Dick Startz
@dstartz.bsky.social
Professor of Economics at University of California Santa Barbara.
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Can middlemen increase consumer welfare in developing countries? Meredith Startz on wholesale and retail trade as important economic sectors we need to know more about.
🆕 The development bogeyman? Understanding the true role of middlemen 📢
Today on VoxDevTalks, Meredith Startz (@dartmouthartsci.bsky.social) discusses how intermediaries improve consumer welfare in developing countries: voxdev.org/topic/trade/...
Today on VoxDevTalks, Meredith Startz (@dartmouthartsci.bsky.social) discusses how intermediaries improve consumer welfare in developing countries: voxdev.org/topic/trade/...
August 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Can middlemen increase consumer welfare in developing countries? Meredith Startz on wholesale and retail trade as important economic sectors we need to know more about.
As a momentary distraction in a time of tsouris, maybe someone can help me out with a recipe question. I'm rereading @hntdove.bsky.social's Time of Troubles . (If you haven't read it run right out and buy a copy. That way you'll be able to reread it down the road.)
August 19, 2025 at 11:40 PM
As a momentary distraction in a time of tsouris, maybe someone can help me out with a recipe question. I'm rereading @hntdove.bsky.social's Time of Troubles . (If you haven't read it run right out and buy a copy. That way you'll be able to reread it down the road.)
My latest on international students at Brookings.
July 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
My latest on international students at Brookings.
Just finished @hntdove.bsky.social’s new masterpiece Powerless. Everyone too young to remember the Soviet Union should read it to learn. Everyone of every age should read it to remember why democracy matters.
July 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Just finished @hntdove.bsky.social’s new masterpiece Powerless. Everyone too young to remember the Soviet Union should read it to learn. Everyone of every age should read it to remember why democracy matters.
Me at Brookings. More topical than usual , www.brookings.edu/articles/int...
International college students matter for the economy
Dick Startz highlights how international students boost the U.S. economy and trade balance by fueling higher education exports.
www.brookings.edu
May 30, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Me at Brookings. More topical than usual , www.brookings.edu/articles/int...
Me being a little more nerdy than usual. The editing is a little weird as they've cut out the interviewer, faculti.net/how-research...
How Research Goes Astray: Paths and Equilibria
What determines whether an academic field thrives or dies—intellectual value, historical luck, or systemic incentives—and what should that mean for how we ju...
faculti.net
May 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Me being a little more nerdy than usual. The editing is a little weird as they've cut out the interviewer, faculti.net/how-research...
One of the joys of @hntdove.bsky.social is figuring out what all the historical allusions are. I think I pick up most of them. Wish there were a magical way to find out about the ones I missed.
May 18, 2025 at 4:32 PM
One of the joys of @hntdove.bsky.social is figuring out what all the historical allusions are. I think I pick up most of them. Wish there were a magical way to find out about the ones I missed.
Just finished @hntdove.bsky.social's new City in Chains. Another great read. Great writing. Great story. And thought-provoking.
May 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Just finished @hntdove.bsky.social's new City in Chains. Another great read. Great writing. Great story. And thought-provoking.
Good way to spend a Saturday.
April 6, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Good way to spend a Saturday.
The Department of Education is telling school districts that if they send more money to schools with more low income students they may lose their Federal funding. Wonder how they feel about the feds sending more money to low income states?
April 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The Department of Education is telling school districts that if they send more money to schools with more low income students they may lose their Federal funding. Wonder how they feel about the feds sending more money to low income states?
Just finished @hntdove.bsky.social's latest, Twice as Dead. The usual fantastic Turtledove writing. Not exactly Alternate History...well, maybe it is alternate Los Angeles history...very alternate.
March 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Just finished @hntdove.bsky.social's latest, Twice as Dead. The usual fantastic Turtledove writing. Not exactly Alternate History...well, maybe it is alternate Los Angeles history...very alternate.
A reminder quote from @hntdove.bsky.social's new Twice As Dead. "What helps the bad guys most is when the good guys sit on their hands. That's how the fylfot boys got to be what they were."
(I had to look it up too.)
(I had to look it up too.)
March 26, 2025 at 3:14 AM
A reminder quote from @hntdove.bsky.social's new Twice As Dead. "What helps the bad guys most is when the good guys sit on their hands. That's how the fylfot boys got to be what they were."
(I had to look it up too.)
(I had to look it up too.)
Reposted by Dick Startz
The Federal Reserve is not as independent from the executive branch as we’d like to think. The NY Fed just cancelled this Thursday’s @aeacswep.bsky.social reception at #EEA2025 and withdrew from our summer fellowship program. Both support women and underrepresented groups in economics. #EconSky
February 17, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The Federal Reserve is not as independent from the executive branch as we’d like to think. The NY Fed just cancelled this Thursday’s @aeacswep.bsky.social reception at #EEA2025 and withdrew from our summer fellowship program. Both support women and underrepresented groups in economics. #EconSky