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these viral world cup moments are a good reminder that most Americans like most Europeans, most Europeans like most Americans, we enjoy visiting each others’ beautiful countries, and only a tiny share of each have been so ravaged by algorithmic incentives to convince us otherwise

Sports betting is a scourge. Legalization reduced food sufficiency by 2.1% among working-age adults without a college degree, especially during the NFL season. That translates into an estimated 284,000 additional food-insufficient households in 9 states.

90% of people today live with degraded land, unhealthy air, or water stress. In low-income countries, 8 out of 10 people live with all three stressors. But restoring #NaturalSystems can boost growth, jobs, & resilience: wrld.bg/LXKu50WTivj #RebootDevelopment

Painful irony. Controlled burns (CB) are an effective strategy for reducing the risk of large wildfires. Avoiding wildfires reduces the risk of major PM2.5 air pollution spikes. But, the Clean Air Act's non-attainment status mandate limits a county's ability to engage in CB.

Super excited that my Science paper with @emma_k_h and Mandy Pallais about how remote work causes metal health distress was just published! Americans face an epidemic of loneliness. It's time we take action to address the core issues. This doesn't mean a 5-day in-person policy for every company. But it requires reckoning with the uncomfortable truth that the current implementation of WFH is hurting people. We need better-constructed policies to get the best of both worlds.

Air pollution is the world’s leading environmental health risk, and its burden falls overwhelmingly on LMICs. In this VoxDevLit launch event on June 17th, Teevrat Garg & @anantsudarshan will review the economic evidence on air pollution. Register➡️ cepr-org.zoom.us/webinar/reg…

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Broader takeaway: prevention is often undervalued because its biggest successes are the disasters we never see. With fantastic co-authors J. Gantois, A. Missirian, E. Linnros, A. Tompsett, @amirjina , and @Eyal_Frank nber.org/papers/w35215

Just FYI for the current gen. Not that long ago, I got into the Harvard Econ PhD despite never having done a single pure math course. Just one “math for econ course”. Things might have changed but not that much. This same advice was given back then too. It was incorrect then and still is. This doesn’t mean that math doesn’t matter. Math is very useful for econ PhDs and I wish I had done more. I would have had less catching up to do.

It’s my daughter’s birthday and I just wanted to say that all of this is true. You should have kids. It’s a beautiful mess.

When you start in any new job or industry, you must pay close attention to what the people around you value. Are those your values? If you stick around, they will become your values.

Most Playoff Wins since 1995: 186 — LeBron James 185 — Spurs 173 — Lakers 161 — Heat 159 — Celtics 118 — Warriors LeBron's first playoff appearance was in 2006.

I’m really excited about this paper! Some of my work has pointed out problems in empirical work, but this one is all about new 🔧s. If you (or your referees) want to know about the mechanisms by which a treatment affects an outcome, you may be interested. A 🧵.

22/n) Importantly: we are *not* claiming that climate change is economically harmless. We're arguing that the magnitude of damages is deeply and irreducibly uncertain, and trillion-dollar decisions need to stop being made as if it isn't.

The Climate Policy Paradox: Why Voters Reject the Tools that Economists Advocate Most energyathaas.wordpress.com/2… our blog this week, w @RoeeLevyZ , @maxlauletta, CJiang, DTaubinsky

We’re hiring a Postdoctoral Associate in AI for hyper-local weather forecasting! 🌍 I’m looking for a postdoc to join the Earth Intelligence Lab at @MITMechE and @mitidss, working on next-generation, uncertainty-aware weather forecasting supported by a NASA-funded project.

📢Call for Papers—3rd Annual Conference on Collaborative State & Local Policy Research: hoover.org/annual-conference… Want to learn about cutting-edge social science research conducted at the state and local levels, share insights into successful research partnerships between academics and the public sector, and connect with others eager to improve the quality of public policy? We are inviting submissions of recent papers that are products of collaboration between academic researchers and state or local government entities. Papers addressing criminal justice and economic development will be given preference. Selected presenters and their government partners will have airfare and lodging covered. Deadline: April 15, 2026. 📅 June 8–9, 2026 | @Stanford University's Hoover Institution