Word processor just told me to use “data is” instead of “data are.”

I have a new article out in the Milken Institute Review Diane Ty and I lay out the caregiver crunch facing America in the very near future and offer policy actions that can be taken to blunt the blow. Read more in the link below

My kids’ school district did 3 hour early release once a month for teacher development. The superintendent now says that because test scores were up this year the program was a success. Also, to improve upon this success the dates will be moved from Mondays to Wednesdays.

Tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, basil, thyme, garlic, sugar snap peas, broccoli, kale, beets, carrots, and blueberries

How do we create sustainable funding for preventive care? Often the economics are there but the roadblock is due to insufficient data capture and analytics. Read more here: milkeninstitute.org/article/towa...

Brand new very sharp chefs knife. Time to focus my mental energy to avoid cutting myself while cooking. So of course, I burn myself.

Time for our kids new Christmas Eve tradition of writing letters to Trader Joe’s to complain about them discontinuing items we like This one is all them and I’m here for it

Our garage freezer and fridge have peak millennial naming

Pick a movie, keep one actor - the rest are muppets Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan Keep Ricardo Montalban

I made eggplant parm from scratch and garlic pull apart bread

Health policy hot take: System complexity is regressive.

The day after my first was born I was sitting and holding him and said to my wife, “He’s already so big, it feels like he was born just yesterday.” And that’s how you almost die by telling a dad joke.

Family game of monopoly, I was winning. Landed on my son, lot of 1$. Not enough to wipe me out but enough to extend the game. My offer: I’ll give you everything and you win. In exchange you clean up the board without making a huge fuss, and we can play something else. Pareto improvement.

Lets goooooo

Jay Bhattacharya picked as new NIH director. Jay wrote me my first ever journal rejection letter. I also now have a textbook that competes with his textbook. These are unrelated…probably

My book came out one year ago. It was the most fun I’ve had writing professionally. Thank you so much to everyone that has read it or used it. Knowing that people are enjoying it makes me so incredibly happy. Dad jokes are a pedagogical tool. www.amazon.com/Economics-He...

Like many of you, I too am crushed that Economics of Healthcare: A Brief Introduction was snubbed for a National Book Award. We’ll get em with the second edition.

Photo of me from a different era. University of Rochester activities fair ~2006

Every talk is a job market talk Every paper is a job market paper Every ice cream is a job market ice cream Every nap is a job market nap Every “it gets dark so early now” discussion is a job market “it gets dark so early now” discussion

I don’t know if I can engage with this without the metricstotheface hashtag

Excited to see all of my @appam.bsky.social friends soon! Also find me if you want to chat about our health economics & applied micro searches!

Applied micro conference discussants

Here’s a simple and uncontroversial thing that we can do to vastly improve the US healthcare system: Break every fax machine

How do we fund research into antivirals that we don’t need yet but could need badly? Each bet is risky, but a bundle of bets can spread the risk and make for a better investment. It also acts as a hedge in portfolios against pandemics. Read more here: www.milkenreview.org/articles/the...

7yo: “I’m cold” 3yo: “Hi cold, I’m your brother” I am so proud.

I slowed down on this bottle of Jack half an hour ago why aren't I sober?

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My kids: “We wore our PJs inside out and flushed ice cubes down the toilet and that caused our snow day!” Inner monologue: “This is not the time to discuss causal inference”

This week we @ajhollingsworth.bsky.social talk with @andrewfriedson.bsky.social on publishing a book. Andrew recently release a textbook on health Econ, and he explain to us how that process came about it. Also, there is a giveaway of the book!Just share this tweet or the episode on any SM

There is an alternate universe where Bill Nighy is the science guy and Bill Nye is the washed up rocker in Love Actually

Life expectancy is negatively correlated with lifespan inequality: Countries with a higher average life expectancy also tend to have *less* lifespan inequality. There is less variation in lifespans due to lower mortality in childhood and youth. ourworldindata.org/life-expecta...

These just arrived. I’m incredibly thankful for the people that helped along the way.

Join us in congratulating the Upjohn Institute 2023 Dissertation Award winners. These year, we chose two first prizes and one honorable mention. First prizes go to Lukas Althoff and Pauline Carry. Honorable mention goes to Virginia Minni. Read more about their work. #EconSky

My first report with the Milken Institute dropped today as part of our Future of Health Summit There is a lot of discussion about equity in clinical trials, but missing is a broad accounting of clinical trial demographics. That’s what you can find in the report! Give it a look!

Watched The Sandlot as a family 8yo: That was great! How many views does it have? Me: This came out before the internet, when I was a kid we went and got it from the video store 8yo: On cds? Me: It was on a video cassette 8yo: But it was in color!

The most difficult part of a standing desk is checking the feeling of superiority over people sitting

Call me a curmudgeon but I am very anti the practice of setting up a table at the end of your driveway to hand out candy. The scariest part of Halloween should be the social anxiety of ringing someone’s actual doorbell l.

Hey EconBlueSky, help me think of a cute title for my new paper! It's about what parents *think* will happen when they miss work because a kid is sick. Abstract below. Sicko Kiddo: ???

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My days as a professor are officially over: I busted out the sewing kit and removed the elbow patches from my blazer.

I don’t know the answer to many of the world’s great problems. But have they tried diverting all power to the forward array? That worked for us often.

Hi kindergarten families! This year instead of Halloween costumes you child can come to school dressed as their favorite storybook character. We’re telling you this with a whole 3 days advanced notice. Have a nice weekend!!!

ASHEcon2024 - looking for papers on pharma or inequality for a session

My neighbor has a Halloween water feature of a skeleton vomiting neon green water into a toxic waste barrel.

Great news on my birthday! My paper with Slava Mikhed and James Bailey on the financial effects of Missouri's 2005 Medicaid rollback has been accepted at the American Journal of Health Economics. Working paper versions here: www.philadelphiafed.org/-/media/frbp...