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Lea Rachel

@learachel.bsky.social

Author and Academic. Mother and Wife. Curious and Often Confused. Some combination of dark chocolate and aged gruyere runs through my veins.

48 Followers  |  35 Following  |  17 Posts  |  Joined: 20.11.2024  |  1.9624

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Interview with Lea Rachel Kosnik
YouTube video by Dept. of Agricultural Economics - UNL Interview with Lea Rachel Kosnik

A great conversation with @learachel.bsky.social about many things important to doing #Economics and feeling good while doing so :) Check out #Episode5 of #EconomistsUnplugged here!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xI7p...

02.09.2025 18:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Organized Sessions

The submission portal for @aereorg.bsky.social sponsored papers at the annual MEA meetings is now open! You have until Sept. 1 to submit your abstract. I hope to see you in Chicago for another great conference in 2026
aere.org/organized-sessions

29.07.2025 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Thanks to the Graduate Student Engagement Committee for organizing the event!

β˜•οΈ Great start to the last day at the #AERE2025 Graduate Student Breakfast!
Karen & Andrew reminded us that research takes persistenceβ€”and that economists bring key insights into environmental challenges. Huge thanks to both! πŸŒ±πŸŽ“
#EconSky

31.05.2025 12:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Wonderful day to wake up in New Mexico at the @aereorg.bsky.social Summer Conference! Looking forward to today's exciting sessions

29.05.2025 13:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trillions traded, values downgraded. Ouch! #econsky

22.05.2025 12:21 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you're attending the @aereorg.bsky.social summer conference next week, come to the presentation of my work with @johnwhitehead81.bsky.social and Tim Haab on recent perspectives in the field!

22.05.2025 18:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Timothy Taylor, Distinguished Fellow 2025

Congratulations to Timothy Taylor, newly elected Distinguished Fellow. Timothy Taylor is managing editor of the Journal of Economic Perspectives and based at @macalestercollege.bsky.social. #econsky www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/ho...

22.04.2025 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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AERE GSE committee volunteer interest form The AERE Graduate Student Engagement Committee invites graduate students to express interest in joining our team for the Summer 2025 – Summer 2026 (and possibly to Summer 2027) term. This is a great o...

The graduation student engagement committee of @aereorg.bsky.social is looking for new board members! If you're interested, you can find out more, and apply, at this link: forms.gle/KoYMoUDrMnsc...

24.03.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A beautiful day for a long drive to KC for the annual Midwest Economic Association meetings!! mea.grinnell.edu

20.03.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Midwest Economics Association

The Midwest Economic Association meetings are coming up in less than a week! @aereorg.bsky.social has organized a full slate of great environmental sessions (mea.grinnell.edu). Hope to see you there!

17.03.2025 14:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sold a significant portion of my stock portfolio today. Probably should sell even more. It may not happen this month, it may not even happen this year, but make no mistake: Trump is driving this country off a cliff - economically, politically, morally. The future is bleak, my friends.

01.03.2025 02:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image 28.02.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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This is what happens when I take out the garbage
#caturday #catsofbluesky
#cats

22.02.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes! Let's! I've been thinking how we need to set that up ❀️

12.02.2025 02:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Maybe the world won't seem so crazy if I can just squeeze myself into this tiny glass bowl
#catsofbluesky #catpickmeup

12.02.2025 00:32 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I called out a couple of students for using AI in an online discussion thread meant for extra credit. They immediately deleted all their posts, no argument whatsoever! I was surprised, tbh

10.12.2024 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So what are you going to do?

10.12.2024 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Ha ha, for all we know, they already do!

05.12.2024 15:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Seeking Forgiveness Seeking Forgiveness [Rachel, Lea] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Seeking Forgiveness

Just had a reader of my latest book ask me if I'd mind if she let ChatGPT write the review of it on Goodreads for her... I mean, I'm glad people are reading my book!
www.amazon.com/Seeking-Forg...

01.12.2024 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Economics and Finance Research | IDEAS/RePEc IDEAS is a central index of economics and finance research, including working papers, articles and software code

Almost all IDEAS pages now have a Bluesky symbol in the social media ribbon. Clicking on it creates a post including the page URL and, in the case of abstract pages, an image with title, author and abstract. Use this when mentioning an economics paper!

ideas.repec.org

#EconSky #RePEc

19.11.2024 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Gave my college students a practice question that utilized a "double-feature movie" as the example. They were like, What's a double-feature?? 😭

22.11.2024 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ok, I'll admit it, I joined Bluesky and one starter pack I chose to follow is #CatPics. Yet for 2 days now it says there are no posts of cats. This is unbelievable! #EconSky has more posts than #CatPics? This can't be!!!!! πŸ™€

21.11.2024 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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What does Elon Musk's online activity reveal about him? Going through nearly 40,000 posts over the past decade, and the policies implied or suggested in them, @ainsliejstone.bsky.social and I found a changed man

21.11.2024 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 586    πŸ” 174    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 67

The link is to the end of my 3rd thread of 50 #EconSky or related starter packs. Continue on to the start of the fourth thread, for post number 251.

bsky.app/profile/gina...

20.11.2024 21:48 β€” πŸ‘ 20    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I've made the switch from that other-shall-no-longer-be-named-stupid-platform-owned-by-a-total-idiot!
Looking forward to making new (and maintaining old) friends here πŸ˜€

20.11.2024 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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