Khan Academy’s founder says its AI chatbot was a “non-event” for most students.

No NYT, if Israel were just striking Hezbollah, you wouldn't see the outcry that you have from ICRC and other observers. The point is that their strikes are _not_ limited to Hezbollah.

For a sense of the scale of the federal occupation of the Twin Cities metro this winter... Chicago and LA were too big so they tried picking on somewhere smaller. They were thick on the ground here but they still left in disgrace. www.axios.com/local/twin-c...

38% of Twin Cities residents protested ICE and/or provided support to immigrant neighbors during the occupation. That's BANANAS but also tracks with everything I've seen on the ground. (And that's not evenly distributed. I would guess that in some neighborhoods, it was pushing 50%.)

The US Administration is crippling our capacity to attract and retain the most treasured researchers on earth, central to AI competitiveness and our entire research capacity. This will permanently harm all Conservative and Liberal Americans.

Know an economist whose dedication and service have strengthened the economics profession? Help ensure their contributions are recognized by nominating them for the AEA Distinguished Service Award. Learn more at aeaweb.org/about-aea/ho.... #econsky

400 dead so far, over 1000 injured, dozens and dozens missing. This is one hour into the massacre. I have no idea what the death toll will be in the end. Also, they have announced “another wave” of attacks coming

📣 "How Can Jordan Increase Female Labor Force Participation?" New Policy Brief from ERF with Paloma Avendano, Ruotong Li, and Ragui Assaad erf.org.eg/publications... #EconSky

I have a father and mother in law in Iran. I have a sister in law. A niece. She's 14. She likes silly pink headbands and purses and dresses, just like kids her age all over the world. There are 93 million people like her in Iran. People who do all the normal mundane life things as the rest of us.

The war in Iran has slowed down international shipping, much of which contains medical and humanitarian goods destined for Asia and Africa. n.pr/4c3LUaY

📣 “Formal and Informal Labor Demand in Egyptian Manufacturing Firms.” New IZA Discussion Paper w/ Amirah El-Haddad, Irene Selwaness, and Ragui Assaad. What are the key determinants of labour demand in Egypt’s manufacturing sector? What distinguishes firms that employ informal labour? #EconSky

What the hell? @washingtonpost.com is more than useless. They are now just shilling for death by public policy. USAID cuts kill. It's reprehensible and nauseating. hsph.harvard.edu/news/usaid-s...

After you post about the NSF here, email to your member of Congress, professional association, and university. SBE program officers are not being fired but moved to other directorates where “SBE” proposals will compete in broad RFPs, but there is still a window to prevent this catastrophic change.

I used to write the WaPo editorials on US-Africa policy, as well on as human rights and politics on the continent. To describe hundreds of thousands of deaths on the continent as “messy” is an absolute abomination.

The NSF 2027 budget has noted that they will close out the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Science Program (SBE). This is not a good thing. nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/FY-202...

So on the same day that BLS reported the lowest household survey response rate on record, the White House is proposing further budget cuts. Pretty much every economist that I've talked to says that we should be investing more money in the statistical system right now, not less.

*me looking at cat memes me: HONEY?! DO WE HAVE ANY EMPTY TP ROLLS? hubs: WHY? WHAT DO YOU NEED EMPTY TP ROLLS FOR?

Four theses on tariff impacts: 1. Evidence clearly shows they've added 0.5-1.0pp to inflation. Evidence consistent with them subtracting from growth. And no evidence they've done anything good for manufacturing or trade deficits (but they have raised revenue).

Wondering what you shouldn't say in a proposal? Call your program officer. Wondering what happened in panel? Call your program officer. Wondering how the latest federal stuff may affect your proposal? Call your program officer. Call your PO. 🧪 scienceforeveryone.science/call-your-pr...

Glad to see good use of our @globalcit.bsky.social data on the regulation of birthright citizenship around the world 🌎 Better title: US-style automatic birthright citizenship is very common throughout the Americas, but uncommon elsewhere.

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

Here we go! APPAM members Victoria Wyant, Karen Gardiner, Muhammad Salar Khan, Jessica Pac, and Aparna Soni are going to help you get started on the right foot when submitting your #2026APPAM abstract. Follow along!

In honor of the first day of Earth Month, here is a thread of recent GOOD NEWS pertaining to this planet we call home. First up: Record low deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon! e360.yale.edu/digest/amazo...

