Jacob Greenspon

Great article on undergrads using generative AI for coursework. But what does this free up their time for? I see some students with start-ups; one here says college is “the best place to meet your co-founder and your wife.” It also mentions TikTok. Is their data on this? (Student time use surveys?)

Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow Opportunity

Here’s the link to the application:
www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/wien...

Pre-doc opening:

Come work with @harvardrte.bsky.social on research about place-based policies, industrial policy, and local labor markets with Gordon Hanson, @drodrik.bsky.social, and the rest of our great team!

#EconRA #EconSky

RFF Summer Research Internship Program The RFF summer internship program provides an opportunity for students to prepare for careers that engage in academic and policy-relevant research.

Come intern with us at @rff.org! We are accepting applications for our annual PAID summer internship program in Washington, DC. And one position will be working with me on tax policy related to critical minerals development. Please share!

www.rff.org/careers/summ...

New publication! See thread below for a great overview

Does the US have a trade deficit with Canada? Yes — but only because of the massive amount of energy it buys to fuel its powerful economy of 340m people. Canada has about 42m.

Here are the trade flows on a per-capita basis — and they tell a different story.

Will DM you!

I wrote an undergrad thesis on the Coyne Affair ~ a decade ago and remember thinking it seemed somewhat understudied (or at least under emphasized/not well known). Very cool to see a whole class on it here!

Hey folks! Excited to join the first-ever @reeconomies.bsky.social virtual brownbag on Friday, Jan 17. I'll be chatting w/ @danielraimi.bsky.social about how the decline in coal has impacted workers. Register here ⬇️ #econsky #energytransition

us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Graph of utility capex over time, showing surging distribution capital investments.

Great resource from LBL on electricity cost trends and drivers. It's the distribution costs, folks: eta-publications.lbl.gov/sites/defaul...

There's no such thing as an Interim or Temporary Prime Minister.

The correct term is Pub Quiz Prime Minister.

Paper abstract

I’ll be presenting some early-stage research on workers and automation—studying longshoremen and shipping containerization—today at noon ET online @oehworkshop.bsky.social for those interested!

youtube.com/@oehworkshop...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie_Ga...

(somewhat loosely defining “elites” and “past century”)

~100 years later, railroad interests then tried blocking pipelines (since oil/gas would hurt their coal transport business)

Assad leaves behind a fragmented nation – stabilizing it will be a major challenge for fractured opposition and external backers Opposition forces marched into Damascus on Dec. 8, seemingly ending the half-century rule of the Assad family. But what happens next?

#Syria now faces a huge challenge: putting back together a country divided by 13 years of civil war and a half-century of brutal dictatorship. The rebels are themselves significantly divided.

Here's the background you need on the key players in the transition: https://buff.ly/4g1TnYY #News

New paper for the Aspen Economic Strategy Group: "Eight Questions—and Some
Answers—on the US Fiscal Situation".

One post for each question--plus more for my solutions. https://www.economicstrategygroup.org/publication/furman-fiscal/

For Bluesky-Curious Econ Lovers - Aaron Sojourner This Quick Start guide aims to help econ lovers easily join Bluesky’s growing economics community. The Bluesky User FAQ covers generic basics, like how to start an account. This guide orients you to e...

For Bluesky-Curious Econ Lovers, a Quick Start guide to plugging into the economics community here.

It aims to lower the costs & boost the benefits for folks to engage here.

If it seems useful, please share it here & especially on X.
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aaronsojourner.org/for-bluesky-...