Jamin Speer
@jaminspeer.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Economics, University of Memphis
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/jaminspeer/
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/jaminspeer/
Please suspended me with pay indefinitely
From the Oklahoma U student paper: the school is now saying it will automatically suspend faculty (with pay) in response to student complaints
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
www.oudaily.com/news/ou-poli...
December 13, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Please suspended me with pay indefinitely
Wrote David Autor out of the blue last year and he remembered me from an interaction 15 years before. Class act.
You can do this right now:
Think of a person who wrote a paper you love, whose work influenced or helped you, or has made your professional life better.
Search up their email address. Shoot them a quick email of thanks. It means so, so much. This is a rough time of year, share some joy.
Think of a person who wrote a paper you love, whose work influenced or helped you, or has made your professional life better.
Search up their email address. Shoot them a quick email of thanks. It means so, so much. This is a rough time of year, share some joy.
December 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Wrote David Autor out of the blue last year and he remembered me from an interaction 15 years before. Class act.
Hey Canada
a woman singing into a microphone with the words " call me maybe " behind her
ALT: a woman singing into a microphone with the words " call me maybe " behind her
media.tenor.com
December 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Hey Canada
Reposted by Jamin Speer
The Federal Trade Commission is hiring PhD Economists (very late, because shutdown)!
Please repost/quote so JMCs can see.
- no experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497400
- some experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497300
- much experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851496000
#Economics #EconSky
Please repost/quote so JMCs can see.
- no experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497400
- some experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497300
- much experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851496000
#Economics #EconSky
December 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The Federal Trade Commission is hiring PhD Economists (very late, because shutdown)!
Please repost/quote so JMCs can see.
- no experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497400
- some experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497300
- much experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851496000
#Economics #EconSky
Please repost/quote so JMCs can see.
- no experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497400
- some experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497300
- much experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851496000
#Economics #EconSky
The AEA journals have banned me for life but it’s just because they think my papers suck.
December 3, 2025 at 12:20 AM
The AEA journals have banned me for life but it’s just because they think my papers suck.
Reposted by Jamin Speer
🌟 Have a Master's and looking to advance in #HigherEducation or #AdultLearning?
Join our info session on Dec 10 to learn about our redesigned online Ed.D. program!
Flexible, fully online
Complete in 8 terms (FT) or 16 (PT)
Focus on real-world issues
Plz SHARE widely
#Edusky #HigherEd
Join our info session on Dec 10 to learn about our redesigned online Ed.D. program!
Flexible, fully online
Complete in 8 terms (FT) or 16 (PT)
Focus on real-world issues
Plz SHARE widely
#Edusky #HigherEd
December 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
🌟 Have a Master's and looking to advance in #HigherEducation or #AdultLearning?
Join our info session on Dec 10 to learn about our redesigned online Ed.D. program!
Flexible, fully online
Complete in 8 terms (FT) or 16 (PT)
Focus on real-world issues
Plz SHARE widely
#Edusky #HigherEd
Join our info session on Dec 10 to learn about our redesigned online Ed.D. program!
Flexible, fully online
Complete in 8 terms (FT) or 16 (PT)
Focus on real-world issues
Plz SHARE widely
#Edusky #HigherEd
How to choose a department chair:
Ask everyone to write down the number of faculty meetings we should have in a year. Whoever writes the lowest number is the new chair.
Ask everyone to write down the number of faculty meetings we should have in a year. Whoever writes the lowest number is the new chair.
November 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
How to choose a department chair:
Ask everyone to write down the number of faculty meetings we should have in a year. Whoever writes the lowest number is the new chair.
Ask everyone to write down the number of faculty meetings we should have in a year. Whoever writes the lowest number is the new chair.
New short working paper out!
We document huge changes in college students' life goals over several decades. Students have shifted from caring about the philosophical (finding meaning) to the tangible (financial goals, family, etc.).
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~wwwecon/rep...
We document huge changes in college students' life goals over several decades. Students have shifted from caring about the philosophical (finding meaning) to the tangible (financial goals, family, etc.).
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~wwwecon/rep...
www.st-andrews.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
New short working paper out!
We document huge changes in college students' life goals over several decades. Students have shifted from caring about the philosophical (finding meaning) to the tangible (financial goals, family, etc.).
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~wwwecon/rep...
