Dilek Sayedahmed
@dileksayedahmed.bsky.social
Market Design Economist gone rogue | Director at WAGE & EIC ✨ Social Policy at NYU Paris | One of those academic types who prefers books over people✌🏾Elaine Benes of economics 🙋🏽♀️
I'm ashamed to say, I'm here, but for now: https://dileksay2.substack.com
I'm ashamed to say, I'm here, but for now: https://dileksay2.substack.com
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Just some thoughts from an immigrant economist gal wrapping up this historic election season. It really shouldn’t come as a surprise. The rhetoric of the center-left in the U.S. has been, as usual, frustrating.
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Breaking: banning Palestine Action was “disproportionate and unlawful,” judges rule.
2,500 people+ were arrested because Labour *broke the law* in banning Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws.
All of this bcs Labour chose to protect Israel at all costs.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
2,500 people+ were arrested because Labour *broke the law* in banning Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws.
All of this bcs Labour chose to protect Israel at all costs.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
UK Palestine Action ban ruled unlawful, in humiliating blow for ministers
Thousands arrested for supporting group since proscription are now in legal limbo as Mahmood says she will appeal
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:14 PM
Breaking: banning Palestine Action was “disproportionate and unlawful,” judges rule.
2,500 people+ were arrested because Labour *broke the law* in banning Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws.
All of this bcs Labour chose to protect Israel at all costs.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
2,500 people+ were arrested because Labour *broke the law* in banning Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws.
All of this bcs Labour chose to protect Israel at all costs.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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I want to see these leaders discuss more about what this means for smaller countries.
World's rules-based order 'no longer exists', Germany's Merz warns
World's rules-based order 'no longer exists', Germany's Merz warns
"Our freedom is not guaranteed" in an era of big powers, the German chancellor tells Munich's security summit.
www.bbc.com
February 13, 2026 at 4:46 PM
I want to see these leaders discuss more about what this means for smaller countries.
Bonjour bon matin tout le monde, je voudrais partager important and subtle art right outside our municipal office here in paris (my sincere apologies for the french on it but I thought some of you might appreciate this piece): Merci, bonne journée et bon vendredi!
February 13, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Bonjour bon matin tout le monde, je voudrais partager important and subtle art right outside our municipal office here in paris (my sincere apologies for the french on it but I thought some of you might appreciate this piece): Merci, bonne journée et bon vendredi!
Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI by the brilliant Madhumita Murgia is a must read re: the piece below.
February 12, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Code Dependent: Living in the Shadow of AI by the brilliant Madhumita Murgia is a must read re: the piece below.
Again, essential must-read by the ever-excellent @jwmason.bsky.social 👇🏾
Read and make read.
Added to my course syllabus ✅
Read and make read.
Added to my course syllabus ✅
The Real Cost of Affordable Housing | JW Mason
Understanding the debate over distressed buildings, multifamily rental incomes, and the rent freeze
substack.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Again, essential must-read by the ever-excellent @jwmason.bsky.social 👇🏾
Read and make read.
Added to my course syllabus ✅
Read and make read.
Added to my course syllabus ✅
Folks, you gotta read this and make people read it. I am completely changing my class tomorrow as well as my syllabus to shift focus on this. (And yessiree bob my grad course is called “not-so-free market economics” so, touché).
An essential must-read 👇🏾
An essential must-read 👇🏾
This is a wonderfully written piece and I will be recommending it to everyone who knows how to read. Essential contribution to clarify positions, obligations and incentives under rent-stablization regimes.
I have a new piece out today in Phenomenal World, on the economics of a freeze in NYC regulated rents. www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/aft...
February 12, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Folks, you gotta read this and make people read it. I am completely changing my class tomorrow as well as my syllabus to shift focus on this. (And yessiree bob my grad course is called “not-so-free market economics” so, touché).
An essential must-read 👇🏾
An essential must-read 👇🏾
Essential must-read:
I have a new piece out today in Phenomenal World, on the economics of a freeze in NYC regulated rents. www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/aft...
February 12, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Essential must-read:
I am a market design economist who teaches funding design and advises public sector, and let me tell ya: this is the best fuckin thing I have read in awhile.
Merci, sir.
Merci, sir.
The stats on my irregular housing policy blog are very modest but they tell me people keep coming back to this post, so Imma pin it. Play the hits they say.
medium.com/p/d58d9b30645b
medium.com/p/d58d9b30645b
There is no such thing as non-market housing
Last June, my employer, Vivre en Ville, hosted its annual symposium in Montreal. Since this year’s theme was efficient land use, of course…
medium.com
February 12, 2026 at 10:03 PM
I am a market design economist who teaches funding design and advises public sector, and let me tell ya: this is the best fuckin thing I have read in awhile.
Merci, sir.
Merci, sir.
I am always in Arundhati Roy state of mind.
February 12, 2026 at 9:52 PM
I am always in Arundhati Roy state of mind.
I switched to books, pen, & paper in my grad courses (seminar-style) as well. And my students and myself are having a blast (we be discussing & writing) in terms of our brains’ green cells absorbing, sparking new ideas (yes for me too—the way I run back to my manuscripts!). A co-learning blast!
