In retrospect picking Wisconsin to win it all was a mistake.

Had a great time talking with @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social about why the IRA had limited political returns -- and the future of US climate policymaking heatmap.news/podcast/shif...

Fascinating new research paper asks: why did Biden receive so little political credit for his enormous investments in manufacturing? Turns out people give all the credit to governors (ironically, in this case, mostly red-state governors who were hostile to the policy!).

Our paper is out in PNAS. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Crazy to think the Amazon HQ2 competition was over what the company claimed would be 50,000 jobs. www.bizjournals.com/washington/n...

The Line city concept was both bonkers and interesting. And now it will be an office park. www.fastcompany.com/91481217/sau...

Happy Kids Finally Out of the House Day to all who celebrate.

Economic Development Bluesky. I'm putting together my syllabus on local economic development and looking for good readings on the arts and economic development. Suggestions?

I’m old enough to remember when Kansas and Missouri called a truce on stealing companies across the border. www.kcur.org/politics-ele...

Everyone getting in on publicly funded stadium scams. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Elf on the Shelf is slowly getting more dark. I expect stuffed animal big game hunting soon.

Good news in economic development transparency. www.mackinac.org/pressroom/20...

Elf on a shelf playing tennis. -Artist unknown. And running out of ideas.

The problem with the IRA's "build it and they will come around" approach to politics. newrepublic.com/article/2027...

Pretty damning. www.nber.org/papers/w3452...

This looks interesting. www.nber.org/papers/w3449...

I forgot about this place.

This seemed like a good idea at the time. www.kmbc.com/article/kc-c...

I find the lack of NFL posts here a systemic failure.

At the DMV. I am ticket R55. They called just called T51, I7, and P8. Like a dystopian novel here.

This place is still a little too earnest for me.

$5 billion more in subsidies? They already started construction. Why add $5 billion to a project already here? www.syracuse.com/micron/2025/...

These WNBA team valuations are so high yet so many claim they are losing money. Would love to read more on the economics of the league. www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...

Complicated story. Ford says they would have built even without tax credits. This project was popular with state officials but locals tried to block it. The politics is complex. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/b...

These Gold Cup tickets are expensive!

I honestly forgot about this site. Can I point out that covering “only” 25% of a stadium’s costs is still madness. frontofficesports.com/josh-harris-...

🚨Check out this hot off the presses article with @ericjstokan.bsky.social and @natemjensen.bsky.social in Policy Studies Journal! In the paper, we examine public support for the Amazon HQ2 development across space and time, in a novel application of the political market framework!

I’m too tired to write up anything on Texas Film Incentives. Half a billion $ coming to Hollywood.

Painful grifter ad on Texas film incentives. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpgr...

Is cyrpto good for reducing government central reserve risk? Economists: What? Wait, what? www.kentclarkcenter.org/surveys/cryp...

Hard to be invested in a MLS team when most of the team turns over in the offseason.

What? www.cnbc.com/amp/2025/02/...

Steel tariffs. Old school.

That was one of my favorite halftime shows. Music and backup dancers. No over the top on the production. Mostly just music. It helps that my kids knew Kendrick. “Who is Usher?”

Is Musk a remote Tesla CEO now?

75% of TX counties have renewable energy projects! www.renewableenergyworld.com/wind-power/b...

This is horrible. www.austinchronicle.com/news/2025-01...

My 7 year old might win our family NFL playoff pool. She picked based on animal/color.

People here are freaking out about 40 degrees and possible rain.

I worry Aaron Rodgers might be our next university president.

I feel like this could be coming to other states. www.news9.com/story/677d1b...

The U.S. blocking Japanese FDI feels very 1980s. I wish I had a more clever take on this.

These Steelers aren’t good.

This is a very good. And by good I mean bad policy.

Interesting scorched earth piece by a CEO. thehill.com/business/506...

Not sure I agree with all of this, especially such an intense focus on trade as a cause, but it’s interesting. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/04/u...

To my new followers: Why?

Honestly this thread made my morning.

This is terrible. apple.news/AvqXZRry8S2-...

I hope to God this game doesn’t go to overtime.