With my 4-year-old at Target, she finds the same tiara we got for her last Christmas. “This is where Santa got my crown!” “No sweetie, Santa must just use the same wholesaler.”

10 Favourite Economics Books (4) 1) Career & Family - Claudia Goldin Terrific work, analysing the gender wage gap for US college educated women over the last century. Argues "greedy jobs" explain most of the remaining barriers, as they exclude people with caring responsibilities.

I had the opportunity to chat with him a few times and each conversation was memorable. He could recall rich details about every important event you could throw at him. Alaska was lucky to have him for as long as we did.

When I feel stressed, I just look at this graph.

I have no doubt that electric cars are the way of the future. At the same time, their current value proposition for consumers just isn’t that great. I think the product lines still have some evolution ahead of them before they become the de facto choice.

At the Anchorage Housing Summit at UAA. Nolan Klouda 🇺🇦 explaining the increase in average home price in Anchorage over the past 4 years: +$103,000. And the decrease in housing stock: -72%. We are here all day: come now. #AKleg #ancgov

A good time was had by all. Great to present with you guys!

Any ideas where someone in the Anchorage area can buy a Yupik head dress? My wife is trying to fulfill a gift request.

My little guy, dressed to deliver a talk on the Alaska economy.

Looking at AK DOL data for a grant application. I wonder if these trends are related to that labor force shortage thingy?

This is astounding. I can give any number of reasons why this is terrible for our economic future, but mostly I’m thinking about my 2-year-old and 4-year-old, facing an education system materially worse than when I went through the Anchorage and Kodiak school system.

Spotted at Target: a Barbie that teaches kids the importance of picking up after your dog. Some of the dog owners of Anchorage should have had this growing up.