Just realized classes start back in one week. Gotta finish updating the syllabus. Good times! youtu.be/fasDJe837WA?...

Deleted this post because it occurred to me that I can't be reasonably confident that posts from the White House and other govt agencies that show up on my social media timelines are actually really from them and not some bot farm in who knows where. What a time to be alive.

Ah yes, helping struggling families by pushing people with lower credit scores out of the credit card market and into the hands of predatory payday lenders. Brilliant strategy for addressing affordability.

I'd love to see a Venn diagram of people who thought charging ranchers to graze on Federal land was government overreach worthy of an armed rebellion, but now think masked storm troopers roaming cities, abducting people, and murdering citizens is totally cool and normal.

Once again, this is why they don't want kids to read books...

I rarely teach macro, but when I do, students often ask me about how to reduce the nationall debt. My standard response is, "tax more, spend less, or inflate your way out of it (i.e. print money)." I guess now I'll have to add, "Go on an international crime spree and steal all your neighbors stuff."

Going out on a limb here, but I'm guessing the creators of BattleBots never imagined the winner would be a wall full of cell phones in a warehouse full of indentured servants in a country most people couldn't find on a map

In case you aren't up to speed, Sen. Mark Kelly is facing sanction, demotion, and revocation of his retirement benefits for doing exactly what every local and state law enforcement agency does: reminding people about the laws. You'd think a sober Sec Def would make that connection. But, here we are.

And I wonder why they don't want kids to read books...

"The same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try to take over the world."

I wonder how many of the 18-25yo males cheering on these military actions and provocation of our closest allies have heard of the Selective Service System, in which they will all now be automatically enrolled at the end of this year...

Yes, it's definitely college professors who are running indoctrination camps and turning out sheeple.

It boggles my mind how some American voters are happy to topple a foreign government and risk destabilizing the entire western hemisphere to save about $500 per year in gasoline expenditures, yet consistently vote for people who want to make Healthcare so expensive they get priced out of the market.

Just a thought... as part of trial discovery, could Maduro demand proof from the administration that he was emptying prisons and insane asylum and shipping the former inmates to the US? Then could he file a huge defamation suit if/when they don't produce any?

If only all these immigration Hawks in the WH actually took a moment to read a book, rather than form their worldview around memes, they'd know that toppling govts in Latin America will definitely not slow migration.

Crazy idea: Instead of refunding people $2000 of their tax money back to pay for Healthcare, what if we put that money into a big fund? We could use that money to pay for Healthcare for people who need it, and people who don't need will know that it's there when they do. What's that called again?

What an exciting time to be on a search committee! www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

I smell a huge lawsuit on its way to OU

Huh. Now, hear me out... how about we give them legal status and work permits, then let them contribute way more than $3k in taxes over the next several years?

Not sure about you, but GDP growth that is primarily driven by increases in healthcare expenditures, legal services, and defense spending (including the mass deportation machine) does not seem like a good long-term strategy for growing the economy. Seems there are better ways to spend our money...

How many members of Congress have taken a course, or read a book, about Public Economics? My guess is less than 5%

What kind of dystopian Hellscape are we living in? As an American citizen, I now have to carry around my passport to prove my Americanness? Seriously, fuck off. I don't even carry my passport with me when I'm in other countries. (I leave it in my hotel, or whereever.) This is wrong on so many levels

So... they're implementing the Priority Enforcement Program? Gee, I wonder who came up with such an idea. But, that guy was "soft" on immigration, right?

Why can't we have a kagillion bazillion percent economic growth? I guess they don't teach economic growth theory at the Wharton School

Published a piece in the Orlando Sentinel about Florida's Governor's absurd plan to stop using H-1bs to hire faculty. Happy to speak up on behalf of my international colleagues who may not feel comfortable doing so. We're here for you. www.orlandosentinel.com/2025/12/01/c...

So... the two richest guys in the world are trying to be astronauts. The President loves them. A real astronaut in the Senate reminds Americans that we have a Constitution and we signed on to the Geneva Conventions. The President calls him a traitor. Make it make sense.

Reminder to all my friends getting ready to do conference presentations: # of minutes < # of slides

Just in case you want to help the people in Jamaica recover from the storm, here is a GoFundMe set up by a friend's daughter. www.facebook.com/share/p/1ANF...

Dear Google: how do you make a basic thing worse? Hire a "genius" to fix it.

Does anyone remember that time Obama wore a tan suit in the Oval Office? Or, that time he wore "fancy pants" at the beach when he went to survey the Deepwater Horizon oil spill? Oh, halcyon days, when America had real scandals. Take me back...

Is he going to make cows grow faster? Did he meet a guy with some magic beans on his way home from the market?

Who knew Picasso was an economist?

Listen to the response to this and look how easy it is to say it.

When will people realize that immigration enforcement and mass deportations are actually a for-profit industry completely unrelated to public safety?

When I went to Portland, I didn't see any fires. I did meet Caesar the No Drama Llama, though. www.instagram.com/caesarthenod...

Turns out that when you make immigrants feel unwelcome, they'll take their skills/talents elsewhere. The harm this regime is doing to the country will reverberate for generations.

Who do I contact to get paid? Do I need to fill out a 1099 form?

"Hello, I'd like to deposit this check." "You know that's not a real check, right?" "Sorry... I'd like to deposit this check in honor of Alfred Nobel." "That's better." Happy Nobel season, economists!

I mean, I know it's illegal and all, but it's kinda funny that they'd choose the $1 coin. Like, geez, thanks for giving me one more reason to pretend you don't exist.

So, ICE is going to be at the Super Bowl because of Bad Bunny. I guess their accelerated training to get boots on the ground didn't involve any training on Game Theory. If you were an undocumented immigrant that had an extra $5,000 to pay for a Super Bowl ticket, would you go? #Waste/Fraud/Abuse

Is this really the world you want to live in? A police state, where you can be abducted in the middle of the night by masked men with no accountability? That's what they're selling. Are you buying?

Where are the DOGE guys rooting out waste, fraud, and abuse? These are your tax dollars hard at work.

I've only been to Portland once. But, I think I know why the regime wants to go there...

So, time to buy short positions on Home Depot and Lowes?

If you want people to stop calling you a Nazi, stop doing the exact same things the Nazis did

I never thought my job would require me to teach students how to not get a felony charge. But, here we are.

Seoul says US must fix its visa system if it wants Korea’s investments “We conveyed the public’s outrage over this incident to the US verbatim,” english.hani.co.kr/arti/english...

Met a guy yesterday who was moving to Florida from DC. He says, "It's too dangerous there. Can't walk down the street without worrying about getting shot." I asked him where he lived in DC. Bethesda! F-off dude. If you're afraid of walking the mean streets of Bethesda, you won't feel safe anywhere.

I wonder if they picked this country because it's fraternity rush week... #Tradle #1275 1/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 oec.world/en/games/tra...