What did Acemoglu get Wrong? Is democracy really good for growth? Have you changed your mind about religion? Are institutions endogenous? With climate breakdown, will you become more of a geographical determinist? Were you right on China? 🎙️ podcast! open.spotify.com/episode/76fLUV…

sometimes i try to say canadian stereotypes are dumb but then a canadian goes and wins the *checks notes* nicest person award

*wandering through a corn maze for 3 hours* you know, I’m something of an agricultural economist myself

I don’t know if Andrea Matranga 🇺🇦🌻 can put this on his CV but he should get some sort of credit for his paper helping me land a date.

Aaron Lorenz🌐🇺🇦 youtu.be/gtJAvZDhUEQ?si… the Neolithic is famously a crowd pleaser

Interesting tool to turn research papers into AI generated podcast discussions that provide a high level overview: illuminate.google.com/home?pli=1 Fed it some of my papers and it did a very reasonable job, especially with the ML pubs. #econtwitter

My desire to work with Canadian micro data intensifies further.

I spotted RStudio Tips in the wild!

A wasp stung me on the tongue today and I have been trying to think of a way to make an #EconTwitter joke about it, but honestly I’m speechless.

Econ/public policy adjuncts wanted at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, MN for this spring semester. St. Kate's is a small, women's liberal arts college with a small and friendly economics department. Please send me a DM if you would like to be connected to hiring faculty!

Introducing our Ukrainian Heritage Night logo! 💙💛 📰 wpgjets.co/UHN-Celebrate 🎟️ wpgjets.co/UHN-JAN2

Now going LIVE to P.J. Fleck down on the field 🤪 #RTB #SkiUMah #Gophers 📺 Big Ten Network

American College Football is wild, I can currently hear the celebrations from Minnesota Football ‘s win over USC tonight and the Stadium is over 3km away. #celebrategoodtimes

Fair enough

So I ran a 1000% broad tariff with tit-for-tat retaliation through GTAP, just for kicks. The bad news: US real GDP shrinks by 22.5%. But look, Canada's GDP contracts by almost 60%, so at least they're going down with us!

Im literally dying right now 🥺 aurora over Nebraska on Southwest Airlines

Congrats to AJR! Before any of the other eighty three fields they publish in tries any funny business, I hereby claim this Nobel as Econ History.

Air India flight 127 made an emergency landing in Iqaluit, today following a global aviation bomb threat. 211 passengers are stranded, and the airline hasn't found a solution. Despite great efforts, the city of Iqaluit is not equipped to house these passengers. After consultation

Can we get 5,000 people to reply with "I Stand With Ukraine"? 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