Last semester, I shifted what had been a 4-part series of online discussion posts to a 4-part series of in-class, pen and paper short essays. I've never received more positive feedback in student evals from a single pedagogical decision ever. www.chronicle.com/article/to-s...
To Solve the Student-Attention Problem, Professors Turn to Pencils and Paper
Some say it’s a better way to keep students focused and engaged.
www.chronicle.com
February 12, 2026 at 9:47 PM
I switched to books, pen, & paper in my grad courses (seminar-style) as well. And my students and myself are having a blast (we be discussing & writing) in terms of our brains’ green cells absorbing, sparking new ideas (yes for me too—the way I run back to my manuscripts!). A co-learning blast!
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It almost seems as if the United States was founded on a bunch of hellish rape plantations run for the obscene enrichment of a gang of already obscenely wealthy slavers.
Likely-historic photo by NBC News of all the Epstein victims asked to raise their hands if they've not yet been asked to meet with the DOJ as Bondi testifies in foreground
February 12, 2026 at 2:09 PM
It almost seems as if the United States was founded on a bunch of hellish rape plantations run for the obscene enrichment of a gang of already obscenely wealthy slavers.
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She is an empty suit, of course. And an absolute nasty piece of cornbread.
She is also, to my somewhat trained ear, absolutely, positively terrified here. She is either intimidated by the process or deeply anxious about her relationship with her boss. Or both.
But she is terrified.
She is also, to my somewhat trained ear, absolutely, positively terrified here. She is either intimidated by the process or deeply anxious about her relationship with her boss. Or both.
But she is terrified.
The question for Baghdad Bondi was, how many of Epstein’s co-conspirators and pedophiles have you indicted or investigated?
Answer: The Dow is over $50K.
Answer: The Dow is over $50K.
February 12, 2026 at 12:51 PM
She is an empty suit, of course. And an absolute nasty piece of cornbread.
She is also, to my somewhat trained ear, absolutely, positively terrified here. She is either intimidated by the process or deeply anxious about her relationship with her boss. Or both.
But she is terrified.
She is also, to my somewhat trained ear, absolutely, positively terrified here. She is either intimidated by the process or deeply anxious about her relationship with her boss. Or both.
But she is terrified.
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Israel's Venezuela dividend: First delivery of crude oil from Venezuela to Israel, ending the embargo that Venezuela has imposed on Israel for years.
www.israelnationalnews.com/news/422236?...
www.israelnationalnews.com/news/422236?...
After Maduro: First delivery of crude oil from Venezuela to Israel
The move, as part of the plan to open up the oil export market, ends the embargo that Venezuela has imposed on Israel for years.
www.israelnationalnews.com
February 11, 2026 at 3:39 AM
Israel's Venezuela dividend: First delivery of crude oil from Venezuela to Israel, ending the embargo that Venezuela has imposed on Israel for years.
www.israelnationalnews.com/news/422236?...
www.israelnationalnews.com/news/422236?...
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Canadian pension giant halts deals with Dubai-based DP World over chief’s Jeffrey Epstein ties www.ft.com/content/c813... via @ft
Canadian pension giant halts deals with DP World over chief’s Jeffrey Epstein ties
La Caisse to suspend future ventures with the Dubai-based logistics group over Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem’s messages
www.ft.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Canadian pension giant halts deals with Dubai-based DP World over chief’s Jeffrey Epstein ties www.ft.com/content/c813... via @ft
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Turkey's foreign minister says the US and Iran appear ready to compromise to secure a nuclear deal, but warns that broadening talks to cover Tehran’s ballistic missile program would risk “nothing but another war.”
ara.tv/9nsen
ara.tv/9nsen
US and Iran showing flexibility on nuclear deal, Turkey’s foreign minister says
The US and Iran appeared ready to compromise to secure a nuclear deal, but broadening talks to cover Tehran’s ballistic missile program would risk “nothing
ara.tv
February 12, 2026 at 6:13 AM
Turkey's foreign minister says the US and Iran appear ready to compromise to secure a nuclear deal, but warns that broadening talks to cover Tehran’s ballistic missile program would risk “nothing but another war.”
ara.tv/9nsen
ara.tv/9nsen
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Portugal urged to adapt to climate emergency after series of deadly storms
Portugal urged to adapt to climate emergency after series of deadly storms
Continuing extreme weather has caused deaths of 16 people, evacuation of thousands and destruction of homes
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Europe live – latest updates
Portugal is under pressure to draw up plans to adapt to the climate emergency as the country continues to be lashed by an unprecedented series of storms that have killed at least 16 people and left tens of thousands without electricity.
More than 3,000 people were evacuated from the Coimbra area of central Portugal on Wednesday as the Mondego River reached critical levels, while part of the country’s main motorway, the A1, collapsed after a dyke on the Mondego gave way under the weight of flood water. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Portugal urged to adapt to climate emergency after series of deadly storms
My dear colleagues at the Association for Nonprofit and Social Economy Research is organizing a spectacular event.
