Ryan D. Edwards
@ryandedwards.bsky.social
Health Economics, Macro, Labor, Demography @UCSF and @UCBerkeley @berkeleyecon Former faculty @CUNY and @NBERpubs. 2002 Econ Ph.D. & Oakland fan. He/him
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Ryan D. Edwards
@ryandedwards.bsky.social
· May 22
Commencement remarks by Governor Kugler at the Economics Commencement Ceremony, University of California, Berkeley
Thank you, Stefano, and before I say anything else, congratulations to the Class of 2025! 1 My family is here today, so let me acknowledge my husband Igna
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Inspiring words from Fed Governor Adriana Kugler from Tuesday's ECON commencement at the Greek.
In person, "impatient" and "stubborn" struck me as perfect for this moment in history. On paper, they're less pronounced, but in an address they absolutely slapped
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In person, "impatient" and "stubborn" struck me as perfect for this moment in history. On paper, they're less pronounced, but in an address they absolutely slapped
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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Under Trump, America is committing war crimes. But under Biden, there were irritating student protests at a college I did not attend. I have never felt more politically homeless.
December 7, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Under Trump, America is committing war crimes. But under Biden, there were irritating student protests at a college I did not attend. I have never felt more politically homeless.
“The close-up video shows the partially clothed young men being blown apart in the water.”
I’ve heard and read dozens of different takes on the issues here, and a statement like this cannot comport with the laws of wars
Regardless of what Secretary of War Beavis says
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I’ve heard and read dozens of different takes on the issues here, and a statement like this cannot comport with the laws of wars
Regardless of what Secretary of War Beavis says
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Drug-Boat Attack Survivors Waved as U.S. Aircraft Flew By, Video Shows
People who have seen the video disagree over the meaning of the signal from the alleged traffickers.
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December 7, 2025 at 4:53 AM
“The close-up video shows the partially clothed young men being blown apart in the water.”
I’ve heard and read dozens of different takes on the issues here, and a statement like this cannot comport with the laws of wars
Regardless of what Secretary of War Beavis says
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
I’ve heard and read dozens of different takes on the issues here, and a statement like this cannot comport with the laws of wars
Regardless of what Secretary of War Beavis says
www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
“If you’ve done a bad thing, then I’d like to give you these flowers FOR YOUR @&$)(:: GRAVE YOU IRREDEEMABLE SACK OF AWFULNESS”
We asked five Republican voters and one committed psychopath about the Caribbean boat strikes.
We asked five Republican voters and one committed psychopath about the Caribbean boat strikes.
I’d say “this photo/caption combo is killing me” but it would be in bad taste
December 7, 2025 at 2:19 AM
“If you’ve done a bad thing, then I’d like to give you these flowers FOR YOUR @&$)(:: GRAVE YOU IRREDEEMABLE SACK OF AWFULNESS”
We asked five Republican voters and one committed psychopath about the Caribbean boat strikes.
We asked five Republican voters and one committed psychopath about the Caribbean boat strikes.
WSJ reporting reveals the tangled mess of antitrust in Trump-2 with concert ticketing, stadiums, collusion, monopolies, and … pardons
Good one, administration
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Good one, administration
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Exclusive | A Round of Golf Changed Trump’s Tone on the Concert Industry
The president’s pardon of sports executive Tim Leiweke ended a major case from his Justice Department.
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December 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
WSJ reporting reveals the tangled mess of antitrust in Trump-2 with concert ticketing, stadiums, collusion, monopolies, and … pardons
Good one, administration
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Good one, administration
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
A lot of times we never get to see the microdata when it’s not something like the General Social Survey, but it sure would be interesting to run a simple multivariate regression
Also probably reflects the kind of voters Trump has attracted to the GOP - Republicans of color are probably younger than average Republicans. Would be interesting to see education levels - other results suggest college educated Republicans are more likely to be 9/11 truthers, anti-vax, etc
December 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
A lot of times we never get to see the microdata when it’s not something like the General Social Survey, but it sure would be interesting to run a simple multivariate regression
I think Tom Friedman has been channeling his inner Maureen Dowd with his clever and absolutely scathing criticism of goofball antics. He only needs to quote more Latin
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
Opinion | The ‘Useful Idiots’ From America Whom Putin Is Playing Like a Flute
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December 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
I think Tom Friedman has been channeling his inner Maureen Dowd with his clever and absolutely scathing criticism of goofball antics. He only needs to quote more Latin
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/o...
The irony is that Robert Plant probably feels similarly in 2025, but that doesn’t stop him from including loving homages and reimagined versions in his live shows
It definitely has stopped him from touring with Page and Jones as Led Zeppelin, past a sublime O2 concert in the prehistory of 2008
It definitely has stopped him from touring with Page and Jones as Led Zeppelin, past a sublime O2 concert in the prehistory of 2008
I guess there are some new people here, but I think Led Zeppelin is just screeching noise.
