Percentage of adults with a Ph.D.

John was a wonderfully positive influence on so many of us. We will all miss him.

41st Annual Conference on Macroeconomics, 2026 YouTube video by NBER

A really nice in memory of John Leahy by Mark Gertler at NBER Macro, at the 4:17 mark here m.youtube.com/watch?v=HkTD...

Pay phones next to the record store

Choose wisely.

www.ft.com/content/dddf...

Had to doublecheck the date on this

Now I want to know which CNN reporter or producer doesn't know the word "sycophant."

I am not wild about all the tile and marble flooring. I don’t think our cats will like that. And it will be cold under foot getting in and out of the master bed

Ensure I have a top legal and advisory team

AI empowering the subversion of rule of law? Sovereign debt doom loop? Americans discovering that quality of life is higher in Europe?

Sorry, disensh*ttification

I have introduced many people to the term. They grasp it immediately. And desh*ttification is desperately needed!

Nationally

Some good news. Never was news in the past

Good answer. Despite what she’s going through, she didn’t mention any cons!

Why isn’t biannual like bicentennial…every two years and every 200 years? Seems like just error to use biannual to mean semiannual. (Of course, that’s not how language works so what was once an error might not be any longer)

Embarrassed to admit I had to look up TRO (temporary restraining order)

Absolutely. Didn’t you learn that in beginning stats? And if not there, maybe it’s a vibe coding thing

Not sure about you, Susan, but I learned to read with ITA. Then midway through first grade, I remember having to relearn with a standard alphabet and spelling. I recall it being frustrating. But I don’t think it adversely affected my subsequent reading or spelling ability at all.

Looks like Ridgecrest Rd, atop Mt Tam. Most beautiful road I’ve ever been on

I moved from DC to Chicago in 2000. When I came back to visit, I was shocked at how intimate DC was.

“That depends on the paper”

Born to Run

All the books I ordered last week just arrived! Can't wait to pour myself a drink, relax, be too tired to read and play around on my phone all night

It could take a long time!

Gulp. I fear this describes me.

You’re definitely a winner, Professor!