Tim Bresnahan

The key to uselessness is unusability.

Have a paper related to crime or criminal justice policy that you'd like to present in the ViCE seminar? Email it to me at jdoleac@arnoldventures.org. Studies using causal research designs are the best fit. See past schedules here: jenniferdoleac.com/vice-seminar/

Editor changes at Econometric Society Journals and Monograph Series.

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Awesome news, and congratulations and thank you to the four of them!

You are a great success, @itsafronomics.bsky.social

It looks like he didn't share it on Bluesky, so I will. @afinetheorem.bsky.social has written an excellent review article covering 7 recent books on the economics of AI that serves as an excellent overview of this topic. Highly recommended!

kevinbryanecon.com/BryanAIBookR...

Please join us in celebrating Nick Bloom on his Clarivate Citation Laureate recognition for his work measuring economic uncertainty! Bloom joins a distinguished list of Stanford economists who have previously been honored, including Nobel Laureates Paul Milgrom, Robert Wilson & Paul Romer. Link ⬇️

Agree. Lucas critique issue to overcome if it becomes a policy tool.

Super interesting paper. Colluders often switch or hide language to avoid detection. Will invitations to collude change language to avoid this specific detection? Many other classes of bad actors, e.g. posters of harmful content on social media, have so changed to avoid AI detection.

Monopoly history - mergers and collusion in the steel industry, which went unchallenged initially and for quite some time. At the Youngstown Historical Center of Industry and Labor (amazing museum!) in Youngstown, Ohio.

YouTube video by NBER 2023, Trevon Logan, "Whitelashing: Black Politicians, Taxes, and Violence"

Two years ago, @nber.org asked me to talk about my research on political violence during Reconstruction. Political violence is not just about intimidation, it is also related to thwarting and violently penalizing political success. Seems appropriate to revisit that today.

youtu.be/Wrdj4oLq4wk

I’m interested!

#econsky

REAL MEN READ #TheDoubleTax!!!!!!!!!!!

The @nber.org Race and Stratification in the Economy working group is seeking submissions for our upcoming Spring 2026 meeting to be held on March 27, 2026.

The submission deadline is December 11, 2025.

The call for papers is here:

www.asc.ohio-state.edu/logan.155/pd...

This rocks!

I read @itsafronomics.bsky.social new book “The Double Tax” this afternoon. It’s engaging and one of the best popular ways to bring social science to the public and policy that I’ve read in a long while. Black women are uniquely disadvantaged in our economy. 😍 she gave Janelle James her flowers!

Five proposals to make government spending on transportation more efficient | Brookings Overview of a joint AEI-Brookings project on improving the efficiency of transportation spending

Five ways to make government spending on transportation more efficient. A @brookings.edu / AEI project organized by Ed Glaeser and me. www.brookings.edu/articles/fiv... #econsky

Here are four ways anyone can support and help their local library:

• Get a library card ⭐️
• Use your library card 🌟
•Visit the library 💫
•Tell everyone to get a library card and support their local library ✨

Cicero, IL, is not yet a major city, but "Omnium Rerum Principia Parva Sunt."

Very good news.

Appeals Court Says Lisa Cook Can Remain on Fed Board

Appeals Court Says Lisa Cook Can Remain on Fed Board www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...

Muss ich doch lesen. Vielen Dank, Christian.

One of the great educators, scholars, and mentors of my field has left us. I was fortunate to know him and learn from him. Our world was a better place and I will miss him very much.

Lisa Cook must stay on as a Fed Governor. She must vote Wednesday. It’s not about her, it’s about us.

When I was asked to comment on the Lisa Cook situation, my only comment was that we don't know what happened. We don't know if it was a mistake, we don't know what her loan officer put in the docs or why, because all we had was two pages of documents presented out of context.

Now we have context.

Lisa Cook's bank documents appear to contradict Trump administration's mortgage fraud allegations President Donald Trump is seeking to remove Cook, a board member at the Federal Reserve, over claims that she falsified financial forms regarding a secondary home.

Lisa Cook's bank documents contradict mortgage fraud allegations www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

lol when asked by multiple reporters what will happen if we find out that Governor Lisa Cook lied. My response has always been: "We won't."

I'm EXTREMELY glad to know that I was right about a woman who is upstanding in every sense, and I'm SAT for the lawsuit era.

Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook listed contested home as vacation property Documents appear to contradict White House allegation that she committed mortgage fraud

Fed governor Lisa Cook listed contested home as vacation property on.ft.com/46hiIu7

Fed Governor Lisa Cook claimed 2nd residence as 'vacation home,' undercutting Trump fraud claims Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook referred to a condominium she purchased in June 2021 as a “vacation home” in a loan estimate.

Additional reporting on Federal Reserve Board Governor Lisa Cook and evidence “undercutting” the claims advanced by the Trump Administration. At a minimum, this shows why due process is so important. apnews.com/article/fede...