Ryan D. Edwards
@ryandedwards.bsky.social
Health Economics, Macro, Labor, Demography @UCSF and @UCBerkeley @berkeleyecon Former faculty @CUNY and @NBERpubs. 2002 Econ Ph.D. & Oakland fan. He/him
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Ryan D. Edwards
@ryandedwards.bsky.social
· May 22
Commencement remarks by Governor Kugler at the Economics Commencement Ceremony, University of California, Berkeley
Thank you, Stefano, and before I say anything else, congratulations to the Class of 2025! 1 My family is here today, so let me acknowledge my husband Igna
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Inspiring words from Fed Governor Adriana Kugler from Tuesday's ECON commencement at the Greek.
In person, "impatient" and "stubborn" struck me as perfect for this moment in history. On paper, they're less pronounced, but in an address they absolutely slapped
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In person, "impatient" and "stubborn" struck me as perfect for this moment in history. On paper, they're less pronounced, but in an address they absolutely slapped
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
"Mr. Trump needs to call time on this self-defeating scheme, with a message to Ms. Bondi to halt the legal harassment. Firing Mr. Pulte before he can cause any more embarrassment would also help."
Amen. The WSJ called him out: "an especially eager toady"
www.wsj.com/opinion/jero...
Amen. The WSJ called him out: "an especially eager toady"
www.wsj.com/opinion/jero...
Opinion | Lawfare for Dummies, Monetary Edition
DOJ’s criminal subpoena to Fed Chair Jerome Powell is a self-defeating fiasco.
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January 12, 2026 at 11:23 PM
"Mr. Trump needs to call time on this self-defeating scheme, with a message to Ms. Bondi to halt the legal harassment. Firing Mr. Pulte before he can cause any more embarrassment would also help."
Amen. The WSJ called him out: "an especially eager toady"
www.wsj.com/opinion/jero...
Amen. The WSJ called him out: "an especially eager toady"
www.wsj.com/opinion/jero...
Heart is heavy on behalf of all the economists on the staff of the Council of Economic Advisers. They all had to go to work today with full knowledge of what the DOJ is trying to do to the Fed. These are not ideologues. Like a lot of federal staff, they're people
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Information & Resources
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January 12, 2026 at 11:01 PM
Heart is heavy on behalf of all the economists on the staff of the Council of Economic Advisers. They all had to go to work today with full knowledge of what the DOJ is trying to do to the Fed. These are not ideologues. Like a lot of federal staff, they're people
www.whitehouse.gov/cea/informat...
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"[This] is an unprecedented attempt to use prosecutorial attacks to undermine [the Fed's] independence.
"It has no place in the United States whose greatest strength is the rule of law, which is at the foundation of our economic success."
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"It has no place in the United States whose greatest strength is the rule of law, which is at the foundation of our economic success."
jointstatement.substack.com/p/statement-...
Statement on the Federal Reserve
The Federal Reserve’s independence and the public’s perception of that independence are critical for economic performance, including achieving the goals Congress has set for the Federal Reserve of sta...
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January 12, 2026 at 10:58 PM
"[This] is an unprecedented attempt to use prosecutorial attacks to undermine [the Fed's] independence.
"It has no place in the United States whose greatest strength is the rule of law, which is at the foundation of our economic success."
jointstatement.substack.com/p/statement-...
"It has no place in the United States whose greatest strength is the rule of law, which is at the foundation of our economic success."
jointstatement.substack.com/p/statement-...
This is about as clear as (toxic?) mud
It's one thing to ignore health benefits of regulating pollution, and it's another thing to avoid quantifying those benefits in dollars rather than deaths or health conditions
So which one is it, EPA and NYT?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
It's one thing to ignore health benefits of regulating pollution, and it's another thing to avoid quantifying those benefits in dollars rather than deaths or health conditions
So which one is it, EPA and NYT?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
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January 12, 2026 at 9:37 PM
This is about as clear as (toxic?) mud
It's one thing to ignore health benefits of regulating pollution, and it's another thing to avoid quantifying those benefits in dollars rather than deaths or health conditions
So which one is it, EPA and NYT?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
It's one thing to ignore health benefits of regulating pollution, and it's another thing to avoid quantifying those benefits in dollars rather than deaths or health conditions
So which one is it, EPA and NYT?
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...
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yes I am aware that it might not actually be him but the commentary stands—this is being done under his authority, and he clearly considers it to be part of his job
January 12, 2026 at 5:08 PM
yes I am aware that it might not actually be him but the commentary stands—this is being done under his authority, and he clearly considers it to be part of his job
Shameful behavior by a what’s probably a Medicare Advantage (HMO) plan now run by Blue Shield of CA, taking over SF retirees’ plans from UnitedHealth
Price tag reveals the issue: $50k for these drugs. But compared to a lot of life saving procedures, that’s not high
abc7news.com/amp/post/san...
