Alex Henke
@alexhenke.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Economics at Howard University
Research on crime, domestic violence, evictions, public policy, and corruption
Opinions are my own
Research on crime, domestic violence, evictions, public policy, and corruption
Opinions are my own
I'm happy to report that Rebecca Hsu and I just published a new article at Applied Economics. We find that eviction moratoria reduced eviction filings disproportionately for nonwhite and female renters, likely because they were at higher risk of eviction with no moratorium. #EconSky t.co/xjdE8ZA8iK
September 12, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I'm happy to report that Rebecca Hsu and I just published a new article at Applied Economics. We find that eviction moratoria reduced eviction filings disproportionately for nonwhite and female renters, likely because they were at higher risk of eviction with no moratorium. #EconSky t.co/xjdE8ZA8iK
It's quaint to think you could make filling out an application in an overly literal manner a scandal. It reminds me of a (deeply flawed but) healthier national politics of a prior era, before we were inured to far more scandalous behavior.
July 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
It's quaint to think you could make filling out an application in an overly literal manner a scandal. It reminds me of a (deeply flawed but) healthier national politics of a prior era, before we were inured to far more scandalous behavior.
Popularism at its core is
1. Do/say popular stuff.
2. When your rivals do/say unpopular stuff, hammer them.
Apparently there's an off-shoot with many proponents where you just don't do 2 if it increases the salience of a general issue that's bad for you. But that seems like a pretty wild bank shot!
1. Do/say popular stuff.
2. When your rivals do/say unpopular stuff, hammer them.
Apparently there's an off-shoot with many proponents where you just don't do 2 if it increases the salience of a general issue that's bad for you. But that seems like a pretty wild bank shot!
April 18, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Popularism at its core is
1. Do/say popular stuff.
2. When your rivals do/say unpopular stuff, hammer them.
Apparently there's an off-shoot with many proponents where you just don't do 2 if it increases the salience of a general issue that's bad for you. But that seems like a pretty wild bank shot!
1. Do/say popular stuff.
2. When your rivals do/say unpopular stuff, hammer them.
Apparently there's an off-shoot with many proponents where you just don't do 2 if it increases the salience of a general issue that's bad for you. But that seems like a pretty wild bank shot!
Over/under on time it takes to back off of these tariffs? Reimpose them on Liberation Day 2?
April 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Over/under on time it takes to back off of these tariffs? Reimpose them on Liberation Day 2?
Why do we all have to touch the stove together?
April 2, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Why do we all have to touch the stove together?
To be fair, who among us hasn't sent an embarrassing text six G&Ts deep?
March 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
To be fair, who among us hasn't sent an embarrassing text six G&Ts deep?
Schumer caving is giving Æthelred the Unready paying the first Danegeld. Sure, you avoided substantial immediate harm, but you just declared open season on yourself.
March 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Schumer caving is giving Æthelred the Unready paying the first Danegeld. Sure, you avoided substantial immediate harm, but you just declared open season on yourself.
The Thunder just swept the season series against the Celtics, and some are questioning the free throw disparity favoring the Thunder. Celtics fans say Shai baits for fouls. Thunder fans say the Celtics settle for jump shots, so of course they don't go to the line.
a little girl is making a funny face while sitting at a table with potted plants .
ALT: a little girl is making a funny face while sitting at a table with potted plants .
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March 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The Thunder just swept the season series against the Celtics, and some are questioning the free throw disparity favoring the Thunder. Celtics fans say Shai baits for fouls. Thunder fans say the Celtics settle for jump shots, so of course they don't go to the line.
Oh nice, Howard University is now classified as R1.
February 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Oh nice, Howard University is now classified as R1.
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Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin in order to escape charges.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
February 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Adams must be removed. The city cannot sustain being governed for nearly a year by a Mayor who is being coerced by Trump admin in order to escape charges.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
This corruption poses a real threat to the people of the city. He should have resigned a while ago, but will not. So it’s time for him to go.
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nuking USAID and asking for CIA resignations is Cold War dream list stuff and there are basically two powers who would be rooting for it
February 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
nuking USAID and asking for CIA resignations is Cold War dream list stuff and there are basically two powers who would be rooting for it
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i don’t even know if crime is the right word for the illegal destruction of USAID. it is an autocratic power grab and a direct attack on the sovereignty of the american people
February 5, 2025 at 3:16 AM
i don’t even know if crime is the right word for the illegal destruction of USAID. it is an autocratic power grab and a direct attack on the sovereignty of the american people
Is there something the people in the Mavs front office know about Luka that we don't? I get he has an attitude and conditioning issues, but that can't be the only thing. Perhaps the secret we're learning is that with Cuban out of the picture they've become myopic and cheap.
February 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Is there something the people in the Mavs front office know about Luka that we don't? I get he has an attitude and conditioning issues, but that can't be the only thing. Perhaps the secret we're learning is that with Cuban out of the picture they've become myopic and cheap.
