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Joseph Mullins

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economist @ university of minnesota

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I hope it is not lost, in all of the chaos at the federal level, that there are many longstanding, discretionary programs that are on the Administration's chopping block, either directly or through the erosion of agency staff, expertise, and capacity. Programs enacted and reauthorized through...

18.04.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 47    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3

Ha! Sounds great. I'll try to make it one of the three books I manage to read every year πŸ™ƒ

09.03.2025 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm curious! Tell me more.

09.03.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Casimir Pulaski Day

To those who celebrate

03.03.2025 16:31 β€” πŸ‘ 49    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

The phenomenon of β€œleftist language policing” is 99% a product of centrists whining about it constantly. I almost never encounter it in real life and requests for vocabulary updates are typically non-binding guidelines for formal written documents.

17.02.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 9033    πŸ” 1117    πŸ’¬ 253    πŸ“Œ 145

i am 100% of the belief that simply forcing take-writers to answer the question "who specifically said this and why are they significant" would result in substantially fewer bad takes circulating in the world

17.02.2025 14:55 β€” πŸ‘ 11752    πŸ” 1523    πŸ’¬ 171    πŸ“Œ 67

one reason to support congestion pricing (amongst many good ones) is that I have yet to see an objection to it that isn't mindnumbingly dumb. like not even a single mildly reasonable complaint. wall-to-wall selfish dumbasses saying the stupidest stuff I've ever heard. that's a good reason!

06.01.2025 19:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1555    πŸ” 126    πŸ’¬ 42    πŸ“Œ 5

Thanks to the organizers of OzMac 2024 for inviting me!

09.12.2024 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Joseph Mullins - What’s next for the economics of child development?

Giving my first ever keynote today: "What's next for the economics of child development?" Slides here for anyone interested:

www.josephlyonmullins.com/slides/mulli...

09.12.2024 21:52 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Current State of Twitter Is So Much Worse Than You Realize Elon Musk's Attempt to Ruin My Favorite Website May Be His Most Successful Venture Yet

my once-favorite website is much, much worse than you remember www.idiotbox.site/p/the-curren...

09.12.2024 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 1001    πŸ” 162    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 22

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