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Antonn Park @bfediting.bsky.social · 5d

It was 100 degrees yesterday over here 😅

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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 10d

Increasing the minimum wage decreases poverty and food insufficiency.

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Antonn Park @bfediting.bsky.social · 16d

Reminds me of the movie Cocaine Bear

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David L. Ortega @dlortega.bsky.social · 16d

🚨Update: Acting USDA ERS administrator among those placed on indefinite leave over the termination of the food insecurity/hunger survey.

This was reported by Agri-Pulse and has since been confirmed to me by an internal source.

www.agri-pulse.com/articles/234...

ERS administrator, others on leave over hunger survey cancellation

The Agriculture Department has placed a dozen Economic Research Service employees on leave, including the agency’s acting administrator, as it probes a leak connected with the cancellation of a househ...

www.agri-pulse.com

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Antonn Park @bfediting.bsky.social · 16d

Some of the terms I've flagged for review for this MIT Press book I'm editing: shagging, wankers, gas-bagger, and seagulls on cocaine

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Andrew Jennings @andrewkjennings.com · 16d

Why do some securities cases move from civil to criminal enforcement?

Nathan Herrman, Sara Toynbee, and Matthew Kubic (all UT Austin McCombs School of Business) join @busscholarship.bsky.social to discuss their paper "Beyond Misconduct: What Explains DOJ Involvement in SEC Enforcement?." 1/2

Business Scholarship Podcast - Ep.260 – Nathan Herrmann, Sara Toynbee and Matthew Kubic on...

YouTube video by Business Scholarship Podcast

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Antonn Park @bfediting.bsky.social · 17d

"Top economists and Jerome Powell agree that Gen Z’s hiring nightmare is real—and it’s not about AI eating entry-level jobs"

finance.yahoo.com/news/top-eco...

Top economists and Jerome Powell agree that Gen Z’s hiring nightmare is real—and it’s not about AI eating entry-level jobs

"The U.S. labor market experience is peculiar," UBS' Paul Donovan wrote in a UBS note asking, "the kids are alright?"

finance.yahoo.com

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Antonn Park @bfediting.bsky.social · 18d

I miss 1369!

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Asier Moneva @asiermoneva.com · 21d

🚨 It's been a long time in the making, but I'm happy it's finally out!

Standing on the shoulders of giants, in this preprint we propose an avenue for theoretical development in the field of environmental (cyber)criminology with practical applications for crime analysis.

bsky.app/profile/soca...

The title page of the preprint.

Title: The Topology of Cyberspace and Cybercrime Journeys: A Framework for Analyzing Online Offender Mobility

Authors: Asier Moneva, Stijn Ruiter, and Wim Bernasco

Abstract: This paper introduces a novel framework for analyzing online offender mobility. Drawing on multidisciplinary insights, we extend two established criminological models for studying offline offending—the geometry of crime and crime journeys—by adapting their core concepts to cyberspace and developing a topology in which the cyber place is defined and becomes the unit of analysis. Just as offenders travel before, during, and after committing crime offline, we argue they also undertake trips before, during, and after committing cybercrime, and that like offline journeys these cybercrime journeys comprise identifiable and measurable components. We further distinguish between human journeys (what offenders perceive) and data journeys (what happens to the information they transmit). We explicitly demonstrate how concepts from the geometry of crime and crime journeys translate from offline to online crime and mobility. This approach enables the systematic formulation of research questions and the measurement of behavioral patterns, facilitating the generation and accumulation of knowledge on cybercrime offending. The paper illustrates the framework’s theoretical relevance within environmental criminology and its practical application for cybercrime analysis through concrete examples.

Schematic representation of a cybercrime journey. Hindu-Arabic numerals represent the sequence of cyber places visited by the user, while Roman numerals indicate the sequence of infrastructure nodes traversed by the data.

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Erdal Tekin @erdaltekin.bsky.social · 24d

The 15th Workshop on the Economics of Risky Behavior, sponsored by @au-spa.bsky.social, will be held July 8–9, 2026 in Cagliari, Italy! 🇮🇹
Keynote: Paolo Pinotti
Organizers: Erdal Tekin & Claudio Deiana, Ludovica Giua, Marco Nieddu
📅 Deadline: Mar 6, 2026
📄 Submit: www.american.edu/spa/risky-be...

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Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social · 24d

In a world riven by inequality and devastated by climate + ecological crisis, what would it take for "green industrial policy" to empower the working class in Global North + South, and be truly green?

New @cplusc.bsky.social report by me and Isabel Estevez (1/3) t.co/78sQQe4d1g

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VoxDev @voxdev.bsky.social · 29d

📢 Our new VoxDevLit on Organised Crime is out now!

Senior Editors @santiagotobon.bsky.social & Micaela Sviatschi @princetonecon.bsky.social review research on the roots & development impacts of organised crime.

Read & download here: voxdev.org/voxdevlit/or...

