Nick Hagerty
@hagertynw.bsky.social
Environmental & resource economist, assistant professor at Montana State. Water, ag, land use, climate, development, research methods
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I love this America so much. I am aware that I am in a constant fight, one with existential stakes but which will not be conclusively resolved, to determine whether the America that exists is the one I love or the one people like Rubio love. But it is a fight to which I am wholly committed.
i’ll end this little brainstorm by just asking what it is, exactly, that the MAGA right likes about the United States, since it explicitly rejects those things that make this nation distinctive — its pluralism, its revolutionary heritage and egalitarian aspirations, and its republican institutions
February 15, 2026 at 1:56 AM
I love this America so much. I am aware that I am in a constant fight, one with existential stakes but which will not be conclusively resolved, to determine whether the America that exists is the one I love or the one people like Rubio love. But it is a fight to which I am wholly committed.
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Should we be climate adaptation optimists? A nice new paper by Matt Burgess, Matt Kahn, and colleagues argues yes. I'm not so sure. Optimism is not a plan, and we need a plan. Some thoughts: www.stanfordecholab.com/blog/should-...
Should we be climate adaptation optimists? — ECHO: Environmental Change and Human Outcomes Lab | Stanford University
by: Marshall B , with helpful feedback & additions from Andrew W and Chris C Yes, argues a recent working paper by Matt Burgess, Patrick Brown, Matt Kahn, and Roger Pielke Jr. The pa...
www.stanfordecholab.com
February 13, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Should we be climate adaptation optimists? A nice new paper by Matt Burgess, Matt Kahn, and colleagues argues yes. I'm not so sure. Optimism is not a plan, and we need a plan. Some thoughts: www.stanfordecholab.com/blog/should-...
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Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse serving veterans. He died trying to protect protestors being assaulted. A group of anonymous & masked men fired chemicals into his face, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him in broad daylight in front of witnesses. Then his government smeared him & defended his murder.
January 24, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Alex Pretti was an ICU nurse serving veterans. He died trying to protect protestors being assaulted. A group of anonymous & masked men fired chemicals into his face, beat him, disarmed him, and shot him in broad daylight in front of witnesses. Then his government smeared him & defended his murder.
Air pollution is incredibly bad for human health. It causes a large share of chronic disease and deaths. This is one of the strongest empirical findings in all of economics and epidemiology. The EPA saying it's "uncertain" is not based in science. It's a pretext.
Human health benefits are by far the largest benefit from most environmental regulations.
By not monetizing these benefits moving forward, the Trump EPA is essentially saying there are no human health benefits to reducing air/toxic/climate pollution, improving drinking water quality, etc. 1/
By not monetizing these benefits moving forward, the Trump EPA is essentially saying there are no human health benefits to reducing air/toxic/climate pollution, improving drinking water quality, etc. 1/
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Air pollution is incredibly bad for human health. It causes a large share of chronic disease and deaths. This is one of the strongest empirical findings in all of economics and epidemiology. The EPA saying it's "uncertain" is not based in science. It's a pretext.
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Human health benefits are by far the largest benefit from most environmental regulations.
By not monetizing these benefits moving forward, the Trump EPA is essentially saying there are no human health benefits to reducing air/toxic/climate pollution, improving drinking water quality, etc. 1/
By not monetizing these benefits moving forward, the Trump EPA is essentially saying there are no human health benefits to reducing air/toxic/climate pollution, improving drinking water quality, etc. 1/
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Human health benefits are by far the largest benefit from most environmental regulations.
By not monetizing these benefits moving forward, the Trump EPA is essentially saying there are no human health benefits to reducing air/toxic/climate pollution, improving drinking water quality, etc. 1/
By not monetizing these benefits moving forward, the Trump EPA is essentially saying there are no human health benefits to reducing air/toxic/climate pollution, improving drinking water quality, etc. 1/
Call is open! Submit your abstracts for the BIG SKY WORKSHOP on the Economics of Agriculture and the Environment
June 18-19, 2026, in Bozeman, Montana, hosted by Montana State University and PERC. Travel funding available for grad students
www.bigskyworkshop.net/abstract-sub...
June 18-19, 2026, in Bozeman, Montana, hosted by Montana State University and PERC. Travel funding available for grad students
www.bigskyworkshop.net/abstract-sub...
