As a professional economist, I have concluded that space is very expensive at the base of Mont Blanc based solely on the size of my hotel room.

Last time I was here, starting pitcher was Doyle Alexander or someone like that and people thought it was crazy if a player made $1 million per year. Oh, and also it was a different stadium.

Saw a lot of Thurman Munson and Reggie Jackson here in my youth

Twins’ starter is Chris Archer who gets a shout out in my new book on page 113 (and who just gave up a rocket of a double to Aaron Judge).

Check out this podcast discussion with Greg LaBlanc about the new book and other topics... podfollow.com/1566956045/epi…

One economic concept that never suffers for a lack of good examples is the Hold-Up Problem. wsj.com/articles/new-t…

I thought we had gotten too lavish in our spending when trying to recruit new faculty but it turns out the real money is spent recruiting freshmen. espn.com/college-footba…

Thanks, sportseconomics.org, for this review of the book! sportseconomics.org/book-reviews.h…

How to be a negative externality on all other departments and universities in one easy step. nytimes.com/2022/10/03/us/…

That’s sad. He (Willig) provided my initial antitrust education in graduate IO and Florian Ederer has subsequently taught me the rest.

Every time my WSJ feed looks like this I think the fun in the labor market really is over but I've been wrong for a long time.

I've been predicting the demise of democracy and Bitcoin for a while now. If you had asked me a few months ago which of these predictions I would suddenly feel much more confident about as of November 9, I would have guessed wrong.

This is the most interesting and educational take on FTX that I have seen yet.

The day will come when there is not an interesting new story about FTX. But we are not there yet. wsj.com/articles/ftx-f…

I recently did a webinar with three excellent former GSB students and former Stanford athletic stars -- Toby Gerhart, Justin Davis, and Nij Nnamani -- about their take on sports and economics. They were fantastic! youtube.com/watch?v=lzyJoz…

While Congress wastes time and does nothing, some progress elsewhere… nytimes.com/2023/01/05/bus…

Interesting article on the winners and losers from pay transparency. nytimes.com/2023/01/14/bus…

Are menu compensation plans really taking hold after economists have been suggesting them for decades? wsj.com/articles/a-per…

Thank goodness that when I have a really bad day at work, I am not on National television

I have never been so happy to see a successful extra point as that one.