Economics Journals as Tennis Tournaments 🧵(for an extremely niche audience) Quarterly Journal of Economics = Wimbledon The oldest and most influential event, but also clubby, snobby, and elitist. To win it you must train on a very particular surface/ZIP code.

One of my favorite moments from Nobel Prize history: The Nobel Committee couldn’t reach Stanford professor Paul Milgrom to let him know that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize for Economics, so his fellow winner, Robert Wilson, went over to his house in the middle of the night

The Faustian bargain of the University of Chicago is that you will receive the best mathematics and economics education possible to man but you will be made more lonely and miserable than anyone on earth can fathom simply by virtue of being yourself.

Terrible day for economists that misinterpreted the moniker “Chicago Pope”

Relationship goals

MWG

This is what human flourishing looks like

Ikisini de yasadik

In her JMP, #JMC Deniz Atalar shows, using a model and Turkish firm data, the welfare costs of trade barriers depend on whether they spur or stifle innovation. In Turkey a 10% rise in trade barriers spurs innovation, cutting welfare losses by a quarter. denizatalar.com

*How excited are you to see pope Leo?* Catholic priests in Turkey:

I’m deeply honored to receive this year’s Koç Üniversitesi Rahmi Koç Science Medal. Our work on growth, innovation, & entrepreneurship is powered by an amazing team. I am infinitely grateful to all my students, co-authors, and mentors. The University of Chicago UChicago Economics

Eğer rahmetli babam Aptullah Kuran (1927-2002) yaşasaydı, bugün 98’i bitirecekti. Boğaziçi Üniversitesi rektörlük döneminde, daha sonra kendi adını alacak olan kütüphanenin inşa edilip gelişmesi için çok çabaladı. Depreme dayanıksız eski binanın yıkılması tabii ki gerekliydi.

Nobel laureate Philippe Aghion cites the groundbreaking work of my WorldBank colleague Somik Lall and Ufuk Akcigit, authors of the 2024 World Development Report. 2025 prize lectures in economic sciences | Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion a... youtube.com/live/jQCkCcuSJ… via YouTube

Andrej Karpathy literally revealed why "perfect grades" are a waste of precious time:

JUST IN: First ArXiv paper with Aristotle in the title! An independent analysis of Aristotle’s Erdos #728 Proof arxiv.org/abs/2601.07421…

alcaraz'a neler oluyor?!!! juan carlos ferrero etkisi olabilir mi

yeah…not enough money in the world buddy

Bellman equations on @ESPN! @ESPN documentary "NFL and 4th Down" features Berkeley economist David Romer explaining his JPE paper "Do firms maximize? Evidence from professional football" arguing teams should go for it on 4th down more. Now common practice in the NFL 20 yrs later.

Lost for words 🇦🇺

🌟 Congratulations to Yale Genetics' own Berna Sozen on receiving a Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science! This award from The Vilcek Foundation honors emerging immigrant scientists making exceptional early-career contributions.👏👏 👏