François R. Velde
@fvelde.bsky.social
Economic history (mostly monetary and fiscal, various places and centuries)
Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (usual disclaimer applies)
Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago (usual disclaimer applies)
Cognitive sciences @ McGill - not sure how closely related that course was, but it was in the Philosophy department
March 15, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Cognitive sciences @ McGill - not sure how closely related that course was, but it was in the Philosophy department
@ McGill (last year)
March 15, 2025 at 2:32 AM
@ McGill (last year)
WaPo not on the list, though. You should have offered to do a special issue on MT for $40m.
February 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
WaPo not on the list, though. You should have offered to do a special issue on MT for $40m.
John Cochrane…. a fat finger mistake, as his commentary makes clear.
February 20, 2025 at 9:41 PM
John Cochrane…. a fat finger mistake, as his commentary makes clear.
And there’s a coin museum next door!
January 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
And there’s a coin museum next door!
still an improvement over smoggy 20th c.
November 29, 2024 at 2:49 PM
still an improvement over smoggy 20th c.
Because the conclusions are always stated in the introduction - economists are impatient readers, especially with 50-page papers.
November 17, 2024 at 6:04 PM
Because the conclusions are always stated in the introduction - economists are impatient readers, especially with 50-page papers.
Ah, so the drawings represent the shops rather than the items. That makes more sense.
November 12, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Ah, so the drawings represent the shops rather than the items. That makes more sense.
Then no need for drawings?
November 12, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Then no need for drawings?
How was the illiterate servant supposed to distinguish un bocal di vino from un bocal de tondo?
November 12, 2024 at 6:50 PM
How was the illiterate servant supposed to distinguish un bocal di vino from un bocal de tondo?
Shouldn’t the graph be symmetric around the (0,0) point?
November 8, 2024 at 10:11 PM
Shouldn’t the graph be symmetric around the (0,0) point?