #EconSky

Teenage summer hiring looks brutal (household survey based, so no revisions) May-July gain of 4.4% is the weakest on record (vs 5.0% last 2024) Think we stumbled onto a good signal of a bad jobs market here rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/are-the...

Happy #JobsDay! At 8:30 am ET, BLS delivers one of the most-important signals abt how economy is changing. Forecasts’ center: +100K jobs Unemployment rate (UR) ticks up to 4.2% from 4.1%

Another great @nber.org summer institute has come and gone. Highlights were a great dinner with the crowd from Children/Families