Lea Rachel

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!

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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

Thanks to the Graduate Student Engagement Committee for organizing the event!

☕️ Great start to the last day at the #AERE2025 Graduate Student Breakfast!
Karen & Andrew reminded us that research takes persistence—and that economists bring key insights into environmental challenges. Huge thanks to both! 🌱🎓
#EconSky

Wonderful day to wake up in New Mexico at the @aereorg.bsky.social Summer Conference! Looking forward to today's exciting sessions

Trillions traded, values downgraded. Ouch! #econsky

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!

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...

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...

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

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!

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.

This is what happens when I take out the garbage
#caturday #catsofbluesky
#cats

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

Maybe the world won't seem so crazy if I can just squeeze myself into this tiny glass bowl
#catsofbluesky #catpickmeup

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

So what are you going to do?

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

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!
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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

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

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!!!!! 🙀

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

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...

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 😀