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Raymond Guiteras
@guiterasecon.bsky.social
NCSU (ARE, Global WaSH, CEnREP), JPAL.

Work-related private account. All opinions my own.

https://go.ncsu.edu/rpguiter

Buy the sky and sell the sky

Personal account at @raymondguiteras.bsky.social
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Hi all, please spread the word and we hope everyone can make good use of this new data drop: cmfdata.org

The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata - Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata
CMFdata.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
A whole day's productivity goes poof
"Build A Ballroom"
November 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
@scuffed.bsky.social I can confirm that Jimmy V really enjoyed yesterday's pod
November 4, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Today, I am reminded of the wisdom of the ancient proverb known in all cultures since the dawn of time:

Guys, you don't have to tweet. Or skeet. You really don't.
November 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Big respect to the Class of '45 PhDs who are still getting their referee reports in
October 31, 2025 at 7:16 PM
"We reject authoritarian rule."

I hope this is true but voting behavior suggests it is not.
Americans agree with this statement, by a 71 to 19 margin:

“The president should work within limits, share power with Congress and the courts, and compromise with other branches of government in order to accomplish his goals.”

We reject authoritarian rule.

www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-v...
October 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Scariest costume in town
October 31, 2025 at 12:27 PM
🦣🦣🦣
Sorry but 'let's get Dan Brown in here' is better than any joke I could make about Weiss booking guests
Lmao what (from today's Breaker newsletter)
October 29, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Thommy Spineliss grows, well, not exactly a spine, but some sort of slightly cartilagenous axis

We will take the win and call him to congratulate him in the morning (919) 856-4630

(Occasionally they pick up the Raleigh line)
Senate votes to REPEAL Trump's tariffs on Brazil. 5 Republicans vote with the Democrats.

Great work everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JUST IN: The Senate voted to repeal President Trump's tariffs on Brazil, with five Republicans joining Democrats.
October 28, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Thank you to North Carolina's own (*) Thommy Spineliss

(*) Actually from Florida
Democratic erosion but for public health. They are slowly grinding the infrastructure into bits. So dangerous. Children will literally die.
NEW: The entire staff supporting ACIP was laid off, and most working groups haven't met in months.

That means the US may not make routine vaccine recommendations for more than half of children in 2026, and it could halt new vaccines in the pipeline. My latest:
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
October 27, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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Super excited for the inaugural summit of LGBTQ+ Economists and Allies in Asia-Pacific (LEAP)!

Come and join us in beautiful Melbourne on May 13-14, 2026!

❗𝐏𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝟏𝟒 𝐃𝐞𝐜❗

melbourneinstitute.unimelb.edu.au/conferences/...
October 27, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Why
October 27, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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An oldie, but a goodie.
October 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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CSWEP proudly announces the new Janet L. Yellen Award for Excellence in Public Service. In recognition of her career & lasting impact, the inaugural award goes to Janet Yellen. She’ll speak at the awards luncheon & be honored at a reception at ASSA2026: aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...
CSWEP Reception
aeaweb.org
October 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I've loved this story for 30 years now, one more day until it ends. The definition of bittersweet.
October 22, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Boast about slapping on a tariff and then whine about prices being high ... good brain, the best brain.
Trump says cattle ranchers don’t understand the cattle industry as well as him.
October 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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The US Administration is nuking PhD programs around our country, including Harvard’s. The damage will be vast and permanent.
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs

- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Intriguing...
@planetmoney.bsky.social made a board game! First episode about it is out now. A version of it was tested at my board game day.

I love hearing about the industry wide aspiration to create a Monopoly killer. Monopoly is not a great game.🤘

www.npr.org/series/g-s1-...
Planet Money Makes A Boardgame
Planet Money is making a board game!We're partnering with Exploding Kittens to create a board game, which will be available for purchase in fall 2026.We'll periodically publish episodes between now an...
www.npr.org
October 16, 2025 at 5:08 PM
New home office decoration. Much rejoicing from @adambonin.bsky.social , @stevevladeck.bsky.social and @emptywheel.bsky.social . futile boos and curses from @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social @dandrezner.bsky.social @awando.bsky.social among others.
October 13, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Every once in a **very** long while, Catholicism is just metal as hel -- ah ... um ... heck.
Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”
October 11, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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I will humbly accept merely many hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Let the (downward) bidding commence.
October 10, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Well done #MIT although I would have skipped the "with respect"
October 10, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Fascism in Europe destroyed the then greatest university system in the world. Fascism in the US well on the way to replicating the original.

*list above (apart from Fermi) from pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...
The scientific exodus from Nazi Germany
Beginning in 1933, hundreds of physicists and other academics fled the country, transforming their lives and the global scientific landscape.
pubs.aip.org
October 10, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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As far as high-profile academics moving out of Trump's America goes, it doesn't get more high-profile than this.

🇺🇸 → 🇨🇭
We are thrilled to welcome Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee as the new Lemann Foundation Professors to our department, beginning in the summer of 2026.
October 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Lots of discussion on how the EU is supposed to catch up with the US in new tech.
This is how: we preserve our democracy, rule of law, individual freedoms and general decency. Then very smart people who used to find that in the US will come to the EU.
Sure, other things matter, but this central.
As far as high-profile academics moving out of Trump's America goes, it doesn't get more high-profile than this.

🇺🇸 → 🇨🇭
We are thrilled to welcome Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee as the new Lemann Foundation Professors to our department, beginning in the summer of 2026.
October 10, 2025 at 11:04 AM