I will never forgive chatGPT for killing the em-dash

Re data center build out: “Utilities telling developers 10 years (!) to interconnect” Incredible we still can’t solve this. Grid infrastructure is arguably the biggest bottleneck to climate + AI progress

Zoning rules are probably even worse than we think. And this is a great example of why economic models (not just event studies) are extremely useful for policy discourse -- they shed light on under-appreciated channels!

Excellent journalism like this reminds me why I care about economics and am committed to this career: to improve people's situations. Basically everyone on this app would benefit from hearing these stories. Tristan Heiner is extremely good at what he does youtube.com/watch?v=4Tk6kU…

Looking over a report I co-wrote in 2020 called "Powering the next boom". This phrase is exactly how we should think of energy policy--an essential ingredient for strong economic growth. An efficient energy transition is the best industrial policy you could ask for.

The popular idea that comparative advantage is purely exogenous always struck me as weird and wrong. Sure, natural resources are fixed. But human capital? Manufacturing expertise? Absolutely not. I am glad Industrial Organization and Trade economists are beginning to fix this.

Canadian NIMBYs want to keep housing unaffordable so retirees can live perpetually off returns on capital, never needing to touch the principal balance. This is crazy. It basically says: keep people poor so rich kids get an inheritance

Where is all the abundance-tech?

Reposting with correction: So here's the deal on the Senate-passed One Big Bad Bill, now heading back to the House for further debate: 1. Wind & solar projects that commence construction before the end of 2025 can claim the investment or production tax cuts under current law &

All aboard - 13.07.2025

Zero percent of the benefit of HECS debt forgiveness goes to people in the bottom 40% of the wage earner distribution. 1% goes to people below the median. 99% accrues to people earning over the median wage.

Relevant again. Now Labor

The claim here that we can't (or won't) build more than 50 homes per hectare is puzzling. When Marcus Spiller's SGS colleagues estimated housing capacity in Boroondara LGA, they assumed 75-100 homes per hectare even for 'general' residential areas. abc.net.au/news/2025-07-0…

My entire PhD and academic career hopes 🤝 extremely weak BLP instruments

West Australian Greens leader Brad Pettitt has a simple message for his party colleagues on the east coast: quit the inner-city NIMBYism because high-rises are not the enemy. afr.com/politics/feder… ($) #wapol #auspol article from Friday 4 July edition.