Join us on Thursday, February 26 for our Webinar: From Lived Experience to Shared Futures: Storytelling as Social Infrastructure - Conflict, Care, and Community.
Join us on Thursday, February 26 for our Webinar: From Lived Experience to Shared Futures: Storytelling as Social Infrastructure - Conflict, Care, and Community.
February 12, 2026 at 11:54 AM
My dear colleagues at the Association for Nonprofit and Social Economy Research is organizing a spectacular event.
Join us on Thursday, February 26 for our Webinar: From Lived Experience to Shared Futures: Storytelling as Social Infrastructure - Conflict, Care, and Community.
Join us on Thursday, February 26 for our Webinar: From Lived Experience to Shared Futures: Storytelling as Social Infrastructure - Conflict, Care, and Community.
By the ever-excellent Institute for New Economic Thinking.
Doyne Farmer explains how to model the global economy:
Doyne Farmer explains how to model the global economy:
Economics has failed on the climate crisis. This complexity scientist has a mind-blowing plan to fix that
Doyne Farmer says a super-simulator of the global economy would accelerate the transition to a green, clean world
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2026 at 11:26 AM
By the ever-excellent Institute for New Economic Thinking.
Doyne Farmer explains how to model the global economy:
Doyne Farmer explains how to model the global economy:
As I struggle and suffer with editing multiple manuscripts, this is what I am going back:
February 12, 2026 at 9:20 AM
As I struggle and suffer with editing multiple manuscripts, this is what I am going back:
Every single survivor of Epstein’s in that room raised their hand in response to the question: “Who has not been contacted by the DOJ?”
Attorney General Pam Bondi is deliberately shielding and protecting an international network of child rapists.
Her removal is imperative.
Attorney General Pam Bondi is deliberately shielding and protecting an international network of child rapists.
Her removal is imperative.
Jayapal asks Epstein survivors in hearing room to stand and raise hands if they still haven't been able to meet with Bondi's DOJ. Every single one of them doe. Jayapal then gives Bondi an opportunity to apologize. She responds by trying to attack Jayapal and Merrick Garland but doesn't apologize.
February 11, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Every single survivor of Epstein’s in that room raised their hand in response to the question: “Who has not been contacted by the DOJ?”
Attorney General Pam Bondi is deliberately shielding and protecting an international network of child rapists.
Her removal is imperative.
Attorney General Pam Bondi is deliberately shielding and protecting an international network of child rapists.
Her removal is imperative.
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Ending violence is not the same as building peace.
Do grassroots peacebuilding efforts matter for starting or ending wars?
We reviewed the evidence on peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding.... and found 3 tensions.
Now out in Economic Policy:
academic.oup.com/economicpoli...
Do grassroots peacebuilding efforts matter for starting or ending wars?
We reviewed the evidence on peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding.... and found 3 tensions.
Now out in Economic Policy:
academic.oup.com/economicpoli...
February 10, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Ending violence is not the same as building peace.
Do grassroots peacebuilding efforts matter for starting or ending wars?
We reviewed the evidence on peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding.... and found 3 tensions.
Now out in Economic Policy:
academic.oup.com/economicpoli...
Do grassroots peacebuilding efforts matter for starting or ending wars?
We reviewed the evidence on peacemaking, peacekeeping, and peacebuilding.... and found 3 tensions.
Now out in Economic Policy:
academic.oup.com/economicpoli...
To all people of Canada: my heart is with you. A vigil will be held tomorrow at the Embassy of Canada in France; please feel free to stop by at any time. All are welcome, no matter where you call home. I will be there.
The flag is at half-mast. We extend our deepest condolences to everyone.
The flag is at half-mast. We extend our deepest condolences to everyone.
February 11, 2026 at 3:51 PM
To all people of Canada: my heart is with you. A vigil will be held tomorrow at the Embassy of Canada in France; please feel free to stop by at any time. All are welcome, no matter where you call home. I will be there.
The flag is at half-mast. We extend our deepest condolences to everyone.
The flag is at half-mast. We extend our deepest condolences to everyone.
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2023 interview with Substack’s CEO is all that’s needed to get off the platform
www.instagram.com/reel/DUlXW_k...
www.instagram.com/reel/DUlXW_k...
February 11, 2026 at 2:56 PM
2023 interview with Substack’s CEO is all that’s needed to get off the platform
www.instagram.com/reel/DUlXW_k...
www.instagram.com/reel/DUlXW_k...
Oh yes baby! 🫡 My students are thrilled by this new addition to the syllabus. The first discussion has been fire.
February 11, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Oh yes baby! 🫡 My students are thrilled by this new addition to the syllabus. The first discussion has been fire.
The plum you're going to eat next summer by Gayle Brandeis.
When poetry is medicinal therapeutic meditation.
Bon mercredi!
When poetry is medicinal therapeutic meditation.
Bon mercredi!
February 11, 2026 at 9:05 AM
The plum you're going to eat next summer by Gayle Brandeis.
When poetry is medicinal therapeutic meditation.
Bon mercredi!
When poetry is medicinal therapeutic meditation.
Bon mercredi!