Point me to where you show your work on this one, please? I will evaluate your position as impartially as I can. I can see some beef with their work, but bottom of the heap? Love Seger, generational rock star, and that's all I'll say about that. Genuinely curious,
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December 4, 2025 at 5:12 AM
The irony is that Robert Plant probably feels similarly in 2025, but that doesn’t stop him from including loving homages and reimagined versions in his live shows
It definitely has stopped him from touring with Page and Jones as Led Zeppelin, past a sublime O2 concert in the prehistory of 2008
It definitely has stopped him from touring with Page and Jones as Led Zeppelin, past a sublime O2 concert in the prehistory of 2008
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This piece I wrote for @theconversation.com argues that the Summers/Epstein debacle reflects what the data show: systemic bias in the economics profession’s practices and culture. That bias influences who succeeds and who is sidelined. #EconSky theconversation.com/larry-summer...
Larry Summers’ sexism is jeopardizing his power and privilege, but the entire economics profession hinders progress for women
In 2024, only about 1 in 3 newly minted economics Ph.D.s were women.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
This piece I wrote for @theconversation.com argues that the Summers/Epstein debacle reflects what the data show: systemic bias in the economics profession’s practices and culture. That bias influences who succeeds and who is sidelined. #EconSky theconversation.com/larry-summer...
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Larry Summers banned from the American Economics Association conferences and journals. Can't referee or be an editor for AEA journals.
National Bureau of Economic Research, your turn.
National Bureau of Economic Research, your turn.
December 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Larry Summers banned from the American Economics Association conferences and journals. Can't referee or be an editor for AEA journals.
National Bureau of Economic Research, your turn.
National Bureau of Economic Research, your turn.
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The AEA has imposed a lifetime ban on Lawrence H. Summers’ membership and participation in AEA activities. See the full statement here. www.aeaweb.org/news/aea-sta...
Statement from the American Economic Association
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December 2, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The AEA has imposed a lifetime ban on Lawrence H. Summers’ membership and participation in AEA activities. See the full statement here. www.aeaweb.org/news/aea-sta...
Wow.
Pardoning someone who bilked the University of Texas, and presumably Texan students and taxpayers, on the Moody Center by using market power
Trump’s own antitrust group at DOJ eats crow. Unreal.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
Pardoning someone who bilked the University of Texas, and presumably Texan students and taxpayers, on the Moody Center by using market power
Trump’s own antitrust group at DOJ eats crow. Unreal.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
Trump Pardons Developer Prosecuted by His Administration
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December 4, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Wow.
Pardoning someone who bilked the University of Texas, and presumably Texan students and taxpayers, on the Moody Center by using market power
Trump’s own antitrust group at DOJ eats crow. Unreal.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
Pardoning someone who bilked the University of Texas, and presumably Texan students and taxpayers, on the Moody Center by using market power
Trump’s own antitrust group at DOJ eats crow. Unreal.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/u...
I love the one about how long term yields fell after a published report identifying Hassett as the front runner
He’s definitely the most qualified and least unhinged among the front runners
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
He’s definitely the most qualified and least unhinged among the front runners
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Why Kevin Hassett Is Winning the Fed Chair Race Before It Has Ended
Interviews for the position are still under way, but Hassett offers what other candidates don’t: the president’s trust and credibility with markets.
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December 3, 2025 at 5:31 AM
I love the one about how long term yields fell after a published report identifying Hassett as the front runner
He’s definitely the most qualified and least unhinged among the front runners
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
He’s definitely the most qualified and least unhinged among the front runners
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Love the paper by FRBNY Harvard and UVA economists at the heart of this. There are costs of remoteness especially to young software engineers. And benefits, in terms of coding productivity, to experienced engineers!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/b...
Working From Home Is Harming Young Employees. They’re Starting to See That.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:46 AM
Love the paper by FRBNY Harvard and UVA economists at the heart of this. There are costs of remoteness especially to young software engineers. And benefits, in terms of coding productivity, to experienced engineers!
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/b...
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The American Economic Association's Committee on the Job Market surveyed Economics Departments in the U.S. regarding their plans to hire assistant professors this cycle (2025-26). 29.7% said that their department was under a hiring freeze.
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#EconSky #EconJobMarket
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December 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
The American Economic Association's Committee on the Job Market surveyed Economics Departments in the U.S. regarding their plans to hire assistant professors this cycle (2025-26). 29.7% said that their department was under a hiring freeze.
