Dilek Sayedahmed
@dileksayedahmed.bsky.social
Market Design Economist gone rogue | Sr. Economic Policy Advisor at WAGE & EIC ✨ One of those academic types who prefers books over people✌🏾 Elaine Benes of economics 🙋🏽♀️
Sadly, I'm ashamed to say, I'm here, but for now: https://dileksay2.substack.com
Sadly, I'm ashamed to say, I'm here, but for now: https://dileksay2.substack.com
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Just some thoughts from an immigrant economist gal wrapping up this historic election season. It really shouldn’t come as a surprise. The rhetoric of the center-left in the U.S. has been, as usual, frustrating.
As I struggle and suffer with editing multiple manuscripts, this is what I am going back:
February 12, 2026 at 9:20 AM
As I struggle and suffer with editing multiple manuscripts, this is what I am going back:
Every single survivor of Epstein’s in that room raised their hand in response to the question: “Who has not been contacted by the DOJ?”
Attorney General Pam Bondi is deliberately shielding and protecting an international network of child rapists.
Her removal is imperative.
Attorney General Pam Bondi is deliberately shielding and protecting an international network of child rapists.
Her removal is imperative.
Jayapal asks Epstein survivors in hearing room to stand and raise hands if they still haven't been able to meet with Bondi's DOJ. Every single one of them doe. Jayapal then gives Bondi an opportunity to apologize. She responds by trying to attack Jayapal and Merrick Garland but doesn't apologize.
February 11, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Every single survivor of Epstein’s in that room raised their hand in response to the question: “Who has not been contacted by the DOJ?”
Attorney General Pam Bondi is deliberately shielding and protecting an international network of child rapists.
Her removal is imperative.
Attorney General Pam Bondi is deliberately shielding and protecting an international network of child rapists.
Her removal is imperative.
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Ending violence is not the same as building peace.
Do grassroots peacebuilding efforts matter for starting or ending wars?
We reviewed the evidence on peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding.... and found 3 tensions.
Now out in Economic Policy:
academic.oup.com/economicpoli...
Do grassroots peacebuilding efforts matter for starting or ending wars?
We reviewed the evidence on peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding.... and found 3 tensions.
Now out in Economic Policy:
academic.oup.com/economicpoli...
February 10, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Ending violence is not the same as building peace.
Do grassroots peacebuilding efforts matter for starting or ending wars?
We reviewed the evidence on peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding.... and found 3 tensions.
Now out in Economic Policy:
academic.oup.com/economicpoli...
Do grassroots peacebuilding efforts matter for starting or ending wars?
We reviewed the evidence on peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding.... and found 3 tensions.
Now out in Economic Policy:
academic.oup.com/economicpoli...
To all people of Canada: my heart is with you. A vigil will be held tomorrow at the Embassy of Canada in France; please feel free to stop by at any time. All are welcome, no matter where you call home. I will be there.
The flag is at half-mast. We extend our deepest condolences to everyone.
The flag is at half-mast. We extend our deepest condolences to everyone.
February 11, 2026 at 3:51 PM
To all people of Canada: my heart is with you. A vigil will be held tomorrow at the Embassy of Canada in France; please feel free to stop by at any time. All are welcome, no matter where you call home. I will be there.
The flag is at half-mast. We extend our deepest condolences to everyone.
The flag is at half-mast. We extend our deepest condolences to everyone.
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2023 interview with Substack’s CEO is all that’s needed to get off the platform
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February 11, 2026 at 2:56 PM
2023 interview with Substack’s CEO is all that’s needed to get off the platform
www.instagram.com/reel/DUlXW_k...
www.instagram.com/reel/DUlXW_k...
Oh yes baby! 🫡 My students are thrilled by this new addition to the syllabus. The first discussion has been fire.
February 11, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Oh yes baby! 🫡 My students are thrilled by this new addition to the syllabus. The first discussion has been fire.
The plum you're going to eat next summer by Gayle Brandeis.
When poetry is medicinal therapeutic meditation.
Bon mercredi!
When poetry is medicinal therapeutic meditation.
Bon mercredi!
February 11, 2026 at 9:05 AM
The plum you're going to eat next summer by Gayle Brandeis.
When poetry is medicinal therapeutic meditation.
Bon mercredi!
When poetry is medicinal therapeutic meditation.
Bon mercredi!
You cannot sell the concept of freedom, democracy, liberty, or diversity as a brand attribute when you simultaneously bomb/eliminate/evaporate children/people.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:23 AM
You cannot sell the concept of freedom, democracy, liberty, or diversity as a brand attribute when you simultaneously bomb/eliminate/evaporate children/people.