Price tag reveals the issue: $50k for these drugs. But compared to a lot of life saving procedures, that’s not high
abc7news.com/amp/post/san...
San Francisco firefighter battling stage 4 metastatic lung cancer gets treatment denied by Blue Shield; city asked to intervene | abc7news.com
A%20retired%20San%20Francisco%20firefighter%20battling%20cancer%20is%20asking%20the%20city%20to%20intervene%20after%20getting%20denied%20by%20his%20insurance%20provider.
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January 12, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Shameful behavior by a what’s probably a Medicare Advantage (HMO) plan now run by Blue Shield of CA, taking over SF retirees’ plans from UnitedHealth
Price tag reveals the issue: $50k for these drugs. But compared to a lot of life saving procedures, that’s not high
abc7news.com/amp/post/san...
Price tag reveals the issue: $50k for these drugs. But compared to a lot of life saving procedures, that’s not high
abc7news.com/amp/post/san...
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This is what I heard checking in on friends yesterday. People are in hiding, or aren’t but are agonizing over whether they should be, or are trying to reassure terrified parents who want them to be
The scale of this doesn’t seem to be known to even newshound NYC friends w/o Minneapolis connections
The scale of this doesn’t seem to be known to even newshound NYC friends w/o Minneapolis connections
"The logical outcome of ICE’s siege is the fear that now grips Minneapolis immigrants, even those with U.S. citizenship, about sending their kids to school, going to work, buying groceries, or seeing a doctor when they’re sick." www.liberalcurrents.com/return-of-th...
Return of the Silver Shirts
In ICE's invasion of Minneapolis, an echo of a dark past.
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January 12, 2026 at 2:46 PM
This is what I heard checking in on friends yesterday. People are in hiding, or aren’t but are agonizing over whether they should be, or are trying to reassure terrified parents who want them to be
The scale of this doesn’t seem to be known to even newshound NYC friends w/o Minneapolis connections
The scale of this doesn’t seem to be known to even newshound NYC friends w/o Minneapolis connections
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What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
January 12, 2026 at 1:44 AM
What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
This isn’t about anything other than an attempt to bring the Fed to heel.
Shameful. Congress should act.
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Shameful. Congress should act.
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
Good evening. On Friday, the Department of Justice served the Federal Reserve with grand jury subpoenas, threatening a criminal indictment related to my testi
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January 12, 2026 at 4:57 AM
This isn’t about anything other than an attempt to bring the Fed to heel.
Shameful. Congress should act.
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Shameful. Congress should act.
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Make sure to read that last paragraph before the Common Sense quotes
Elegant paraphrasing of the Gettysburg Address
Elegant paraphrasing of the Gettysburg Address
January 11, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Make sure to read that last paragraph before the Common Sense quotes
Elegant paraphrasing of the Gettysburg Address
Elegant paraphrasing of the Gettysburg Address
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I’m in that crowd. See me?
BREAKING: Staggering scenes as brave Iranians stand up to their illegitimate government in Tehran... um, hang on, I'm being told this is actually Minneapolis. Forget I said anything...
January 11, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I’m in that crowd. See me?
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The Minn Star Trib has an excellent frame-by-frame analysis of the Good homicide.
A couple things (also noted elsewhere) stand out. 🧵:
1) ICE agent Ross's first shot, when he *might* have felt in danger, hit 'the bottom corner of the driver’s side windshield.'
www.startribune.com/breaking-dow...
A couple things (also noted elsewhere) stand out. 🧵:
1) ICE agent Ross's first shot, when he *might* have felt in danger, hit 'the bottom corner of the driver’s side windshield.'
www.startribune.com/breaking-dow...
January 10, 2026 at 9:56 PM
The Minn Star Trib has an excellent frame-by-frame analysis of the Good homicide.
A couple things (also noted elsewhere) stand out. 🧵:
1) ICE agent Ross's first shot, when he *might* have felt in danger, hit 'the bottom corner of the driver’s side windshield.'
www.startribune.com/breaking-dow...
A couple things (also noted elsewhere) stand out. 🧵:
1) ICE agent Ross's first shot, when he *might* have felt in danger, hit 'the bottom corner of the driver’s side windshield.'
www.startribune.com/breaking-dow...
“His maternal ancestor Robert Catesby tried to blow up his paternal ancestor James I during the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/a...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/a...
How Kit Harington Left Jon Snow Behind
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January 11, 2026 at 4:42 PM
“His maternal ancestor Robert Catesby tried to blow up his paternal ancestor James I during the Gunpowder Plot of 1605.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/a...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/11/a...
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F meta. F Elon. F TikTok.
Thank you for this advice. You guys please be patient with me as I learn about how to engage with you guys on this app in the way that I was on threads. 🙏
Thank you for this advice. You guys please be patient with me as I learn about how to engage with you guys on this app in the way that I was on threads. 🙏
Keep posting, it will get more traction than a chained snow tire on a sanded road, (sorry, Vermonter here). You keep posting, I will keep sharing. Hope to see you in Burlington, at the Flynn on the 31st! ICE is a para military group run by a cos playing whore, who gets off on shooting dogs.
