Anna Gifty
@itsafronomics.bsky.social
An economist for the people. Harvard PhD student and author. #GodsPlan☀️
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Read #TheDoubleTax 👉🏿 annagifty.com
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Read #TheDoubleTax 👉🏿 annagifty.com
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Anna Gifty
@itsafronomics.bsky.social
· Sep 16
TODAY, I AM OFFICIALLY AN AUTHOR!!! A CHILDHOOD DREAM COME TRUE!!!!!
#TheDoubleTax is the first book I've ever written and it’s OUT EVERYWHERE TODAY. Four years. 100s of stories. Countless drafts. I woke up today as a FIRST TIME author. WOW.
Get your copy TODAY: annagifty.com #booksky #blacksky
#TheDoubleTax is the first book I've ever written and it’s OUT EVERYWHERE TODAY. Four years. 100s of stories. Countless drafts. I woke up today as a FIRST TIME author. WOW.
Get your copy TODAY: annagifty.com #booksky #blacksky
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When I tell you that this regime is the Reagan administration on crack (allegedly), it's bar for bar. If Reagan has no haters, I am dead.
January 3, 2026 at 1:42 PM
When I tell you that this regime is the Reagan administration on crack (allegedly), it's bar for bar. If Reagan has no haters, I am dead.
lol okay now I am off to present my own research!!
January 3, 2026 at 2:35 PM
lol okay now I am off to present my own research!!
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lol someone tell Venezuela that Black folks got NOTHING to do with that orange buffoon and his hobbit friends. #blacksky
a basketball player wearing a lakers jersey is pointing
Alt: a basketball player wearing a lakers jersey is pointing
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January 3, 2026 at 1:36 PM
lol someone tell Venezuela that Black folks got NOTHING to do with that orange buffoon and his hobbit friends. #blacksky
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Exhibit K: Hating women and codifying that hate into law and culture (Ronald Reagan's administration did it first.)
Study: journals.openedition.org/miranda/8602
Op-ed: www.nytimes.com/1981/10/13/o...
Study: journals.openedition.org/miranda/8602
Op-ed: www.nytimes.com/1981/10/13/o...
Opinion | REAGAN VS. WOMEN (Published 1981)
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Exhibit K: Hating women and codifying that hate into law and culture (Ronald Reagan's administration did it first.)
Study: journals.openedition.org/miranda/8602
Op-ed: www.nytimes.com/1981/10/13/o...
Study: journals.openedition.org/miranda/8602
Op-ed: www.nytimes.com/1981/10/13/o...
lol folks as a researcher, if you have a better source for something or I am flat out wrong, correct me and provide the CORRECT source.
Saying "you're wrong" and then walking away helps no one. Thank you!
Saying "you're wrong" and then walking away helps no one. Thank you!
January 3, 2026 at 2:27 PM
lol folks as a researcher, if you have a better source for something or I am flat out wrong, correct me and provide the CORRECT source.
Saying "you're wrong" and then walking away helps no one. Thank you!
Saying "you're wrong" and then walking away helps no one. Thank you!
When I tell you that this regime is the Reagan administration on crack (allegedly), it's bar for bar. If Reagan has no haters, I am dead.
January 3, 2026 at 1:42 PM
When I tell you that this regime is the Reagan administration on crack (allegedly), it's bar for bar. If Reagan has no haters, I am dead.
lol someone tell Venezuela that Black folks got NOTHING to do with that orange buffoon and his hobbit friends. #blacksky
a basketball player wearing a lakers jersey is pointing
Alt: a basketball player wearing a lakers jersey is pointing
media.tenor.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:36 PM
lol someone tell Venezuela that Black folks got NOTHING to do with that orange buffoon and his hobbit friends. #blacksky
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(How are so many of y’all experts on literally every news topic tho?)
January 3, 2026 at 10:35 AM
(How are so many of y’all experts on literally every news topic tho?)
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Hi! I’m Mary and I’m on the #EconJobMarket this year.
Extreme heat doesn’t just affect students, it affects the people teaching them.
JMP 🧵:
Extreme heat doesn’t just affect students, it affects the people teaching them.
JMP 🧵:
November 14, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Hi! I’m Mary and I’m on the #EconJobMarket this year.
Extreme heat doesn’t just affect students, it affects the people teaching them.
JMP 🧵:
Extreme heat doesn’t just affect students, it affects the people teaching them.
JMP 🧵:
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Starting off the new year with a bang! ⚡
I am VERY excited to be presenting at #ASSA2026, my first international economics conference, this weekend! If you're coming, feel free to stop by the "Using Randomization to Study Racial Equity" session to see me slay lol! #econsky #blacksky #phd
I am VERY excited to be presenting at #ASSA2026, my first international economics conference, this weekend! If you're coming, feel free to stop by the "Using Randomization to Study Racial Equity" session to see me slay lol! #econsky #blacksky #phd
December 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Britney Spears' run is LEGENDARIC. Stop comparing pop girlies of this time to her. They don't hold a candle to her.
a close up of a woman 's face with the word britney spears on the bottom right
Alt: a close up of a woman 's face with the word britney spears on the bottom right
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January 3, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Britney Spears' run is LEGENDARIC. Stop comparing pop girlies of this time to her. They don't hold a candle to her.
