Amanda Gregg
@amandagregg.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Economics at Middlebury College.
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Hi all, please spread the word and we hope everyone can make good use of this new data drop: cmfdata.org
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata - Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata
CMFdata.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Hi all, please spread the word and we hope everyone can make good use of this new data drop: cmfdata.org
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
The Middlebury Department of Economics is seeking a two-year VAP for 2026-28, any field. The would be a great gig: brilliant colleagues (present company excepted), curious students, friendly vibes, gorgeous location. Please apply / spread the word. apply.interfolio.com/177226
November 5, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The Middlebury Department of Economics is seeking a two-year VAP for 2026-28, any field. The would be a great gig: brilliant colleagues (present company excepted), curious students, friendly vibes, gorgeous location. Please apply / spread the word. apply.interfolio.com/177226
The Committee on Education of the Economic History Association invites nominations for the Jonathan Hughes Prize for Excellence in Teaching Economic History. Anyone can write a nomination letter! Entries due April 22, 2026. The prize includes a $1,200 cash award.
November 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The Committee on Education of the Economic History Association invites nominations for the Jonathan Hughes Prize for Excellence in Teaching Economic History. Anyone can write a nomination letter! Entries due April 22, 2026. The prize includes a $1,200 cash award.
Word is, every NSF proposal now has to say something about AI. I guess I might as well make this useful. Which AI tools would you like me to test out and compare on a large data entry task?
October 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Word is, every NSF proposal now has to say something about AI. I guess I might as well make this useful. Which AI tools would you like me to test out and compare on a large data entry task?
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Mokyr's work could not have been done today in most economics departments, but the irony is that his work would not fit in history departments today, either. Methodologically he seems more 'history' than 'economics' to economists, but the content and reasoning are too 'economics' for most historians
October 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Mokyr's work could not have been done today in most economics departments, but the irony is that his work would not fit in history departments today, either. Methodologically he seems more 'history' than 'economics' to economists, but the content and reasoning are too 'economics' for most historians
My economic history syllabus is increasingly "let's read Nobel winners together." I wonder what the ratio of Nobel winners to non-winners is among our course readings. Congratulations to today's winners. I've only met Mokyr, a true original, passionate and energetic, inhumanly erudite.
October 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
My economic history syllabus is increasingly "let's read Nobel winners together." I wonder what the ratio of Nobel winners to non-winners is among our course readings. Congratulations to today's winners. I've only met Mokyr, a true original, passionate and energetic, inhumanly erudite.
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That's like four economics awards in a row with a substantial economic-history component, right? That strikes me as a remarkable shift. www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists...
October 13, 2025 at 10:02 AM
That's like four economics awards in a row with a substantial economic-history component, right? That strikes me as a remarkable shift. www.nobelprize.org/prizes/lists...
I just looked back at my old tenure self-evaluation while trying to cleanse my palate from writing a million letters for others. I apologize, dear colleagues, for all the adjectives.
October 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I just looked back at my old tenure self-evaluation while trying to cleanse my palate from writing a million letters for others. I apologize, dear colleagues, for all the adjectives.
Hey all, are there any master's programs for economics (in the US or elsewhere) that offer financial aid or merit scholarships?
September 29, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Hey all, are there any master's programs for economics (in the US or elsewhere) that offer financial aid or merit scholarships?
I get so irritated by surveys from textbook publishers that offer gift cards but then I literally can't fill them out because my answer to every question would be "we cannot use any of this awful shit at my LAC," and that's often not an option.
July 10, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I get so irritated by surveys from textbook publishers that offer gift cards but then I literally can't fill them out because my answer to every question would be "we cannot use any of this awful shit at my LAC," and that's often not an option.
In my most optimistic fantasy of the end-game of US higher ed, leaner times force colleges and universities to ruthlessly purge their useless grifter work-making admins and recenter on their missions, but in reality I know the managerial class always finds a way to fail up.
July 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
In my most optimistic fantasy of the end-game of US higher ed, leaner times force colleges and universities to ruthlessly purge their useless grifter work-making admins and recenter on their missions, but in reality I know the managerial class always finds a way to fail up.
Cannot fucking *wait* to teach North and Weingast (1989) again.
June 10, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Cannot fucking *wait* to teach North and Weingast (1989) again.