January 10, 2026 at 7:38 PM
F meta. F Elon. F TikTok.
Thank you for this advice. You guys please be patient with me as I learn about how to engage with you guys on this app in the way that I was on threads. 🙏
Thank you for this advice. You guys please be patient with me as I learn about how to engage with you guys on this app in the way that I was on threads. 🙏
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Wow, this is flattering and humbling. I’ll be honest I have a show tonight in San Jose at 7 PM and I can only hope that the audience tonight feels the way that you are expressing that you felt. Thank you for “buying a ticket”. If you know, you know. 😂💕
What an amazing show! You are such an empathetic person and wear you heart on your sleeve. It was so cathartic to be in a crowd with like-minded people and laughing together in solidarity. FUCK ICE!!
January 10, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Wow, this is flattering and humbling. I’ll be honest I have a show tonight in San Jose at 7 PM and I can only hope that the audience tonight feels the way that you are expressing that you felt. Thank you for “buying a ticket”. If you know, you know. 😂💕
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I’d estimate there are about 75 or 80 protesters here today in Turlock on a 45° day in Turlock, which is very cold for us.
The music at our anti-ice protest this morning is all 1960s and 70s protest songs. In case you were wondering which generation organized this.
January 10, 2026 at 7:14 PM
I’d estimate there are about 75 or 80 protesters here today in Turlock on a 45° day in Turlock, which is very cold for us.
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/10 I'd say 50% of the cars through this busy intersection on Colorado are honking in approval.
Wife: [deadpan] weird all the Priuses always honk
Wife: [deadpan] weird all the Priuses always honk
January 10, 2026 at 8:53 PM
/10 I'd say 50% of the cars through this busy intersection on Colorado are honking in approval.
Wife: [deadpan] weird all the Priuses always honk
Wife: [deadpan] weird all the Priuses always honk
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Markets run on trust. If the ref starts live-tweeting the score before kickoff, don’t be shocked when fans stop buying tickets—and investors stop buying stocks.
January 9, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Markets run on trust. If the ref starts live-tweeting the score before kickoff, don’t be shocked when fans stop buying tickets—and investors stop buying stocks.
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January 9, 2026 at 1:02 PM
McWhorter on the F-word, a fun read
Reminds me of how the fertility clinic doctor reminded my wife (with me in the room) to “get together tonight” after each round of IUI. That was the doctor’s choice of euphemism, in between formal Latin and the vernacular
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
Reminds me of how the fertility clinic doctor reminded my wife (with me in the room) to “get together tonight” after each round of IUI. That was the doctor’s choice of euphemism, in between formal Latin and the vernacular
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
Opinion | The Normalization of ‘FAFO’ Might Be Good for English
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January 9, 2026 at 2:06 PM
McWhorter on the F-word, a fun read
Reminds me of how the fertility clinic doctor reminded my wife (with me in the room) to “get together tonight” after each round of IUI. That was the doctor’s choice of euphemism, in between formal Latin and the vernacular
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
Reminds me of how the fertility clinic doctor reminded my wife (with me in the room) to “get together tonight” after each round of IUI. That was the doctor’s choice of euphemism, in between formal Latin and the vernacular
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
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A large, peaceful crowd gathering here at Fort Snelling to protest ICE.
January 8, 2026 at 1:43 PM
A large, peaceful crowd gathering here at Fort Snelling to protest ICE.
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Donald Trump and JD Vance and Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem and Tricia McLaughlin lied.
Renee Nicole Good died.
Renee Nicole Good died.
January 8, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Donald Trump and JD Vance and Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem and Tricia McLaughlin lied.
Renee Nicole Good died.
Renee Nicole Good died.
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Better yet, disestablish all of DHS, and undo the nightmarish idiocies that we created in a panic 25 years ago. Reestablish the INS, get rid of ODNI, fix the damage from the Patriot Act, etc.
For the love of all that is decent and holy: abolish ICE
January 8, 2026 at 3:02 AM
Better yet, disestablish all of DHS, and undo the nightmarish idiocies that we created in a panic 25 years ago. Reestablish the INS, get rid of ODNI, fix the damage from the Patriot Act, etc.
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Reminder, Minnesota's Earned Sick and Safe Time provides paid time off if your child's school is closed for public emergency
www.dli.mn.gov/sick-leave
www.dli.mn.gov/sick-leave
Earned sick and safe time (ESST) | Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry
Minnesota law requires employers to provide earned sick and safe time (ESST), a type of paid leave, to workers in the state. FAQs about earned sick and safe time Rulemaking: Earned sick and safe time...
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January 8, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Reminder, Minnesota's Earned Sick and Safe Time provides paid time off if your child's school is closed for public emergency
www.dli.mn.gov/sick-leave
www.dli.mn.gov/sick-leave