Someone give Darkchild a Vanguard Award or something what the hell lol
January 3, 2026 at 3:09 AM
Someone give Darkchild a Vanguard Award or something what the hell lol
lol please say sike
This isn't about democratizing the news. It's about elevating "vibes" and "feelings" to be on par with lived experience and subject-matter expertise.
January 3, 2026 at 12:10 AM
lol please say sike
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Go to @itsafronomics.bsky.social 's presentation!
January 2, 2026 at 11:28 PM
Go to @itsafronomics.bsky.social 's presentation!
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I'm John Fallon, a labor economist on the job market. My JMP uncovers something wild: when chiropractors got licensed in the early 1900s, medical boards responded by making it HARDER to become a doctor.
Why would competition lead to stricter regulations?
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john-fallon-econ.com
(1/9)
Why would competition lead to stricter regulations?
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john-fallon-econ.com
(1/9)
November 24, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I'm John Fallon, a labor economist on the job market. My JMP uncovers something wild: when chiropractors got licensed in the early 1900s, medical boards responded by making it HARDER to become a doctor.
Why would competition lead to stricter regulations?
🧵
john-fallon-econ.com
(1/9)
Why would competition lead to stricter regulations?
🧵
john-fallon-econ.com
(1/9)
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Happy new year all, my yearly reminder that we should all cite Black scholars, especially folks doing research on race/ethnicity/gender/Africa, and inequality. I look forward to seeing all the citations of Black/African scholars in the research and referee reports forthcoming in 2026
January 2, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Happy new year all, my yearly reminder that we should all cite Black scholars, especially folks doing research on race/ethnicity/gender/Africa, and inequality. I look forward to seeing all the citations of Black/African scholars in the research and referee reports forthcoming in 2026
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1/2/1898 — b. Sadie Tanner Mossell, American attorney, editor, civil rights activist. The first Af-Am to earn a Ph.D. in economics in the United States(1921); the first woman awarded a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law #womenshistory #IvySky #EconSky #WomenInSTEM #law #woc
January 2, 2026 at 7:22 PM
1/2/1898 — b. Sadie Tanner Mossell, American attorney, editor, civil rights activist. The first Af-Am to earn a Ph.D. in economics in the United States(1921); the first woman awarded a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law #womenshistory #IvySky #EconSky #WomenInSTEM #law #woc
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lol in honor of the first day of the year and the week where I debut as serious researcher™️, I figured I'd do a hard launch.
Meet my #phd committee aka the DREAM TEAM:
Drs. Iris Bohnet, @lkatz42.bsky.social, @aleximas.bsky.social, and Raj Chetty. #assa2026 #econsky #academicsky
Meet my #phd committee aka the DREAM TEAM:
Drs. Iris Bohnet, @lkatz42.bsky.social, @aleximas.bsky.social, and Raj Chetty. #assa2026 #econsky #academicsky
January 2, 2026 at 1:27 AM
lol in honor of the first day of the year and the week where I debut as serious researcher™️, I figured I'd do a hard launch.
Meet my #phd committee aka the DREAM TEAM:
Drs. Iris Bohnet, @lkatz42.bsky.social, @aleximas.bsky.social, and Raj Chetty. #assa2026 #econsky #academicsky
Meet my #phd committee aka the DREAM TEAM:
Drs. Iris Bohnet, @lkatz42.bsky.social, @aleximas.bsky.social, and Raj Chetty. #assa2026 #econsky #academicsky
HAPPENING TOMORROW. Come through to the most lit session of #ASSA2026!
January 2, 2026 at 7:41 PM
HAPPENING TOMORROW. Come through to the most lit session of #ASSA2026!
lol Kendrick Lamar deserves a Nobel Prize in Last Laughs.
January 2, 2026 at 7:03 PM
lol Kendrick Lamar deserves a Nobel Prize in Last Laughs.
Dante is one of the best and one of the finest to EVER do it.
Fun fact: It's a jodeci reference!
Another fun fact: The actor is Dante Bosco, Rufio for you older millennials and Prince Zuko for everyone else.
Another fun fact: The actor is Dante Bosco, Rufio for you older millennials and Prince Zuko for everyone else.
January 2, 2026 at 6:47 PM
Dante is one of the best and one of the finest to EVER do it.
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one of the strangest, most frequent internet impulses I see happens when you post about liking something, and someone responds by telling you how they hate that thing
why did you need to tell me that?
why did you need to tell me that?
a bald man with a beard is wearing a white shirt
Alt: a bald man with a beard is wearing a white shirt
media.tenor.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:01 PM
one of the strangest, most frequent internet impulses I see happens when you post about liking something, and someone responds by telling you how they hate that thing
why did you need to tell me that?
why did you need to tell me that?
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I’m a native Minnesotan who currently lives in Columbus, OH so I have connections to the two metro areas with the largest Somali populations in the United States.
Let me state this unequivocally: the racist and Xenophobic garbage being spewed about Somalians must be condemned by everyone. Now.
Let me state this unequivocally: the racist and Xenophobic garbage being spewed about Somalians must be condemned by everyone. Now.
January 2, 2026 at 5:11 PM
I’m a native Minnesotan who currently lives in Columbus, OH so I have connections to the two metro areas with the largest Somali populations in the United States.
Let me state this unequivocally: the racist and Xenophobic garbage being spewed about Somalians must be condemned by everyone. Now.
Let me state this unequivocally: the racist and Xenophobic garbage being spewed about Somalians must be condemned by everyone. Now.