@robhaggar.bsky.social
they/them. cat mom. economist (?)
Opinions are mine
Opinions are mine
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Still looking for submissions in Health Equity. Get those abstracts in!
SUBMIT: individual abstracts to be combined into sessions, organized sessions made up of 3 abstracts, individual abstracts for emerging scholars sessions and submissions for policy roundtables, spotlight sessions. Deadline 12.10.25.
https://www.ashecon.org/2026-minneapolis/2026-call-for-abstracts/
https://www.ashecon.org/2026-minneapolis/2026-call-for-abstracts/
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Still looking for submissions in Health Equity. Get those abstracts in!
I get immense joy from reminding my friends, who are all Old (in their 40s) that I am Young (29)
November 18, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I get immense joy from reminding my friends, who are all Old (in their 40s) that I am Young (29)
Dresses are very funny,conceptually. The inventor was like "I made a tube for people to wear"
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Dresses are very funny,conceptually. The inventor was like "I made a tube for people to wear"
french person takes captain america serum, and can no longer develop lung cancer but still needs to cheat on spouse
November 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM
french person takes captain america serum, and can no longer develop lung cancer but still needs to cheat on spouse
wish the attic had fewer squirrels in it
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
wish the attic had fewer squirrels in it
Asked students on a test whether they prefer policy which fights unemployment or which fights inflation. Had a student respond that they want the government to fight FOR inflation, lmao
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Asked students on a test whether they prefer policy which fights unemployment or which fights inflation. Had a student respond that they want the government to fight FOR inflation, lmao
Okay scientists...if you're so smart... invent a new type of cat...
October 29, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Okay scientists...if you're so smart... invent a new type of cat...
Give it a few years, and mainstream eco will rehash the cambridge capital controversy
Forthcoming in AEJ: Microeconomics: "Dynamic Preference “Reversals” and Time Inconsistency" by Philipp Strack and Dmitry Taubinsky. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Dynamic Preference “Reversals” and Time Inconsistency
(Forthcoming Article) - We study whether it’s possible to identify time-inconsistent preferences in empirical
designs where preferences are elicited in advance at time 0, and then again at time 1,
aft...
www.aeaweb.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Give it a few years, and mainstream eco will rehash the cambridge capital controversy
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The Frederic S. Lee Heterodox Economics Scholarship
Spring 2026 applications now being accepted! Deadline to apply is November 15.
This is a great scholarship opportunity for students and is in honor of an even greater person (we miss you Fred!)
gkccf.academicworks.com/opportunitie...
Spring 2026 applications now being accepted! Deadline to apply is November 15.
This is a great scholarship opportunity for students and is in honor of an even greater person (we miss you Fred!)
gkccf.academicworks.com/opportunitie...
Frederic S. Lee Heterodox Economics Scholarship Fund - Greater Kansas City Community Foundation Scholarships
gkccf.academicworks.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
The Frederic S. Lee Heterodox Economics Scholarship
Spring 2026 applications now being accepted! Deadline to apply is November 15.
This is a great scholarship opportunity for students and is in honor of an even greater person (we miss you Fred!)
gkccf.academicworks.com/opportunitie...
Spring 2026 applications now being accepted! Deadline to apply is November 15.
This is a great scholarship opportunity for students and is in honor of an even greater person (we miss you Fred!)
gkccf.academicworks.com/opportunitie...
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Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths:
"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."
"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."
"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."
"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."
Why Are So Many Pedestrians Killed by Cars in the US?
It’s unfortunately not uncommon for pedestrians to be killed by cars in the US.
www.construction-physics.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Deep dive into the surge in US pedestrian deaths:
"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."
"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."
"It’s not that more pedestrians are getting hit by vehicles; it’s that the ones that are getting hit are more likely to die."
"[That] seems like fairly strong evidence for the theory that the rise in large SUVs is behind the uptick in ped deaths."
Grouping "gig economy" work into "entrepreneurship" points to the conceptual weakness of both frameworks. Thanks to the authors for making this clear.
