One of my favorite conferences in one of my favorite cities!

An inspiration to all economists. We will miss you Bob Solow.

We've been losing a lot of good ones lately. I didn't know Paul well, but you didn't have to spend a lot of time with him to enjoy his wit and intellect. And to know this is a serious loss.

XTC “Statue of Liberty” (Live) ‘The Old Grey Whistle Test’ - BBC2 (1978) One of my favorite live performances ever — renders the studio version useless 🎹

For almost an hour today, I did not have a referee report to do.

MMM is always good and KC Fed has a great set-up for conferences.

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Alan Heston, Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania and one of the original architects of the Penn World Table. We honour his memory here: rug.nl/ggdc/blog/alan…

Statistics on the distribution of personal income are now updated with provisional data for 2023 and revised data for 2000–2022.

Let’s Active “Every Word Means No” Afoot I.R.S. Records (1983) #BestOf12024

Finally out in AEJ:Macro👉 The Evolution of US Retail Concentration w/Dominic A. Smith Census data👉*National and local* concentration increased 1982-2012 Trends hold for product and industry markets 🔗aeaweb.org/articles?id=10… AEA Journals