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Miles Corak
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Professor of economics
The Graduate Center,
City University of New York

Senior Scholar
The Stone Center on
Socio-Economic Inequality

#socialmobility #childrights #inequality #jobs #poverty #socialpolicy #cdnecon #EconSky

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Miles Corak @milescorak.com · Nov 9
If you are interested in #inequality, how it shapes economic opportunities, and the implications for both public policy and economic research, then listen to this engaging conversation I had with Steven Durlauf, director of @ucstonecenter.bsky.social

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Miles Corak on the Great Gatsby Curve and Cross-Country Comparisons of Inequality and Mobility
Podcast Episode · The Inequality Podcast · 2024-10-07 · 50m
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Jennie Coughlin @jenniecoughlin.bsky.social · 1d
Sandy produced a deadly storm surge, and in 2021, the remnants of Hurricane Ida introduced the damage of extreme rainfall. The next hurricane could bring both to New York City. A model of the damage such a storm could cause put 25% of the city underwater.
See Which New York City Neighborhoods Could Get Hit By the Next Hurricane (Gift Article)
Heavy rain would make a hurricane catastrophic. See the neighborhoods that could face the worst flooding.
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Miles Corak, Sebastian Karcher, David Underdown , and 1 more

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scott b. weingart @scottbot.bsky.social · 1d
Nearly-perfect printed and handwritten text recognition is the most consequential technical contribution to the study of human culture of the last fifteen years, and it's not even close.

It fundamentally changes our (both lay and expert) relationship with the written past.
dancohen.org Dan Cohen @dancohen.org · 1d
New issue of my newsletter: "The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition" — One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved, and it's a good use of AI newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-...
The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition
One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved
newsletter.dancohen.org

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · 1d
If you are in Cambridge, MA on December 10, join us at a panel on Rebuilding State Capacity with Don Moynihan, Jen Pahlka, and Elizabeth Linos www.hks.harvard.edu/events/rebui...
Rebuilding State Capacity for Inclusive Economic Transformation
Join us for the fourth "Economics in Beyond" event, featuring experts Don Moynihan and Jennifer Pahlka in conversation with Elizabeth Linos. This year’s focus: how state capacity can help build an economy that works for everyone.
www.hks.harvard.edu

Reposted by Martin Paul Eve, Charles West, Miles Corak , and 7 more

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Dan Cohen @dancohen.org · 1d
New issue of my newsletter: "The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition" — One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved, and it's a good use of AI newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-...
The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition
One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved
newsletter.dancohen.org

Reposted by Christian E. Weller, Miles Corak, Aaron Sojourner

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Daron Acemoglu @dacemoglumit.bsky.social · 2d
I joined @utopiaspodcast.bsky.social for a conversation on Ramesh's podcast Utopias with Dr. Ramesh Srinivasan. We discussed the power of Big Tech, the dangers and opportunities of AI, and much more. Listen to our full conversation here: www.buzzsprout.com/2272465/epis....
25. Daron Acemoglu - Utopias with Dr. Ramesh Srinivasan
Daron Acemoglu is an acclaimed economist, author, and professor at MIT. In 2024, he received the Nobel Prize in Economics and the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences. His research focuses on ...
www.buzzsprout.com

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Brian Highsmith @bhighsmith.bsky.social · 2d
🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]

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Miles Corak @milescorak.com · 2d
“I kind of yearn,” Mr. Nassirian said, “for the gilded age when billionaires satisfied their extracurricular interests by collecting Fabergé eggs and prized ponies.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Wealthy People Have Always Shaped Universities. This Time Is Different.
www.nytimes.com

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The Economist @economist.com · 2d
The minimum wage is a crude and wasteful tool for redistribution. After a decade of aggressive increases, the responsible option is not to go higher still. We explain why econ.st/4iiQULn

Illustration:

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The Economist @economist.com · 3d
“We are the jolly boxes.” Richard Thaler discusses behavioural economics in undergraduate education. Listen to this week’s episode of “Money Talks”
Nudge, nudge: an interview with Richard Thaler
Our podcast on markets, the economy and business. This week, we hear from the Nobel-winning behavioural economist
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Reposted by Miles Corak, Aaron Sojourner, Florencia Torche

