Andrea Matranga
@andreamatranga.bsky.social
Economic Historian at Università di Torino. I aspire to a Plinian mind. From Palermo, Sicily.
Substack: https://andreamatranga.substack.com
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I created a Substack! for now it's mainly a place I post lightly edited versions of my long threads.
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@Natkhov and myself's paper on the introduction of serfdom in Russia in response to nomadic slave raids. Sign up here
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@Natkhov and myself's paper on the introduction of serfdom in Russia in response to nomadic slave raids. Sign up here
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LaTeX should have a command for "Insert Murdock Ethnographic Atlas Map with Citation"
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 AM
LaTeX should have a command for "Insert Murdock Ethnographic Atlas Map with Citation"
youtu.be/cGJcQ_FW9TY?... it's kind of bizarre what was considered a jerk back then
President Nixon Appealed To The Jerks
YouTube video by David Hoffman
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
youtu.be/cGJcQ_FW9TY?... it's kind of bizarre what was considered a jerk back then
For today’s video I’m flipping the script!
.ecnetnes a etirwer tsael ta nac I ,dlrow eht etirwer dluoc odranoeL fi esuaceB
.ecnetnes a etirwer tsael ta nac I ,dlrow eht etirwer dluoc odranoeL fi esuaceB
November 16, 2025 at 12:00 PM
For today’s video I’m flipping the script!
.ecnetnes a etirwer tsael ta nac I ,dlrow eht etirwer dluoc odranoeL fi esuaceB
.ecnetnes a etirwer tsael ta nac I ,dlrow eht etirwer dluoc odranoeL fi esuaceB
The first step in any intellectual journey
November 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
The first step in any intellectual journey
AS I SAID IN MY LAST EMAIL,... @sarahebond.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 9:26 AM
AS I SAID IN MY LAST EMAIL,... @sarahebond.bsky.social
One of the super convenient things of chatgpt is doing batch file format conversions in python wihtout having to know any of the relevant libraries.
November 13, 2025 at 12:18 PM
One of the super convenient things of chatgpt is doing batch file format conversions in python wihtout having to know any of the relevant libraries.
One of the strongest female lead characters of all time
November 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
One of the strongest female lead characters of all time
I remember walking around our old neighborhood in Orange, seeing all the houses, many of them still owned by their original buyers, long since paid off, and thinking what a waste. Who allowed them to pay off their home. They should be generating interest payments, going to me.
November 13, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I remember walking around our old neighborhood in Orange, seeing all the houses, many of them still owned by their original buyers, long since paid off, and thinking what a waste. Who allowed them to pay off their home. They should be generating interest payments, going to me.
When Jupiter's Red Spot storm finally ends
November 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
When Jupiter's Red Spot storm finally ends
Reposted by Andrea Matranga
Calling all researchers working on the environment and health! 🌿🚑
#ASHEcon2026 will be in Minneapolis (June 7–10, 2026), and I’m helping organize the Environment & Health program.
Looking forward to seeing your submissions (deadline is December 10)!
👉 www.ashecon.org/2026-minneap...
#ASHEcon2026 will be in Minneapolis (June 7–10, 2026), and I’m helping organize the Environment & Health program.
Looking forward to seeing your submissions (deadline is December 10)!
👉 www.ashecon.org/2026-minneap...
2026 Call for Abstracts – ASHEcon
www.ashecon.org
November 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Calling all researchers working on the environment and health! 🌿🚑
#ASHEcon2026 will be in Minneapolis (June 7–10, 2026), and I’m helping organize the Environment & Health program.
Looking forward to seeing your submissions (deadline is December 10)!
👉 www.ashecon.org/2026-minneap...
#ASHEcon2026 will be in Minneapolis (June 7–10, 2026), and I’m helping organize the Environment & Health program.
Looking forward to seeing your submissions (deadline is December 10)!
👉 www.ashecon.org/2026-minneap...
Who on Econsky is a tennis fan? This is for an undertaking of great advantage, but nobody to know what it is?
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Who on Econsky is a tennis fan? This is for an undertaking of great advantage, but nobody to know what it is?
