Roger Myerson
@rbmyerson.bsky.social
Professor at UChicago. Author of Game Theory: Analysis of Conflict (1991).
I only hope that Speaker Johnson can apologize for wrongly calling us a “hate America” rally. We may disagree about many things, but the patriotism of the thousands who gathered with me today should not be questioned.
October 19, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I only hope that Speaker Johnson can apologize for wrongly calling us a “hate America” rally. We may disagree about many things, but the patriotism of the thousands who gathered with me today should not be questioned.
As commenters noted, I tried to show here how the push for redistricting in TX puts Dems in a strategic dilemma. To find a best response, you must first see how the other side can hope to win whichever way you go.
In any case, it is right to stand clearly for democratic accountability in America.
In any case, it is right to stand clearly for democratic accountability in America.
August 8, 2025 at 6:12 PM
As commenters noted, I tried to show here how the push for redistricting in TX puts Dems in a strategic dilemma. To find a best response, you must first see how the other side can hope to win whichever way you go.
In any case, it is right to stand clearly for democratic accountability in America.
In any case, it is right to stand clearly for democratic accountability in America.
But firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because of bad news is the opposite of contributing to economic sciences.
Punishing publicly paid statisticians for finding bad news is bad for science, and in the long run it will be bad for policy-making too.
www.newsweek.com/white-house-...
Punishing publicly paid statisticians for finding bad news is bad for science, and in the long run it will be bad for policy-making too.
www.newsweek.com/white-house-...
White House says terrible jobs data 'must be a typo'
The White House believes unusual jobs data revisions prove the recently fired Bureau of Labor chief was manipulating statistics.
www.newsweek.com
August 6, 2025 at 3:17 AM
But firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because of bad news is the opposite of contributing to economic sciences.
Punishing publicly paid statisticians for finding bad news is bad for science, and in the long run it will be bad for policy-making too.
www.newsweek.com/white-house-...
Punishing publicly paid statisticians for finding bad news is bad for science, and in the long run it will be bad for policy-making too.
www.newsweek.com/white-house-...
The Nobel Prize in Economics is awarded for contributions to understanding of economics. To make such a contribution, the President could write papers that engage with other economists' ideas and identify the different assumptions that led him to choose policies that others would not recommend.
August 6, 2025 at 3:10 AM
The Nobel Prize in Economics is awarded for contributions to understanding of economics. To make such a contribution, the President could write papers that engage with other economists' ideas and identify the different assumptions that led him to choose policies that others would not recommend.