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The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
End of Term Web Archive – Preserving the Transition of a Nation | Internet Archive Blogs
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February 1, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
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I'm keeping a running list of disappearing federal data in the 🧵 below. If there are others I missed let me know. crampell[at]washpost[dot]com or Signal username crampell.13
List of CDC information that appears to have been taken down so far:
1. CDC Atlas
2. CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
3. HRSA Target
4. Language removed for LGBT work
5. CDC Social Vulnerability Index
1. CDC Atlas
2. CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System
3. HRSA Target
4. Language removed for LGBT work
5. CDC Social Vulnerability Index
January 31, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I'm keeping a running list of disappearing federal data in the 🧵 below. If there are others I missed let me know. crampell[at]washpost[dot]com or Signal username crampell.13
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Lifting the tariffs and raising the coffee supply won’t bring prices down. That’s just deregulatory market fundamentalism. Actually what we need to do is decommodify coffee.
January 27, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Lifting the tariffs and raising the coffee supply won’t bring prices down. That’s just deregulatory market fundamentalism. Actually what we need to do is decommodify coffee.
Do you ever wonder if Ea-nāṣir sold good copper and Nanni was just a bad customer?
January 26, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Do you ever wonder if Ea-nāṣir sold good copper and Nanni was just a bad customer?
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All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
January 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
All NIH study sections canceled indefinitely. This will halt science and devastate research budgets in universities.
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People hate Matt. I don't really, even though I vehemently disagree with much of what he proposes (most importantly the trans stuff).
The core of the difference is Matt's intense econ brain applied to politics, which is perhaps the biggest problem Dems have at the moment.
(Thread)
The core of the difference is Matt's intense econ brain applied to politics, which is perhaps the biggest problem Dems have at the moment.
(Thread)
Trump is threatening violence against his opponents and is in the process of purging the security services.
I think it’s a terrifying moment.
I wish it repulsed 65% of voters rather than 45%.
But we’re in the real world and we need the biggest tent possible.
www.slowboring.com/p/four-years...
I think it’s a terrifying moment.
I wish it repulsed 65% of voters rather than 45%.
But we’re in the real world and we need the biggest tent possible.
www.slowboring.com/p/four-years...
Four years later
The unapologetic nature of Trump's political renaissance is an ongoing menace
www.slowboring.com
January 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
People hate Matt. I don't really, even though I vehemently disagree with much of what he proposes (most importantly the trans stuff).
The core of the difference is Matt's intense econ brain applied to politics, which is perhaps the biggest problem Dems have at the moment.
(Thread)
The core of the difference is Matt's intense econ brain applied to politics, which is perhaps the biggest problem Dems have at the moment.
(Thread)
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As congestion pricing takes effect, remember that 85% of people who work in Manhattan commute by public transit, walking, or biking (and the share is even higher for workers in the congestion relief zone south of 60th)
January 5, 2025 at 5:42 PM
As congestion pricing takes effect, remember that 85% of people who work in Manhattan commute by public transit, walking, or biking (and the share is even higher for workers in the congestion relief zone south of 60th)
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I once naively thought that since child mortality was so much higher back in the day people would be inured to it. But reading the Stoic philosophers (Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius in particular) made it apparent: no, it was experienced as fully devastating, it took immense fortitude just to go on.
December 30, 2024 at 5:55 PM
I once naively thought that since child mortality was so much higher back in the day people would be inured to it. But reading the Stoic philosophers (Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius in particular) made it apparent: no, it was experienced as fully devastating, it took immense fortitude just to go on.
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Recently accepted by #QJE, “Cognitive Endurance as Human Capital,” by Brown(@clbrown.bsky.social), Kaur, Kingdon, and Schofield: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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December 28, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Cognitive Endurance as Human Capital,” by Brown(@clbrown.bsky.social), Kaur, Kingdon, and Schofield: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Two things can be true:
1. Kings ownership is the main problem and has been for a long time.
2. Mike Brown is not a good head coach.
Coach of the Year is a curse primarily because it goes to mediocre coaches who have one fluke season and then regress to the mean.
1. Kings ownership is the main problem and has been for a long time.
2. Mike Brown is not a good head coach.
Coach of the Year is a curse primarily because it goes to mediocre coaches who have one fluke season and then regress to the mean.
December 28, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Two things can be true:
1. Kings ownership is the main problem and has been for a long time.
2. Mike Brown is not a good head coach.
Coach of the Year is a curse primarily because it goes to mediocre coaches who have one fluke season and then regress to the mean.
1. Kings ownership is the main problem and has been for a long time.
2. Mike Brown is not a good head coach.
Coach of the Year is a curse primarily because it goes to mediocre coaches who have one fluke season and then regress to the mean.