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1/2: "Hot" or not? Learning the right lessons from the labor market after COVID. Short piece in which I try to stitch together messages from two great papers, and some small Q&A with some of their authors, Erik Hurst, and Gianluca Violante [minneapolisfed.org/article/2025/h…]

Great new cohort of visitors at Opportunity & Inclusive Growth Institute 👇🏼⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

What is the optimal macroeconomic tariff when trade is imbalanced? Can a tariff be used to permanently close an aggregate trade imbalance? We (w/Dmitry Mukhin) answer these questions in a new paper: (1/n) itskhoki.com/papers/Optimal…

Any Econ PhD students at Harvard (or elsewhere in the U.S.) worried about visa status, the Institute for International Economic Studies has openings for PhD students who have completed their coursework and are at the dissertation stage, starting in the fall. Apply here: su.se/institute-for-…

Why do people hate inflation? Employers don’t raise wages automatically, so workers must fight for raises—making the true cost of inflation even higher for them. Research by Joao Guerreiro, Jonathon Hazell, Chen Lian, & Christina Patterson (Chicago Booth) ow.ly/F1Cq50W0tez

Last month, I stepped down as an editor after 6.5 years (4 REStud; 2.5 JEEA). I have gathered a few suggestions that can help you avoid unnecessary negative referee reports.

Excited to be at Yale for the next couple of days, presenting at the Cowles Summer Conference on Macroeconomics. Many thanks to Fernando Alvarez and Joel Flynn for putting together such a great event. cowles.yale.edu/conferences/ma…

This was a lot of fun — thank you to Joel and Fernando for putting together a really great event! 👇🏼

Claude Code can verify the accuracy of statements in your paper, by checking your code!!!😱 This is going to be a beautiful thing for replication.🥲

I debated whether to share my story on here, but I guess I will. I think there's an idea out there that millions of violent criminals are pouring across the border, carrying machetes and drugs, looking to harm Americans. Certainly, while some people fall into that category, the

Recently accepted by #QJE, “Are Inflationary Shocks Regressive? A Feasible Set Approach,” by Del Canto (Felipe Del Canto), Grigsby (John Grigsby), Qian (Eric Qian), and Walsh: doi.org/10.1093/qje/qj…

President Javier Milei’s sweeping austerity and deregulation measures have rapidly stabilised Argentina’s economy, but economists point out that growth has plateaued in recent months on.ft.com/4n5y0dg

This will be a real treat 👇🏼😃🤩🙌🏼

I’ve learned a bunch from this paper — highly recommended!👇🏼💡

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Off to Copenhagen to enjoy some great food and even greater food for thought at this year's SED Meeting 🤩🤓 Looking forward to a fun session on Saturday (11:00am-12:30pm @ Room 15.3.01) with three presentations on "Wage and Price Dispersion"!!! Kurt MIT-shock-man Julieta Caunedo

Had a blast at SED Meeting 2025. Huge thanks to Kurt MIT-shock-man, Julieta Caunedo, John Kramer, Søren Hove Ravn, Jeppe Druedahl, Morten Olsen: flawless organization! Tried to attend as many sessions as I could, and still frustrated to have surely missed so many great presentations.

Nice summary of Keynesian macro paradoxes: why microeconomic morals don't match macroeconomic outcomes.

Open call for papers, Gender in the Economy: Structural Transformation and Women's Time-Use. Conference to be held in Cambridge, MA on March 27, 2026. Submit papers by 11:59pm EDT on December 8, 2025. More information: nber.org/calls-papers-a…

Just how much US income inequality has increased and why it is growing is a topic of intense debate among economists. We spoke with Matthieu Gomez of Columbia Economics about what's really behind the rise in top incomes. #ResearchHighlight aeaweb.org/research/incom…