Fun fact: I nominated Joshua Doss to give this talk as the keynote speaker at the 2026 Black Policy Conference at Harvard. Needless to say, he got a standing ovation.

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You all know I detest circulars but I suppose they have their uses! 🧶 #knit

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If you see grad students primarily as labor for achieving your own aims (what agents are for), I very genuinely don’t think you should be a professor.

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SO: 2001 Canadian Status of Women ad hoc committee who did question this, leading the CEA to push dep'ts to use suites. www.economics.ca/resources/Do... Authors: Martin Dooley, Nicole Fortin, Nancy Gallini, Brenda Spotton Visano, @frwoolley.bsky.social; assistance Eva Audy and Antonia Swann

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When the Cincinnati Post shut down, it oddly had an effect on local elections. Fewer people ran for office, voter turnout fell, and incumbents became more likely to win. That's useful context for Trump's choice to ban 3 news orgs from the White House newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/what-econo...

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