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Gernot Wagner @gwagner.com · 3d
3 factors at play: (1) legacy admissions, (2) non-academic credentials, (3) athletes

Start from the top, get rid of legacy preferences gwagner.com/legacy

@oppinsights.bsky.social

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Eduardo Porter @eduardoelreportero.bsky.social · 3d
The U.S. is the world's most dynamic economy, right? Innovative and productive, it defines the technological frontier. So how come it has so many poor people? My latest in The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
China has brought millions out of poverty. The US has not – by choice
Despite the US’s economic success, income inequality remains breathtaking. But this is no glitch – it’s the system
www.theguardian.com

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Miles Corak @milescorak.com · 3d
“If this…elite remains poorly understood it may be because it is not just a financial elite or an educated elite, a noblesse-oblige elite, a political elite or a narrative-making elite; it straddles all of these, lucratively and persuaded of its own good intentions”

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Dani Rodrik, Stephen M. Walt, Noelle E. Selin , and 2 more

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Sharad Goel @5harad.com · 4d
📣 Job alert! 📣 Harvard Kennedy School is running 2 open-rank faculty searches in technology & public policy. One position is specifically for scholars using data science to address public problems. Please help us spread the word! academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/15561
Technology and Public Policy Search (open rank)
Harvard Kennedy School invites applications for two open rank appointments in technology and public policy. We seek applications from scholars whose research and/or practice focuses on the intersectio...
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Miles Corak @milescorak.com · 4d
If you ever need an example of price discrimination and the importance of “consumers surplus” cite this article

#TeachEcon

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/b...
Why ‘Surveillance Pricing’ Strikes a Nerve
www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Miles Corak, Aaron Sojourner

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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 4d
My interview with Joe Stiglitz in which we talk about, among other things, how bankruptcy and intellectual property laws were structured to make billionaires richer cepr.net/publications...
The Economy After the September Jobs Report
The September jobs report shows weak job growth, higher unemployment, and a cooling labor market driven mostly by healthcare gains.
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David A. Jaeger (econ) @davidajaeger.bsky.social · 4d
The world could use less artificial intelligence and more plain intelligence right about now.

Reposted by Miles Corak

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Brendan Greeley @bhgreeley.bsky.social · 6d
Now is that time in the life of a book when I email everyone I've ever met and ask for favors. If I am asking you for a favor: I'm sorry. And also please. And if I am not asking you for a favor HAHA IT'S A TRAP because I'm going to ask you to buy it. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/634502...
The Almighty Dollar by Brendan Greeley: 9780593138885 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
In this ambitious and groundbreaking history of the dollar, financial journalist and economic scholar Brendan Greeley makes a new argument about the origins of our money—and the people and nations...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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Hettie O’Brien @hettieobrien.bsky.social · 9d
THE ASSET CLASS, my first book, will be published by @wnbooks.bsky.social on 9 April 2026. It’s a narrative investigation of private equity, a secretive and relentlessly destructive wing of finance that penetrates almost every aspect of our lives - and it’s available to pre-order now!

Reposted by Jonathan Portes, Stephen P. Jenkins, Miles Corak

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Yonatan Berman @yonatanberman.com · 9d
📢 We’re hiring!

King's College London Political Economy is recruiting an Assistant Professor (Lecturer in the UK system) in Economics.

Apply here: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/130885-...

Feel free to contact me for information about the role and our department.

@kcl-spe.bsky.social @kingsqpe.bsky.social
Lecturer in Economics | King's College London
www.kcl.ac.uk

Reposted by Branko Milanovic, Janet Gornick, Miles Corak

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Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · 9d
"The illusion of 'Degrowth' in a Poor and Unequal World," an essay from @brankomilan.bsky.social's 2025 collection, "The World Under Capitalism," explains why degrowth isn't a viable way to reduce emissions. Read the excerpt on the Stone Center site.
stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/the-illusion...
The Illusion of “Degrowth” in a Poor and Unequal World - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
An excerpt from Branko Milanovic's latest book, The World Under Capitalism: Observations on Economics Politics, History, and Culture, a 2025 collection of his essays from the last decade.
stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu

