WSJ survey of economists. This is as close to unanimity as the profession gets

New piece on the protest vote bias: Why protest voting (voting for a 3rd party with no chance or not voting at all) could be due to cognitive errors theconversation.com/so-you-dont-...

So you don’t like Trump or Harris – here’s why it’s still best to vote for one of them

If you’re an unhappy voter and want other unhappy voters to hold their noses and vote for the major candidate they least dislike, think about the Golden Rule.

When entrepreneurship surged early in the pandemic, many economists were dismissive, thinking the new businesses would prove short-lived. Instead, the boom continued -- and now many of those startups are hiring and fueling the economic recovery. www.nytimes.com/2024/10/04/b...

Pandemic Start-Ups Are Thriving, and Helping to Fuel the Economy

A record surge in new businesses has helped drive job growth, and could have longer-term benefits.

In this as in all things, satisficing FTW

I am not often blown away by a paper in the American Economic Review, but genuinely gobsmacked here. The causal chain here is veterinary use of a painkiller that's toxic to vultures -> vulture populations collapse -> higher human mortality from unscavenged carcasses. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

This is a very good thread and you should read it. The past 24 hours has seen all the worst kind of piling-on, groupthink and not-reading-the-damn-piece behaviour that Elon's Twitter provokes.This is a very good thread and you should read it. The past 24 hours has seen all the worst kind of piling-on, groupthink and not-reading-the-damn-piece behaviour that Elon's Twitter provokes.

A piece I wrote on the 'protest vote bias': Three ways that an inclination to protest vote (to vote for a 3rd party with no chance or to not vote at all) could be due to cognitive errors www.pressherald.com?p=7367476&uu...

Opinion: Beware the protest vote bias

When you enter the voting booth on Election Day, boycotting the viable candidates isn’t going to help. Whether you like it or not, one of them is going to win.

Pls re-skeet for reach: CALL FOR PAPERS for a special issue of EER in honor of Nora Szech editors: S. Huck, N. Schweizer, M. Serra-Garcia #econskywww.sciencedirect.com/journal/euro...

Excellent piece by Sam Borne (Bowdoin '26). The kids are alright! 👏🙏 bowdoinorient.com/2024/09/13/g...

Americans are worried about the future of our #Democracy#DemocracyReform#FusionVoting@nedfoley.bsky.socialelectionlawblog.org?p=144435

Open Letter from Scholars in Support of Fusion Voting #ELB

Here’s an excerpt from the letter, released yesterday: With partisan polarization at dysfunctional highs, public faith in the political system hitting dangerous lows, and two unpopular presidential ca...