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U.S. poverty rates were relatively higher in the South, compared to northern states. Which states saw the highest rates in 2022? visualcapitalist.com/mapped-poverty… via @visualcap Some of these are surprising, but what's more surprising is the range. My prior was that it would be more.

Hmmm... how to incorporate this into my International Finance class? Global beer consumption stands at 192 million kiloliters annually. Here are the countries that are the largest consumers of beer worldwide. visualcapitalist.com/which-countrie… via @visualcap

Interesting breakdown of inflation:

.University of Maryland Smith School of Business’s Albert “Pete” Kyle discusses the reserve currency proposed by BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) as an alternative to the US dollar for global trade and reserves: youtu.be/he5guIOdDiE?si… via Smith School Global

Recent tariffs cost U.S. manufacturing jobs through higher input costs, foreign retaliation. Just Accepted new paper by Aaron Flaaen (@aaronflaaen) and Justin Pierce zurl.co/4kP1

Academics who do international finance or accounting research, the Academy of International Business will have its annual conference in Louisville, KY (6/28 - 7/2, 2025). The window for submissions is open now and will remain open until January 10th. aib.world/events/2025/co…

Tis the season for published papers coming out in print :). This was a fun paper to present - everyone had lots of comments!

An academic paper has excellent empirical evidence & hypotheses that perfectly match the patterns in the data. One catch: AI wrote the hypotheses after seeing the results. Should this matter? New paper w/ Robert Novy-Marx on AI and finance research🧵 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

A Google website called NotebookLM created an audio overview (or "podcast") discussing one of my papers on political scandals using AI. It's actually pretty good, too! notebooklm.google.com/notebook/e92bc…

Fantastic video on US debt from WSJ: When Does the National Debt Become Genuinely Bad? wsj.com/video/series/n…