Reposted by David Brady, Miles Corak, Bruce Buchan

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Julia Lynch @jlynch13.bsky.social · 10d
This may be the best thing ive read yet on AI in higher ed, and its written by a Yale undergrad. Highly recommend.
Inside Yale’s Quiet Reckoning with AI | The New Journal
Amid ChatGPT's rising popularity and a computer science cheating scandal, Yale students, professors, and administrators wrestle privately with the proper role of AI in education. What happens when eve...
thenewjournalatyale.com

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Matthew Mendelsohn @mendelmatt.bsky.social · 12d
The administrative state in Canada prosecutes the poor and says getting taxes from wealthy people is too complicated.

www.canadianaffairs.news/2025/11/12/o...
Op-Ed: Ottawa's costly pursuit of the poor
The government cites inefficiency as a reason to end taxes on vacant homes and yachts — yet keeps pouring money into futile litigation over pandemic-era benefits
www.canadianaffairs.news

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Elizabeth (Beth) Dhuey @bdhuey.bsky.social · 13d
I know that the job market is rough this year for Econ PhDs. @utoronto.ca has expanded its postdoc funding. If you are on the market and work on school finance or early childhood education and are interested in a PostDoc, let me know! #econsky #educsky postdoc.sgs.utoronto.ca/current-post...
Postdoctoral Talent Initiative – School of Graduate Studies Postdoctoral Fellows
postdoc.sgs.utoronto.ca

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 13d
Clinical trials are generally considered the gold standard in medical research and are used to evaluate the effectiveness of new drugs and interventions. Our health reporter explains why the trials are important and how they can help inform the public.
What Are Clinical Trials, and How Do They Work?
A New York Times health reporter explains what clinical trials are, why they are important and how they can help inform us.
nyti.ms

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NPR @npr.org · 14d
A new book by the Nobel-winning pioneer of behavioral economics offers some advice we can all use. n.pr/4oCpO4q
How to avoid 'The Winner's Curse'
A new book by the Nobel-winning pioneer of behavioral economics offers some advice we can all use.
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Reposted by Miles Corak, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Simon Lester , and 1 more

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14d
Canadians are keeping up their efforts to boycott travel to the U.S.

The ongoing decline in air and car travel is part of a broader shift in Canadians’ attitudes toward the U.S. amid tensions over President Trump’s tariffs and the rhetoric that many Canadians feel is condescending.
Canadian Travel to the United States Falls for 10th Consecutive Month
The drop has been reflected in air and car travel, according to Canadian statistics. Tensions over tariffs placed by the Trump administration spurred calls for Canadians to spend their money at home.
nyti.ms

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Oxford Martin School @oxmartinschool.bsky.social · 15d
We’re recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher to join a new Oxford Martin programme led by renowned innovation scholars: Prof @maxroser.bsky.social, Prof @doynefarmer.bsky.social & Dr @francoislafond.bsky.social.

Help shape global insights into how technologies evolve.

Link in thread ⬇️
Job vacancy for Post Doctoral Research Associate in Economics of Technological Change at Oxford. Deadline: 5 Jan 2026.

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GC Writing Center @writingcentergc.bsky.social · 15d
Taking notes is a fundamental skill for writers in any discipline @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social and we've got a workshop that can help you do that more effectively. Scan the QR code below to register or visit our website: gcwritingcenter.commons.gc.cuny.edu/online-progr...
Many writers aren't sure how to take notes in ways that will help them as well as they could. In this workshop, we'll introduce you to the Zettelkasten system, a way to take notes that can serve as a life-long research and learning tool. Tuesday, November 18th @ 2 PM Register here:

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Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · 15d
Rising wealth concentration tends to undermine democracy, according to a Stone Center Working Paper by @schechtlm.bsky.social. In this interview, he discusses how he drew on two new sources of data to compare democratic backsliding in 50 U.S. states.
stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu/the-effect-o...
The Effect of Increasing Wealth Inequality on U.S. Democracy at the State Level - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
Manuel Schechtl, a 2022–2024 Stone Center postdoctoral scholar, discusses his Stone Center Working Paper, which combines two new sources of data to compare the extent of democratic backsliding in all ...
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