January 12, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Call is open! Submit your abstracts for the BIG SKY WORKSHOP on the Economics of Agriculture and the Environment
June 18-19, 2026, in Bozeman, Montana, hosted by Montana State University and PERC. Travel funding available for grad students
www.bigskyworkshop.net/abstract-sub...
June 18-19, 2026, in Bozeman, Montana, hosted by Montana State University and PERC. Travel funding available for grad students
www.bigskyworkshop.net/abstract-sub...
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"This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 1:49 AM
"This is about whether the Fed will be able to continue to set interest rates based on evidence and economic conditions—or whether instead monetary policy will be directed by political pressure or intimidation."
Fire alarm from the Fed Chair, explicitly calling out political intimidation from the president.
The Fed never, ever releases videos speaking directly to the American people like this.
Interfering with the Fed is the road to instability and inflation much worse than we've seen since Covid.
The Fed never, ever releases videos speaking directly to the American people like this.
Interfering with the Fed is the road to instability and inflation much worse than we've seen since Covid.
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
www.youtube.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Fire alarm from the Fed Chair, explicitly calling out political intimidation from the president.
The Fed never, ever releases videos speaking directly to the American people like this.
Interfering with the Fed is the road to instability and inflation much worse than we've seen since Covid.
The Fed never, ever releases videos speaking directly to the American people like this.
Interfering with the Fed is the road to instability and inflation much worse than we've seen since Covid.
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Land sparing's global "brutal math" is inescapable: from 1961-2020, global population grew 2.6x and agricultural output increased nearly 4x, but total ag land grew by only about 7.6% and croplands by 20-25%. www.ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/.... 8/
Global Changes in Agricultural Production, Productivity, and Resource Use Over Six Decades | Economic Research Service
From 1961 to 2000, agricultural output nearly quadrupled, mostly achieved by increases in productivity as new resources were brought into the production process, the use of inputs intensified, and the...
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December 30, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Land sparing's global "brutal math" is inescapable: from 1961-2020, global population grew 2.6x and agricultural output increased nearly 4x, but total ag land grew by only about 7.6% and croplands by 20-25%. www.ers.usda.gov/amber-waves/.... 8/
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My New Year's resolution is improve how I start Bluesky threads. I forget to announce what they're about. So: please check out this thread if you're either highly critical or gung-ho about the merits of the Green Revolution, "land-sparing" and maximizing yields using industrial agriculture.
I liked this conversation. I recommend it. But, in the hopes that listening to it doesn't just reaffirm people's prior attitudes, I want to highlight where @mikegrunwald.bsky.social & @adamcalo.bsky.social seem to talk past each other, regarding what causes deforestation, where and at what scale. 1/
A leftist academic wrote an essay titled "Useful Idiot" about...me! So I did his podcast, and it's kind of interesting. I like how he introduces me by explaining that usually his guests are insightful, but he decided to make an exception. landscapes.libsyn.com/more-is-less...
January 1, 2026 at 2:46 PM
My New Year's resolution is improve how I start Bluesky threads. I forget to announce what they're about. So: please check out this thread if you're either highly critical or gung-ho about the merits of the Green Revolution, "land-sparing" and maximizing yields using industrial agriculture.
Finally caring about the federal budget deficit after spending nearly my entire adult life wanting more deficit spending
Exactly what textbooks say you should do as conditions change... But sounds like I'm just getting more fiscally conservative as I age
Exactly what textbooks say you should do as conditions change... But sounds like I'm just getting more fiscally conservative as I age
December 22, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Finally caring about the federal budget deficit after spending nearly my entire adult life wanting more deficit spending
Exactly what textbooks say you should do as conditions change... But sounds like I'm just getting more fiscally conservative as I age
Exactly what textbooks say you should do as conditions change... But sounds like I'm just getting more fiscally conservative as I age
Like the real reasons I suspect most people are upset, this article is supposedly about "affordability" but is actually entirely about housing
People complain about the price of eggs but eggs don't ruin your hope of a secure middle-class life. Housing does.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/u...
People complain about the price of eggs but eggs don't ruin your hope of a secure middle-class life. Housing does.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/u...
These Young Adults Make Good Money. But Life, They Say, Is Unaffordable.
www.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Like the real reasons I suspect most people are upset, this article is supposedly about "affordability" but is actually entirely about housing
People complain about the price of eggs but eggs don't ruin your hope of a secure middle-class life. Housing does.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/u...
People complain about the price of eggs but eggs don't ruin your hope of a secure middle-class life. Housing does.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/20/u...
