Jakob Brounstein

So you’re saying you hate people that use Bluesky and not twitter?

These nepo babies smh 😤😤😤

Chris Walter’s handbook chapter!

Just received this statement from Lisa Cook:
"President Trump purported to fire me 'for cause' when no cause exists under the law, and he has no authority to do so. I will not resign. I will continue to carry out my duties to help the American economy as I have been doing since 2022."

Do you have strong opinions RE prose versus rhyming translations?

I just read Fagle’s Iliad and I couldn’t help but think how it’d be so much more engaging in a rhyming version, more like the context of how it used to be told.

A man standing on what appears to be a balcony of his home.

The man's living room. There's a couch, coffee table, and foot stool, as well as some tall windows. Lots of wood.

Another living space with a fireplace and bookshelf. Possibly a compression hallway leading to this room.

The outside of the home.

Incredible.

Roland Reisley is 101 years old, the last original client of Frank Lloyd Wright. He still lives in the 3,200 square foot home that Wright built for him in 1952.

The price? $40,000. Or a little less than half a million in today's money.

new methods paper shows that your preferred estimator works great, is even more accurate and well founded than you thought, and recommends no changes.

I feel like /r/menwritingwomen would get a kick out of Northern Song Chinese lyric poetry—-an untapped karma market!

🚨New working paper🚨 w/ @jeannebomare.bsky.social

We use data leaked from the Isle of Man to understand how well international agreements meant to provide tax authorities with info on foreign accounts actually work

We find that tax authorities probably receive a lot less than they would desire

🧵👇

If Beetle Moses has a million fans, then I am one of them. If Beetle Moses has ten fans, then I am one of them. If Beetle Moses has only one fan then that is me. If Beetle Moses has no fans, then that means I am no longer on earth. If the world is against Beetle Moses, then I am against the world.

I love this! Gives contrapoints twilight!

Write it on my tombstone

Congratulations to Stefanie Stantcheva (@s-stantcheva.bsky.social) of @harvard.edu, winner of the 2025 John Bates Clark Medal! #econsky www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/ho...

Harvard's Stefanie Stancheva has won the 2025 John Bates Clark Medal, given to an economist under 40 "judged to have made the most significant contribution to economic thought and knowledge."
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I just feel out of touch wondering what’s taking so long? Like, pretty much everything with US govt in the past 3 months has been catastrophic, what are people holding out on?

The discourse around tariffs has been “things will get more expensive” but I am here to tell you that I am knee deep in reporting on this subject and I strongly suspect that if super high tariffs endure, it will shift to *certain items cease to be available at any price*

Mmm I dig, thanks!

Hey, earnest q, do you think a cdf or a pdf is a more intuitive way to visualize this?

Trump Calmly Reminds Nation That Desire The Root Of All Suffering

Trump Calmly Reminds Nation That Desire The Root Of All Suffering
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Anyone? Anyone?

For Trans day of visibility you should be able to go up to Contrapoints and ask for a favour like in the Godfather

We are pleased to announce an experiment intended to stimulate academic discussion and exchange, centered on papers published in Econometrica 1/5

Me when I’m starting the fourth part of Gravity’s Rainbow

Also amusing: the LATE compiler margin is “being induced to watch The Apprentice because you were already watching TV, and it was on!”

Also, weird that there’s an effect for the primary but not the general

That’s right.

Trump just annulled beneficial ownership reporting rules too 😟

Great news for money launderers!

We’re in this mess in large part bc the average American is uninformed about fundamentals of civics, history, basic biology, economics, etc, and media and the internet are not meeting the moment.

Is anyone organizing teach-ins or similar for the general public, whether irl or online?

There has been a lot of chatter today about Zelenskyy's meeting with Trump, some regarding this moment when White House correspondent Brian Glenn asked if the Ukrainian president plans to wear a suit. I want to address idea in this thread. 🧵

Shelby on her grindset