We document huge changes in college students' life goals over several decades. Students have shifted from caring about the philosophical (finding meaning) to the tangible (financial goals, family, etc.).
www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~wwwecon/rep...
My Larry Summers story is that I was once at a reception with cake and we couldn’t reach the cake because Summers’ huge butt was in the way as he leaned on the table.
November 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
My Larry Summers story is that I was once at a reception with cake and we couldn’t reach the cake because Summers’ huge butt was in the way as he leaned on the table.
Reposted by Jamin Speer
Is it 'online training course'?
June 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Is it 'online training course'?
I love Seattle but it’s a freaking long way for most people for a conference. Seems wasteful.
November 16, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I love Seattle but it’s a freaking long way for most people for a conference. Seems wasteful.
Someone emailed me to ask to see my syllabus for the spring.
a) lol
b) what syllabus?
c) lol
d) syllabi are useless anyway
e) lol
a) lol
b) what syllabus?
c) lol
d) syllabi are useless anyway
e) lol
November 12, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Someone emailed me to ask to see my syllabus for the spring.
a) lol
b) what syllabus?
c) lol
d) syllabi are useless anyway
e) lol
a) lol
b) what syllabus?
c) lol
d) syllabi are useless anyway
e) lol
It's weird that I got rejected because chatgpt told me my paper was Excellent!
November 10, 2025 at 8:08 PM
It's weird that I got rejected because chatgpt told me my paper was Excellent!
Me: This paper is bad, reject it.
Editor: Cool, here's a revised version to look at!
Me: Still bad.
Editor: Cool, I'll accept it, thanks. Would you like to add this to your Orcid ID?
Editor: Cool, here's a revised version to look at!
Me: Still bad.
Editor: Cool, I'll accept it, thanks. Would you like to add this to your Orcid ID?
November 10, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Me: This paper is bad, reject it.
Editor: Cool, here's a revised version to look at!
Me: Still bad.
Editor: Cool, I'll accept it, thanks. Would you like to add this to your Orcid ID?
Editor: Cool, here's a revised version to look at!
Me: Still bad.
Editor: Cool, I'll accept it, thanks. Would you like to add this to your Orcid ID?
*whispers* Maybe flying around the world for conferences is kind of wasteful anyway
November 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM
*whispers* Maybe flying around the world for conferences is kind of wasteful anyway
Paper where the childless sample gets an extra hour of sleep and the parent sample is awake at 5.
November 2, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Paper where the childless sample gets an extra hour of sleep and the parent sample is awake at 5.
We're not hiring, but I can shill for our friends down the street at Rhodes College. They have a cool dept, great students, and Memphis is a cool and affordable place to live! www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
American Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
www.aeaweb.org
October 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
We're not hiring, but I can shill for our friends down the street at Rhodes College. They have a cool dept, great students, and Memphis is a cool and affordable place to live! www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
I know there are people who track the number of job openings on JOE, but is anyone tracking how many of them are post docs? It seems like a lot this year.
October 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I know there are people who track the number of job openings on JOE, but is anyone tracking how many of them are post docs? It seems like a lot this year.
Took 3 days
Submitted a paper today! Feeling great. Check back with me in 2 weeks when I will feel like quitting.
October 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Took 3 days
Submitted a paper today! Feeling great. Check back with me in 2 weeks when I will feel like quitting.
October 16, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Submitted a paper today! Feeling great. Check back with me in 2 weeks when I will feel like quitting.
I will cite your paper if you send me $20.
My university sent out a message about Donations for Citations, and I initially thought it was a way to up your Google Scholar metrics.
October 16, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I will cite your paper if you send me $20.
Successfully cut a 5000-word paper to 2000 words today by cutting all the stuff the referees didn't like.
October 13, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Successfully cut a 5000-word paper to 2000 words today by cutting all the stuff the referees didn't like.
Logged on here just to see @imbernomics.bsky.social’s posts about the Jets
October 12, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Logged on here just to see @imbernomics.bsky.social’s posts about the Jets
I love football. But I just cannot believe there are people in the world with millions and billions of dollars who can’t find anything better to do then covering the buyout for their team‘s football coach.
October 12, 2025 at 7:45 PM
I love football. But I just cannot believe there are people in the world with millions and billions of dollars who can’t find anything better to do then covering the buyout for their team‘s football coach.