In Evanston yesterday, immigration agents went around with guns drawn, interrupting Halloween gatherings (my kid’s school moved theirs indoors), and pulling people from cars. Local police had to step in to separate agents from residents. This cannot become the new normal.

African Students on the Economics Job Market 2025 Thread #Econtwitter , Please RT & share widely Mental Healthcare Facilities and Mortality: Evidence from Local Access and Insurance Expansion Website: olanrewajuyusuffecon.github.io/website/resear…

The Department of Economics at Warwick is advertising Assistant Professor positions in Macroeconomics/Development. Here is the link to the advert: EJM econjobmarket.org/positions/12028  and JOE listing aeaweb.org/joe/listing.ph…

Don't miss the wonderful interview of Philippe Aghion by economist Antoine Levy . An indepth review of his economic contribution, of his intellectual journey and of the main economic challenges facing France and Europe. With bonus personal pictures! (in English)

[Reading Group IP week 6] Last week, we covered the 2025 QJE paper by N. Lane, "Manufacturing Revolutions: Industrial Policy and Industrialization in South Korea." He studies the impact of Korea's Heavy and Chemical Industry (HCI) drive in 1973–1979 to understand whether

1/ In my JMP, I ask: Why do different kids specialize in different skills? In the same classroom you have: – the math whiz – the leader – the quiet empath Is that because they chose different skills to invest in… or because some skills are just harder for them to build? 🧵👇

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Hey I know that paper on SNAP & recidivism - that was Cody Tuttle’s 3rd year paper during his BSOS @ UMD Econ PhD! 🤗 Students - write policy relevant papers and you too can help inform policy design! Thanks Jennifer Doleac for promoting evidence-backed criminal justice policy!

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🚨Job Market Alert🚨 The Institute of Economics and Econometrics at the University of Geneva Université de Genève is hiring a Full Professor in International Economics this year! All info here 👇 jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_portal.…

Nice piece in memoriam of Betty Sadoulet news.berkeley.edu/2025/11/05/in-…

🚨🚨 Join us for a postdoc year at Columbia Business School with Joseph E. Stiglitz and the rest of our economics group — applications are open now: aeaweb.org/joe/listing.ph…

Interested in graduate studies in chemistry starting Fall 2026? Apply to the University of British Columbia in Vancouver! We are looking for highly motivated domestic and international students to join us in all areas. Apply by December 1st, 2025 grad.ubc.ca/prospective-st…

We are hiring! This past year, our lab moved from Michigan to the University of British Columbia in Vancouver! If you are interested in grad studies in organic chemistry, particularly with an emphasis on new technologies, apply to the UBC graduate program by December 1st, 2025!

Two fresh books just landed on my desk (thank you to the authors for the complimentary copies!). I’ve got a long flight to Europe next week — only room in the bag for one. Which should win the seat-mate contest?

Now forthcoming at Quarterly Journal of Economics! Enlightenment Ideals and Belief in Progress in the Run-up to the Industrial Revolution: A Textual Analysis Most recent version available at: digitalcommons.chapman.edu/esi_working_...

This paper's acceptance could not be more timely given Joel Mokyr's Nobel Prize. To repeat my description of the working paper from a tweet two years ago: A fantastic paper by Ali Almelhem, Murat Iyigun, Jared Rubin, and Austin Kennedy. Another important body of evidence for

Forthcoming in the AER: "Zero-Sum Thinking and the Roots of U.S. Political Differences" by Sahil Chinoy, Nathan Nunn, Sandra Sequeira, and Stefanie Stantcheva. aeaweb.org/articles?id=10…