Congratulations to Isaiah Andrews of Harvard University, winner of the 2021 John Bates Clark Medal! aeaweb.org/about-aea/hono…

OK, I had to try this myself..

Etymological map shows the word for "money" in European languages. Source: buff.ly/3f5notC

The Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics mourns the loss of former President Hugo Sonnenschein. A beloved mentor and scholar, Sonnenschein was the Charles L. Hutchinson Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus in Economics and the College: economics.uchicago.edu/blog/uchicago-…

Renowned composer Mikis Theodorakis dies dlvr.it/S6nPmF

János Kornai (1928-2021) passed away. Rest in peace.

media coverage of math news is awful, reporting on moebius strips is always one-sided

40 years ago today the socialist government introduced martial law in Poland, in response to worsening economic crisis, the USSR lowering oil and gas exports to Poland, and workers organizing in an independent trade union

We honor the memory of our esteemed colleague, Professor Robert Powell. We are deeply grateful for his years of service, friendship, and guidance to our students and the department of political science. His legacy will carry on for generations to come. ls.berkeley.edu/news/memory-pr…

This happened thirty years ago today

newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/s…. This is a brilliant interview with one of the sharpest observers of Russia.

Congratulations to Oleg Itskhoki of UCLA, winner of the 2022 John Bates Clark Medal! aeaweb.org/about-aea/hono…

Last king of Greece, Constantine II, dies aged 82 theguardian.com/world/2023/jan…

RIP. Bob Solow an absolute giant in Economics, has passed away at age 99. Tremendously influential in the profession and one of the key founders of the MIT Economics department as we live it today. Will be sorely missed.

Congratulations to Philipp Strack of Yale University University, winner of the 2024 John Bates Clark Medal! aeaweb.org/about-aea/hono…

One of the most beautiful results in economic theory is the revelation principle. It's actually pretty hard to teach because it sounds so obvious. A common reaction when taught is some student will be confused why its seemingly obvious statement adds any value

The revelation principle is probably one of the extreme cases of "obvious ex post" theory; it's more or less trivial to follow why it's true, and the paradigm shift you undergo in thinking about the class of problems once you understand it is immediate and irreversible