Organised Crime

This VoxDevLit reviews research on the roots and development impacts of organised crime. Weak state capacity, dense local social networks, and incentives from illicit markets enable the rise and expan...

voxdev.org

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Antonn Park @bfediting.bsky.social · 29d

Visiting LA this week

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Marc Malmdorf Andersen @ndersen.bsky.social · Jun 16

🚨 Kids LOVE fear?!🚨
Our new study led by Mihaela Taranu from the Recreational Fear Lab uncovers something surprising:
Children across all ages actively seek out scary experiences - for fun!
📄 doi.org/10.1007/s105...
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Recreational Fear Across Childhood. A Cross-Sectional Study of Scary Activities that Children Enjoy - Child Psychiatry & Human Development

This study investigated the prevalence of children’s engagement in recreational fear activities — i.e., playful engagement with scary stimuli where both fear and enjoyment are experienced. A detailed ...

doi.org

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ClimateFran @climatefran.bsky.social · Sep 3

Virtual Seminar on Climate Economics starting back up 🚨🚨TOMORROW🚨🚨 with an amazing line up of fall speakers, beginning with Obie Porteous on agricultural trade and climate change impacts in Africa

Line up here: cepr.org/events/event...

Make sure to register for the zoom link

#econsky

Virtual Seminar on Climate Economics

The Virtual Seminar on Climate Economics is open to those interested in academic research on the economic implications of climate-related issues.

cepr.org

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Izabela Wnuk-Soares @wnuk-i.bsky.social · Sep 3

Join us in Berlin for another great Masterclass 🚨

This time, we’re hosting Andrea Weber for a two-day workshop on UI 📋

Apply by Sept 6th!

#EconSky

ROCKWOOL Foundation Berlin @rfberlin.bsky.social · Sep 3

Attention Berlin-based PhDs & early-career researchers!

On 23-24 October, join the RFBerlin Masterclass with Andrea Weber and get the chance to deepen your understanding of market, labour and policies.

Apply till 6 September: form.typeform.com/to/tfgOD5y3

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Barbie Halaby @monocleediting.bsky.social · Sep 3

This is so cool! Any #QueerSFF writers want to take advantage of this opportunity. These are fantastic editors. #WriterSky #SFF

Tanya Gold | Editor & Translator 💕📚 (they/iel) @tanyagold.bsky.social · Sep 3

Want to get feedback from a professional editor on the opening pages of your #QueerSFF novel?

This year, @spacemagiccon.bsky.social has created that opportunity for you!

Submit your novel's opening pages to apply for a one-to-one session. ⬇

forms.gle/vaqPkKYwM1ex...

#RSM2025 🌈📚🪐 #WriterSky

A graphic for the Opening Pages Critiques at the Rainbow Space Magic Convention. It includes the con dates, October 4 to 5, the URL RainbowSpaceMagic.org, and headshots of the participating editors, Brenna Bailey-Davies, Genevieve Clovis, Alex Crawley, and Tanya Gold.

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Florian Ederer @florianederer.bsky.social · Sep 3

We usually rely on GDP, trade, or wages to study the past. This amazing paper flips the script.

It analyzes 630,000 paintings (1400-2000) to extract emotions and shows how art tracks living standards, wars, inequality, and even climate shocks.

(How is this economics? Everything is economics!)

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Tanya Gold | Editor & Translator 💕📚 (they/iel) @tanyagold.bsky.social · Sep 3

Want to get feedback from a professional editor on the opening pages of your #QueerSFF novel?

This year, @spacemagiccon.bsky.social has created that opportunity for you!

Submit your novel's opening pages to apply for a one-to-one session. ⬇

forms.gle/vaqPkKYwM1ex...

#RSM2025 🌈📚🪐 #WriterSky

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James Allen IV @jealleniv.bsky.social · Sep 3

Does #inequality affect what poor households consider "necessities"? Yes, a 🆕 study finds, with implications for understanding the decline in caloric consumption over time in #India.

Very insightful!
Paper: doi.org/10.1093/jeea...
Authors: @clement-s-bellet.bsky.social @eve-colsonsihra.bsky.social

Does Inequality Affect the Needs of the Poor?

Abstract. We investigate how inequality affects what is considered most necessary to purchase. Combining detailed consumption surveys in India with an inst

doi.org

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Antonn Park @bfediting.bsky.social · Aug 31

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Antonn Park @bfediting.bsky.social · Aug 31

The puzzle and house is beautiful!

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Manasvini Singh @vinisingh.bsky.social · Aug 31

For those still complaining -- in this day and age! -- about tables/figures at the end of the paper because it's a "hassle to scroll up and down", here's a tip.

If you click on a link on a page (e.g. to a fig/table), you can return instantly to that page by:

Preview: ⌘ + [
Adobe: ⌘ + left arrow

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James Brooks Cascade @alaska.bsky.social · Aug 29

Interesting long read in the @nytimes.com: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/28/o...

Opinion | Disney and the Decline of America’s Middle Class

www.nytimes.com

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Antonn Park @bfediting.bsky.social · Aug 28

Switching it up a bit today: proofreading Federal Reserve transcripts on using FRED instead of my usual copyedits 🤓

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