Michael M. Kang
@michaelmkang36.bsky.social
Working (and studying) at UIUC
UMass Econ and Policy
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I spoke with the Boston Globe about the Summers situation
TLDR: other professors like myself can no longer trust Summers to perform a key duty of a university professor, which is to advise & mentor students
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/18/m...
TLDR: other professors like myself can no longer trust Summers to perform a key duty of a university professor, which is to advise & mentor students
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/18/m...
Long a coveted voice, Larry Summers withdraws from a half-dozen groups amid Epstein ties. Harvard’s not among them. - The Boston Globe
Former Harvard president Larry Summers is no longer affiliated with a series of centers and think tanks with which he’s long been involved, officials confirmed Tuesday.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I spoke with the Boston Globe about the Summers situation
TLDR: other professors like myself can no longer trust Summers to perform a key duty of a university professor, which is to advise & mentor students
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/18/m...
TLDR: other professors like myself can no longer trust Summers to perform a key duty of a university professor, which is to advise & mentor students
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/18/m...
This is only very marginally better than the Doncici trade, @redsox.com.
In other words what the hell were you thinking?
In other words what the hell were you thinking?
June 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM
This is only very marginally better than the Doncici trade, @redsox.com.
In other words what the hell were you thinking?
In other words what the hell were you thinking?
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nvm
We updated the chart.
Average US tariffs on China are now 104.3%.
Average China tariffs on the US are now 106.6%.
100% of goods flowing between the world's two largest economies are now subject to tariffs.
Details & data here: www.piie.com/research/pii...
Average US tariffs on China are now 104.3%.
Average China tariffs on the US are now 106.6%.
100% of goods flowing between the world's two largest economies are now subject to tariffs.
Details & data here: www.piie.com/research/pii...
April 9, 2025 at 5:55 PM
nvm
Forgot to share--Nobel Laureate labor economist David Card holding a lecture now at @umassamherst.bsky.social!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z1S...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z1S...
2025 Philip Gamble Memorial Lecture: David Card
YouTube video by UMassEconomics
www.youtube.com
April 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Forgot to share--Nobel Laureate labor economist David Card holding a lecture now at @umassamherst.bsky.social!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z1S...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-z1S...
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NEW: The Census Bureau hasn't been recruiting and retaining enough interviewers for three key surveys, including the source of the monthly job report, and lacks a plan for building up a field representative staff, the bureau's internal watchdog, Commerce OIG, finds
www.oig.doc.gov/wp-content/O...
www.oig.doc.gov/wp-content/O...
March 15, 2025 at 1:01 AM
NEW: The Census Bureau hasn't been recruiting and retaining enough interviewers for three key surveys, including the source of the monthly job report, and lacks a plan for building up a field representative staff, the bureau's internal watchdog, Commerce OIG, finds
www.oig.doc.gov/wp-content/O...
www.oig.doc.gov/wp-content/O...
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AERA has just learned that all restricted-use NCES data licenses will be cancelled, possibly as early as March 20. We urgently request that all AERA members and others in the research community with restricted-use licenses take these two actions: www.aera.net/Research-Pol...
March 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
AERA has just learned that all restricted-use NCES data licenses will be cancelled, possibly as early as March 20. We urgently request that all AERA members and others in the research community with restricted-use licenses take these two actions: www.aera.net/Research-Pol...
An increase in the minimum wage for fast food workers in CA has no effects on employment and some increase in prices but less than the increase in wage.
irle.berkeley.edu/publications...
irle.berkeley.edu/publications...
Effects of the $20 California Fast-Food Minimum Wage – Institute for Research on Labor and Employment
Abstract This policy brief represents the second in a series of reports on the effects of California’s $20 fast-food minimum wage. The first report , issued on
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February 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
An increase in the minimum wage for fast food workers in CA has no effects on employment and some increase in prices but less than the increase in wage.
irle.berkeley.edu/publications...
irle.berkeley.edu/publications...
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Awful timing given the funding meltdown in the USA
IZA shutting down its institute in Bonn
Hoping to maintain the scholar network
www.deutsche-post-stiftung.org/media/202502...
IZA shutting down its institute in Bonn
Hoping to maintain the scholar network
www.deutsche-post-stiftung.org/media/202502...
February 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Awful timing given the funding meltdown in the USA
IZA shutting down its institute in Bonn
Hoping to maintain the scholar network
www.deutsche-post-stiftung.org/media/202502...
IZA shutting down its institute in Bonn
Hoping to maintain the scholar network
www.deutsche-post-stiftung.org/media/202502...
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Forthcoming book review in the JEL: "Busting the Bankers’ Club: Finance for the Rest of Us by Gerald Epstein" by Robert F. Bruner. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
Busting the Bankers’ Club: Finance for the Rest of Us by Gerald Epstein
(Forthcoming Article)
www.aeaweb.org
February 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Forthcoming book review in the JEL: "Busting the Bankers’ Club: Finance for the Rest of Us by Gerald Epstein" by Robert F. Bruner. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
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Kendrick Lamar made me realize I have not served the role of Reviewer 2 to the full potential.
February 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Kendrick Lamar made me realize I have not served the role of Reviewer 2 to the full potential.
Hopefully it has nothing to do with the Trump Admin (+Musk), but the most recent (2023) NSF report on diversity in STEM is suddenly unavailable.
It could be just an error as the 2021 and 2019 versions are still available...?
www.nsf.gov/statistics/w...
It could be just an error as the 2021 and 2019 versions are still available...?
www.nsf.gov/statistics/w...
Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in S&E | NCSES | NSFLock
The National Science Foundation's National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) is the US government's primary source of analytic and statistical information about the nation's scient...
www.nsf.gov
February 5, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Hopefully it has nothing to do with the Trump Admin (+Musk), but the most recent (2023) NSF report on diversity in STEM is suddenly unavailable.
It could be just an error as the 2021 and 2019 versions are still available...?
www.nsf.gov/statistics/w...
It could be just an error as the 2021 and 2019 versions are still available...?
www.nsf.gov/statistics/w...
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President Biden will join us at Brookings tomorrow to reflect on his administration’s middle-out, bottom-up economic playbook and the future of the American economy.
Tune in for his remarks at this link: www.brookings.edu/events/growi...
Tune in for his remarks at this link: www.brookings.edu/events/growi...
December 9, 2024 at 9:43 PM
President Biden will join us at Brookings tomorrow to reflect on his administration’s middle-out, bottom-up economic playbook and the future of the American economy.
Tune in for his remarks at this link: www.brookings.edu/events/growi...
Tune in for his remarks at this link: www.brookings.edu/events/growi...
South Korean President, with an approval rating of just 27%, orders martial law. Absolute insanity.
apnews.com/article/sout...
#southkorea #korea
apnews.com/article/sout...
#southkorea #korea
South Korean president declares emergency martial law, accusing opposition of anti-state activities
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has declared an “emergency martial law," accusing the country's opposition of controlling the parliament and paralyzing the government with anti-state activities.
apnews.com
December 3, 2024 at 2:10 PM
South Korean President, with an approval rating of just 27%, orders martial law. Absolute insanity.
apnews.com/article/sout...
#southkorea #korea
apnews.com/article/sout...
#southkorea #korea
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TRAILS Lab @ Illinois
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November 11, 2024 at 1:39 AM
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Remembering who to follow is basically doing a literature review.
November 19, 2024 at 11:44 AM
Remembering who to follow is basically doing a literature review.