#Economists

Michael Ian Black

michaelianblack

Yesterday I tweeted about calling a new constitutional convention to begin the process of rebuilding America when this administration ends. The way I see it, it would be a multi-year

ROLANDO RICARDEZ

R_RICARDEZ

There’s no going back to “normal”. This is the new normal. We better get used to it, fast. (1/11) We will soon realize that 1.5 hour commutes were wrong and

Andy Summers

Summers_AD

Richard is effectively modelling here a capital gains tax that works on an accruals (instead of realisation) basis, which is not totally crazy, in fact what a lot of economists

Kevin Milligan

kevinmilligan

Paul Romer is a Nobel-winning economist. He advocates for moving toward a regime of wide-scale testing.We don't have the capacity to do this *today*.He argues we could have the capacity

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

1/People sometimes ask me how I form my ideas about the world! Well, folks, there are basically two ingredients: Song lyrics, and data. Just read a bunch of papers and

Shengwu Li

ShengwuLi

I just came across this! unfortunately, the mechanism proposed is not incentive compatible. Proof to follow. 1/Nhttps://twitter.com/TroublesomeF/status/1213014750658883585 @ATabarrok proposes that "the NYTimes should bet a portion of Silver’s sa

Paul Krugman

paulkrugman

I missed this, from Adam Posen, about how we should stop thinking of Japan as a cautionary tale and learn lessons from its successes. Completely agree 1/https://www.ft.com/content/f478f51f-2900-4558-bf0f-d224453e88bf Back in the

Gus Hurwitz

GusHurwitz

9th Circuit opinion in Qualcomm is a pretty complete rebuke of D.Ct. Good to see. Biggest surprise remains the D.Ct opinion, not rejection of it. 1/ The opinion's holding that

Chip Roy

chiproytx

My oped today: @realDonaldTrump & @Mike_Pence need advisors on the #CoronaVirus task force that focus not just on the virus, but on the extraordinary impact on our health & safety

Sunil Sawhney

Sunil_Sawhney

Today many countries have an interesting #paradox. Do we continue #lockdown for a very long time and wipe out our economies or let a few people die and keep the

Sarah Jacobson

SarahJacobsonEc

On econ PhD & how hard it is, & #EconTwitter. I've debated whether to post this because I respect & honor others' feelings & experiences. But I think there's a

Ben Casselman

bencasselman

IMPORTANT NOTE: Starting this week, the Labor Department will be changing its approach to seasonal adjustment for weekly unemployment claims. And the Times will be changing the way we report

Dario Perkins

darioperkins

My sell-side mentor @rlind67 always discouraged 'elbow forecasts'. eg saying something would go down, before strongly rebounding. It confuses clients & looks like hedging your bets. But with the inflation

Robin Hanson

robinhanson

I'll happily bet to say that Biden is crazy wrong here: "We will see more technological change in the next 10 years – than we saw in the last 50

Ken Boessenkool

KenBoessenkool

I’ve been thinking about this tweet a lot - why has our political system not assigned the priority it should on childcare and education during this time of crisis?We know

Beth Popp Berman

epopppp

I cut 3000 words on the rise of economics in U.S. housing policy this week. In tribute (and since blogs are dead), I turned it into a very long Twitter