Jacob Greenspon
@jacobgreenspon.bsky.social
Economist PhDing @oxfordecondept.bsky.social & researching @harvardrte.bsky.social. Labour, energy, innovation, history & 🇨🇦
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Great article on undergrads using generative AI for coursework. But what does this free up their time for? I see some students with start-ups; one here says college is “the best place to meet your co-founder and your wife.” It also mentions TikTok. Is their data on this? (Student time use surveys?)
“Massive numbers of students are going to emerge from university with degrees, and into the workforce, who are essentially illiterate…Both in the literal sense and in the sense of being historically illiterate and having no knowledge of their own culture, much less anyone else’s.”
Everyone Is Cheating Their Way Through College
ChatGPT has unraveled the entire academic project.
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May 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Great article on undergrads using generative AI for coursework. But what does this free up their time for? I see some students with start-ups; one here says college is “the best place to meet your co-founder and your wife.” It also mentions TikTok. Is their data on this? (Student time use surveys?)
Pre-doc opening:
Come work with @harvardrte.bsky.social on research about place-based policies, industrial policy, and local labor markets with Gordon Hanson, @drodrik.bsky.social, and the rest of our great team!
#EconRA #EconSky
Come work with @harvardrte.bsky.social on research about place-based policies, industrial policy, and local labor markets with Gordon Hanson, @drodrik.bsky.social, and the rest of our great team!
#EconRA #EconSky
May 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Pre-doc opening:
Come work with @harvardrte.bsky.social on research about place-based policies, industrial policy, and local labor markets with Gordon Hanson, @drodrik.bsky.social, and the rest of our great team!
#EconRA #EconSky
Come work with @harvardrte.bsky.social on research about place-based policies, industrial policy, and local labor markets with Gordon Hanson, @drodrik.bsky.social, and the rest of our great team!
#EconRA #EconSky
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Come intern with us at @rff.org! We are accepting applications for our annual PAID summer internship program in Washington, DC. And one position will be working with me on tax policy related to critical minerals development. Please share!
www.rff.org/careers/summ...
www.rff.org/careers/summ...
RFF Summer Research Internship Program
The RFF summer internship program provides an opportunity for students to prepare for careers that engage in academic and policy-relevant research.
www.rff.org
February 6, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Come intern with us at @rff.org! We are accepting applications for our annual PAID summer internship program in Washington, DC. And one position will be working with me on tax policy related to critical minerals development. Please share!
www.rff.org/careers/summ...
www.rff.org/careers/summ...
New publication! See thread below for a great overview
Excited to announce that our paper, “The Global Distribution of Authorship in Economics Journals”, co-authored with @jacobgreenspon.bsky.social @drodrik.bsky.social, is now published in World Development! 🌍📚 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... Here’s a quick summary 🧵
January 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
New publication! See thread below for a great overview
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Does the US have a trade deficit with Canada? Yes — but only because of the massive amount of energy it buys to fuel its powerful economy of 340m people. Canada has about 42m.
Here are the trade flows on a per-capita basis — and they tell a different story.
Here are the trade flows on a per-capita basis — and they tell a different story.
January 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Does the US have a trade deficit with Canada? Yes — but only because of the massive amount of energy it buys to fuel its powerful economy of 340m people. Canada has about 42m.
Here are the trade flows on a per-capita basis — and they tell a different story.
Here are the trade flows on a per-capita basis — and they tell a different story.
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Hey folks! Excited to join the first-ever @reeconomies.bsky.social virtual brownbag on Friday, Jan 17. I'll be chatting w/ @danielraimi.bsky.social about how the decline in coal has impacted workers. Register here ⬇️ #econsky #energytransition
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Resilient Energy Economies "brownbag" featuring Eleanor Krause. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Resilient Energy Economies "brownbag" featuring Eleanor Krause. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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January 9, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Hey folks! Excited to join the first-ever @reeconomies.bsky.social virtual brownbag on Friday, Jan 17. I'll be chatting w/ @danielraimi.bsky.social about how the decline in coal has impacted workers. Register here ⬇️ #econsky #energytransition
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Great resource from LBL on electricity cost trends and drivers. It's the distribution costs, folks: eta-publications.lbl.gov/sites/defaul...
