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Brad "Pencil Necked Geek" Humphreys
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Economist. "He's an impediment to Civic Progress" - Patrick La Forge, Edmonton Oilers President
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Geoffrey Propheter @gpropheter.bsky.social · 5h
The state is using Chiefs HQ as a carrot for munis to give their tax $s too. States should always discourage, not encourage, horizontal local gov competition as it’s wasteful. Since KS gov has committed state $s to go the cost alone, munis would be foolish to help. www.kansascity.com/news/local/a...
Olathe officials to hold public hearing, vote on tax dollars for Chiefs project
In the next 60 days, the Olathe City Council must conduct a public hearing, vote and adopt an ordinance that would pledge all new incremental general sales tax generated within the Sales Tax and Reven...
www.kansascity.com

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Brad "Pencil Necked Geek" Humphreys @bradhumphreys.bsky.social · 5h
Agglomeration ftw!
wbur.org WBUR @wbur.org · 8h
East Hampton, Connecticut was once “Belltown USA” — home to more than twenty bell companies.

Now there’s just one: Bevin Bells, the last bell manufacturer in the entire United States.
Inside the Connecticut factory behind some of the world's most famous bells
Bevin Bells made the bell that Muhammad Ali used in most of his fights; the Good Humor ice cream truck bell; and perhaps most famously, the bell from the movie "It's a Wonderful Life."
www.wbur.org

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WBUR @wbur.org · 8h
East Hampton, Connecticut was once “Belltown USA” — home to more than twenty bell companies.

Now there’s just one: Bevin Bells, the last bell manufacturer in the entire United States.
Inside the Connecticut factory behind some of the world's most famous bells
Bevin Bells made the bell that Muhammad Ali used in most of his fights; the Good Humor ice cream truck bell; and perhaps most famously, the bell from the movie "It's a Wonderful Life."
www.wbur.org

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Random paper from RePEc @random-repec-paper.bsky.social · 21h
Contrary Evidence on the Economic Effect of the Super Bowl on the Victorious City
by Victor A. Matheson (2005)
IDEAS/RePEc link
to RePEc:sae:jospec:v:6:y:2005:i:4:p:420-428
ideas.repec.org

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Brad "Pencil Necked Geek" Humphreys @bradhumphreys.bsky.social · 2d
😬🙁

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Billy @billygomila.bsky.social · 2d
I bet Mary and Joseph really wanted to kill that drummer boy

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Field of Schemes @fieldofschemes.bsky.social · 2d
Kansans inside the district wouldn't pay higher taxes, though — tax rates everywhere stay unchanged. It's just that all the sales and liquor taxes within the district get siphoned off and sent to Clark Hunt, leaving a $3B hole that all Kansas taxpayers will have to cover.

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J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 2d
Taxpayers...the subsidy revenue comes from taxpayers.

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J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 2d
THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS A FREE STADIUM www.cjonline.com/story/news/p...

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Field of Schemes @fieldofschemes.bsky.social · 2d
The stadium tax district would cannibalize sales and liquor taxes from an enormous chunk of the NE corner of Kansas, puttiing the lie to Gov. Kelly's claim that the Chiefs deal "requires no new funds from the current state budget."
Chiefs stadium subsidy hits $4.1B, could siphon off taxes from 293-square-mile swath of Kansas
It's been a whirlwind couple of days since Monday's announcement that the state of Kansas was offering Kansas City Chiefs owner Clark Hunt billions of dollars in cash and tax breaks to move across the...
www.fieldofschemes.com

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Geoffrey Propheter @gpropheter.bsky.social · 3d
Ouch. Current est of public resources to the Chiefs is $6.3b (nom) and $4.1b (real). I assume the $2.775b "cap" is all debt financed. Cost comes down if state uses cash. Cap is not what is owed to bond holders but what the state commits to project. $6.3b is rivaled by DC deal for the Commanders.

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J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 3d
It's going to be that kind of a day.

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J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 3d
What's the difference between a burglar and an NFL owner?

A burglar takes your stuff and leaves. An NFL owner takes your stuff and then gives you a lecture about why it's for your own good.

