"At a minimum, the conduct at issue exhibits the sort of gross negligence in financial transactions that calls into question your competence and trustworthiness as the [chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States]" [ Revision of www.documentcloud.org/documents/26... ]

Since the rule of law applies equally to all, the FHFA should send a criminal referral letter to the Justice Department ( h/t @carlquintanilla.bsky.social )

I enjoyed this conversation; here's the summary of what we talked about:

I wish I could say I was surprised by this: "The Trump administration is not, as it pledged, targeting the 'worst first'" www.newsweek.com/veteran-regr... ( h/t @donmoyn.bsky.social )

Call for papers - due 11/1/2025 #EconConf #EconSky "UNebraska Dept of Economics will host the 2026 Nebraska Labor Summit at the College of Business in Lincoln, Nebraska, on 3/13/2026... focus on empirical research in labor economics and closely related fields..." docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Leaders of American Economic Association call on elected officials "to respect and preserve" the independence of the Bureau of Labor Statistics after Trump fires the BLS commissioner.

Super excited to see @arnoldventures.bsky.social launching a new RFP to study the impacts of legalized sports betting www.arnoldventures.org/resources/ca...

My co-authors Sarah Shubeck (UCM) & Emily Crawford (Booth PhD student) & I have a new paper in JAMA Health Forum studying the effects of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) on insurance churn (defined as losing health insurance over the next 12 months) jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

I am heartbroken by the passing of our colleague Ghazala Azmat. A wonderful economist and AEJ: Economic Policy Board member, she was generous with her time and a vital contributor to many areas within applied economics and economic policy. She will be sorely missed. My heart goes out to her family.

The thing is, the Trump administration, in this matter and in others, knows it’s acting unlawfully. But the disruption and fear they cause is almost as effective as the attempted action itself.

Do recessions impact mortality? Amy Finkelstein (MIT), @profnoto.bsky.social (Chicago Booth), @fschilbach.bsky.social (MIT) & @jzhangecon.bsky.social (Duke Sanford) on the welfare consequences of the Great Recession: youtu.be/XrBXo9b2e6g

Great article by Jason Zweig @wsj.com about his friend Jonathan Clements; the article mentions Jonathan’s new book (which you can buy here: www.amazon.com/dp/098878034...), as well as a new @j-palna.bsky.social research project that I’m involved in, which will be funded by proceeds from the book

Congratulations to the winners of the 2025 AEJ Best Paper Awards! Check out the winning papers here: aeaweb.org/news/2025-ae... #econsky

This short memoir by Michelle White is worth a bit of everyone's time.

I talked briefly to @kairyssdal.bsky.social @marketplace.org last week about tariffs & US manufacturing, and at the end I say that healthcare work is the real "work of the future", not manufacturing: open.spotify.com/episode/49nC... Here are some of the papers I had in mind during my interview...

I just heard from the NBER that the UCSD economist Michelle White passed away last week

I really liked this idea of using a histogram as a legend in a choropleth map (since land isn't unemployed; people are), so I made a little guide to doing it with #rstats, {ggplot2}, and {patchwork} www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2025/02...

Call for Papers: The 2025 Health Economics Initiative Annual Conference will bring together faculty, research professionals, and students to present the latest research on all topics in health econ. Submit papers by Feb. 10, 2025. @gottliebecon.bsky.social @profnoto.bsky.social ow.ly/57oe50UoGoc

I did a NYT video interview—along with voices from Hungary, Nicaragua, and Russia— about how repression works in authoritarian states. www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

Hear me talk about the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic for 30 minutes (Also, I wanted to give two links to the recent AER-Insights papers that I briefly mentioned on the podcast; see below...)

Call for Papers: The 2025 Health Economics Initiative Annual Conference will bring together faculty, research professionals, and students to present the latest research on all topics in health econ. Submit papers by Feb. 10, 2025. @gottliebecon.bsky.social @profnoto.bsky.social ow.ly/57oe50UoGoc

Had a great experience earlier this year using Standard Error Research Editors (@sameyler.bsky.social / stderr-editors.com) The company makes an admirable effort to keep their services affordable to students -- keep in mind for your JMPs!

New Health Affairs article! (w/ my fellow J-PAL North America colleagues Jesse Gubb & Cordelia Kwon) We describe the benefits of a "test and learn" culture that embraces (& learns from) failure as a stepping stone to success, & we call for more randomized evaluations of healthcare delivery programs

If you're going to be there and have research that you think would be of interest to New York Times readers, I'd love to talk to you! I'm also interested in issues within the econ profession. #EconSky #ASSA2024 Contact info here (click "show more" and scroll to end): www.nytimes.com/by/ben-casse...

If you’re are attending the ASSA meetings next month, please come by the University of Chicago Press booth in the exhibit hall on Friday at 2:30pm; @talgross.bsky.social & I will be there to chat about our book and share some of our teaching notes & other resources

Ben Handel & I are giving the AEA's Continuing Education lectures in Health Economics The AEA tells me that only registered participants will be able to attend, so please(!) sign up here even if you are planning to only go some of the lectures: www.aeaweb.org/conference/c...

Look what was just delivered by inter-office mail! Pre-order your copy here: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... And come to the AEA continuing education program to hear me lecture about Health Economics: www.aeaweb.org/conference/c... (a couple of my lectures will draw on material from the book)

Hello world, I’m writing to introduce the Chicago Booth Economics PhD program's Job Market Candidates! Eric Budish and I are the faculty co-directors of the program, so please e-mail us with any questions Here are our outstanding and inspiring students (in alphabetical order):

Calling all APPAM (#2023APPAM) attendees! Stop by the J-PAL North America session "Using Inclusive Communication to Improve the Accuracy and Accessibility of Public Policy Research" this Saturday at 1:45pm (Embassy D), featuring JPAL NA staff and me

By far the funniest e-mail reply to the expert survey that I fielded earlier this year was from Claudia Goldin, who wrote to me: "With great appreciation for all your work ... I NEVER do predictions ... I’m an economic historian and specialize in post-dictions" Huge congrats to Claudia Goldin!

Hi #EconSky! If you want a fun tour of health economics research to give to your friends or family, pre-order "Better Health Economics" today Pre-orders are coming in strong -- we were (briefly) beating Hayek!

I wrote a book with Tal Gross! "Better Health Economics: An Introduction for Everyone" If you want to hear me discuss some of the material from the book, come to the ASSA continuing education session Jan 7-9 (I’ll be including some of the material from my book in my Health Economics lectures)