Featured in the latest Bulletin on Entrepreneurship: The Gig Economy and Entrepreneurship
https://www.nber.org/be/20252/gig-economy-and-entrepreneurship?page=1&perPage=50
https://www.nber.org/be/20252/gig-economy-and-entrepreneurship?page=1&perPage=50
October 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Grouping "gig economy" work into "entrepreneurship" points to the conceptual weakness of both frameworks. Thanks to the authors for making this clear.
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Rest in Peace Malcolm Rutherford
web.uvic.ca/~rutherfo/
web.uvic.ca/~rutherfo/
Malcolm Rutherford's Page for Institutional Economics and History of Economics
Malcolm Rutherford's page for institutional economics and history of economic thought
web.uvic.ca
October 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Rest in Peace Malcolm Rutherford
web.uvic.ca/~rutherfo/
web.uvic.ca/~rutherfo/
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This coming Monday, October 6th, I'm doing a 1 hour event talking about @equitablegrowth.bsky.social's inequality tracker and new gov data on inequality. Anyone can join, come check it out! (registration link in the next skeet)
October 1, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This coming Monday, October 6th, I'm doing a 1 hour event talking about @equitablegrowth.bsky.social's inequality tracker and new gov data on inequality. Anyone can join, come check it out! (registration link in the next skeet)
I'm in the pocket of Big cafeteria
September 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I'm in the pocket of Big cafeteria
imo Mamdani shouldn't just campaign for municipal grocery stores, he should add "they also have affordable cafeterias"
September 27, 2025 at 11:31 PM
imo Mamdani shouldn't just campaign for municipal grocery stores, he should add "they also have affordable cafeterias"
fun biking in (place i live) because I'm developing new bad words to yell at drivers who drive like an asshole
September 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
fun biking in (place i live) because I'm developing new bad words to yell at drivers who drive like an asshole
Fwiw, decisions like this (and other nativist labor mkt policies) both undercut real wages but also big pushes to increase capital intensity in formerly labor intensive sectors. Who stands to benefit from the second? Mostly big tech
* TRUMP ADMINISTRATION RESTRICTING COMMERCIAL DRIVER LICENSES FOR NON-U.S. CITIZENS, USDOT SAYS
@reuters.com
@reuters.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Fwiw, decisions like this (and other nativist labor mkt policies) both undercut real wages but also big pushes to increase capital intensity in formerly labor intensive sectors. Who stands to benefit from the second? Mostly big tech
New law: The govt shouldn't be allowed to shitpost
September 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
New law: The govt shouldn't be allowed to shitpost
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ASE is now accepting applications for the Waters Research Grant.
To apply for the current round of grant funding, the following materials must be submitted by 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Friday, October 31, 2025.
Find further details at the link below:
socialeconomics.org/the-william-...
To apply for the current round of grant funding, the following materials must be submitted by 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Friday, October 31, 2025.
Find further details at the link below:
socialeconomics.org/the-william-...
September 23, 2025 at 12:56 AM
ASE is now accepting applications for the Waters Research Grant.
To apply for the current round of grant funding, the following materials must be submitted by 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Friday, October 31, 2025.
Find further details at the link below:
socialeconomics.org/the-william-...
To apply for the current round of grant funding, the following materials must be submitted by 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Friday, October 31, 2025.
Find further details at the link below:
socialeconomics.org/the-william-...
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Car Seat Headrest
June 28, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Car Seat Headrest
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the thing to understand is that for many people the violence of order maintenance is simply not seen as violence in the first place
September 12, 2025 at 1:14 PM
the thing to understand is that for many people the violence of order maintenance is simply not seen as violence in the first place
do lots of cats like sniffing eyeballs,? or is it just tennis shoe?
September 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
do lots of cats like sniffing eyeballs,? or is it just tennis shoe?
Tennis Shoe has the same body type, imo
September 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Tennis Shoe has the same body type, imo
I may mess around and contemplate (again) the ways through which covid made people physically dumber
September 2, 2025 at 7:30 PM
I may mess around and contemplate (again) the ways through which covid made people physically dumber
*extremely smartass voice* "umm actually I think we were already in a recession"
August 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
*extremely smartass voice* "umm actually I think we were already in a recession"