Sam McDowell bringing 🔥

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Brad "Pencil Necked Geek" Humphreys @bradhumphreys.bsky.social · 3d
🤦‍♂️. Shameful
gpropheter.bsky.social Geoffrey Propheter @gpropheter.bsky.social · 3d
Want a nutshell summary of how bad this Kansas deal is for taxpayers? So bad that the state couldn't even get the team to comp food for its suite. Even after agreeing to give the team $2.775b.

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Brad "Pencil Necked Geek" Humphreys @bradhumphreys.bsky.social · 3d
No. He is saying that teams should pay for them.

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J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 3d
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Geoffrey Propheter @gpropheter.bsky.social · 3d
Want a nutshell summary of how bad this Kansas deal is for taxpayers? So bad that the state couldn't even get the team to comp food for its suite. Even after agreeing to give the team $2.775b.

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J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 3d
Devoting $1.8 BILLION of public money to an NFL stadium (60% of $3 billion) is indefensible public policy.
Kansas City Chiefs are moving to Kansas. Details of stadium package announced
The news came shortly before a council of top Kansas lawmakers voted unanimously to approve an incentive package that would allow the Kansas City Chiefs to move to Kansas.
www.kansascity.com

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J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 3d
Claiming that you're building a new stadium to generate economic development is like claiming that you're going to the moon to mine green cheese.

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Alex Kirshner @alexkirshner.com · 3d
The Chiefs moving to Kansas is such a rotten little move. Worthy of shame and nothing else. But I congratulate the Missouri taxpayers who don't really have to go that much farther for games *and* don't have to subsidize Clark Hunt's lifestyle

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Travis Roach @troach.bsky.social · 4d
This notification just popped up on my phone, currently pouring one out for @jcbradbury.com and company 🤦‍♂️
The Chiefs are making taxpayers from a new state hand them money to buy a new stadium they don’t need.

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J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 4d
KC Chiefs to Kansas is getting closer.
Kansas lawmakers to vote on proposal to lure Kansas City Chiefs with new stadium across state line
Kansas lawmakers are set to vote Monday on a proposal to attract the Kansas City Chiefs from Missouri.
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Brad "Pencil Necked Geek" Humphreys @bradhumphreys.bsky.social · 6d
I bet 90% of the people who cite Rottenberg (1956) haven’t read it.

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J.C. Bradbury @jcbradbury.com · 6d
I think we underestimate the amount of academics who mimic what an academic paper should look like without doing credible research. The push toward required data sharing and replication packages is a lot of extra work, but it's important for establishing credibility and drumming out the phonies.

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Brad "Pencil Necked Geek" Humphreys @bradhumphreys.bsky.social · 6d
As a journal editor, this 🧵is frightening. Lotta unknown unknowns here
benpatrickwill.bsky.social Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 7d
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵

Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...

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Adam Gurri @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com · 6d
Blentucky www.kentucky.com/news/busines...
Major Kentucky bourbon maker Jim Beam shuttering distillery for 2026
The move comes as Kentucky’s $9 billion bourbon industry is dealing with a glut of supply and slipping sales.
www.kentucky.com

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Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · 7d
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵

Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...

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Brad "Pencil Necked Geek" Humphreys @bradhumphreys.bsky.social · 7d
Ha ha yes! They were supposed to put us all out of work.

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Brad "Pencil Necked Geek" Humphreys @bradhumphreys.bsky.social · 7d
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nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 7d
Breaking News: Investigators identified a person of interest in the Brown University shooting and were looking at a possible connection to the killing of an MIT professor, an official said.
Brown Shooting: Authorities Search for a Person With Possible Connection to MIT Killing
Investigators are also examining the possibility that the case is connected to the killing of an M.I.T. professor in his home in Massachusetts.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 7d
Breaking News: Investigators identified a person of interest in the Brown University shooting and were looking at a possible connection to the killing of an MIT professor, an official said.
Brown Shooting: Authorities Search for a Person With Possible Connection to MIT Killing
Investigators are also examining the possibility that the case is connected to the killing of an M.I.T. professor in his home in Massachusetts.
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