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Steven Medema

@spydermed.bsky.social

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Economist and historian of economics @ Duke. Unhealthy fascination with the Coase theorem.

Steven G. Medema is an American scholar of economics and the George Family Research Professor in the Department of Economics at Duke University. He is also the associate director of the university's Center for the History of Political Economy, and a research associate in the Duke School of Law. .. more

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Reposted by Steven G. Medema, Mark E. Schaffer, Luis Garicano , and 1 more Steven G. Medema, Mark E. Schaffer, Luis Garicano, Kris Hardies

Ben Golub @bengolub.bsky.social · Jan 15

The discussion ending at this tweet is very smart on both sides ( @lugaricano.bsky.social and @shengwuli.bsky.social ), reasonably spicy, and fun to read.

Luis Garicano @lugaricano.bsky.social · Jan 14

I don't think the argument for the price system rests on full information. I think it rests on Hayek 1945, hence precisely on dispersed local knowledge --i said that before. But let's leave it here. I think we clarified quite a bit, and I hope some of our readers (if there are any!) learned a bit.

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Reposted by Steven G. Medema, Frédéric Marty

Aurélien Goutsmedt @aurelien-goutsmedt.com · Jan 21

With @thomasdelcey.bsky.social we are thrilled to release the first version of the French economics PhD database 🎉

tdelcey.github.io/becoming_eco...

Using Sudoc and theses.fr data, we have collected metadata on most PhD defended in France in economics since 1900!

#rstats #opendata #EconSky

We are pleased to announce the release of the French PhD Thesis Database in Economics! This database offers extensive information on the majority of doctoral theses defended in France in the field of economics since 1900.

The database is available in .csv format and can be downloaded from its Zenodo Repository. Comprehensive documentation can be accessed here.

The French database is implemented as a relational database, integrating multiple interconnected data frames.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · Jan 22

Proposed across the board tariffs as of Feb 1:
Canada 25%
Mexico 25%
China 10%
Other countries 0%

Galaxy brain needed to explain the strategic or economic objectives this meets.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Jan 26

BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Colombian president orders increase of import tariffs on US goods in retaliation to similar order from President Trump.

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Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social · Jan 28

It's not quite on the level of, say, Con Law, but I'm teaching a class on higher ed right now and current events have really been @$#$ing with the lesson plans

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gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · Feb 18

Move fast and break things FOR NO DAMN REASON BECAUSE YOU HAVE ALL THE SENSE OF A JUVENILE FERRET

Sahil Kapur @sahilkapur.bsky.social · Feb 18

USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them

In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."

www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them

In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation."

www.nbcnews.com

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Steven Medema @spydermed.bsky.social · Jul 18

You rang?

Steven Medema @spydermed.bsky.social · Jun 21

At the risk of stating the obvious, I have no doubt that Harro would be happy to engage with you on this if you were to contact him via email. (He is not a social media guy.)

And yes, it is a terrific book.