Hope Michelson
@hopecm.bsky.social
Development Economist. Ag econ.
Professor UIUC ACE
Co-editor, Food Policy
Professor UIUC ACE
Co-editor, Food Policy
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I have to say, it is a particular relief to publish my job market paper, which was mostly written while stuck at home during the pandemic. This paper occupied a huge amount of my time and attention during a very weird and stressful time.
February 16, 2026 at 4:08 PM
I have to say, it is a particular relief to publish my job market paper, which was mostly written while stuck at home during the pandemic. This paper occupied a huge amount of my time and attention during a very weird and stressful time.
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🆕 The leading global early warning system for food insecurity misses millions in crisis
Today on VoxDev w/ @hopecm.bsky.social (UIUC), Erin Lentz (UT Austin), Chungmann Kim (JHU) & Kathy Baylis (@ucsantabarbara.bsky.social): voxdev.org/topic/method...
Today on VoxDev w/ @hopecm.bsky.social (UIUC), Erin Lentz (UT Austin), Chungmann Kim (JHU) & Kathy Baylis (@ucsantabarbara.bsky.social): voxdev.org/topic/method...
The leading global early warning system for food insecurity misses millions in crisis
The leading global early warning system for acute food insecurity systematically underestimates the scale of crisis-level hunger, missing around one in five people affected. As a result, global assess...
voxdev.org
February 16, 2026 at 9:54 AM
🆕 The leading global early warning system for food insecurity misses millions in crisis
Today on VoxDev w/ @hopecm.bsky.social (UIUC), Erin Lentz (UT Austin), Chungmann Kim (JHU) & Kathy Baylis (@ucsantabarbara.bsky.social): voxdev.org/topic/method...
Today on VoxDev w/ @hopecm.bsky.social (UIUC), Erin Lentz (UT Austin), Chungmann Kim (JHU) & Kathy Baylis (@ucsantabarbara.bsky.social): voxdev.org/topic/method...
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An incredible mullet out of Dutch bronze medal winning long-track speed skater Jorrit Bergsma. ✂️🇳🇱
#MilanoCortina2026
#MilanoCortina2026
February 13, 2026 at 5:20 PM
An incredible mullet out of Dutch bronze medal winning long-track speed skater Jorrit Bergsma. ✂️🇳🇱
#MilanoCortina2026
#MilanoCortina2026
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BEST PICKUP AT THE TRADE DEADLINE 😮💨
February 10, 2026 at 3:26 AM
BEST PICKUP AT THE TRADE DEADLINE 😮💨
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“Explanations for low agricultural productivity tend to be… biased towards what’s easiest to observe and measure, and that is to the neglect of other potentially important explanations and mechanisms”. @hopecm.bsky.social on VoxDevTalks today:
🆕 African agriculture's underappreciated supply side
Today on VoxDevTalks, @hopecm.bsky.social (UIUC) discusses how understanding the risks, incentives, and constraints faced by agro-dealers is essential for sustained productivity gains: voxdev.org/topic/agricu...
Today on VoxDevTalks, @hopecm.bsky.social (UIUC) discusses how understanding the risks, incentives, and constraints faced by agro-dealers is essential for sustained productivity gains: voxdev.org/topic/agricu...
January 28, 2026 at 2:46 PM
“Explanations for low agricultural productivity tend to be… biased towards what’s easiest to observe and measure, and that is to the neglect of other potentially important explanations and mechanisms”. @hopecm.bsky.social on VoxDevTalks today:
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🆕 African agriculture's underappreciated supply side
Today on VoxDevTalks, @hopecm.bsky.social (UIUC) discusses how understanding the risks, incentives, and constraints faced by agro-dealers is essential for sustained productivity gains: voxdev.org/topic/agricu...
Today on VoxDevTalks, @hopecm.bsky.social (UIUC) discusses how understanding the risks, incentives, and constraints faced by agro-dealers is essential for sustained productivity gains: voxdev.org/topic/agricu...
January 28, 2026 at 9:39 AM
🆕 African agriculture's underappreciated supply side
Today on VoxDevTalks, @hopecm.bsky.social (UIUC) discusses how understanding the risks, incentives, and constraints faced by agro-dealers is essential for sustained productivity gains: voxdev.org/topic/agricu...
Today on VoxDevTalks, @hopecm.bsky.social (UIUC) discusses how understanding the risks, incentives, and constraints faced by agro-dealers is essential for sustained productivity gains: voxdev.org/topic/agricu...
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The National Basketball Players Association releases a statement following the Trump regime’s murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, saying that NBA players “can no longer remain silent.”
The NBPA is standing up for free speech, civil liberties, and the people of Minnesota demanding justice.
