Jori Barash

🚨 We're excited to launch TN Direct Admissions, the nation's first program to simplify college admissions + financial aid! Our pilot will provide students upfront college admissions offers alongside personalized commitments of financial aid—no applications, no fees, no BS.

It’s great seeing @utaustinecon.bsky.social alumni at #ASHEcon2025!

See you there!

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Euphemism

Please join us for the 4-lecture mini course I will give on minimalist market design at University of StGallen this week. The course is open to all and available both in person and via zoom. See below for the registration info and the link in the next comment for the course slides.

AI increases the productivity of academic fraud by 28%

Hi #EconSky! I was on the market this past cycle, specifically focused on the DC-Maryland-Virginia area because my fiancé is at the Fed Board (we get married this May).

I had a few government offers, all of which ended up being affected by the current civil service cuts.

Remember the "Highlights" that some Elsevier journals require? Dean Karlan and friends developed an amazing way to troll them: haikus!

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I had a joke about the sirens but you don’t want to hear it

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The Netherlands has a $50B trade surplus. If the White House is aiming for zero trade balance, where is my subsidy for stroopwafels?

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I’m an (IO) economist. When I give a movie 7/10, it means it was pretty good but I’d prefer a nonlinear story.

It’s hard to kill the dream of professional baking on the side!There are so many successful fixed-menu pop-ups since Covid that only take limited pre-orders

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The academic job market can be very stressful. If you're struggling to cope or just need someone to talk to or vent your frustrations, feel free to reach out - shared pain is half the pain. You're not alone in this. #EconJMP #EconSky

📌 saving this for my course as an example of why historical IVs are difficult

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Supreme Court declines to review Boston case and ‘race neutral’ efforts to diversify public schools | CNN Politics The Supreme Court on Monday declined to decide whether three elite Boston public schools violated the Constitution with a zip-code based admissions policy intended to ensure racial diversity.

My second "good news" post of the day! HUGE sigh of relief here at Brown's Promise. Event his SCOTUS agrees that school districts can use race-neutral policies to advance student diversity.
www.cnn.com/2024/12/09/p...

Hi, I'm interested! joribarash.github.io/Crowdout.pdf