We look forward to hosting Prof. Areendam Chandra, Louisiana State University, on 31st January 2025 (Friday) from 12:00 PM to 01:30 PM for his talk titled: "Empirics of Household Expectations and Consumption Behavior: Insights from India".

Respectful reciprocity would be for Modi to welcome Musk while the former is feeding his cows at his Delhi residence.

Given the sunk costs, they should just open it up to market forces. The city would get populated in short order.

$5 million. From what I observe about undisclosed wealth in India every time I visit, this should clear out black money in India faster than demonetization. Also, the line will be longer than the one for the green card.

Another economics maestro who does not know how to distinguish the production and expenditure sides of the GDP identity.

Now economists know how scientists felt when he said “inject bleach”

last year, the United States sold more educational services to the rest of the world than it sold in natural gas and coal **combined** washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/…

Thrilled to share this! What is the optimal retirement policy? Here’s our take. 🧵

Glad to know that he thinks mangoes are not grown in the US. Even a 100% tariff won't convince me to eat the terrible mangoes grown in Florida.

Grateful for the little things: The annual checkup with my physician turned into a 45-minute conversation on the role of AI in our respective fields, the development of stablecoins, and how the world will meet energy demands rising from data centers.

Indonesia is doing something better than India. Between 1988 and 2020, India's informal employment % did not change at all, nor its inverse, wage employment %. By contrast, between 2001 and 2020, Indonesia did reduce informality & increase wage work.

Hanno Lustig Yes and no 😀 Yes: the Paul Ehrlichs of the world were completely wrong. And more than that: they were wrong for reasons they could have anticipated. Ehrlich’s book, for instance, misses basic demographic distinctions, such as a clear difference between CBRs and TFRs.

So the plan to revive American manufacturing is zero import duties on smartphones and pharmaceuticals, but 50% on textiles and jewelry? 😕

It's 2025, and in the US, if I want to transfer money from my Capital One checking account to my daughter's Capital One account, I have to use Zelle or some other third-party app. In India, transfers were instantaneous at least 10 years ago within and between banks.

📢 Call for Papers: Economic Inquiry Special Issue in honor of Louis Putterman (Brown University). Topics: Experimental Economics & Long-Run Growth. Submission deadline: Aug 31, 2026. Details 👉 drive.google.com/file/d/1E_Jtnw… #EconTwitter Coediting with Areendam Chanda Ola Olsson

Excited to announce a Call for Papers in Economic Inquiry in honor of Louis Putterman. We welcome contributions in a) Experimental Economics and b) Long Run Growth. I am honored to be coediting the growth section w/ Ola Olsson Ömer Özak. Due Aug 31, 2026. #econtwitter

Ricardo Reis I would add my colleague Oded Galor. He has made seminal contributions in the field including the Unified Growth Theory that I hope one day will be also recognized.

Tomorrow night at #LSU Science Café with LSU College of Humanities & Social Sciences researchers Madoka Kishi and Pallavi Rastogi, learn how Asians have changed Louisiana culturally, politically, and gastronomically as much as Louisiana has changed them: eventbrite.com/e/lsu-science-…