Jason R (he/él/dr)

I am always bummed when I see Islamaphobia coming from the Jewish community. Every conversation I have had about religion with a Muslim colleague or friend has only highlighted our similarities or deepened my understanding of our shared stories.

White House economist calls for 'fresh set of eyes at the BLS' after weak jobs report | Fox Business Video National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett discusses the latest jobs report, the firing of the labor statistics chief and the consumer impact of tariffs on 'Fox News Sunday.'

Hassett went on TV and claimed you can’t trust the economic data anymore because all the recent revisions are partisan.
A bald-faced lie.
Every serious economist still in this administration should resign. They are actively underminding the US economy by lending their credibility to this horse****

Unemployment insurance raises workers' bargaining power and wages, new research from @davidwiczer.bsky.social @atlantafed.org & co-authors.
#EconSky
www.atlantafed.org/research/pub...

This is “as per my last message” distilled, refined, and barrel-aged.

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I’m very happy to be incorrect in this case.

I think it was Bertrand and some coauthors who did a study to find resumes with “white” names got like 50% more callbacks then identical resumes with “black” names. Seems like things have only gotten worse since then.

Puerto Rico Power Outage Leaves Almost Entire Island in Dark Nearly all of Puerto Rico was without power Tuesday after the fragile electricity grid collapsed, triggering an island-wide blackout.

Nearly all of Puerto Rico was without power Tuesday after the fragile electricity grid collapsed, triggering an island-wide blackout

Cooked this one up

A lot of things suck in this lifetime, but I remember when the thought of this was incomprehensible. This is beautiful.

Ornament of the World is so good. I recommend it to anyone looking for nonfiction reading.

This is the niche content I crave.

PSA: Hiring committees will look for your JMP on your website (both because it might be updated there and because job application portals are clunky/frustrating). If you're on the academic job market this year and haven't posted your full paper draft on your website yet, it is time!

Hey Econ Job Market candidates, ESPECIALLY those of you who haven’t gotten (m)any interviews yet: You’re doing great. You’re thisclose to being a doctor. Your worth as a scholar and economist is not what hiring committees are looking at. And, most importantly you’re going to be okay.