Nathan Converse

D.C. will honor the Jewels, an R&B group formed at Roosevelt high school in 1958, with a commemorative street sign in front of their alma matter. Steve Kiviat looks at the group’s history and Thursday’s event, where Janeese Lewis George will unveil the sign reading "The Jewels Way."

They’re not sending their best

This is another reason why central Ohio’s rule against trick or treating on weekends makes no sense - studies show weekdays are *more dangerous* for kids trick or treating than weekends because there are more commuters on weekdays: web.archive.org/web/20201010...

Very cool to see a new version of this paper! Super interesting work

Our statement on @jasonfurman.bsky.social's new website Econvitals. This is a conversation we need to have as a profession @laurarosner.bsky.social @courtneyshupert.bsky.social @nabe-econ.bsky.social @claudia-sahm.bsky.social @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social @aaronsojourner.org @conorsen.bsky.social

For two years, student-led protests have raged against Aleksandar Vučić and his corrupt government in Serbia. Today, in parliamentary elections, he was toppled. One of the most sustained protest movements in recent European history has succeeded. Resistance works.

PLOT TWIIIISSST

“Hello 9-1-1? Please send an ambulance, we’ve got a 3rd degree burn on our hands”

Still covering Elon Musk as a business mogul and not foregrounding his murderous white nationalist politics is like doing a piece on only the clown career of John Wayne Gacy.

Amazing things happening at the pentagon

Documenting that firms' investment responds to global price of risk shocks. Constructing a model to identify a risk dimension to stabilization policies, from Caitlin Hegarty, Matias Moretti, Pablo Ottonello, and Diego J. Perez www.nber.org/papers/w35918

Taking a very peaceful train north today to visit the @bowdoincollege.bsky.social Economics Dept. Grateful to @riacton.bsky.social for the invitation. Joe Biden was right about Amtrak (among other things). It's so much nicer than flying. More please!

@jschmittwdc.bsky.social ahead of the curve, as usual!

waking up realizing it's time to go back to work

Modeling the labor market and public budget effects of immigration finds that inflows in Europe and US in 2019–2024 mostly increased welfare of natives, from Michele Battisti, Giovanni Peri, and Eleonora Romano www.nber.org/papers/w35901

Instead of getting mad at The Atlantic--a magazine entirely dedicated to making you upset--you can read the article linked below that explores the theory that crime is high in the US relative to other OECD nations because our police are risk-avoidant and low-effort despite being higher paid.

Whoa!

I have a friend whose extended family are battling each other over some kind of inheritance …it’s full-on Bleak House over there. Just astounded that ppl choose to to that shit

stocks soar as clever little boy unveils 'really neat' diorama of 'very creative' car idea

Studying how China uses access to public equity markets as an instrument of industrial policy, from Zhiguo He, Yiming Qian, Xi Sun, and Wang Renxuan www.nber.org/papers/w35889

it's so goofy to believe making software that mimics human thought is related in any meaningful way to making software that thinks. building the most amazing lifelike animatronic horse the world ever saw does not represent progress if your goal is to create a real horse. huge waste of time actually

This Cornell Chi Phi alum's story of being sexually assaulted as a pledge—and his ensuing mental health struggles—has really stuck with me. (Chi Phi is the fraternity where Jane Doe was gang raped.)

hahahah #fail

"Among sections of the same course, AI tutor access reduced final grades by 0.37 standard deviations and learning management system participation by 0.90 standard deviations. Participation declines ... were greater among first-generation students." edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1598

Apropos of today, Alan Manning should get the Nobel for his contributions on imperfect competition in the labor market (aka monopsony). He was an early advocate that moved the discipline. A hugely generative work that has dramatically changed labor economics.

The 1982 Tylenol recall, which likely reduced acetaminophen use in pregnant women and fetal exposure, was not associated with changes in autism or ADHD among affected cohorts, from Christopher M. Worsham, Charles Bray, Joshua Rothman, Brian Kwan, and Anupam Jena www.nber.org/papers/w35873

“Scott doesn’t really participate in philanthropy for the recognition, and maybe that’s the point” Imagine a world… fortune.com/article/mack...

I, personally, would not go on the record with a reporter to announce I’m in favor of destroying the playground my kid is currently loving because I drive to work once a week (and the road still wouldn’t go there anyway), but everyone lives their lives differently I guess

Remembering this feels like a mad fever dream nowadays. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Greece with Scott, Pedro, and me? What’s more fun than that?

As a Jewish person the elevation of an American as Pope followed subsequently with a World Series for his favorite White Sox & Notre Dame winning the national championship in football would present some tough questions theologically speaking

I've been immersed in research on Reconstruction in Lousiana and it's a very difficult truth to absorb that the white terrorist movement in the South was among the most successful terrorist movements in global history. Took 10 years but it won a total & complete victory through murder and atrocity.

this is so offensive - excuse me, J. D. Vance went to *the Ohio State University* and can't define socialism

Sorry at what point do the government feel the need to do something about BBC funding, or are they just going to watch it be salami-sliced to extinction?

Can’t wait to incorporate this into my workflow!

"I am the house now"

This is excellent

Starbucks’ rollback of its climate commitments is just the latest example of why voluntary climate standards like net zero are only useful when coupled w/ credible threats of regulation or (gasp!) *actual* rules on climate action. Mini 🧵

[car dealership waiting room] Me: [chanting] knobs, knobs- Other car buyers: knobs, KNOBS Car salesman: [pounding desk] KNOBS, KNOBS, KNOBS!

Accelerating prepared students in middle school math has positive effects in high school and college, including closing gender gaps in core STEM majors (sci/math/engineering). Put differently, failure to provide acceleration exacerbates such gaps and generates lots of lost intellectual potential.

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Neiman Marcus closed its downtown Dallas flagship on Wednesday. The store played a notable role in the history of desegregation in Dallas. Previously, Black shoppers across the US could enter department stores, but they weren't allowed to try on clothes without adhering to certain conditions. 🧵