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Alex Eble
@alexeble.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Economics and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University

Development economist, enthusiast

www.alexeble.com
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"ICE" beating man during arrest in Santa Ana California.
June 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Happening now here at @barnardcollege.bsky.social: the second incarnation of the Gender in the Global Economy Conference.

Program attached - more updates to come!
October 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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September 16, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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The problem with allowing guns everywhere is that no one is safe anywhere.
September 10, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This is super, super sad. I did not agree with the guy's politics, but no one should be murdered for their beliefs. My heart is with his family and friends. RIP. 💔
September 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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STOP Gun violence.
Praying for Charlie Kirk and family.
September 10, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in a college applicant's file is blatantly unconstitutional

ALSO SCOTUS: considering race as one factor in targeting whom to detain and deport is cool cool cool
September 8, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Pls share widely! And consider signing
Over 125 economists signed the open letter calling on the President, Congress, and the American public to uphold the principles of Federal Reserve independence and not remove Lisa Cook without due process.

There's still time to sign! And please share.

#EconSky

docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Open letter
Click here to add your signature. An Open Letter from Economists in Support of Governor Lisa Cook and Federal Reserve Independence To the President, Members of Congress, and the American public: We wr...
docs.google.com
August 27, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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Leading global experts just confirmed what we’ve long known: Gaza is in famine. At least half a million Palestinians are facing starvation, acute malnutrition and death. And it’s likely to spread.

The U.S. government is not a bystander to this genocide. We can end it today.
Gaza City officially in famine, says global hunger monitor
Gaza City and surrounding areas are officially suffering from famine, and it will likely spread, a global hunger monitor determined on Friday, an assessment that will escalate pressure on Israel to allow more aid into the Palestinian enclave.
www.reuters.com
August 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Econ PhDs who will be on the #EconJobMarket:

Next Tues Aug 19 at 1pm ET is a NABE (‪@nabe-econ.bsky.social)‬ Career Week panel on "Industry, Government, or Academia? Choosing Your Path in Applied Economics"

Register here 👉 www.nabe.com/NABE/Events/...
August 13, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Just to say this plainly: what you're looking at here is a federal police force accountable only to the president rolling up to intimidate the governor of California as he announces his plan to counter a federal legislative coup out of Texas which will ensure their permanent presence in our streets
Armed Trump administration agents wearing masks just showed up outside of Gavin Newsom’s press conference.

This is what rising fascism looks like.
August 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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This is one of the most econ things ive ever seen (laudatory)
Men brain poisoned by the rationalist community: men are superior to women because we make decisions using data and evidence and not our emotions
Lady economist: I have looked at the data and it says there's little benefit to dating men
Men: no, not like that!
www.thecut.com/article/cori...
This Economist Crunched the Numbers and Stopped Dating Men
And she’s never been happier.
www.thecut.com
August 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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Zohran is not in a rent controlled unit, you doofus. He is in a rent stablized unit, and if you don't know the difference, you don't have any business running for mayor.
Run him the fuck out of town. Now.
August 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Does where you go to high school affect whether you vote as an adult? My working paper estimating high school effects on civic engagement is now posted on Annenberg: edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1260.
High School Effects on Civic Engagement
Preparing young people for the rights and responsibilities of citizenship is cited as a fundamental purpose of public education, yet little is known about whether or how K-12 schools impact civic enga...
edworkingpapers.com
August 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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The Columbia deal is incredibly disappointing. For those of us here--faculty and students--trying every day to do good work, it's a huge blow. But "the discourse" is also demoralizing for two reasons: it assumes the choice was simple and it seems to blame all at Columbia. 1/6
July 24, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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How does unreliable urban transport disproportionately limit women’s access to higher education—and can infrastructure fixes close the gap? @falbav.bsky.social , @wakeforest.bsky.social , discusses: faculti.net/transport-ba...
#economics
July 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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I've seen editors of journals say this before but being on the other side can confirm: the easiest zero-cost way to speed up the review process is to quickly turn down requests to review that you can't do.
July 9, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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A radical Christian just murdered the speaker of a state house but the real worry is the theocratic muslim who said the bus should be cheaper
June 27, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Trivia for your next pub quiz — or perhaps trade negotiation: The United States already has a free trade agreement with Canada. It's called USMCA, and was negotiated by President Trump.
June 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
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They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida.

If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.
June 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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nyt op-ed: we cannot normalize the left’s brazen attempt to win voters by talking to them
June 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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amtrak’s marketing team gets it
June 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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