Abhi G
@abhigu.bsky.social
Economist. Interested in macroeconomics, housing politics, transit, my dog, etc
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For as long as I can remember, ever since I was a little boy I have wanted to read pdfs
September 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
For as long as I can remember, ever since I was a little boy I have wanted to read pdfs
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the modern Left decided it loved the 1970s era public interest law movement (CEQA, NEPA, etc) make than it did the 1940s New Deal and so we ended up allocating hundreds of billions to fill out book reports and pay lawyers instead of building things 🙃
one of the things about the Green New Deal era of US climate politics that I miss has to do with this - felt like there was a real sense that political energy could and should be devoted to building actual stuff. still on that team
i've been thinking lately about the loss of the future--not in the historical sense, because the future just keeps on coming--but the loss of the future in the ideological sense, the loss of the future as an organizing principle of politics
this is as true of liberals as it is of the left
this is as true of liberals as it is of the left
December 11, 2024 at 1:56 AM
the modern Left decided it loved the 1970s era public interest law movement (CEQA, NEPA, etc) make than it did the 1940s New Deal and so we ended up allocating hundreds of billions to fill out book reports and pay lawyers instead of building things 🙃
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The man sitting next to me on the Metro is reading a printout of the "Tariff" Wikipedia page
April 3, 2025 at 9:20 PM
The man sitting next to me on the Metro is reading a printout of the "Tariff" Wikipedia page
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Been reading a little mythology and it seems like one of the main cross-cultural themes is, “do not, under any circumstances, get on a boat.”
March 15, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Been reading a little mythology and it seems like one of the main cross-cultural themes is, “do not, under any circumstances, get on a boat.”
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Me besieging Melos: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
Me when the Piraeus is being besieged: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Me when the Piraeus is being besieged: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
January 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Me besieging Melos: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
Me when the Piraeus is being besieged: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
Me when the Piraeus is being besieged: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.
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I must not kill myself. Killing myself is the myself killer
November 8, 2024 at 9:02 PM
I must not kill myself. Killing myself is the myself killer
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Workers be solving Bellman equations.
November 29, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Workers be solving Bellman equations.
Some months back Goldin did this interesting interview with Ashenfelter: open.spotify.com/episode/2U9t...
Skip to 32:45 if short on time! (also this find is courtesy of Zach Bleemer and others over on the Other Site)
Skip to 32:45 if short on time! (also this find is courtesy of Zach Bleemer and others over on the Other Site)
October 9, 2023 at 7:17 PM
Some months back Goldin did this interesting interview with Ashenfelter: open.spotify.com/episode/2U9t...
Skip to 32:45 if short on time! (also this find is courtesy of Zach Bleemer and others over on the Other Site)
Skip to 32:45 if short on time! (also this find is courtesy of Zach Bleemer and others over on the Other Site)