The Trump administration is scaling back its sweeping asylum freeze but only partially. Here's what's changing, what's staying, and what it means for hundreds of thousands of people. 🧵

With Tax Day coming up, here's our reminder that TurboTax owner Intuit spent two decades fighting to prevent Americans from filing their taxes online for free. (Published 2019)

Policy implication: facilitating international migration should be in every developing country's toolkit. Nearly all developing countries already have government agencies for overseas employment. Our evidence says this is the right call: it's not hollowing out, it's building up.

New in the American Economic Review: migration doesn't hollow out the home economy — it builds it up. More than 75% of the long-run income gains from migration are domestic. The home economy itself grows. Here's what we found: 🧵

📣 "The Evolution of Labor Supply in Jordan through 2025" with Ragui Assaad and Nouf Abushehab - new ERF working paper! Employment and labor force participation rates have declined to very low levels, while unemployment has risen. #EconSky erf.org.eg/publications...

Documenting AI adoption in the US and Western Europe and correlating adoption rates with worker and firm characteristics, from Alexander Bick, Adam Blandin, David J. Deming, Nicola Fuchs-Schündeln, and Jonas Jessen www.nber.org/papers/w34995

Should you happen to fall into the sweet spot of being organized enough to set up an FSA but not to have filed your reimbursements before today: Friendly reminder that that’s who you are and it’s a lot better to be the version of that person who does it today!

Want to play a game? Each of the ten photos in this thread contain an American Woodcock, a shorebird species adapted to living in the forest floor. In each photo, the bird is mostly in focus, not blurry. Their camouflage is legendary. Can you spot her in each one? Let's start easy 1/10

In what world is it okay for the Defense Secretary to make multi-million dollar investments in defense companies: a) Ever; b) In the run-up to starting a war in the Middle East FT has the scoop: www.ft.com/content/744e... In a functional democracy, he would offer his resignation tonight.

"Frog," said Toad, "let us do one very last sensitivity analysis, and then we will stop."

There's one trait where economists clearly outperform the other social sciences: Hubris.

"We are the first to study hubris." -NBER working paper, probably

Check out this new blog post from IPUMS DHS covering indicators of environmental moisture, useful for studying agricultural productivity. https://bit.ly/47ekNs3

🚨New Data alert! 🚨 The 2024 5-year American Community Survey (ACS) and Puerto Rico Community Survey (PRCS) data are now available on IPUMS USA. usa.ipums.org

Did you know the historical Supplemental Poverty Measure is available on IPUMS-CPS? This measure is extended back to 1968 thanks to the Center on Poverty & Social Policy. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4rWEWuu

Neat new project from Pew, ⚡#poweredbyIPUMS Time Use 👀

📣 "Why do more productive firms pay workers more? Evidence from Egypt" New paper with Ragui Assaad in the International Journal of Manpower exploring efficiency wages vs. rent-sharing. #EconSky www.emerald.com/ijm/article/...

The Cinderella story of 2026: TWFE building a comeback! arxiv.org/abs/2603.19480 #EconSky

This is an absolute scandal; the United States government is deliberately consolidating all deportation cases of an ethnic minority that the President has called "garbage" in front of a handpicked group of judges and with dramatically accelerated timeline. A lawsuit was filed yesterday against it.

Dear development economists: stop writing a ton of extra stuff in your PAP, and just tell me what analyses you are going to run

Asking the internet to help crowdsource - what are your small pieces of advice for a successful campus visit? Things like: 1. have a protein bar 2. drink lots of water, 3. wear comfortable shoes because someone will inevitably suggest a walk instead of meeting in their office

The rise and fall of instrumental variables and twoway fixed effects. From: arxiv.org/abs/2501.06873

A good slower growth and sticky inflation morning to everyone. The @OECD out this morning with its forecast capturing the stagflation that’s going to be the baseline for 2026 & 2027 across the G-7 and global economies. #Econ #EconSky

Egypt announces energy-saving measures to curb natural gas spending amid the nation's ongoing energy crisis, exacerbated by the US-Israel war on Iran:

A 3-year study published in Pediatrics examined newborns in Norway. It found a clear benefit for the baby when mom gets a COVID vaccination during pregnancy. n.pr/4uXOx6X

Read this if you want to hear me praise ACOG for their unwavering support for COVID vaccines, take a shot at Robert Malone, and point out some advantages of a single payer health system. And I have to thank @tarahaelle.bsky.social for organizing my quotes in a way to make me seem coherent.

ICYMI my solo article on MENA identity. When MENA Americans aren’t given a “MENA” option on forms, they answer identity-related questions on politics more strongly (eg higher end of the scale) than if“MENA” had been added. Having the group label or not changes the average response!