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"Experts and witnesses attributed this phenomenon to Israel’s systematic use of internationally prohibited thermal and thermobaric weapons, often referred to as vacuum or aerosol bombs, capable of generating temperatures exceeding 3,500 degrees Celsius [6,332 degrees Fahrenheit]."
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:29 AM
"Experts and witnesses attributed this phenomenon to Israel’s systematic use of internationally prohibited thermal and thermobaric weapons, often referred to as vacuum or aerosol bombs, capable of generating temperatures exceeding 3,500 degrees Celsius [6,332 degrees Fahrenheit]."
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Dear God.
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 11, 2026 at 5:02 AM
Dear God.
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After illegally taking control of the Rafah border crossing, Israel is now violently assaulting and harassing Palestinians who attempt to go back to their homes in Gaza.
“They want all of Gaza. They want the land without its people.”
“They want all of Gaza. They want the land without its people.”
Handcuffs, interrogation, humiliation: Palestinians describe Israeli treatment at Rafah crossing
The first Palestinians returned to Gaza from Egypt through the Rafah crossing this week, after being stuck outside Gaza for two years or more. They described grueling interrogations, intimidation, and...
mondoweiss.net
February 9, 2026 at 6:54 PM
After illegally taking control of the Rafah border crossing, Israel is now violently assaulting and harassing Palestinians who attempt to go back to their homes in Gaza.
“They want all of Gaza. They want the land without its people.”
“They want all of Gaza. They want the land without its people.”
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Brad Lander: To build a just and safe future for Israelis and Palestinians, and to move toward a US foreign policy that aligns with our principles and our interests, it’s time to block the bombs.
https://bit.ly/3LZNZfe
https://bit.ly/3LZNZfe
To Build Bridges, We Must Block the Bombs
Brad Lander in The Nation: “When I am elected to Congress, I will support the Block the Bombs Act to protect more Palestinians from being killed by Israel.”
bit.ly
February 10, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Brad Lander: To build a just and safe future for Israelis and Palestinians, and to move toward a US foreign policy that aligns with our principles and our interests, it’s time to block the bombs.
https://bit.ly/3LZNZfe
https://bit.ly/3LZNZfe
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Israel ‘Evaporated’ Over 2,800 Palestinians With US-Made Bombs: Report
The Trump and Biden administrations armed Israel with thousands of 2,000-pound bombs that have vaporized flesh and decimated Gaza, writes @minnahfarshad.bsky.social.
Read now: zeteo.com/p/israel-eva...
The Trump and Biden administrations armed Israel with thousands of 2,000-pound bombs that have vaporized flesh and decimated Gaza, writes @minnahfarshad.bsky.social.
Read now: zeteo.com/p/israel-eva...
Israel ‘Evaporated’ Over 2,800 Palestinians With US-Made Bombs: Report
The Trump and Biden administrations armed Israel with thousands of 2,000-pound bombs that have vaporized flesh and decimated Gaza.
zeteo.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:39 PM
Israel ‘Evaporated’ Over 2,800 Palestinians With US-Made Bombs: Report
The Trump and Biden administrations armed Israel with thousands of 2,000-pound bombs that have vaporized flesh and decimated Gaza, writes @minnahfarshad.bsky.social.
Read now: zeteo.com/p/israel-eva...
The Trump and Biden administrations armed Israel with thousands of 2,000-pound bombs that have vaporized flesh and decimated Gaza, writes @minnahfarshad.bsky.social.
Read now: zeteo.com/p/israel-eva...
Actual footage of me whenever I post on here among you wise wonderful brilliant inspirational scholars and journalists and analysts
Aaand this économiste gal is comme ça:
Aaand this économiste gal is comme ça:
February 10, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Actual footage of me whenever I post on here among you wise wonderful brilliant inspirational scholars and journalists and analysts
Aaand this économiste gal is comme ça:
Aaand this économiste gal is comme ça:
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That little market freakout is a real mechanism: if AI makes it cheap to do what a vendor used to sell you, the vendor’s future profits fall—even as the rest of us get more productive.
February 10, 2026 at 12:52 PM
That little market freakout is a real mechanism: if AI makes it cheap to do what a vendor used to sell you, the vendor’s future profits fall—even as the rest of us get more productive.
I am in process of transitioning out of Substack due to their venture capital funding channels. I think this is important information for the public to know, so I am sharing below, for those interested.
Any recommendations for this economiste gal for alternative writing platforms?
Merci d'avance!
Any recommendations for this economiste gal for alternative writing platforms?
Merci d'avance!
Substack Ownership
Who really owns Substack? Mystery solved... sort of.
courtneyworks.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 12:29 PM
I am in process of transitioning out of Substack due to their venture capital funding channels. I think this is important information for the public to know, so I am sharing below, for those interested.
