New call for papers. Conference on: "Structural Changes and the Implications for Inflation" Eltville (near Frankfurt), 7-8 May 2024. PDF of call: matthias-rottner.github.io/Files/Confer...www.conftool.pro/business-cyc... Please submit!

Also posted on Twitter at the same time. There: 47 likes, 12 reposts. Here 0 of both. The great migration hasn't happened yet!

I have released a new version of my "Robust Real Rate Rules" paper here: www.tholden.org/assets/files... Featuring: empirics (no longer pure theory!), improved structure, new results on ZLB sunspot equilibria, more on communication, more on practicalities, etc. & even longer appendices!

One disadvantage of Bluesky's custom feeds is that it makes it harder to know when you're accidentally spamming people. On Twitter, I like literally every post from the Calvin and Hobbes fan account, but I like so much other junk that I know my followers are not going to see those likes. On Bluesky?

I don't think targeting top fives is crazy, but it's not always obvious on day one that a project has top five potential. More important is not wasting time working on things once you realise they definitely won't result in a decent pub (whatever is your definition of that).

I have a new proof of the Banach-Tarski theorem: Take a full washing basket. Fill the washing machine with half its contents. Note that the washing basket is still full. QED (The pressure of a blank timeline was too much. Future posts can only improve on this initial low bar.)