Josh Merfeld
merfeld.bsky.social
Josh Merfeld
@merfeld.bsky.social
Development, labor, and nerdy measurement stuff | Senior Lecturer, Uni Queensland | IZA | J-PAL | insulin addict | dad of an awesome girl

https://joshmerfeld.github.io/
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I’m back hosting @thedailyshow.com Tuesday through Thursday. Tune in live on Comedy Central and stream on Paramount+
October 6, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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Help: I remember seeing a study here that debunked the common claim that US internal migration is falling over time. Anyone remember the reference?
September 29, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Who wants to work with Kate Bahn at the Institute for Women's Policy Research?
#econ_ra
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September 27, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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Set your alarms. 9pm eastern tonight youtu.be/5tYdoEtPYUM?...
This Kind of Freedom Will Leave You Speechless
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September 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Dutch late night TV has its take
September 19, 2025 at 2:39 PM
So Colbert should probably run for president tbh
September 18, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Thank goodness! Just yesterday I told my wife: man I really wish we could watch c span right now.
#BREAKING: C-SPAN is coming to YouTube and Hulu this fall!

Press Release: www.C-SPAN.org/YouTubeTV

Press Release: www.C-SPAN.org/Hulu
September 3, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Stay classy, tooth
Inter Miami is disgusting. Luis Suarez is disgusting. Spitting on a Sounders coach. #LeaguesCup #MLS
September 1, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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In a few months I'll be sending out a survey to about 3000 development studies profs around the world. If anyone is interested in chatting about possibly tacking on a question (maybe a prediction about an empirical result you're working on), I'd be happy to talk. DM me.
August 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
“Butt snorkeler” lol
August 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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Job alert at Microsoft 🚨

Senior Director, Chief Economist - AI for Good Lab

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August 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Disagree. He could have been eating popcorn at home.
No chance you had a better day than this kid 🍿😂
August 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
I’m sorry what? WW2 ended with some kind of negotiation??
JD Vance: "This is how wars ultimately get settled. If you go back to World War 2, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation."
August 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Europeans will do anything to avoid AC
Excessive heat in homes, offices and public buildings has prompted a debate in France this summer about the excessive use of glass in building design, which is being increasingly seen as impractical as global warming drives up summer temperatures.
My story:
www.irishtimes.com/world/europe...
France regrets rise of ‘oven’ glass buildings
Once-admired building designs are increasingly seen as impractical as global warming drives up temperatures
www.irishtimes.com
August 24, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I truly believe that Sydney is the most beautiful city in the world.
August 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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stay normal, accept trans people today
how does the "just asking terf questions" to unhinged fascist maniac pipeline keep on pumping with such regularity....
August 23, 2025 at 6:40 AM
I dunno. I feel like shit ass parks that nobody likes can close, even if they were historically fun.

But this one wasn’t even that! It was moved!
NEW | The country’s oldest operating roller coaster once weathered a fire and a relocation to Maryland. It might not, however, survive a corporate merger.

After millions of visitors, but years of neglect, Six Flags America is closing.
www.thebanner.com/economy/six-...
Six Flags America closing: What happens to 5 miles of coaster?
Six Flags America in Bowie, home to Wild One and eight other coasters, was stamped a “noncore” property this year by its parent company, which is selling the 523-acre tract.
www.thebanner.com
August 22, 2025 at 4:43 AM
August 21, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I’m literally more qualified than trump’s BLS pick. That’s insane.
August 21, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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August 21, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I feel like the far left hates left center democrats more than republicans.
August 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Have I told you all how pleasant Brisbane is and how wonderful my colleagues are?
August 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Another huntsman.
August 21, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I’d love to catch all these disgusting democrats. Release all the files so we can see who they are!
JD Vance: "We know that Jeffrey Epstein had a lot connections with left-wing politicians and left-wing billionaires ... Democrat billionaires and Democrat political leaders went to Epstein island all the time. Who knows what they did."
August 11, 2025 at 2:12 AM
August 10, 2025 at 6:19 AM