In a world rigged by invisible auctions where kidneys, college spots, and even your dream job are traded like stocks, my friend Judd Kessler shatters the myth of meritocracy with his wonderful new book, Lucky by Design. I just finished it and found it truly wonderful. I view

¡Estamos contratando PhDs en Investigaciones Económicas de Banco de México! ¡Tenemos un equipo grande, activo, y 🇲🇽 es genial! #EconTwitter #Econjobmarket #EconX 👇

¡Ya es mañana!, no olvides registrarte, nos va a dar mucho gusto verte

We are thrilled to present the 2025-2026 UCSD Economics PhD job market candidates. Meet our candidates and see their research here: economics.ucsd.edu/graduate-progr…. Please contact our placement director, Prashant Bharadwaj ([email protected]), with any questions. #EconJobMarket

As Director of the Becker Friedman Institute for Economics Institute for Economics and a longtime friend and admirer of Gary Becker, I loved Pablo Pena new book, "Human Capital for Humans." It's a very accessible introduction to Becker's ideas on parenting, health, marriage, and more. Gary had

Ex alumnos del ITAM son galardonados en el Premio Banamex de Economía 2024. ¡Muchas felicidades! #OrgulloITAM ITAM

One week left to submit to the Call for Papers for the World Inequality Conference 2026, which will take place at the Paris School of Economics on June 4–5, 2026 Click here for the details: inequalitylab.world/en/event/world…

Predoc opportunity with dream macro team

I have posted the slides for my undergrad intermediate macroeconomics class on my webpage: eml.berkeley.edu/~jsteinsson/te… Hopefully some will find these useful. 1/n

I recently taught a short course on Causal Effects in Macroeconomics and Local Projections. Here is a snapshot of the contents, and I created a website with the slides, in case others find them useful. Comments are welcomed! sites.google.com/view/lpcoursej…

Modern AI for Economics Research: I found this 3 part conversation with Ben Golub on Markus Academy Markus K. Brunnermeier really interesting. It changed the way I use AI. youtube.com/watch?v=SAXElK…

Hablé con Juan Pablo Quintero de EL PAÍS América sobre la experiencia mexicana con aumentos del #salariominimo y las lecciones para Colombia Link y estudios relevantes en siguientes trinos 👇

📢 Special event: Venezuela after Maduro Join us for a virtual panel discussion examining recent political, economic, and democratic developments in #Venezuela. Featuring Freddy Guevara, Ricardo Hausmann, Rebecca Bill Chavez, Juan S. Gonzalez, and Ned Price. 🗓️ Thursday, Jan. 8 🕑

Amigos, como ustedes saben, colaboro con el programa McCall MacBain Scholars de Canadá. Este año participaré en las entrevistas de candidatos, y me emociona muchísimo. La Beca McCall MacBain es una beca completa para cursar estudios de maestría o programas profesionales en la

Les compartimos la Ted Talk del profesor de la Facultad de Economía Emilio Gutierrez y felicitamos a Marco Torres (estudiante de economía) por su participación en el proyecto.

Congrats to Vladimir Rodríguez Vladimir Rodríguez and coauthors on their new paper in the International Journal of Forecasting! The flagship journal in the field. Big achievement! 📄Open-access here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ijfo… Enjoy and feel free to discuss it with Vladimir!

When his plan failed, Philippe Aghion had to reconsider – and the outcome turned out to be a success. 2025 economic sciences laureate Philippe Aghion’s ambition was to join the Harvard Society of Fellows, but he failed. Instead, he ended up at MIT, where he met Peter Howitt.

La justificación del salario mínimo no es técnica. Por Eduardo Lora. elespectador.com/opinion/column…

🚨 New paper on the effect of minimum wages (MW) on prices with a meta-analysis 🚨 Meta-estimates of the effect of MW on prices imply that a 10% increase in the MW leads to a 0.3 - 1.1% increase in prices. Link below 👇 #EconTwitter #EconX #minimumwage #LaborEconomics