Phil Haile
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Phil Haile @philhaile.bsky.social · Jan 3
I've gotten a flurry of requests to access my slides on "Models, Measurement, and Language in Economics" (presumably thanks to the great new year's reading list from @rohitlamba.bsky.social). The file is publicly available via my web page, but here is the link: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ntgkb...
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Tim Bresnahan @timobres.bsky.social · Aug 27
I signed, too. Important and only takes a minute.
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David H Feldman @dhfeldman.bsky.social · Aug 27
I signed. If you are a professional economist, please consider adding your name.
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Tatyana Deryugina @tderyugina.bsky.social · Aug 27
The letter is ready, thanks to all those who helped out! Starting to gather signature now, please consider signing (link at top of letter) & spread the word.

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NBER @nber.org · Aug 25
Using rich multi-level data on US House elections finds that marginal voters tend to favor Democrats. State voting policies have small but sometimes key effects and district maps net favor Republicans, from Steven T. Berry, Christian Cox, and Philip Haile https://www.nber.org/papers/w34149
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Phil Haile @philhaile.bsky.social · Aug 1
CF relies on a strong functional form restriction. IV does not. Discussed in Berry-Haile Handbook chapter, but key result is from Blundell and Matzkin.
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Tim Bresnahan @timobres.bsky.social · Aug 1
Wishing courage and good luck to the folks at BLS. I know you will continue to make honest statistics, including revisions. I hope you get to publish honest numbers despite intimidation from the political side.
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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · Aug 1
This is an attack on democracy itself.

No Democratic or Republican politician can be allowed to suppress the most basic facts that the reveal real-world effects of policy.

Facts are the only basis for accountability, and thus a firebreak against dictatorship.
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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · Aug 1
Unquestionably the most dangerous and corrupt attack on the independence of US economic data in American history. Trump is firing the head of the BLS, a longtime civil servant confirmed 86-8 by the Senate, simply because the job numbers came in below his expectations today
I was just informed that our Country’s “Jobs Numbers” are being produced by a Biden Appointee, Dr. Erika McEntarfer, the Commissioner of Labor Statistics, who faked the Jobs Numbers before the Election to try and boost Kamala’s chances of Victory. This is the same Bureau of Labor Statistics that overstated the Jobs Growth in March 2024 by approximately 818,000 and, then again, right before the 2024 Presidential Election, in August and September, by 112,000. These were Records — No one can be that wrong? We need accurate Jobs Numbers. I have directed my Team to fire this Biden Political Appointee, IMMEDIATELY. She will be replaced with someone much more competent and qualified. Important numbers like this must be fair and accurate, they can’t be manipulated for political purposes. McEntarfer said there were only 73,000 Jobs added (a shock!) but, more importantly, that a major mistake was made by them, 258,000 Jobs downward, in the prior two months. Similar things happened in the first part of the year, always to the negative. The Economy is BOOMING under “TRUMP” despite a Fed that also plays games, this time with Interest Rates, where they lowered them twice, and substantially, just before the Presidential Election, I assume in the hopes of getting “Kamala” elected – How did that work out? Jerome “Too Late” Powell should also be put “out to pasture.” Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · Aug 1
Okay, *now you can start to worry about data being manipulated.
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · Aug 1
Corrupt. Dangerous. Deeply deeply damaging.
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Phil Haile @philhaile.bsky.social · Apr 17
If "decency" is defined as being outraged by outrageous un-American behavior (vs. sharing a particular political view) you will find it.
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Phil Haile @philhaile.bsky.social · Apr 17
I force myself to get through Bret Stephens' columns to get some sense of another perspective, and his defense of his months of "I can't vote for Biden or Harris" is pathetic. But worth reading, maybe especially for those looking for signs of decency from the right.
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Opinion | Bret Stephens on Being a Trump Critic Who Resists the Resistance (Gift Article)
The columnist on the value of acknowledging the president’s wins.
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Phil Haile @philhaile.bsky.social · Feb 10
yes please
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Phil Haile @philhaile.bsky.social · Jan 3
I've gotten a flurry of requests to access my slides on "Models, Measurement, and Language in Economics" (presumably thanks to the great new year's reading list from @rohitlamba.bsky.social). The file is publicly available via my web page, but here is the link: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ntgkb...
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Judy Chevalier @judychevalier.bsky.social · Dec 12
IO economists, the Call for Papers for the IIOC is out. It is May 3-5 in Boston. There are special sessions to showcase the work of grad students. Submit by Jan 31.

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