Amazing - The The New York Times tries to dispel 6 myths on Social Security. But 5 of the 'myths' are actually true! Very shoddy work. crfb.org/blogs/new-york…

Cool new video from Abundance Institute with Augustus Doricko of Rainmaker Technology Corporation about cloud seeding technology. "Modifying the weather unintentionally is something that I am way more concerned about than [intentional beneficial cloud seeding weather modification]." youtu.be/QaqzeD99sy0?si…

Timely piece in the current JEP

Uncertainty is unavoidable in policy debates. I joined Benjamin Krause to discuss how leaders can act under it, and why trust in science matters now more than ever:

I just finished organizing the schedule for my Fall 2025 course on Global Economic History. With only 26 lectures of 90 minutes (plus two midterms), one must make painful choices about what to leave out. Honestly, this should be a two-semester course. On the bright side, there’s

For those who missed it. Here are all the resources online available: github.com/sischei/Summer…

This book just arrived in the mail. I am excited to read "Fiscal Democracy in America" by Kurt Couchman about how to craft Congressional budget procedure reform to give legislators help in fixing the budget process and stabilizing US debt.

If you're an economist and haven't heard about the double descent phenomenon, you might be overlooking one of the most interesting developments in computer science and statistics today. Personally, I haven't come across anything as fascinating since I first learned about Markov

I love this chart so much. What a great visualization of human progress, its history, and our future. This is a very innovative take on a timeline.

A couple of days ago, I posted on the double descent phenomenon to alert economists about its importance. To illustrate it, I used the following example: 1️⃣ You want to find the curve that “best” approximates an unknown function generating 12 observations. 2️⃣ I know the target

🧵 (1/8) My new working paper with Maurice Obstfeld, “Tariffs as Fiscal Policy”, was just posted today Peterson Institute. Within, we evaluate the new role that tariffs are playing in the US economy.

With sorrow we announce that Russell M. Nelson, beloved President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has died. He was 101 — the oldest president in the history of the Church. For more information on the life and ministry of President Russell M. Nelson, see

The Empire State Building as a symbol of a time we could return to of American efficiency and innovation. youtube.com/watch?v=oQoerr…

Indications are that the economics PhD job market will be a difficult one this year. Below is one indication, which shows number of job openings by week. The exact same thing happened when I went on the job market years ago: I sent out 150 applications...and got 1 interview!

Three big announcements concerning new data from the AEA on the #EconJobMarket First, there are now live dashboards on AEA JOE that show the # of jobs listed on JOE each week, with comparisons to recent years. aeaweb.org/about-aea/co... #EconTwitter 1/many

A few days ago, I emphasized the importance of the “intellectual Turing test.” It’s an old idea inspired by Turing’s original test for artificial intelligence. Claim: You only truly understand an intellectual position if you can articulate and defend it so convincingly that a