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This is a terrible development.
The Administration is destroying the scientific institutions that helped make America great. It will take years to rebuild from this.
The Administration is destroying the scientific institutions that helped make America great. It will take years to rebuild from this.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is a terrible development.
The Administration is destroying the scientific institutions that helped make America great. It will take years to rebuild from this.
The Administration is destroying the scientific institutions that helped make America great. It will take years to rebuild from this.
I agree apple pie is not very good when it isn't made with pears and Kerrygold butter
November 26, 2025 at 5:53 AM
I agree apple pie is not very good when it isn't made with pears and Kerrygold butter
Save the date! Announcing the 2nd Annual...
** BIG SKY WORKSHOP **
on the Economics of Agriculture and the Environment
Hosted by @montanastate and @PERCtweets in Bozeman, MT, June 18-19, 2026
Call for abstracts in January. Travel funding available for grad students
More info: bigskyworkshop.net
** BIG SKY WORKSHOP **
on the Economics of Agriculture and the Environment
Hosted by @montanastate and @PERCtweets in Bozeman, MT, June 18-19, 2026
Call for abstracts in January. Travel funding available for grad students
More info: bigskyworkshop.net
November 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Save the date! Announcing the 2nd Annual...
** BIG SKY WORKSHOP **
on the Economics of Agriculture and the Environment
Hosted by @montanastate and @PERCtweets in Bozeman, MT, June 18-19, 2026
Call for abstracts in January. Travel funding available for grad students
More info: bigskyworkshop.net
** BIG SKY WORKSHOP **
on the Economics of Agriculture and the Environment
Hosted by @montanastate and @PERCtweets in Bozeman, MT, June 18-19, 2026
Call for abstracts in January. Travel funding available for grad students
More info: bigskyworkshop.net
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Summers called this female Chinese economist “peril.”
“Yellow peril” was partially built on the claim that Chinese women were sexually immoral threats.
That logic fueled the Page Act of 1875, which barred Chinese women by presuming they were prostitutes, even before the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act.
“Yellow peril” was partially built on the claim that Chinese women were sexually immoral threats.
That logic fueled the Page Act of 1875, which barred Chinese women by presuming they were prostitutes, even before the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act.
Summers conferred with Epstein frequently about how to extract sexual favors from a Harvard econ grad (AB '04, PhD '09)
The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
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The grad is from China
Epstein and Summers referred to her by the codename "Peril"
Racism and sexual exploitation in one efficient package
bit.ly/3LHpin8
As Summers Sought Clandestine Relationship With Woman He Called a Mentee, Epstein Was His ‘Wing Man’ | News | The Harvard Crimson
When former Harvard President Lawrence H. Summers was pursuing a romantic relationship with a woman he described as a mentee, he turned to a longtime associate for guidance: convicted sex offender Jef...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Summers called this female Chinese economist “peril.”
“Yellow peril” was partially built on the claim that Chinese women were sexually immoral threats.
That logic fueled the Page Act of 1875, which barred Chinese women by presuming they were prostitutes, even before the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act.
“Yellow peril” was partially built on the claim that Chinese women were sexually immoral threats.
That logic fueled the Page Act of 1875, which barred Chinese women by presuming they were prostitutes, even before the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act.
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This isn’t actually a thread of different posts. It’s all just different cultivars of a single post
October 7, 2025 at 1:10 AM
This isn’t actually a thread of different posts. It’s all just different cultivars of a single post
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💧 Small-scale irrigation supports farmer livelihoods but can strain groundwater resources. How do we strike a balance?
Join us on Oct 23 for a session on Balancing Small-Scale Irrigation Solutions with Ram Fishman & @hagertynw.bsky.social.
Register: go.cega.org/registerATAIwebinar
Join us on Oct 23 for a session on Balancing Small-Scale Irrigation Solutions with Ram Fishman & @hagertynw.bsky.social.
Register: go.cega.org/registerATAIwebinar
October 7, 2025 at 6:58 PM
💧 Small-scale irrigation supports farmer livelihoods but can strain groundwater resources. How do we strike a balance?
Join us on Oct 23 for a session on Balancing Small-Scale Irrigation Solutions with Ram Fishman & @hagertynw.bsky.social.
Register: go.cega.org/registerATAIwebinar
Join us on Oct 23 for a session on Balancing Small-Scale Irrigation Solutions with Ram Fishman & @hagertynw.bsky.social.
