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Michael F. Cannon

mfcannon

The @HouseDemocrats' #ObamaCare proposal would offer its largest subsidies to high earners, offer more subsidies to men than women, cover few previously uninsured (at a very high cost), and push

Lyman Stone 石來民

lymanstoneky

I have a new article out today at @FamStudies asking the question: how much are our political differences really differences in FAMILY LIFE?https://ifstudies.org/blog/the-conservative-fertility-advantage For the graphs I focused on fertilit

Jen Keane

zenbuffy

God almighty, my kingdom to never have to have another conversation about gender quotas in hiring.All these folk who reckon it should always just be the best person for the

Chad P. Bown

ChadBown

1/ The US–China trade war thrust the semiconductor industry back into the geopolitical spotlight. But this time was different.My latesthttps://www.piie.com/publications/working-papers/how-united-states-marched-semiconductor-industry-its-

Niskanen Center

NiskanenCenter

NEW ESSAY from @Lindsey_Brink: The initial goals of the libertarianism were simple: lower taxes, less spending, fewer regulations. But the champions of free markets made deep-seated intellectual errors. As a

Justin Sandefur

JustinSandefur

ok, I deleted a thread. I'm not the civility police, but too many calls for sending people to the guillotines in the replies. For the record... deleting the tweet doesn't

Josh Budlender

joshbudlender

This is outrageous - an RCT cutting off water to tenants in Nairobi "slums" to see if it induces their landlords to pay the utility bill. And reading the paper

All Possums Go to Heaven

AndyinDC1

Some thoughts on COVID, automation, and peak horse.1/19 In the late 1800s, there were so many horses in the US, used for so many purposes, that the accumulation of horse

Kasper Planeta Kepp

KasperKepp

With many empirical studies now showing more modest effects of lockdowns vs. other NPIs, voluntary behavior, and other confounders, the original model concluding large effects is increasingly criticized, incl. a

Alix Gould-Werth

alixgouldwerth

A picture is worth a thousand words. (1/11) But let me explain what that was a picture of. In March, Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. It included

Tomas Pueyo

tomaspueyo

Here's a step-by-step take on the assertions of @MartinKulldorff (of the Great Barrington Declaration) criticizing #ZeroCovid https://twitter.com/MartinKulldorff/status/1353699699887403008 1. Disrespectful and polarizingHe calls us &quo

Ben Moll

ben_moll

When a small minority of loud economists attacks researchers from other disciplines, it makes us all look bad.And allows the media to pit economists against epidemiologists in this unhelpful way

Shom Mazumder, Ph.D.

shom_mazumder

Most Americans spend most of their time at work. With @al_yan1, we ask what do workers want from work? Using a conjoint experiment, we find that Americans want workplace democracy.

Jeffrey P. Clemens

jeffreypclemens

How large will state and local government revenue shortfalls be in the coming fiscal year? The following thread provides some insights into this question. @stanveuger and I consider this issue

Claudia Sahm FULL CHECKS NOW

Claudia_Sahm

seeing research today saying that rebates to families did NOT help in this crisis. my findings with Matthew Shapiro and Joel Slemrod from a high-quality, nationally representative survey say they

Peter Ganong

p_ganong

new working paper “Why Do Borrowers Default on Mortgages? A New Method For Causal Attribution” with @pascaljnoelTwo theories for why:1) strategic 2) life eventsFor 30 years, economists have been trying

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