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I am excited to announce that I am starting a new position this week as Chief Economist at the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. I'll be on leave from the University of Chicago. The usual disclaimer applies: Any views I express here are not intended to reflect the

dwarkesh is perhaps one of the best known silicon valley public intellectuals but people dont care about his tech guests, they wanna hear about mao, stalin, and the aryans

My latest post! In researching the history of coal, I stumbled across a puzzle that has baffled people for over four hundred years: why the coal briquette never became widely adopted in England. Now, finally, there is an answer! ageofinvention.xyz/p/age-of-inven…

Supply shocks changed quantity demanded? 🤯

Scholars from Int'l Ctr Law & Econ just filed a brief to the 9th Circuit in Epic Games v Apple, noting this injunction misapplies antitrust principles and could harm innovation. A short 🧵 summarizing their arguments. Geoffrey Manne, Daniel J Gilman, Dirk Auer. 🔗 in replies. 1/6

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Saving this tweet, so I can share a paper in next month that shows reality (i.e., the data) is the complete opposite: increasing connectivity, decreasing prices, and substantial and successful entry that has benefited consumers tremendously and made air travel more accessible.

JUST OUT: new Int'l Ctr Law & Econ wp on “Superior bargaining power, antitrust, and digital markets: a transaction cost economics perspective”

If anyone knows him, I’ll take that bet

Have more kids. It’s good.

This has been a major contention point in our household for nearly 2 decades. Ross is correct.

Robert Lucas

Will AI skyrocket inequality? Katz-Murphy allows us to think through the forces in a systematic way economicforces.xyz/p/will-ai-skyr…

Personally, bashing airline deregulation isn't the hill I'd die on... But de gustibus economicpopulist.substack.com/p/yglesias-is-…

God I hate this standard instagram headline (no comment on content)

Very kind words

Interesting take