Excited about presenting my JMP @NOVAFRICA next week! Stop by the #Agriculture session on June 28 for an interesting pool of papers (including mine 😉)! #NOVAFRICA2024

English is the Econ of languages

Joe Biden for the Mo Ibrahim prize

You think this instrument just fell out of a coconut tree? It's endogenous to all in which it lives and what came before it.

No, that's not a Google Translate error: Reporter for a state-owned channel talking about the IDF's plan to "cleanse" all of Northern Gaza.

This is horrifying and cannot be allowed to happen. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Not nearly as many cites or Nobels as another guy at MIT...

Really glad this is out there! If you’re doing a lit review on this topic, or just want to get a feel for what’s out there quickly, take a look at the appendix. We have a huge table summarizing a ton of papers that explore mechanisms linking climate and conflict

Important message from Israeli human rights activist Yehuda Shaul for those who feel torn between their support for Israel and their concerns for peace and human rights:

"Hamas uses journalists as combatants" Maybe people in glass houses shouldn't blow up buildings?

Project 2025: Smotrich's version ynetnews.com/article/hyzpgc… "2025 will be the year of sovereignty in Judea and Samaria." Directly links Trump's victory to intent to formally annex the West Bank.

Abdou Cissé is on the market from Berkeley. His job market paper measures the value of energy reliability a key part of growth and development. A great laboratory for his question is a natural experiment in Senegal: the staggered roll-out of a large-scale -national- electricity

Yuen Ho: An entrepreneurial development economist tackling an age-old question with a clever experiment: Should companies exercise discretion in deciding employee promotions? Website: yuen-ho.com JMP: static1.squarespace.com/static/667e540… (2/5)