Columbia’s page regretting the decision it made in 1968 bears a banner about the decisions it is making now. news.columbia.edu/content/new-pe…

enjoy vampire weekend? thank a vampire labor union.

5’8 dude just said “I’ll be there shortly” bro I know lol

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈As we start June, Pride Month, let me share with you some of the Inter-American Development Bank's most recent analytical work on LGBTQ+ inclusion. These are only publications from the last 18 months. Please help us disseminate them. 🧵1/7

Wishing a very happy 53rd birthday to Joni’s fourth studio album, 'BLUE' 💙 Listen to the album in full here: JM.lnk.to/Blue1971 Original cover photo by Tim Considine

this quote is part of why i became a development economist x.com/shivvstheworld…

pre kamala: acab, fuck the police post kamala: glory to the police state, lock him up

after the harris campaign wears out the brat thing they should get really into 100 gecs

Vibe check

Tim Walz line in 2018: The economy is a garden, not a jungle

I've been at the Inter-American Development Bank for exactly one year, and I'm marking it with a new working paper! "Ten Findings about Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean" publications.iadb.org/en/ten-finding… (co-authored with Chang & Carolina Rivas).

how joyous to be so full of wonder

Our paper "Local knowledge, formal evidence, and policy decisions" (with Aidan Coville and Sampada KC) is out at the JDE. Many people have the intuition that policymakers prefer evidence from their own context. To what extent is this true? 1/ 🧵

A plain bagel filled with flowers left outside Absolute Bagels, one of the most popular bagel shops in the city now closed.

There's no sugatcoating this: People will die

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UC Davis Agricultural and Resource Economics is excited to announce our '25-26 #agecon #jobmarket candidates. These 16 #PhD students are doing impactful research in #agriculture, #development, #environment, #energy, #health, and #labor. Many presenting at #AAEA2025 in Denver July 27-29! are.ucdavis.edu/phd/job-candid…

CHAOTIC energy coming from the table notes today

Big Thief

It is with great sadness that we share the passing of our esteemed colleague, ARE Professor Betty Sadoulet. A cherished member of our Berkeley community, she touched countless lives through her teaching, research, and mentorship. She will be deeply missed. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth…