"A city with twice as many picturesque locations as another city saw 10 percent growth or greater in population and jobs from 1990 to 2010." trib.al/RrbCEs9

According to Pat Harker, the Federal Reserve is considering setting up a lending facility for colleges and universities.

A new NBER Working Paper (#27128) by Jesus Villaverde & Charles Jones has an informative discussion of the SIRD model of Covid-19 with application to countries, states, and cities.

The Coronavirus Isn't Worse in Cities Because of Density nytimes.com/2020/05/15/opi…

LeBron James post a juxtaposition of George Floyd and Colin Kaepernick and ask “Do you understand Now” instagram.com/p/CAq3fpCgyve/…

What a day. After nearly 5 hours of waiting on the West End Overlook, I finally got the view I was hoping for. An absolutely incredible double rainbow filled the sky over #Pittsburgh, towering high into the colorful sky. One of the most amazing sunsets I've ever seen in this city

Remembering my DJ days. Dec 26 was my bday too. instagram.com/p/CCy_kY_A7pw/…

The anti-Spotify: How Bandcamp became the toast of the COVID age - Business - Journal Star - Peoria, IL (a better relationship with its artists) pjstar.com/business/20200…

In your dreams #Election2020

via The New York Times nytimes.com/2021/06/23/ups…

Interesting series Saving the City. This episode on Yorktown Philadelphia fb.watch/7w1uRQdx7e/

Hiking along The Deschutes river in Bend, OR.

Visiting the Grand Teton’s earlier this month.

eedition.inquirer.com/infinity/artic… - The gender wage gap is a bit better in Philly, but…

Attended CURE for the first time yesterday and met many wonderful people. Thanks Jeffrey Lin, Jerry Carlino, and Jessie Handbury for organizing and for the opportunity to present my JMP!

Forthcoming in the AER: "Partisanship and Fiscal Policy in Economic Unions: Evidence from U.S. States" by Gerald Carlino, Thorsten Drautzburg, Robert Inman, and Nicholas Zarra. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…

Snorkeling in Casa Cenote in Tulum.

🚨Published!🚨Does partisanship in the U.S. affect the macroeconomic impact of fiscal policy? In our recent AEA Journals, Jerry Carlino, T. Drautzburg, R. Inman, and I causally show that it does w.r.t federal transfers to states -- an important policy tool in big crises. 1/7

The Reading Terminal at lunch time on a Philly Flower Show day.