Love this concept and hoping for robust participation by federal economists.

🚨 Please share widely! 🚨 I'm hiring a postdoc (from Aug 1) to help build a new research program on politically sustainable immigration policies at Notre Dame. Looking for a social scientist with strong quant skills, familiarity with new computational tools, and interest in public-facing research.

Wolverines in Columbus tonight is absolutely epic. If you are not watching this game you are missing out. Tied in OT with 8.5 seconds left.

Chris Hughes & Josh Younger criticize the Fed’s ample reserves framework, see IORB as a subsidy to the banks. Don Kohn and Bill English disagree. via @brookings.edu Hutchins Center www.brookings.edu/articles/the...

Looking for a way to get more involved with the Society of Government Economists? Nominations for the board of directors are being accepted through March 3rd. It’s a great group! www.sge-econ.org/about/electi...

The economics journal and working paper Starter Pack has expanded considerably! Many thanks to those who have shared or provided suggestions, especially @sorentsvendsen.bsky.social and @o.simardcasanova.net with many good suggestions.

Friends, I have created a Starter Pack of economics journals (and working paper series) active on Bluesky. Hope this is useful for academic, policy, and industry economists alike. #Econsky Please let me know if there are any that I missed!

WatchBlog post: When Members of Congress Need Answers to Complex Questions—They Come to GAO https://www.gao.gov/blog/when-members-congress-need-answers-complex-questions-they-come-gao?utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=usgao

When members of Congress need answers to complex, difficult questions, they come to GAO. How do we get them these answers? Find out in our new blog post and podcast: https://ow.ly/bpMj50YclSF

Major, documented, and validated good governance impacts.

What makes creating policy in a democracy challenging? We asked Congressman David Price, who helped start Duke’s public policy program and represented North Carolina’s Fourth District in the U.S. House of Representatives for 34 years. 📹 Watch his response: youtube.com/shorts/1TRMy...

Medicare pays hospitals to help offset on-the-job training costs for a capped number of resident physicians. In 2023, that cap was raised. GAO’s Leslie Gordon discusses how this new funding was allocated to hospitals across the country on Federal News Network: https://ow.ly/bzrf50XYaTj

Good morning all: GAO is now on Bluesky, follow here! bsky.app/profile/usga...

Co-sign!

"The ethos of the liberal international order represented genuine progress over the destructive anarchy of trade war and military conflict, and the pernicious ideologies that gave rise to them." (from 2019) www.liberalcurrents.com/economic-coo...

Nice, data-oriented background on AI firm market valuations.

End this year’s reading with the best articles we published in 2025, as selected by our editors: https://fam.ag/3MWVHqn

In my latest Substack I argue that the economic security that people and policymakers desire is best achieved through economic diversification. I describe the types of economic diversification, the empirical evidence on their benefits, and the policy strategies for encouraging diversification.

In my latest Substack I argue that the economic security that people and policymakers desire is best achieved through economic diversification. I describe the types of economic diversification, the empirical evidence on their benefits, and the policy strategies for encouraging diversification.

Dear Econ friends. Looking for material for a case study teaching diff-in-diffs. It should be (1) interesting beyond health/development policy (2) come with available data to use/replicate (3) not super complicated setup. Any suggestions?

A great opportunity--highly recommend interested researchers to consider.

What can Japan's high public debt and low government bond interest rates tell us about U.S. debt sustainability? In my new Substack I argue this is a cautionary tale for the United States.

What can Japan's high public debt and low government bond interest rates tell us about U.S. debt sustainability? In my new Substack I argue this is a cautionary tale for the United States.

My thoughts on how to get the most insight out of the September CPI report. macroeconomicdiscipline.substack.com/p/the-septem...

My thoughts on how to get the most insight out of the September CPI report. macroeconomicdiscipline.substack.com/p/the-septem...

Pandemic inflation is still with us--see my Substack for a deep dive on what we've learned about the disparate origins of pandemic inflation.

Pandemic inflation is still with us--see my Substack for a deep dive on what we've learned about the disparate origins of pandemic inflation.

If you're interested in practical insights from macroeconomics, please consider subscribing to my Substack. My first big post is about how major technological developments powered the economic gains (and disruptions) from the industrial evolution.

Very excited to see this. I have been leaning on Aghion (et al., including Howitt) on the link between competition and innovation quite a lot lately. That paper spawned an considerable and rich empirical literature.

Very enlightening comparison from the FT.

If you're interested in practical insights from macroeconomics, please consider subscribing to my Substack. My first big post is about how major technological developments powered the economic gains (and disruptions) from the industrial evolution.

📉 Energy intensity has declined across OECD countries since the mid-90s, but high prices and weaker economic conditions in energy-intensive sectors led to a temporary rise in 2024. 💡Find out more on #WorldEnergyEfficiencyDay ➡️ oecd.org/en/data/dash...

Ken Rogoff is not a two-handed exonomist. He tells The Economist Money Talks podcast why he expects the dollar to lose global market share & why he predicts higher interest rates and inflation in the US. Very lucid podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...

🧪CEPR shines a light on cutting-edge research on #patents, #intellectualproperty, and #innovation in preparation for #WorldIPDay on 26 April. We would also like to thank @wipo.int for their support as a CEPR Member organisation. - 🧵1/5 #EconSky

“Second only to the scourge of war itself, foremost among the motivations for cooperation was first hand experience with the collapse of national economic activity and international economic cooperation during the interwar years.” (From 2019) www.liberalcurrents.com/economic-coo...

GAO wants you to know: This watchdog stands guard

Folks I would like to crowd source something: what do you think is a good example of federal evaluation work that saved taxpayer money and led to a better operated/structured/informed program? Need a strong example or two for a quick piece I am writing.

Really, how much does undocumented immigration push down wages of native born workers? Data, evidence #econsky econbrowser.com/archives/202...

If you are interested in the economics of the infant formula market, and the critical federal role, read on for our authoritative empirical work and assessment of reform options.

You might say that this assement of the debt limit was even more timely than we expected!