"How do we know what courage is? When we see a man risk himself to care for another person, that’s courage. The legal judgment may be uncertain, but the moral verdict is already in. On the most traumatic night in a young woman’s life, a good man could not be found." www.nytimes.com/2026/10/11/o...

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I reviewed @rogerberkowitz.bsky.social's "A World We Share: Hannah Arendt and the Power of Friendship in a Broken World" for the @washingtonmonthly.bsky.social washingtonmonthly.com/2026/10/06/h...

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Forty-three years a teacher, a role model who treated every economy as a system worth understanding whole, and a friend to me, always insisting you check all the boxes—and then go away, think harder, and circle back: **In Memory of Jeffrey Williamson: SATURDAY “SLOUCHING” & FRIENDS** Economic... 1/

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I (joint with three wonderful coauthors: Katie Lim, @bradhershbein.bsky.social , and Mike Zabek) have a new working paper on local labor market tightness and job quality. www.federalreserve.gov/econres/feds...

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Congratulations to @timbartik.bsky.social and the entire @upjohninstitute.bsky.social team on this fabulous new analysis of state and local incentives for large-scale clean energy manufacturing and infrastructure projects. These incentives represent billions. It's good to know most were worth it!

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