The diagnosis is attitudinosis
November 12, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The diagnosis is attitudinosis
Reposted by Andrea Matranga
My group at the University of Illinois is hiring a tenure-track applied economist.
We're especially interested in environmental/public reduced-form rookies with research that complements our group.
Tell your students to apply! #EconSky
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
We're especially interested in environmental/public reduced-form rookies with research that complements our group.
Tell your students to apply! #EconSky
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
American Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
www.aeaweb.org
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
My group at the University of Illinois is hiring a tenure-track applied economist.
We're especially interested in environmental/public reduced-form rookies with research that complements our group.
Tell your students to apply! #EconSky
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
We're especially interested in environmental/public reduced-form rookies with research that complements our group.
Tell your students to apply! #EconSky
www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
Reposted by Andrea Matranga
‼️ Mexico's first woman president, Claudia Sheinbaum, just announced she's pressing charges after being groped in the street:
“If they do this to the president, what happens to all the women in our country?”
“If they do this to the president, what happens to all the women in our country?”
November 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
‼️ Mexico's first woman president, Claudia Sheinbaum, just announced she's pressing charges after being groped in the street:
“If they do this to the president, what happens to all the women in our country?”
“If they do this to the president, what happens to all the women in our country?”
Future archaeologists will be able to date concrete structures from the tree rings from the formwork
November 11, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Future archaeologists will be able to date concrete structures from the tree rings from the formwork
If anybody's on the market for econ history, happy to take a look and post about it
November 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
If anybody's on the market for econ history, happy to take a look and post about it
Starting my Roman aqueducts presentation "Friends, colleagues, economists: I come here to discuss the Roman Empire's provision of hydraulic infrastructure. Not to praise it. The evils which Empires visit on their subjects are often remembered, the public goods which they provide are interred with.."
November 10, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Starting my Roman aqueducts presentation "Friends, colleagues, economists: I come here to discuss the Roman Empire's provision of hydraulic infrastructure. Not to praise it. The evils which Empires visit on their subjects are often remembered, the public goods which they provide are interred with.."
The Roman aqueduct calculation code was crashing, so I sacrificed a rabbit to Minerva and now it runs fine
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The Roman aqueduct calculation code was crashing, so I sacrificed a rabbit to Minerva and now it runs fine
youtu.be/3__HO-akNC8?... like solar, data centers have their own issues for the grid
How AI is Ruining the Electric Grid
YouTube video by Wendover Productions
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 8:08 AM
youtu.be/3__HO-akNC8?... like solar, data centers have their own issues for the grid
I bet the cricket test match thing started at an even hour match and at the end the prince royal's team was loosing so they just kept "best two out of three" until it was five days
November 10, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I bet the cricket test match thing started at an even hour match and at the end the prince royal's team was loosing so they just kept "best two out of three" until it was five days
after along hiatus, I took the ole' dslr out again and took portraits of my colleagues here at UniTo (they're the high resolution ones with the out of focus highlights in the background) www.esomas.unito.it/do/docenti.p...
www.esomas.unito.it
November 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
after along hiatus, I took the ole' dslr out again and took portraits of my colleagues here at UniTo (they're the high resolution ones with the out of focus highlights in the background) www.esomas.unito.it/do/docenti.p...
If they implement these punitive taxes on the rich in the UK the effect will be appalling. Why would they put in any effort? The next William the Conqueror might we'll decide to stay in Normandy
November 7, 2025 at 6:28 AM
If they implement these punitive taxes on the rich in the UK the effect will be appalling. Why would they put in any effort? The next William the Conqueror might we'll decide to stay in Normandy
Basically, in this picture of the 16000 cars at doger stadium, thirty of them will end up killng someone (about the amount in the area circled in t red
November 7, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Basically, in this picture of the 16000 cars at doger stadium, thirty of them will end up killng someone (about the amount in the area circled in t red
There is a looming split in the Anglican church over whether once it starts burning the effigy truly becomes Guy Fawkes
November 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
There is a looming split in the Anglican church over whether once it starts burning the effigy truly becomes Guy Fawkes
This is going to sound weird, but Parmigiano pieces with pandistelle cookies taste good
November 6, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This is going to sound weird, but Parmigiano pieces with pandistelle cookies taste good