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Authoritarians love "Gen AI" because it
- Sounds confident even when factually wrong
- Broadly conforms to & reproduces their biases, off the shelf
- Lets them create bespoke realities (text, audio, moving & still image) which agree w/ their biases
- Degrades trust in knowledge/evidence/expertise…
- Sounds confident even when factually wrong
- Broadly conforms to & reproduces their biases, off the shelf
- Lets them create bespoke realities (text, audio, moving & still image) which agree w/ their biases
- Degrades trust in knowledge/evidence/expertise…
April 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Authoritarians love "Gen AI" because it
- Sounds confident even when factually wrong
- Broadly conforms to & reproduces their biases, off the shelf
- Lets them create bespoke realities (text, audio, moving & still image) which agree w/ their biases
- Degrades trust in knowledge/evidence/expertise…
- Sounds confident even when factually wrong
- Broadly conforms to & reproduces their biases, off the shelf
- Lets them create bespoke realities (text, audio, moving & still image) which agree w/ their biases
- Degrades trust in knowledge/evidence/expertise…
Nothing like hiring a nanny so you can catch up on referee reports to *really* drive home the concept of opportunity cost.
May 16, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Nothing like hiring a nanny so you can catch up on referee reports to *really* drive home the concept of opportunity cost.
Middlebury's recent round of austerity measures are a blow to our community and come at the exact wrong moment, when we should be preparing to rally together to defend higher education in the US.
www.middleburycampus.com/article/2025...
www.middleburycampus.com/article/2025...
The pragmatic reasons for Middlebury to do the ‘right thing' - The Middlebury Campus
It is no secret that Middlebury underpays its faculty and staff relative to comparable institutions. But have you heard that the benefits are really good? For faculty and staff who joined the college ...
www.middleburycampus.com
April 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Middlebury's recent round of austerity measures are a blow to our community and come at the exact wrong moment, when we should be preparing to rally together to defend higher education in the US.
www.middleburycampus.com/article/2025...
www.middleburycampus.com/article/2025...
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Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)
February 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Upon learning that yesterday would be my last day as a program officer at the National Science Foundation, I shared this parting message with my colleagues. The next few months will be frenetic and stressful for them. Here are some things that you can do to help them with the mission ahead. (1)
I made a tiny child last week. Sorry I'm going to be late on everything for a while.
February 19, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I made a tiny child last week. Sorry I'm going to be late on everything for a while.
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A🧵: In my time in administration, I’ve implored my colleagues to understand that STEM fields were particularly vulnerable to changes in federal research funding policy. Nearly every time, I was met with a cavalier attitude that political headwinds wouldn’t allow drastic changes. 1/N
February 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A🧵: In my time in administration, I’ve implored my colleagues to understand that STEM fields were particularly vulnerable to changes in federal research funding policy. Nearly every time, I was met with a cavalier attitude that political headwinds wouldn’t allow drastic changes. 1/N
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I’m watching closely for anything happening inside BLS, Census and the other federal statistical agencies. Know something? Reach out — anonymity guaranteed. Signal: bencasselman.96
February 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I’m watching closely for anything happening inside BLS, Census and the other federal statistical agencies. Know something? Reach out — anonymity guaranteed. Signal: bencasselman.96
What it looks like right now when you check the status of a pending NSF grant.
January 30, 2025 at 12:16 AM
What it looks like right now when you check the status of a pending NSF grant.
Hearing that NSF panels are getting canceled today.
January 27, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Hearing that NSF panels are getting canceled today.
It's been a while since I enjoyed reading a paper as much as Winnie Rothenberg's "The Market and Massachusetts Farmers" (JEH 1981). Fun and clever, and a gift to undergraduate teachers (Gini coefficients! Coefficients of variation! Regressions of hog weights to show the existence of a supply curve!)
January 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It's been a while since I enjoyed reading a paper as much as Winnie Rothenberg's "The Market and Massachusetts Farmers" (JEH 1981). Fun and clever, and a gift to undergraduate teachers (Gini coefficients! Coefficients of variation! Regressions of hog weights to show the existence of a supply curve!)
Happy Solstice from Vermont
December 21, 2024 at 7:09 PM
Happy Solstice from Vermont