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The U.S. Economy, Tariffs and Federal Government Shutdown | Kentucky Tonight Renee Shaw leads a discussion on the U.S. economy. Panelists include Charles Aull, Ph.D., vice president of policy at the Center for Policy and Research at the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce; Jason Bail...

It was a busy news day for the Economics Department at @uoflbiz.bsky.social . Yesterday, Thomas Lambert was featured on KET discussing the US Economy, Tariffs, and the government shutdown.

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'Swiftonomics': UofL launches new class using Taylor Swift to teach economics The University of Louisville is calling all Swifties to a new course, "Swiftonomics," which uses Taylor Swift’s career to highlight core economic concepts.

We’re trying new things to attract students into economics. Dr. ⁦‪Beth Munnich hosted part 1 of a three part series teaching economics but using the language of Taylor Swift. See the interview below ⁦ @uoflbiz.bsky.social

During the final week of HHM, ASHE highlights Jose Fernandez, Professor of Economics at the University of Louisville and Co-chair of CSMGEP. As a leading health economist, researcher, and mentor, he continues to advance the field and support the next generation of scholars. #ASHE_ASSA #CSMGEP

Unemployment is surging for Black workers — and federal government layoffs will only make it worse. Important story from @lydiadepillis.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/b... #EconSky

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The @newyorkfed.bsky.social will hold a webinar on Demystifying A Career Path in Economics

Econ is such a flexible degree that students are often overcome by the Paradox of Choice. Learn more here.

Wednesday, September 24
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Learn more and register: cvent.me/kYye3K

Here is a link to a read-only version.
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Additionally, we can provide some descriptive statistics about student emotions. Economics is found to receive fewer positive comments, more fear, and less joy.

It is worth noting that the differences are smaller when using sentimental scores versus numerical scores, but still present. These difference are not uniform across disciplines.

Our paper shows biases against women & minoritized groups in teaching evals extend to sentiment scores of comments. Language (humor, looks, accent) explains ~30% of score variation & cuts observed bias between white men & others (incl. women) by about half.

Sentiment Analysis of Teaching Evaluations: Evidence From Nearly 8 Million Rate My Professor Reviews Student-driven teaching evaluations are commonly used in faculty assessments but are known to exhibit gender and racial biases. Despite this, some argue that student comments provide meaningful feedb...

🚨New Publication Alert🚨
Erin Yetter & I have a new paper in SEJ!

Teaching evaluations are widely used in U.S. campuses for reviews & promotions, but research shows they’re biased by factors like weather, treats, & course difficulty.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

What are *your* stakes in Trump's on-again-off-again battle with Fed Chair Jay Powell?

Let's dig into a pretty interesting natural experiment that I recently presented as part of my MSNBC segment, #TheProfessorIsIn

I made a pit stop on my way to #ashecon2015

Boricua, hopefully I will see you tomorrow.

I am not even really sure what this means in this case. Like is the President found in contempt, the secretary of state, the cabinet? Do they all pay a fine or held in jail for x number of days? Or does it mean nothing?

APPLICATION: Microeconomics Faculty Evaluation Community We are accepting applications from Principles of Microeconomics faculty interested in participating in our grant-funded research study on ways to improve retention and recruitment into undergraduate e...

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Faculty who participate in our study earn $2,000 over two semesters! Apply today to join the Uncommon Econ Faculty Evaluation Community. Deadline: Friday, April 15.
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We are still recruiting. Deadline is next week. Add yourself to the list. These are new engaging videos. Please share wide. #teachecon

Fact check: Unless he's also suspended the Laws of Mathematics, pretty sure this can't be true.

Ronald Regain was president during the 100th and Jimmy Carter was president during the 95th. The most vetoed period was the 93rd Congress (Richard Nixon was president). The most failed legislation was with 57 was the 105th (when Bill Clinton was president).

Above, I created an image that shows which congress has been the most active both in percentage of all legislation and in the number of new enactments.

The 100th Congress was the productive on a percentage basis and the 95th Congress brought the most number of new laws.

Have you ever wondered how many new laws Congress actually enacts? It turns out that a great majority of their time is spent revising old laws or passing resolutions.

A great website called Govtrack.us that has all sorts of statistics on congress' productivity. www.govtrack.us/congress/bil...

Have you ever wondered, "When would I use a stacked percentage bar chart?" I know you wrestle with this question daily! 🤣
My latest post on #datavisualizations shows you one example where it may come in handy. Birth order and expected childhood outcomes. prof-fernandez.github.io/posts/2025/0...

In the new Quinnipiac poll Dems in Congress are underwater among Democrats: