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SIEPR @siepr.bsky.social · 16d

Lots of ideas in this proposed research agenda for economists thinking about the effects of #AI on the #economy, including implications for #innovation and #geoeconomics. Courtesy of
@erikbryn.bsky.social, @akorinek.bsky.social and Ajay Agrawal.
tinyurl.com/ycxjx4ah

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Eduard Talamàs @eduardtalamas.bsky.social · Apr 15

Should be fun !

Yves Zenou @yveszenou.bsky.social · Apr 14

I'm organizing a two-day summer school on networks (10-11 September) at Monash University where Matt Jackson (@JacksonmMatt ), Sanjeev Goyal, and myself will teach a 12 hours course. It is free and anybody interested can apply here: www.monash.edu/business/eve...

Network Economics Conference and Summer School 2025

www.monash.edu

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Eduard Talamàs @eduardtalamas.bsky.social · Mar 10

walking to give a general audience talk on the Economics of AI, this anecdote came to mind. What a legend...

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Erik Brynjolfsson @erikbryn.bsky.social · Mar 4

I'm so glad you came to visit. The work you're doing on AI is insightful and important.

Eduard Talamàs @eduardtalamas.bsky.social · Mar 4

@stanforddel.bsky.social rocks! Very inspiring visit, thank you again for this opportunity @erikbryn.bsky.social !

Stanford Digital Economy Lab @stanforddel.bsky.social · Mar 4

Did you miss yesterday's seminar with Eduard Talamàs? Catch up here to watch "Artificial Intelligence in the Knowledge Economy."

@eduardtalamas.bsky.social

digitaleconomy.stanford.edu/event/eduard...

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Eduard Talamàs @eduardtalamas.bsky.social · Mar 4

@stanforddel.bsky.social rocks! Very inspiring visit, thank you again for this opportunity @erikbryn.bsky.social !

Stanford Digital Economy Lab @stanforddel.bsky.social · Mar 4

Did you miss yesterday's seminar with Eduard Talamàs? Catch up here to watch "Artificial Intelligence in the Knowledge Economy."

@eduardtalamas.bsky.social

digitaleconomy.stanford.edu/event/eduard...

Eduard Talamàs: Artificial Intelligence in the Knowledge Economy

On March 3, 2025, Eduard Talamàs, Assistant Professor of Economics at IESE Business School, will stop by the lab for his talk on "Artificial Intelligence in the Knowledge Economy."

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Eduard Talamàs @eduardtalamas.bsky.social · Mar 3

How is AI different from past automation—and what does this mean for the knowledge economy?

@enriqueide.bsky.social & I have spent two years tackling this question.

Join the discussion @stanforddel.bsky.social.
Organized by @erikbryn.bsky.social
digitaleconomy.stanford.edu/event/eduard...

Eduard Talamàs: Artificial Intelligence in the Knowledge Economy

On March 3, 2025, Eduard Talamàs, Assistant Professor of Economics at IESE Business School, will stop by the lab for his talk on "Artificial Intelligence in the Knowledge Economy."

digitaleconomy.stanford.edu

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Eduard Talamàs @eduardtalamas.bsky.social · Feb 26

Thrilled to kick off @stanforddel.bsky.social’s spring seminar series next Monday (3/3)! I’ll be presenting joint work with @enriqueide.bsky.social on 'Artificial Intelligence in the Knowledge Economy.' Looking forward to a great discussion.

Stanford Digital Economy Lab @stanforddel.bsky.social · Feb 25

Our spring seminar series kicks off next Monday (3/3) with Eduard Talamàs, assistant professor of economics at IESE Business School. Join us for "Artificial Intelligence in the Knowledge Economy."

Register now for this free virtual event, open to all.

digitaleconomy.stanford.edu/event/eduard...

Eduard Talamàs

On March 3, 2025, Eduard Talamàs, Assistant Professor of Economics at IESE Business School, will stop by the lab for his talk on "Artificial Intelligence in the Knowledge Economy."

digitaleconomy.stanford.edu

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Eduard Talamàs @eduardtalamas.bsky.social · Feb 26

Excited for this seminar! Huge thanks to @erikbryn.bsky.social and @stanforddel.bsky.social for the opportunity. Really looking forward to the discussion.

Erik Brynjolfsson @erikbryn.bsky.social · Feb 26

Please join me next Monday when I welcome Prof. Eduard Talamàs ( @eduardtalamas.bsky.social ) to the Stanford Digital Economy Lab for his seminar on Artificial Intelligence in the Knowledge Economy.

Follow the @stanforddel.bsky.social for announcements of future seminars and events.

Stanford Digital Economy Lab @stanforddel.bsky.social · Feb 25

Our spring seminar series kicks off next Monday (3/3) with Eduard Talamàs, assistant professor of economics at IESE Business School. Join us for "Artificial Intelligence in the Knowledge Economy."

Register now for this free virtual event, open to all.

digitaleconomy.stanford.edu/event/eduard...

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AEA Information @aeainformation.bsky.social · Jan 22

Congratulations to Philipp Strack of @yaleuniversity.bsky.social who was presented with the 2024 Clark Medal by Lawrence F. Katz at the #ASSA2025 Annual Meeting. #econsky aeaweb.org/about-aea/ho...

