🚨NEW PAPER, now published World Development! I explore how the rise of fentanyl use in the U.S. reduced heroin revenues for Mexican cartels. As a result, cartels shifted to extorting the avocado industry, escalating violence in avocado-growing regions. ➡️tinyurl.com/ycka2fv8

Do you like economics? Are you an ambitious undergraduate or graduate student who wants to get to the frontier of research, and get there fast? I have created a suggested reading list — I think anyone could read every paper on it in less than two months. Link below:

#AcademiaCIDE | El prof. Emmanuel Chávez, junto con Cristóbal Domínguez de la CNBV, estudia el efecto de la reforma al Impuesto al Valor Agregado (VAT) de 2014 en el nivel de precios para diferentes productos y en el mercado laboral en México. Entre sus principales hallazgos,

Con corte de las 15:00hrs 2jun2025, los Cómputos Distritales Judiciales para la SCJN ya tienen un avance de 67.8%: 57,129 de 84,266 casillas capturadas. A continuación mostraré algunos patrones preliminares en los resultados...

Now for our latest books give-away: 38 Classics books to be raffled off for free. Just RT this message, follow us, and we will make the draw on Monday 9 June. 1st name gets 20 books, 2nd 12, 3rd 6. Open to all, good luck! (Will post details and photos of each book this evening.)

An Econlib article by Peter Boettke on “Virginia Political Economy: James Buchanan’s Journey” shows how political philosophy and economics were enmeshed in Buchanan’s work. It also reminded me of the video of an interview with Buchanan. #JamesBuchanan econlib.org/immortality-th…

Dos Méxicos: ¿nuevo camino o década perdida? redaccion.nexos.com.mx/dos-mexicos-nu…

Apple acaba de publicar un paper con un título demoledor: *The Illusion of Thinking*. Y no es metáfora. Lo que demuestra es que los modelos de IA que usamos todos los días —sí, tipo ChatGPT— no piensan. Ni un poco. Solo imitan que lo hacen. Te explico: 🧵👇

.Conor Friedersdorf argues that college classes should be screen free, especially in small colleges where the point is community When I made my NYU classes entirely screen free -- no laptops -- engagement and enjoyment went up. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Carl Sagan beautifully describes the power of books:

Angela Duckworth gives a brilliant graduation speech at Bates: "Where you physically place your phone may be one of the most consequential decisions you make." Guard your attention. Not with willpower, but situation modification: Angela Duckworth youtube.com/watch?v=HxVsaN…

It remains me so much The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Behind the Curtain: The scariest AI reality axios.com/2025/06/09/ai-…

The Enlightenment’s Gravediggers: When Westerners, knowing they have Western freedoms, hate the West. Another brilliant essay by Maarten Boudry Maarten Boudry quillette.com/2025/06/19/the…

La División de Economía del CIDE se enorgullece en compartir las publicaciones académicas durante el Semestre de Primavera 2025 del claustro de profesoras y profersores que conforman la división. Los artículos cubren diversos temas, desde #Regulación y #CambioClimático, a

The Economics Division of CIDE is proud to share the academic articles published during the Spring Semester 2025 from the faculty that make up the division. The articles cover diverse topics, from #Regulation and #ClimateChange, to topics in #EconomicHistory, #Taxation,

Do you prepare yourself to a Phd\Master Microeconomics course? The 2025 version of my book "Lecture Notes in Microeconomic Theory: The Economic Agent" is available for FREE downloading. See first comment to the URL.

Once again, I'm disappointed to see Autor and co inappropriately extrapolating their DiD results to make conclusions about aggregate effects, and I'm disappointed in the media for giving these unwarranted conclusions space. [1/x] nytimes.com/2025/07/14/opi…

#ArchivosCIDE | Los profs. Sonia Di Giannatale y Irvin Rojas, junto con Daniela Díaz (egresada) analizan la situación actual de la inclusión y la vulnerabilidad financiera en 🇲🇽, y los retos de política pública que enfrenta el país. Un🧵

Con enorme gusto comparto este nuevo artículo de Martin Lodge (Martin Lodge), Daniel Daza (Daniel Daza Vázquez) y su servidor: "Las agencias reguladoras en tiempos de populismo: la experiencia de México": remap.ugto.mx/index.php/rema… (Y mil gracias al Profe Fernando Patrón por su interés.)

🎓 Today I delivered the final lecture of Penn's Exchange’s Foundations of Economic Thought summer course by focusing on the evolution of macroeconomics from 1970 to 2000: 🔗 sites.google.com/view/foundatio… 🧠 Unsurprisingly, UMN Economics features prominently in the story (although