daniel f stone

“The moment you start reading the other side’s best arguments is the moment you start growing up” -David Simon bowdoinorient.com/2026/10/02/d...

🚨 JOB ALERT! @bowdoincollege.bsky.social econ is hiring! Fields of interest include international finance, corporate finance, and IO, with the ability to teach a financial econ course. Come join a thriving, research active liberal arts college on the coast of Maine! www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....

In my latest podcast episode, I speak with Andrea Ellis, a former wellness influencer who left that world despite the massive financial opportunities. A really insightful overview into the wellness economy and ecosystem! matthewfacciani.substack.com/p/what-welln...

Prediction markets are pretty useful cutting through BS sometimes www.nytimes.com/2026/09/06/u... polymarket.com/event/new-ha...

Great American story open.substack.com/pub/matthewy... (I remember people saying "anything but country" - I might have said it...)

Over the past six months, I've been teaching teams at places like Stanford, Penn, Northwestern, and many more how to start using AI responsibly+effectively in their work. Today, I'm starting to release my entire curriculum: for free, forever, for everyone!

ESG is dead; long live ESG www.nytimes.com/2026/08/18/t...

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I’m biased but this has become my default feed now. I read almost every article it surfaces for me.

"Academic freedom is a privilege and it makes no sense for us to incessantly antagonize the mainstream society whose good graces we depend on" www.popularbydesign.org/p/reality-ma... Very good stuff from @akoustov.bsky.social

substack.com/home/post/p-... "the idea of a free market economy polls substantially better than the idea of capitalism. The gap is present for all groups, but it’s especially pronounced among Democrats and especially especially among younger Democrats."

Mobile phone location data suggests California fast-food restaurants cut on-site staffing by about 8 percent after the $20 wage was announced, with reductions starting months before the law took effect.

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A personalized feed designed for constructive conversation. Part of the GreenEarth family. Learn how it works and tell us what you think! [link]

Big upside to the paradox of voting 👇

Open access in QJE!📢 Using newly assembled archival data, we show how the AMA's nationwide campaign against national health insurance, labeling it "socialized medicine" and promoting private insurance, helped steer the U.S. away from universal health care academic.oup.com/qje/article/...

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From ex-wife of the ICE Agent who shot the innocent Mainer: "Ashley Brouillette told a reporter that she wanted to speak publicly because she had previously reported concerns to his superiors in the military about his mental health. She said he was abusive in their relationship."

I built a free tool that coaches you through checking a claim with only as much effort as it actually needs. matthewfacciani.substack.com/p/i-built-a-...

Incredibly good people www.nytimes.com/2026/07/11/n...

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Econ 101 ftw

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People who see something broken and fix it because they can ❤️

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Doesn't address biggest issue with the policy, that it makes students too competitive www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/o... (the reason Princeton claims they dropped their policy share.google/aimode/7J0cE...)

Write every email like you might be accidentally ccing the all faculty list

#arXiv is banning researchers for one year whose manuscripts contain hallucinated references. My latest for @nature.com: www.nature.com/articles/d41... @briannosek.bsky.social, @tdietterich.bsky.social, @richardsever.bsky.social, @dermotlynott.bsky.social, @philipncohen.com, #WCRI2026

“It never ceases to amaze me: we all love ourselves more than other people, but care more about their opinion than our own.” ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

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It's hard to avoid the conclusion that Bluesky has been a net negative for US politics. They corralled everyone on the left into a little glass fishbowl where they shout at one another & everyone else ignores them. Meanwhile, all the pols & institutions stayed on X & are being dragged farther right.

Love the harpoon

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"Liberal education is that form of education that prepares individuals for the exercise of political liberty—in other words, for citizenship" www.persuasion.community/p/how-to-rev...

BREAKING: in April 2026, *every single one* of the 1,570 refugees admitted in the United States were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 6,066 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November 2025), and nobody else.

@raskin.house.gov has the right response. democrats-judiciary.house.gov/media-center...

www.persuasion.community/p/dont-blame...

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What kind of Orwellian stuff is this? "addresses free speech on college campuses" by banning walkouts? I oppose the heckler's veto but come ON

Could social media make us less polarized instead of more? We tested 5 algorithms on 3 platforms with 10,000 people for 6 months during the 2024 election, and found that the answer is yes. 🧵

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"The sleep of reason produces monsters"

“The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it but what he becomes by it.” ― John Ruskin