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Shengwu Li @shengwuli.bsky.social · Jan 22

I did a NYT video interview—along with voices from Hungary, Nicaragua, and Russia— about how repression works in authoritarian states.

www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...

Video: Opinion | How Tyranny Begins

Tyranny doesn’t happen overnight. Take it from the people who missed the first signs.

www.nytimes.com

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Rohit Lamba @rohitlamba.bsky.social · Jan 18

Week 3: This week's theory paper in focus is Political Correctness (2001) by Stephen Morris. It is a masterpiece in what economists called applied theory--crafty story telling about interesting facts around us that uses elegant mathematical modeling.
www.jstor.org/stable/10.10...

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Bård Harstad @bardharstad.bsky.social · Jan 18

Even more important now, than when it was written in 2020: www.usni.org/magazines/pr...

The Case for an Arctic Treaty

Arctic stakeholders must come together under an Arctic treaty to prevent the worst costs of climate change.

www.usni.org

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Eduard Talamàs @eduardtalamas.bsky.social · Jan 18

Markus’ Academy has been a game-changer in making high-level economic discussions accessible to all.

Yesterday, I had the honor of presenting my research with @enriqueide.bsky.social there—a dream come true!
Watch the webinar: www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2VX...

#MarkusAcademy #AI #Economics #Research

Eduard Talamas on Introducing AI Agents

YouTube video by Markus' Academy

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Ben Golub @bengolub.bsky.social · Jan 17

PLEASE RT :)

Submit to the annual Network Science and Economics Conference, the largest US event for network theory and empirical research in and adjacent to economics

Deadline Jan 30 (soon!)

Conference Apr 11-13 at Stanford

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Michael Ostrovsky @mostrovsky.bsky.social · Jan 9

This rings true to me. One of the reasons why the Soviet Union was so strong in math and physics is that super-talented people in those areas didn't have nearly as many outside options to apply their talents as did comparably talented people in the United States.

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Ben Golub @bengolub.bsky.social · Jan 10

i'm excited to be judging a Quora knowledge contest

questions are below.

if you like thinking about economics, write good answers to these questions!!

first prize is $1000
second prize is $200 (which can buy a set of steak knives)

contests.quora.com/Now-Open-Jan...

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Ioana Marinescu @imarinescu.bsky.social · Jan 8

Public debate in economics is important! Following a suggestion by Handbook of Labor Economics editors Dustmann & Lemieux, Jose Azar & I added a nuanced discussion of the significance of labor market concentration in our understanding of market power and welfare. #EconSky

Ben Golub @bengolub.bsky.social · Dec 24

In economics, editors, referees, and authors often behave as if a published paper should reflect some kind of authoritative consensus.

As a result, valuable debate happens in secret, and the resulting paper is an opaque compromise with anonymous co-authors called referees.

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · Jan 6

This bit of Sam Altman’s newest post is similar in tone to a post by the CEO of Anthropic & what many (not all) researchers from every lab have been saying publicly and privately.

You do not have to believe them, but I think they believe what they are saying, for what it worth. blog.samaltman.com

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Itai Sher @itaisher.bsky.social · Jan 2

Pretty depressing that it’s come to this

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Alex Imas @aleximas.bsky.social · Jan 3

Read this last year. Highly recommended. The part on behavioral Econ was particularly interesting as someone in the field.

Florian Ederer @florianederer.bsky.social · Jan 3

Ran Spiegler has a new book out that I found very entertaining.

It's a collection of essays offering accessible introductions to modern classics of economic theory: global games, Bayesian persuasion, hold-up problem, competitive screening, ...

And it's FREE!
direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...

The Curious Culture of Economic Theory

An essay collection that insightfully explores the professional culture of contemporary economic theory, highlighting key features of successful economic t

direct.mit.edu

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Theoretical Economics @econtheory.bsky.social · Jan 1

Please mark down our session if you are attending the upcoming ASSA meeting! Data, Privacy and AI, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM (PST) www.aeaweb.org/conference/2...,

American Economic Association

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Ivan Werning @ivanwerning.bsky.social · Jan 2

Trump at it again talking about the virtues of tariffs.

Two key papers: Diamond-Mirrlees Atkinson-Stiglitz, establish conditions under which tariffs should not be employed and show the income tax is a great tax.

Or read @pkrugman.bsky.social Pop internationalism!

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Alex Imas @aleximas.bsky.social · Dec 29

Good write up of Toner-Rogers result on introduction of AI to material science labs leading to increase in productivity, w/ almost all gains going to those who were already most productive

But perhaps most interesting result was buried: the scientists hated the tool 1/2

www.wsj.com/economy/will...

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Shengwu Li @shengwuli.bsky.social · Dec 29

The best education about liberalism is experiencing the alternatives.

Rami Jarrah @ramijarrah.bsky.social · Dec 28

A member of the Military Operations Command drops some pure logic:

"you want to worship God or the Devil, it's not our business, we can talk about that on a cup of tea, you convince me, I convince you, whatever. As for the State, it must accommodate for all to live in it"

#Syria

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Al Roth @alroth.bsky.social · Dec 29

Might rhinos be better protected by a legal horn market? #econsky
marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2024/12/rhin...

"Rhino horns are a renewable resource." Would a legal market help save endangered rhinoceroses?

marketdesigner.blogspot.com

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