Caleb Watney

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@calebwatney.bsky.social of Institute for Progress on much-needed reforms of US funding for investments in science that make a lot more sense than DOGE slash-and-burn. via @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/o...

Smart piece on need for more risk-taking in US science www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/o... by @calebwatney.bsky.social of @ifp.bsky.social (Learn more abt IFP’s smart sci/med ideas — including some stuff by me & others on clinical trials — on their website.)

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A very interesting argument from @mtabarrok.bsky.social that credential inflation in education (without corresponding real gains in human capital) has made the Great Stagnation look a bit worse than it actually is. www.maximum-progress.com/p/is-the-gre...

New post, coauthored with Caroline Fry! mattsclancy.substack.com/p/training-s...

I enjoyed having the opportunity to testify a few days ago before the House Science Committee on the areas where federal AI R&D funding can go the furthest: progress.institute/where-can-fe...

My mom is reading Dune because she wants to connect with me and have me explain the plot 😭

New spring 2023 Journal of Economic Perspectives issue: housing/urban economics, universal health insurance, mental health, + a bonus teaching-oriented piece on event study models from Doug Miller: aeaweb.org/issues/721

Montana is on track to adopt perhaps the most ambitious state-level YIMBY reform package yet: legalizing duplexes, establishing as-of-right permitting, and requiring that zoning be informed by realistic assessments of housing need, among many reforms.

Everything you could possible want to know about nuclear power plant construction costs 🏗️⚡ https://progress.institute/nuclear-power-plant-construction-costs/

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Anyone have any hot takes on buying a couch?

Had a blast at @calebwatney.bsky.social / @alecstapp.bsky.social / EIG conference in Lancaster, PA

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