Any recommendations for this economiste gal for alternative writing platforms?
Merci d'avance!
Any recommendations for this economiste gal for alternative writing platforms?
Merci d'avance!
Folks, for all the claims of neoliberalism, there is no natural law that dictates the rich should run the world. Du coup, their dominance is sustained only by our collective fear, and our failure of political imagination. Just sayin. Bon mardi tout le monde!
More here:
More here:
Neoliberalism, My Unwanted Companion
Why the Future Is Looking Like History.
dileksay2.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Folks, for all the claims of neoliberalism, there is no natural law that dictates the rich should run the world. Du coup, their dominance is sustained only by our collective fear, and our failure of political imagination. Just sayin. Bon mardi tout le monde!
More here:
More here:
I am taking some notes before my lecture today, and coming here to kindly remind everyone: public luxury is to be built thru a combination of the commons and national spending. On two levels: the community + the state. The commons is neither market nor state, capitalism nor communism. 🧵👇🏾
February 10, 2026 at 10:16 AM
I am taking some notes before my lecture today, and coming here to kindly remind everyone: public luxury is to be built thru a combination of the commons and national spending. On two levels: the community + the state. The commons is neither market nor state, capitalism nor communism. 🧵👇🏾
So much yessss!!!!
Ha-Joon Chang inspired us to do an economist's economist season, that started with his recommendation for Herbert Simon. The other four were James Meade, Edith Penrose, Paul Samuelson and (as mentioned) Jayati Ghosh, all suggested by notable economists. #EconSky podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...
Season 8 - Episode 5 - Jayati Ghosh
Podcast Episode · Economics In Ten · 01/09/2025 · 1h 33m
podcasts.apple.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:59 AM
So much yessss!!!!
Yesssss!!!!!
We're big fans of @rethinkecon.bsky.social & this is a great article which features one of the founders @yuanfenyang.bsky.social. We hope we are doing our bit by providing podcasts on a whole range of economists, including @jayatighosh.bsky.social included here. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Rethinking Economics, the movement changing how the subject is taught
Born of student disquiet after the 2008 crash, the group says it is reshaping economists’ education
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Yesssss!!!!!
It is monday night and this mechanism design economiste gal is sleep deprived working on multiple manuscripts and thinking about campaign finance reform as one naturally does on a monday night. but hey hear me out: to prevent buying of the political outcomes, imagine a mechanism design of the
February 9, 2026 at 9:03 PM
It is monday night and this mechanism design economiste gal is sleep deprived working on multiple manuscripts and thinking about campaign finance reform as one naturally does on a monday night. but hey hear me out: to prevent buying of the political outcomes, imagine a mechanism design of the
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Today in luxury surveillance.
Why Washington’s all-in on smart rings
Finland's Oura is telling lawmakers and Trump officials it's got a solution to systemic health care challenges.
www.politico.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Today in luxury surveillance.
I think we can safely say that we have confirmed this: if it weren’t for politicians, politics, and their ideologies—if humans were simply left to ourselves, to our beings and our collectiveness—we would be having an absolute blast of joy in community and empathy. Merci, Bunny.
February 9, 2026 at 11:46 AM
I think we can safely say that we have confirmed this: if it weren’t for politicians, politics, and their ideologies—if humans were simply left to ourselves, to our beings and our collectiveness—we would be having an absolute blast of joy in community and empathy. Merci, Bunny.
The new book of SOAS University of London's Feminist Centre for Racial Justice is out now!
And I am honored to be featured in Chapter 3. Love as Defiance with my letter to Rima Hassan.
Happy reading! Bon lundi tout le monde!
Full copy of the book in PDF format here:
And I am honored to be featured in Chapter 3. Love as Defiance with my letter to Rima Hassan.
Happy reading! Bon lundi tout le monde!
Full copy of the book in PDF format here:
February 9, 2026 at 11:02 AM
The new book of SOAS University of London's Feminist Centre for Racial Justice is out now!
And I am honored to be featured in Chapter 3. Love as Defiance with my letter to Rima Hassan.
Happy reading! Bon lundi tout le monde!
Full copy of the book in PDF format here:
And I am honored to be featured in Chapter 3. Love as Defiance with my letter to Rima Hassan.
Happy reading! Bon lundi tout le monde!
Full copy of the book in PDF format here:
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Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 AM
Benito is a threat b/c he makes art so alluring and enjoyable you want to understand everything about it and then you end up learning about sugar and slavery and colonialism and the Taínos and Hawaii and then you probably have some thoughts of your own, and that's why art is powerful and dangerous