Rajiv Sethi
rajivsethi.bsky.social
Rajiv Sethi
@rajivsethi.bsky.social
Just posted a new paper (with Chiara Chanoi, José Luis Montiel Olea and Dan O'Flaherty) that looks at use of lethal force by police officers in the 1930s, based on data collected as background material for Myrdal's American Dilemma
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
July 2, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Original post deleted by Simion, not sure if it was false victory claim or wrong flag that he found more embarrassing
May 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Fitting end to this election, Simion claimed victory with image of wrong flag (though Chad and Romania flags are very similar, and he eventually conceded):
May 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Did not expect this
April 29, 2025 at 7:22 AM
And this
April 26, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Free ice cream, lemonade, cheesecake, dance and yoga classes, celebrity DJ
April 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
One very loud possibility open.substack.com/pub/rajivset...
April 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
From @theonion.com in 2005, twenty years ahead of the curve theonion.com/wrongly-impr...
April 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Would love to know who had advance notice of the pause
April 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
If there is a policy reversal at some point, anyone in the administration with ten minutes advance notice stands to make a fortune
April 7, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Sign of the times:
April 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Useful link, relevant portion below; every expenditure by students and their family members (tuition, rent, groceries) is an export and they are classified as being resident in country of origin for purposes of trade balance
April 3, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Close to 27 million total volume in the end, my guess is about 200K in fees collected from liquidity takers
February 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Half time, 18 million contracts traded on Kalshi
February 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
I've been expecting this for over two months x.com/VivekGRamasw...
February 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
More obvious receipt (from December 1): x.com/VivekGRamasw...
February 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Trying to make sense of this: S&P futures down less than markets in Korea and Japan but more than markets in India and Hong Kong
February 3, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Asian markets are all down 2-3 percent responding to tariff news over the weekend; unless threats are walked back I'm guessing US markets will also open lower
February 3, 2025 at 2:18 AM
I wish I had gotten it wrong to be honest, but don't believe I did:

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/u...
January 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
What on earth is going on here:
January 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
And here's a link to the text of my remarks at a memorial service for Hirschman: rajivsethi.substack.com/p/albert-hir...
January 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Very interesting to see Albert Hirshman's classic Exit, Voice and Loyalty mentioned in this context; I first wrote about this book fourteen years ago on his 95th birthday: rajivsethi.substack.com/p/the-astoni...
January 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Just finished James www.google.com/books/editio... by Percival Everett; wild, harrowing, startling and witty; the acknowledgements end with a wonderful tribute to Mark Twain:
January 8, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Set myself up for likely disappointment here...
January 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Notice on Substack dashboard today:
December 30, 2024 at 2:49 AM