Ben Golub
@bengolub.bsky.social
economics and computer science professor at Northwestern
bengolub.net
social and economic networks
originally from Ukraine
bengolub.net
social and economic networks
originally from Ukraine
presented without comment
October 6, 2025 at 11:25 PM
presented without comment
This is the kind of feedback it gives -
We've been using it mostly on technical manuscripts in social science, statistics, applied math, philosophy, and other topics. Would welcome feedback on how it performs on your research.
We've been using it mostly on technical manuscripts in social science, statistics, applied math, philosophy, and other topics. Would welcome feedback on how it performs on your research.
September 24, 2025 at 1:48 AM
This is the kind of feedback it gives -
We've been using it mostly on technical manuscripts in social science, statistics, applied math, philosophy, and other topics. Would welcome feedback on how it performs on your research.
We've been using it mostly on technical manuscripts in social science, statistics, applied math, philosophy, and other topics. Would welcome feedback on how it performs on your research.
Refine catches issues like
- wrong internal references (you wrote Table 2 but meant Table 3)
- mathematical reasoning errors
- errors in applying econometric methods.
It differs from popular tools like ChatGPT in that the output is more thorough (whole paper at once) and more accurate.
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- wrong internal references (you wrote Table 2 but meant Table 3)
- mathematical reasoning errors
- errors in applying econometric methods.
It differs from popular tools like ChatGPT in that the output is more thorough (whole paper at once) and more accurate.
2/
July 24, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Refine catches issues like
- wrong internal references (you wrote Table 2 but meant Table 3)
- mathematical reasoning errors
- errors in applying econometric methods.
It differs from popular tools like ChatGPT in that the output is more thorough (whole paper at once) and more accurate.
2/
- wrong internal references (you wrote Table 2 but meant Table 3)
- mathematical reasoning errors
- errors in applying econometric methods.
It differs from popular tools like ChatGPT in that the output is more thorough (whole paper at once) and more accurate.
2/
M. Gessen is a caricature
(This is about Mamdani being accused of antisemitism)
(This is about Mamdani being accused of antisemitism)
June 24, 2025 at 11:38 AM
M. Gessen is a caricature
(This is about Mamdani being accused of antisemitism)
(This is about Mamdani being accused of antisemitism)
Fred's Bread At the Evanston farmers' market is very popular!
(click for the full effect)
(click for the full effect)
May 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Fred's Bread At the Evanston farmers' market is very popular!
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what a complete idiot.
May 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
what a complete idiot.
the op-ed, i thought, was pretty good on this
Understanding the political aspects of knowledge is important, but when I see how this has worked in history departments, I'm very pessimistic that their way of doing it is compatible with continuing political legitimacy for universities
Understanding the political aspects of knowledge is important, but when I see how this has worked in history departments, I'm very pessimistic that their way of doing it is compatible with continuing political legitimacy for universities
May 3, 2025 at 10:48 PM
the op-ed, i thought, was pretty good on this
Understanding the political aspects of knowledge is important, but when I see how this has worked in history departments, I'm very pessimistic that their way of doing it is compatible with continuing political legitimacy for universities
Understanding the political aspects of knowledge is important, but when I see how this has worked in history departments, I'm very pessimistic that their way of doing it is compatible with continuing political legitimacy for universities
the network theorists are getting excited!
that's never a good sign for you, if you are any kind of normal person
that's never a good sign for you, if you are any kind of normal person
April 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
the network theorists are getting excited!
that's never a good sign for you, if you are any kind of normal person
that's never a good sign for you, if you are any kind of normal person
the tariff shock engineered by Trump is certainly a medium-sized aggregate shock.
there are good reasons to expect it to cause a pretty severe medium-run hit to the whole economy
which even careful, reasonable economists miss and underestimate in their predictions
bengolub.net/snff-2/
there are good reasons to expect it to cause a pretty severe medium-run hit to the whole economy
which even careful, reasonable economists miss and underestimate in their predictions
bengolub.net/snff-2/
April 27, 2025 at 6:46 PM
the tariff shock engineered by Trump is certainly a medium-sized aggregate shock.