The NBPA is standing up for free speech, civil liberties, and the people of Minnesota demanding justice.
January 25, 2026 at 9:18 PM
The National Basketball Players Association releases a statement following the Trump regime’s murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Good, saying that NBA players “can no longer remain silent.”
The NBPA is standing up for free speech, civil liberties, and the people of Minnesota demanding justice.
The NBPA is standing up for free speech, civil liberties, and the people of Minnesota demanding justice.
Globally, more people are living in acute hunger than we think! Our new paper analyzing the official global method for classifying food insecurity - the IPC - is out in Nature Food. We show IPC analyses underestimate the number of acutely hungry, missing ~ one in five www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Official estimates of global food insecurity undercount acute hunger - Nature Food
The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification system is the global method for classifying food insecurity severity and allocating humanitarian aid. An evaluation of 10,000 Integrated Food Security...
www.nature.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Globally, more people are living in acute hunger than we think! Our new paper analyzing the official global method for classifying food insecurity - the IPC - is out in Nature Food. We show IPC analyses underestimate the number of acutely hungry, missing ~ one in five www.nature.com/articles/s43...
let's go
Keldon Johnson says he would buy llamas with the prize money from the NBA cup
December 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
let's go
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THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
![II. Credibility
The Court next addresses the credibility of the parties’ evidence and witnesses. After reviewing all the evidence submitted to the Court and listening to the testimony elicited at the preliminary injunction hearing, during depositions, and in other court proceedings, the Court finds Defendants’ evidence simply not credible. [FN 6]
Plaintiffs submitted a mountain of evidence, providing the Court with over eighty declarations, numerous videos and articles, and other evidence. Defendants did not rebut anything that Plaintiffs set forth in their declarations or testimony, even with BWC footage.
[FN 6] In another case considering some of the same evidence presented to this Court, another court in this district also found that the perceptions of certain of Defendants’ declarants, such as Hott and Parra, were not reliable. See Illinois v. Trump, No. 25-cv-12174, 2025 WL 2886645, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 10, 2025) (noting a “troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning, and criticizing their government, and those who are obstructing, assaulting, or doing violence”), motion to stay denied in part, 155 F.4th 929 (7th Cir. 2025).](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifpyry2il5toxbr3iejgrsxs6kmnwve75qwnhebfp44ieyjrfpsdu@jpeg)
November 20, 2025 at 11:04 PM
THREAD: Judge Ellis is the first federal judge to review extensive body cam video of DHS's actions in Chicago. She finds that DHS *repeatedly* misled the public and made claims that were disproven by agents' own videos.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
I'll go through some of the most egregious ones here.
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Javonte Green wiping his sweat on the ball again between free throws. Gross and hilarious!
November 19, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Javonte Green wiping his sweat on the ball again between free throws. Gross and hilarious!
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The Chicago Bulls win after a really tough 2OT loss just last night. They move to 7-6 and snap their 5 game losing streak.
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 AM
The Chicago Bulls win after a really tough 2OT loss just last night. They move to 7-6 and snap their 5 game losing streak.
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Nikola Vucevic gives the Bulls a 4-point lead with 30-some seconds left in the game.
November 18, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Nikola Vucevic gives the Bulls a 4-point lead with 30-some seconds left in the game.
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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Bulls beat the Sixers in a game where Chicago held the lead for 3.2 total seconds.
6-1, first place in the East.
6-1, first place in the East.
November 5, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Bulls beat the Sixers in a game where Chicago held the lead for 3.2 total seconds.
6-1, first place in the East.
6-1, first place in the East.
❤️❤️
LaVine and DeRozan visit with their former teammates
October 30, 2025 at 2:25 AM
❤️❤️
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The key to D66's success tonight: winning voters from two camps - the left and the center.
October 29, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The key to D66's success tonight: winning voters from two camps - the left and the center.
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owning the paint.
the 32nd player in NBA history to reach this milestone and the second active player (LeBron James.)
the 32nd player in NBA history to reach this milestone and the second active player (LeBron James.)
October 28, 2025 at 2:25 AM
owning the paint.
the 32nd player in NBA history to reach this milestone and the second active player (LeBron James.)
the 32nd player in NBA history to reach this milestone and the second active player (LeBron James.)
well said expatriarch.substack.com/p/usaid-is-u...
USAID Is Unlikely to Be Replaced With Something Better Any Time Soon, So Stop Pretending
Why Rajiv Shah is wrong, wrong, wrong, and kind of insulting
expatriarch.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 12:27 AM
well said expatriarch.substack.com/p/usaid-is-u...
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No Kings-Chicago, IL
October 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
No Kings-Chicago, IL
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