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Posts by Thomas Barrios
CEPR and John Hopkins conference on financialization of healthcare Tuesday morning jh.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Anyone else find themselves feeling sad and saying goodbye when your Claude conversation reaches limits and you have to start a new one?
Another Oceans movie but including Ben Affleck
Nice. Mine was pearl white w t tops. I bought it off a friends stepdad who was a mechanic and who had rebuilt the engine and repainted it. For some reason he put an air intake on the hood from the previous generation
Our research on regional inequality was featured on the BBC Today programme, focusing on how to boost the UK's non-London "second tier" cities.
Listen from 2:39
(w/ Ed Balls & Dan Turner)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
First car was a used 89 RS. Oh boy. Blue smoke out the exhaust after 6 months. But the wheels spun if you didn’t feather the gas
Hi all, I’m hiring a post doc for next year! Heavy focus on building and designing AI for economic mobility in various domains. Please share widely if you don’t mind!
utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UTstaf...
2026 Essay Competition Identifying Systemic Bottlenecks to Science An essay competition inviting active scientists from any sector to share concrete research challenges that you hypothesize are caused by broad structural or systemic bottlenecks in science, and experimental strategies to fix them. Read about our motivation and rationale here. 1st Prize 2nd Prize 3rd Prize $30,000 $15,000 $5,000 Open to: Any active scientists Publish your essay publicly and share the link here by May 1 Winners will be announced by June 15
Do you have any thoughts on systemic bottlenecks in science and how to fix them? Astera is running an essay competition!
astera.org/essay-compet...
Excited to release this policy brief exploring the college enrollment impacts of Massachusetts' recent dramatic expansions of free community college.
TLDR: The clear messaging and simple design of MassReconnect & MassEducate sparked substantial increases in community college enrollment.
It’s worse than just an assault. This looks like the start of a full invasion
Excited to launch Econ to Go, a new @siepr.bsky.social podcast.
Trailer’s up now. Subscribe to catch the first episode next week 🎧
youtu.be/YAqhk2-FtSs?...
Super excited about this...
I'm hiring a video editor to help bring economics to a mass audience (yes, really). If you're thoughtful, creative, and want to make complex ideas accessible, I'd love to see your work.
Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Or share with your most amazing mates!
It’s like net income but net of deductions I think
Lotta meta-discourse this week about economics, the role of economists, who's paying attention, what they think of us, and if we're useful, etc.
My $0.02: Trust is something you earn, not something you demand.
Postdoc posting: Economics of education at Tufts with my colleague Elizabeth Setren.
main.hercjobs.org/jobs/2203818...
My co-author Charles Hodgson (Yale) is hiring a full-time pre-doc to work on projects focusing on the role of information externalities.
The hired researcher will meet regularly with faculty and receive dedicated research training & career development skills.
Application👇
Some of my thoughts on the state of the labor market in this @wsj.com article: www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...
#EconSky: Tymofiy Mylovanov from the Kyiv School of Economics is a simply a hero.
While Trump is busy allying with Putin, Tymofiy is out in the cold working for his students and his country.
I will match all donations to KSE, up to $1K total (link below).
www.youtube.com/shorts/RgDXI...
The Lucas Cri-taco?
I did not know this!
It feels more like an Enduring niche/cult following/subculture
We still can’t rule out something like y_(t+1) = y_t + sin(t)/t
ChatGPT thinks it’s insomnia
The defining event will the switch from medium to light roast, thus completing the elevation of coffee and dethroning wine
Who was the editor here?
For econ RCTs: Make your pre-analysis plan public in the AEA registry before submitting to a journal. Most people set them as private initially and never update that. If you're lucky, referees ask the editor to nag you. More often, no one knows what's prespecified, increasing chance of rejection.