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John Mullahy
@johnmullahy.bsky.social
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UW-Madison, Univ. of Galway, NBER

C.V.: https://uwmadison.box.com/s/kkaquhtv5b2og4yo6md5p34f7q7gx1ju

Banner image: Free Clinic (detail), Jacob Lawrence, 1937

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 15h
A bit ironic that his dissertation was "The rise of the nontraditional liberal arts college president: Context, pathways, institutional characteristics, views of search firm executives, & lessons learned by presidents making the transition" w much focus on search firms & college president selection.

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 17h
Mr. Jefferson weeps.

Reposted by John McLaren, John Mullahy, Lisa Diedrich

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Matthew Gillikin @mtgillikin.bsky.social · 22h
A blistering critique of UVA’s presidential search process that also raises some serious concerns about Beardsley’s resume. That guy has got to go.

augustafreepress.com/news/vanishi...
How UVA’s presidential search missed what took us an hour to find
Inside Higher Ed frames the controversy surrounding Scott C. Beardsley's appointment as the University of Virginia's president.
augustafreepress.com

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 23h
The second half was a nasty rejection letter after an encouraging revise-and-resubmit.

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 1d
Well played. Painful, but well played.

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 1d
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timothysnyder.bsky.social Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d
If Trump saw a globe rather than a Mercator projection he might notice that Greenland is actually smaller than Algeria.

Reposted by John Mullahy, Tim Stephens

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 1d
If Trump saw a globe rather than a Mercator projection he might notice that Greenland is actually smaller than Algeria.

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 2d
Randomization meets art…

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 2d
Published 60 years ago.

What other Hall of Fame papers in health policy/health economics of comparable vintage do you still assign in your classes?

www.jstor.org/stable/3348969

Reposted by Iikka Korhonen, Sabrina Wulff Pabilonia

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 3d
The Jan. 2026 issue of the @jpolecon.bsky.social should be of great interest to anyone interested in the well being of young people.

www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/jpe/2026...

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 3d
The editorial's final three paragraphs are especially powerful.
gbbranstetter.bsky.social Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 3d
Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good
After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.
www.ncronline.org

Reposted by Stephen M. Walt, Jan W. Mueller, Matthew Bunn , and 19 more

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 3d
Editorial in the National Catholic Reporter: "The vice president's comments justifying the death of Renee Good are a moral stain on the collective witness of our Catholic faith. His repeated attempts to blame Good for her own death are fundamentally incompatible with the Gospel."
Catholic Vice President Vance takes to social media to justify killing of Renee Good
After the tragic shooting of Renee Good at the hands of ICE, the Catholic vice president of the United States took to social media to justify the killing.
www.ncronline.org

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 3d
Anecdotal, yes, but still worth paying attention.

www.wsj.com/lifestyle/wh...
Why 20-Somethings Are Trading Their Vapes for Cigarettes
Younger people are embracing old-fashioned smoking—maybe because they consider it the least hazardous thing happening in their lives at the moment.
www.wsj.com

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 3d
Bayh =

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 3d
Maybe Putin's leverage is that he has clandestine photos of what Trump's hair looks like right after showering.

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 4d
www.wsj.com/articles/thi...
Exclusive | This Startup Wants to Bring Cancer Patients Care at Home
Galway, Ireland- based Luminate Medical just raised $21 million to begin in-home delivery of drug infusions as it also develops devices to lessen the side effects of chemotherapy.
www.wsj.com

Reposted by Michael Kevane

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 4d
His preoccupation with Greenland probably owes to a Mercator Projection he saw on a third-grade classroom wall map suggesting a vast Greenland that dwarfs the continental U.S. and even Africa Perhaps someone might show him a Robinson (or other) Projection to set him straight.

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 4d
A compassionate response from the U.S. President to the horrific shooting death in Minneapolis.

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 4d
Maximize Americans' Heart Attacks

www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 4d
And there was great fear among the people as they looked to the sky, trembling as they saw an unfamiliar bright object they'd once heard about in tales told by their elders.

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 4d
"Well, this is very exciting because, again, we're bringing drug prices down to levels nobody ever thought was possible, tremendous cuts, 200 percent, 300 percent, 500 percent, 700 percent and even more than that."

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 5d
The composer of "In the Bleak Midwinter" presumably spent some time in the upper midwest in January.
www.aos.wisc.edu/weather/wx_o...

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 5d
First Greenland, then Ireland.

Reposted by John Mullahy

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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 5d
Rare snail threatens to derail Dumpf’s Doonbeg plans! #istandwiththesnail www.independent.ie/regionals/cl...
Rare snail threatens to derail Trump’s Doonbeg resort expansion plans
The Irish environmental group that challenged the original plans for Donald Trump’s Doonbeg golf course are now insisting that no new permissions can be granted at the site until the status of a rare ...
www.independent.ie

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 5d
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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 5d
Stevenson and Wolfers weigh in...
www.brookings.edu/articles/val...
Valentine’s Day and the Economics of Love | Brookings
Justin Wolfers and Betsey Stevenson discuss the economics of love, examining the demographics and results of a global survey on love. Wolfers and Stevenson explain the relationships between love and w...
www.brookings.edu

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 5d
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/s...
Can You Optimize Love?
www.nytimes.com

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 5d
Some caps are earned, others are pathetic props.

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John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 5d
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djvanness.bsky.social Dave Vanness @djvanness.bsky.social · 5d
What if you could donate $ to a political campaign / cause with an auditable promise that they would never again contact you or sell your contact information.

Reposted by John Mullahy

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Dave Vanness @djvanness.bsky.social · 5d
What if you could donate $ to a political campaign / cause with an auditable promise that they would never again contact you or sell your contact information.