January 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Great resource from LBL on electricity cost trends and drivers. It's the distribution costs, folks: eta-publications.lbl.gov/sites/defaul...
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There's no such thing as an Interim or Temporary Prime Minister.
The correct term is Pub Quiz Prime Minister.
The correct term is Pub Quiz Prime Minister.
January 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM
There's no such thing as an Interim or Temporary Prime Minister.
The correct term is Pub Quiz Prime Minister.
The correct term is Pub Quiz Prime Minister.
I’ll be presenting some early-stage research on workers and automation—studying longshoremen and shipping containerization—today at noon ET online @oehworkshop.bsky.social for those interested!
youtube.com/@oehworkshop...
youtube.com/@oehworkshop...
December 17, 2024 at 2:11 PM
I’ll be presenting some early-stage research on workers and automation—studying longshoremen and shipping containerization—today at noon ET online @oehworkshop.bsky.social for those interested!
youtube.com/@oehworkshop...
youtube.com/@oehworkshop...
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#Syria now faces a huge challenge: putting back together a country divided by 13 years of civil war and a half-century of brutal dictatorship. The rebels are themselves significantly divided.
Here's the background you need on the key players in the transition: https://buff.ly/4g1TnYY #News
Here's the background you need on the key players in the transition: https://buff.ly/4g1TnYY #News
Assad leaves behind a fragmented nation – stabilizing it will be a major challenge for fractured opposition and external backers
Opposition forces marched into Damascus on Dec. 8, seemingly ending the half-century rule of the Assad family. But what happens next?
buff.ly
December 8, 2024 at 5:36 PM
#Syria now faces a huge challenge: putting back together a country divided by 13 years of civil war and a half-century of brutal dictatorship. The rebels are themselves significantly divided.
Here's the background you need on the key players in the transition: https://buff.ly/4g1TnYY #News
Here's the background you need on the key players in the transition: https://buff.ly/4g1TnYY #News
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New paper for the Aspen Economic Strategy Group: "Eight Questions—and Some
Answers—on the US Fiscal Situation".
One post for each question--plus more for my solutions. https://www.economicstrategygroup.org/publication/furman-fiscal/
Answers—on the US Fiscal Situation".
One post for each question--plus more for my solutions. https://www.economicstrategygroup.org/publication/furman-fiscal/
December 5, 2024 at 5:51 PM
New paper for the Aspen Economic Strategy Group: "Eight Questions—and Some
Answers—on the US Fiscal Situation".
One post for each question--plus more for my solutions. https://www.economicstrategygroup.org/publication/furman-fiscal/
Answers—on the US Fiscal Situation".
One post for each question--plus more for my solutions. https://www.economicstrategygroup.org/publication/furman-fiscal/
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For Bluesky-Curious Econ Lovers, a Quick Start guide to plugging into the economics community here.
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It aims to lower the costs & boost the benefits for folks to engage here.
If it seems useful, please share it here & especially on X.
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For Bluesky-Curious Econ Lovers - Aaron Sojourner
This Quick Start guide aims to help econ lovers easily join Bluesky’s growing economics community. The Bluesky User FAQ covers generic basics, like how to start an account. This guide orients you to e...
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September 11, 2024 at 11:52 AM
For Bluesky-Curious Econ Lovers, a Quick Start guide to plugging into the economics community here.
It aims to lower the costs & boost the benefits for folks to engage here.
If it seems useful, please share it here & especially on X.
📉📈 #️⃣#️⃣
aaronsojourner.org/for-bluesky-...
It aims to lower the costs & boost the benefits for folks to engage here.
If it seems useful, please share it here & especially on X.
📉📈 #️⃣#️⃣
aaronsojourner.org/for-bluesky-...