Great article on undergrads using generative AI for coursework. But what does this free up their time for? I see some students with start-ups; one here says college is “the best place to meet your co-founder and your wife.” It also mentions TikTok. Is their data on this? (Student time use surveys?)

Pre-doc opening: Come work with @harvardrte.bsky.social on research about place-based policies, industrial policy, and local labor markets with Gordon Hanson, @drodrik.bsky.social, and the rest of our great team! #EconRA #EconSky

Come intern with us at @rff.org! We are accepting applications for our annual PAID summer internship program in Washington, DC. And one position will be working with me on tax policy related to critical minerals development. Please share! www.rff.org/careers/summ...

New publication! See thread below for a great overview

Does the US have a trade deficit with Canada? Yes — but only because of the massive amount of energy it buys to fuel its powerful economy of 340m people. Canada has about 42m. Here are the trade flows on a per-capita basis — and they tell a different story.

Hey folks! Excited to join the first-ever @reeconomies.bsky.social virtual brownbag on Friday, Jan 17. I'll be chatting w/ @danielraimi.bsky.social about how the decline in coal has impacted workers. Register here ⬇️ #econsky #energytransition us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Great resource from LBL on electricity cost trends and drivers. It's the distribution costs, folks: eta-publications.lbl.gov/sites/defaul...

There's no such thing as an Interim or Temporary Prime Minister. The correct term is Pub Quiz Prime Minister.

I’ll be presenting some early-stage research on workers and automation—studying longshoremen and shipping containerization—today at noon ET online @oehworkshop.bsky.social for those interested! youtube.com/@oehworkshop...

#Syria now faces a huge challenge: putting back together a country divided by 13 years of civil war and a half-century of brutal dictatorship. The rebels are themselves significantly divided. Here's the background you need on the key players in the transition: https://buff.ly/4g1TnYY #News

New paper for the Aspen Economic Strategy Group: "Eight Questions—and Some Answers—on the US Fiscal Situation". One post for each question--plus more for my solutions. https://www.economicstrategygroup.org/publication/furman-fiscal/

For Bluesky-Curious Econ Lovers, a Quick Start guide to plugging into the economics community here. It aims to lower the costs & boost the benefits for folks to engage here. If it seems useful, please share it here & especially on X. 📉📈 #️⃣#️⃣ aaronsojourner.org/for-bluesky-...