Antonn Park

It was 100 degrees yesterday over here 😅

Increasing the minimum wage decreases poverty and food insufficiency.

Reminds me of the movie Cocaine Bear

ERS administrator, others on leave over hunger survey cancellation The Agriculture Department has placed a dozen Economic Research Service employees on leave, including the agency’s acting administrator, as it probes a leak connected with the cancellation of a househ...

🚨Update: Acting USDA ERS administrator among those placed on indefinite leave over the termination of the food insecurity/hunger survey.

This was reported by Agri-Pulse and has since been confirmed to me by an internal source.

www.agri-pulse.com/articles/234...

Some of the terms I've flagged for review for this MIT Press book I'm editing: shagging, wankers, gas-bagger, and seagulls on cocaine

YouTube video by Business Scholarship Podcast Business Scholarship Podcast - Ep.260 – Nathan Herrmann, Sara Toynbee and Matthew Kubic on...

Why do some securities cases move from civil to criminal enforcement?

Nathan Herrman, Sara Toynbee, and Matthew Kubic (all UT Austin McCombs School of Business) join @busscholarship.bsky.social to discuss their paper "Beyond Misconduct: What Explains DOJ Involvement in SEC Enforcement?." 1/2

Top economists and Jerome Powell agree that Gen Z’s hiring nightmare is real—and it’s not about AI eating entry-level jobs "The U.S. labor market experience is peculiar," UBS' Paul Donovan wrote in a UBS note asking, "the kids are alright?"

"Top economists and Jerome Powell agree that Gen Z’s hiring nightmare is real—and it’s not about AI eating entry-level jobs"

finance.yahoo.com/news/top-eco...

I miss 1369!

🚨 It's been a long time in the making, but I'm happy it's finally out!

Standing on the shoulders of giants, in this preprint we propose an avenue for theoretical development in the field of environmental (cyber)criminology with practical applications for crime analysis.

bsky.app/profile/soca...

The 15th Workshop on the Economics of Risky Behavior, sponsored by @au-spa.bsky.social, will be held July 8–9, 2026 in Cagliari, Italy! 🇮🇹
Keynote: Paolo Pinotti
Organizers: Erdal Tekin & Claudio Deiana, Ludovica Giua, Marco Nieddu
📅 Deadline: Mar 6, 2026
📄 Submit: www.american.edu/spa/risky-be...

In a world riven by inequality and devastated by climate + ecological crisis, what would it take for "green industrial policy" to empower the working class in Global North + South, and be truly green?

New @cplusc.bsky.social report by me and Isabel Estevez (1/3) t.co/78sQQe4d1g

Organised Crime This VoxDevLit reviews research on the roots and development impacts of organised crime. Weak state capacity, dense local social networks, and incentives from illicit markets enable the rise and expan...

📢 Our new VoxDevLit on Organised Crime is out now!

Senior Editors @santiagotobon.bsky.social & Micaela Sviatschi @princetonecon.bsky.social review research on the roots & development impacts of organised crime.

Read & download here: voxdev.org/voxdevlit/or...

Visiting LA this week

Recreational Fear Across Childhood. A Cross-Sectional Study of Scary Activities that Children Enjoy - Child Psychiatry & Human Development This study investigated the prevalence of children’s engagement in recreational fear activities — i.e., playful engagement with scary stimuli where both fear and enjoyment are experienced. A detailed ...

🚨 Kids LOVE fear?!🚨
Our new study led by Mihaela Taranu from the Recreational Fear Lab uncovers something surprising:
Children across all ages actively seek out scary experiences - for fun!
📄 doi.org/10.1007/s105...
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Virtual Seminar on Climate Economics starting back up 🚨🚨TOMORROW🚨🚨 with an amazing line up of fall speakers, beginning with Obie Porteous on agricultural trade and climate change impacts in Africa

Line up here: cepr.org/events/event...

Make sure to register for the zoom link

#econsky

Join us in Berlin for another great Masterclass 🚨

This time, we’re hosting Andrea Weber for a two-day workshop on UI 📋

Apply by Sept 6th!

#EconSky

This is so cool! Any #QueerSFF writers want to take advantage of this opportunity. These are fantastic editors. #WriterSky #SFF

We usually rely on GDP, trade, or wages to study the past. This amazing paper flips the script.

It analyzes 630,000 paintings (1400-2000) to extract emotions and shows how art tracks living standards, wars, inequality, and even climate shocks.

(How is this economics? Everything is economics!)

A graphic for the Opening Pages Critiques at the Rainbow Space Magic Convention. It includes the con dates, October 4 to 5, the URL RainbowSpaceMagic.org, and headshots of the participating editors, Brenna Bailey-Davies, Genevieve Clovis, Alex Crawley, and Tanya Gold.

Want to get feedback from a professional editor on the opening pages of your #QueerSFF novel?

This year, @spacemagiccon.bsky.social has created that opportunity for you!

Submit your novel's opening pages to apply for a one-to-one session. ⬇

forms.gle/vaqPkKYwM1ex...

#RSM2025 🌈📚🪐 #WriterSky

Does Inequality Affect the Needs of the Poor? Abstract. We investigate how inequality affects what is considered most necessary to purchase. Combining detailed consumption surveys in India with an inst

Does #inequality affect what poor households consider "necessities"? Yes, a 🆕 study finds, with implications for understanding the decline in caloric consumption over time in #India.

Very insightful!
Paper: doi.org/10.1093/jeea...
Authors: @clement-s-bellet.bsky.social @eve-colsonsihra.bsky.social

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The puzzle and house is beautiful!

For those still complaining -- in this day and age! -- about tables/figures at the end of the paper because it's a "hassle to scroll up and down", here's a tip.

If you click on a link on a page (e.g. to a fig/table), you can return instantly to that page by:

Preview: ⌘ + [
Adobe: ⌘ + left arrow

Opinion | Disney and the Decline of America’s Middle Class

Interesting long read in the @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/o...

Switching it up a bit today: proofreading Federal Reserve transcripts on using FRED instead of my usual copyedits 🤓

The preliminary program has been posted for the 2026 ASSA / American Economic Association / American Finance Association / etc. meetings in Philadelphia January 3-5 2026

www.aeaweb.org/conference/2...

📢 Organised crime is not a marginal security issue — it is a core development challenge.

At our VoxDevLit launch event (Sept 11), Santiago Tobon & Maria Micaela Sviatschi will summarise research on the roots & development impacts of organised crime.

Register ➡️ cepr-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Three ingredients for a perfect Fluffernutter: white bread, Fluff of course (made in Lynn, MA), and Teddie peanut butter (made in Everett, MA). Picked up the latter two on my trip back to Boston last week 🤌🏾

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At last! 🎉 After years in the making, my paper with Manuel Fernandez & @marcogn.bsky.social is out as an IZA Discussion Paper.

We ask: Can better streets boost property tax compliance? 🚧💰 If so, why?

We answer this with an RCT in Mexico + a model of tax compliance.

docs.iza.org/dp18082.pdf

The Arnold Ventures Criminal Justice team is hosting another *free* causal inference workshop for researchers interested in sharpening their skills.

This one will be taught by Sarah Tahamont the day before ASC (11/11 in DC).

Interested? Sign up by Sep 7!

events.arnoldventures.org/en/3ipjnC6/g...