Michael Hoffman
@leboncondorcet.bsky.social
Chief Economist at the US GAO, providing the evidence base for economic policymaking in the public interest. Taught at American, PhD at Duke, undergrad at Michigan. Views my own.
I had the same question--I just asked Nela Richardson on LinkedIn if there were plans to release any additional documentation.
October 30, 2025 at 12:41 AM
I had the same question--I just asked Nela Richardson on LinkedIn if there were plans to release any additional documentation.
The Financial Times had a good and skeptical breakdown here, in short once you make the right age comparisons you get what looks like a broad-based weakening rather and a college graduate/AI slowdown www.ft.com/content/ea9e...
What the graduate unemployment story gets wrong
People with a degree are faring better, not worse than their non-graduate counterparts
www.ft.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The Financial Times had a good and skeptical breakdown here, in short once you make the right age comparisons you get what looks like a broad-based weakening rather and a college graduate/AI slowdown www.ft.com/content/ea9e...
And I am a long time fan of Mokyr's work, going back to Gifts of Athena (also 2002), highly recommended if you want to understand the link between the Enlightenment, Scientific Revolution and Industrial Revolution.
October 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
And I am a long time fan of Mokyr's work, going back to Gifts of Athena (also 2002), highly recommended if you want to understand the link between the Enlightenment, Scientific Revolution and Industrial Revolution.
Thanks Adam, I had a feeling the piece would remain painfully relevant! I don't know if we can cure the amnesia but it is worth trying.
January 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Thanks Adam, I had a feeling the piece would remain painfully relevant! I don't know if we can cure the amnesia but it is worth trying.