there are good reasons to expect it to cause a pretty severe medium-run hit to the whole economy
which even careful, reasonable economists miss and underestimate in their predictions
bengolub.net/snff-2/
there are good reasons to expect it to cause a pretty severe medium-run hit to the whole economy
which even careful, reasonable economists miss and underestimate in their predictions
bengolub.net/snff-2/
you daily "supply network formation and fragility" tweet
April 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
you daily "supply network formation and fragility" tweet
supply network volatility (caused by Trump tariff) tipping into sharp increases in US costs of borrowing
more signs pointing to a broad crisis
more signs pointing to a broad crisis
April 9, 2025 at 4:04 AM
supply network volatility (caused by Trump tariff) tipping into sharp increases in US costs of borrowing
more signs pointing to a broad crisis
more signs pointing to a broad crisis
The survey below is a bit older, but is an excellent one to read first to lay some of the groundwork on the hugely influential first generation of network modeling.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
April 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The survey below is a bit older, but is an excellent one to read first to lay some of the groundwork on the hugely influential first generation of network modeling.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Here's a survey of how network macroeconomics integrates some of the propagation mechanisms into standard macro models.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
April 7, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Here's a survey of how network macroeconomics integrates some of the propagation mechanisms into standard macro models.
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Here's an Annual Reviews survey that reviews what standard models of production and trade are missing, and how network theory can illuminate fragilities.
bengolub.net/fragilitysur...
bengolub.net/fragilitysur...
April 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Here's an Annual Reviews survey that reviews what standard models of production and trade are missing, and how network theory can illuminate fragilities.
bengolub.net/fragilitysur...
bengolub.net/fragilitysur...
But the markets can sense that the crippling disruptions and scar tissue are real.
And markets also don't believe reshoring will fix all this, for a simple reason: these supply chains are too complex to reshore, and reshoring is slow and very expesnive.
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And markets also don't believe reshoring will fix all this, for a simple reason: these supply chains are too complex to reshore, and reshoring is slow and very expesnive.
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April 7, 2025 at 11:41 AM
But the markets can sense that the crippling disruptions and scar tissue are real.
And markets also don't believe reshoring will fix all this, for a simple reason: these supply chains are too complex to reshore, and reshoring is slow and very expesnive.
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And markets also don't believe reshoring will fix all this, for a simple reason: these supply chains are too complex to reshore, and reshoring is slow and very expesnive.
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Look at the structure of modern supply networks.
Most of these sourcing relationships cross borders.
And most of these relationships operate on low margins. That means big tariffs will shut down a considerable number of them.
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Most of these sourcing relationships cross borders.
And most of these relationships operate on low margins. That means big tariffs will shut down a considerable number of them.
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April 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Look at the structure of modern supply networks.
Most of these sourcing relationships cross borders.
And most of these relationships operate on low margins. That means big tariffs will shut down a considerable number of them.
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Most of these sourcing relationships cross borders.
And most of these relationships operate on low margins. That means big tariffs will shut down a considerable number of them.
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me when i'm asked about my theorem
March 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
me when i'm asked about my theorem
I gave an LLM a monumentally terrible piece of academic writing and asked it to degrade the first paragraph of one of my own papers in the same style.
February 12, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I gave an LLM a monumentally terrible piece of academic writing and asked it to degrade the first paragraph of one of my own papers in the same style.
In fact, I have coauthored a whole paper arguing that the networked nature of modern production can amplify the harm of a small or moderate shock...
way beyond what standard models predict.
bengolub.net/snff-2/
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way beyond what standard models predict.
bengolub.net/snff-2/
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February 2, 2025 at 12:59 PM
In fact, I have coauthored a whole paper arguing that the networked nature of modern production can amplify the harm of a small or moderate shock...
way beyond what standard models predict.
bengolub.net/snff-2/
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way beyond what standard models predict.
bengolub.net/snff-2/
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