Gender, Money, Time, Power, Ideology, Facts, Innovation, Grand Debates, Socioeconomic Structures... All are often overlooked in economic thought. 👉A series w/ Pia Malaney Perry Mehrling Orsola Costantini Beatrice Cherrier Sanjay G Reddy and others! 👉Watch at ysiproject.org/blindspot

Reddit r/antiwork has gone vertical

Is there a great resignation? Went and dug into the quits data from August (September not out yet) and here is what I saw in YoY change in quits. Dramatic jumps in leisure, hospitality, trade & construction. Starting a thread to track this 👇

The term "green jobs" summons images of people planting trees, insulating homes, building electric cars in spotless factories. But some jobs involved in greening the economy are dirty and dangerous. ft.com/content/111f96…

(Some of you may have seen this already; I was on vacation and off the Internet.) New piece for the Atlantic on the last, great work by the late, great David Graeber. theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

“border collies love to work”

drooling over this new substack

its raining and I have a cold but it’s ok cause this just came. 🙏Amelia Horgan

Who is doing great work on the topic of work? Already keeping tabs on james suzman Sarah Jaffe Sarah O'Connor Pavlina R Tcherneva Daniel Susskind Anne Helen Petersen Thijs Keulen Jonathan Malesic Stowe Boyd | workfutures.io @stoweboyd.bsky.social Kai-Fu Lee @DJBunders Roy E. Bahat Amelia Horgan Lara Merling Gallup, UBI/JG Who else? 🙏

Turns out big success doesn't happen just by doubling down on a narrow niche. It requires exploring widely, for a while. Only after that can we find a unique angle & pivot to exploit it. Most of us could use more room to explore. Great piece by Derek Thompson bit.ly/3mvYHKO

The @ft is free to read today..so do go online and read the wonderful recent columns from Sarah O'Connor Rana Foroohar Edward Luce Martin Wolf Simon Kuper katiemartin @robinwigg and so many others...!

It is not enough to learn about the world. The point is to change it. Join/share with your students to learn about the important work 3 Bard College alumni/ae are doing. Heske van Doornen Lara Merling Jesse Myerson

😱 publishing 😱 the job market 😱 writing 😱 teaching 😱 mental health 😱 work-life balance You don't need to do it all alone. Join us to share experiences, build resources, & be supported by mentors and peers: 🙌 Early Career Days 🙌 18-20 November 🙌 ysiproject.org/program

It was so fun to be back at Bard College this past weekend! 🙏 Thank you Pavlina R Tcherneva Economic Democracy Initiative Levy Institute for having us!

when the software doesn't allow for virtual backgrounds and u only have one corner that isn't full of stuff

Coming up! YSI Early Career Days #2 📅 11-12 March 👉 ysiproject.org/ecd2 w/ sessions on 💥How to survive as a non-mainstream economist, ft David Colander 💥Mental Health & PhD Life 💥Building a feminist career in academia 💥The challenges of being an African scholar +more!

new old book! i’m excited.

if you love #MMT but your friends still don't get it, this book might help. It's a simple intro to money. no math, nothing intimidating, and i drew loads of pictures to make it fun amazon: shorturl.at/lprCE