Register: go.cega.org/registerATAIwebinar
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📢 Out now in the September 2025 issue of #JAERE! 📢
"Industrial Water Pollution and Agricultural Production in India" by Nick Hagerty ( @hagertynw.bsky.social ) and Anshuman Tiwari.
Read it here: buff.ly/oAalYIW
📈📉 #Econsky
"Industrial Water Pollution and Agricultural Production in India" by Nick Hagerty ( @hagertynw.bsky.social ) and Anshuman Tiwari.
Read it here: buff.ly/oAalYIW
📈📉 #Econsky
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
📢 Out now in the September 2025 issue of #JAERE! 📢
"Industrial Water Pollution and Agricultural Production in India" by Nick Hagerty ( @hagertynw.bsky.social ) and Anshuman Tiwari.
Read it here: buff.ly/oAalYIW
📈📉 #Econsky
"Industrial Water Pollution and Agricultural Production in India" by Nick Hagerty ( @hagertynw.bsky.social ) and Anshuman Tiwari.
Read it here: buff.ly/oAalYIW
📈📉 #Econsky
For people in Bozeman! We're voting on a ballot initiative this fall that sounds good but would cause some huge problems
(Precautionary disclaimer: we wrote this as private citizens, not representing our employer)
www.bozemandailychronicle.com/opinions/gue...
(Precautionary disclaimer: we wrote this as private citizens, not representing our employer)
www.bozemandailychronicle.com/opinions/gue...
Kelsey Larson, Nick Hagerty & Justin Gallagher: WARD would hurt housing, environment
The WARD ballot initiative claims it will encourage sustainability and support affordable housing in Bozeman.
www.bozemandailychronicle.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:37 PM
For people in Bozeman! We're voting on a ballot initiative this fall that sounds good but would cause some huge problems
(Precautionary disclaimer: we wrote this as private citizens, not representing our employer)
www.bozemandailychronicle.com/opinions/gue...
(Precautionary disclaimer: we wrote this as private citizens, not representing our employer)
www.bozemandailychronicle.com/opinions/gue...
Out today in JAERE! We measure water pollution released at India's industrial clusters. Does it hurt agriculture? Surprisingly: Not by much
Come for how we published a paper of null results & with no regression tables
Stay for new ways to proxy for crop yields & map hydrological relationships
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Come for how we published a paper of null results & with no regression tables
Stay for new ways to proxy for crop yields & map hydrological relationships
🧵
September 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Out today in JAERE! We measure water pollution released at India's industrial clusters. Does it hurt agriculture? Surprisingly: Not by much
Come for how we published a paper of null results & with no regression tables
Stay for new ways to proxy for crop yields & map hydrological relationships
🧵
Come for how we published a paper of null results & with no regression tables
Stay for new ways to proxy for crop yields & map hydrological relationships
🧵
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🔥BLS Staff: "We will publish reliable data, no matter how inconvenient the results... Acting Commissioner is a respected career professional. There are no other political appointees at BLS... will remain accurate & nonpartisan... if that ever changes, the professionals will tell you." #StandWithBLS
September 8, 2025 at 10:12 PM
🔥BLS Staff: "We will publish reliable data, no matter how inconvenient the results... Acting Commissioner is a respected career professional. There are no other political appointees at BLS... will remain accurate & nonpartisan... if that ever changes, the professionals will tell you." #StandWithBLS
I don't like it but HIGH FREQUENCY, IN-PERSON assessments are the only way college students are going to learn anything this semester
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Opinion | Students Hate Them. Universities Need Them. The Only Real Solution to the A.I. Cheating Crisis.
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August 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM
I don't like it but HIGH FREQUENCY, IN-PERSON assessments are the only way college students are going to learn anything this semester
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/o...
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We are hiring at Montana State! Link in thread
If you aren't sure whether you fit the posted topic areas, please don't pre-screen yourself out, let our committee decide!
I'm not on the search committee but happy to answer any general questions
If you aren't sure whether you fit the posted topic areas, please don't pre-screen yourself out, let our committee decide!
I'm not on the search committee but happy to answer any general questions
August 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We are hiring at Montana State! Link in thread
If you aren't sure whether you fit the posted topic areas, please don't pre-screen yourself out, let our committee decide!
I'm not on the search committee but happy to answer any general questions
If you aren't sure whether you fit the posted topic areas, please don't pre-screen yourself out, let our committee decide!
I'm not on the search committee but happy to answer any general questions