I talked about the new policy of the White House to exclude high-skill immigrant workers:
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I'm an economist who studies the causes and effects of international migration. Professor of Economics at George Mason University and Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Also IZA Bonn, CReAM~UCL, and the Center for Global Development. Personal views exclusively.
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Ben WaberNext was a timely conversation with @m_clem on the role of immigration in the US economy and the likely impact of recent moves by the current administration at the Peterson Institute for International Economics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnlNHa8fETI (9/12) #economics #US #immigration
Immigration and the US economy
Dennis BoursAlthough tariffs, tax cuts and deregulation could boost the US economy in the short term, it could set the scene for an inflationary boom followed by a bust.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cglyynp44g4o
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cglyynp44g4o
How does Venezuela's dictator remain in power after his massive electoral loss, and why does he paradoxically support transparent vote-counting technology?
Political scientists Javier Corrales and Dorothy Kronick explain, clearly and authoritatively—>
I'm honored to be elected to the editorial board of my favorite academic journal, the Journal of Economic Perspectives.
And excited to work with so many people I deeply admire at
@aeajournals —> https://www.aeaweb.org/journals/jep/editors
Jake in the desert
Games People PlayPSA: The nazis are targetting wikipedia's authors. The torches are nearing New Alexandria's library.
Got 100GB free? Use this app to back wikipedia up. Keep it safe. Foundation is no longer fiction:
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Virginia HeffernanIf you're still wondering what happened to all the people in your life who seemed to have been hacked by the internet, a decent case study is Edgar Maddison Welch, pizzagate avenger and cop victim.
https://virginiaheffernan.substack.com/p/the-ballad-of-edgar-maddison-welch
A fantastic opportunity for PhD students or early-career faculty who study the economics of productivity
Especially R&D 🔬, immigration ✈️, infrastructure 🌉
I'm honored to be involved in these new NBER/Sloan Foundation fellowships—> https://www.nber.org/graduate-fellowships-fiscal-and-economic-effects-innovation-and-productivity-policies
In İzmir, Turkey there is a monument to the idea of an independent judiciary
It was erected in 2006 to celebrate institutions increasingly under threat from authoritarian corruption & violence
At some silent point, in 21 years of dictatorship, it became a tombstone