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#EconSky #EconJobMarket
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#EconSky #EconJobMarket
Deporting a Honduran Dreamer when Trump has announced he’ll pardon the ex-President is really something else
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
College Student Is Deported During Trip Home for Thanksgiving
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December 1, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Deporting a Honduran Dreamer when Trump has announced he’ll pardon the ex-President is really something else
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/30/u...
A compelling argument for immigration: bringing in workers who can, want to, and will care for aging seniors
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
Opinion | The People Holding Everyone Together Are Coming Apart
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November 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
A compelling argument for immigration: bringing in workers who can, want to, and will care for aging seniors
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...
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I don’t wanna make anyone jealous but
It’s lightly snowing here in Ohio and the smell of woodsmoke on the crisp breeze is causing something heartening in my midwestern soul to unlock
It’s lightly snowing here in Ohio and the smell of woodsmoke on the crisp breeze is causing something heartening in my midwestern soul to unlock
November 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I don’t wanna make anyone jealous but
It’s lightly snowing here in Ohio and the smell of woodsmoke on the crisp breeze is causing something heartening in my midwestern soul to unlock
It’s lightly snowing here in Ohio and the smell of woodsmoke on the crisp breeze is causing something heartening in my midwestern soul to unlock
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Regardless of what the facts may be, the CIA really shouldn’t be issuing finger-pointing partisan statements like this.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Regardless of what the facts may be, the CIA really shouldn’t be issuing finger-pointing partisan statements like this.
When it comes to immigration, this administration eschews the statistics and just lies with lies
It’s immensely sad because it’s surely possible to lie with statistics, but they don’t even bother
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
It’s immensely sad because it’s surely possible to lie with statistics, but they don’t even bother
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
U.S. to Press Europe and Other Allies on ‘Mass Migration,’ Document Says
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November 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
When it comes to immigration, this administration eschews the statistics and just lies with lies
It’s immensely sad because it’s surely possible to lie with statistics, but they don’t even bother
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
It’s immensely sad because it’s surely possible to lie with statistics, but they don’t even bother
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Sociologists will probably know the answer to this, but with GSS data it seems to me the big issue is whether a third variable is causing political identification and also causing childbearing. We can’t see individuals over time in GSS so who knows!
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
Conservative Young Women Flip the Script: Kids First, Then Career
“Seasons” is the new buzzword for those starting a family earlier in life and focusing on professional advancement later.
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November 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Sociologists will probably know the answer to this, but with GSS data it seems to me the big issue is whether a third variable is causing political identification and also causing childbearing. We can’t see individuals over time in GSS so who knows!
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...
Huge uncertainties for policymakers, huge adjustments forced on an unlucky few families. The point left unsaid is that many detained immigrants have no criminal records
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
Opinion | We’re Seeing What a No-Immigration Economy Looks Like
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November 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Huge uncertainties for policymakers, huge adjustments forced on an unlucky few families. The point left unsaid is that many detained immigrants have no criminal records
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/23/o...
TBH it’s the black piping and polyester sheen that makes me lose my cool.
Minus the piping, I think I looked like this on a hot spring night in college performing in our polyester tux jazz ensembles
Minus the piping, I think I looked like this on a hot spring night in college performing in our polyester tux jazz ensembles
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM
TBH it’s the black piping and polyester sheen that makes me lose my cool.
Minus the piping, I think I looked like this on a hot spring night in college performing in our polyester tux jazz ensembles
Minus the piping, I think I looked like this on a hot spring night in college performing in our polyester tux jazz ensembles
Wow.
And also: yes, uncovering the academic dishonesty was attributable to a whistleblower outside of economics. Thank goodness. But the fairly rapid timeline seems like a bright spot, compared with what we’ve seen in other recent cases like in experimental econ
www.wsj.com/economy/aida...
And also: yes, uncovering the academic dishonesty was attributable to a whistleblower outside of economics. Thank goodness. But the fairly rapid timeline seems like a bright spot, compared with what we’ve seen in other recent cases like in experimental econ
www.wsj.com/economy/aida...
An MIT Student Awed Top Economists With His AI Study—Then It All Fell Apart
Aidan Toner-Rodgers shot to academic fame in a field hungry for new insights and revelatory research. But a computer scientist thought something seemed off.
www.wsj.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Wow.
And also: yes, uncovering the academic dishonesty was attributable to a whistleblower outside of economics. Thank goodness. But the fairly rapid timeline seems like a bright spot, compared with what we’ve seen in other recent cases like in experimental econ
www.wsj.com/economy/aida...
And also: yes, uncovering the academic dishonesty was attributable to a whistleblower outside of economics. Thank goodness. But the fairly rapid timeline seems like a bright spot, compared with what we’ve seen in other recent cases like in experimental econ
www.wsj.com/economy/aida...
A meatpacker closing up shop is a pretty strong hint about what's going on in the beef industry. It's hard to imagine that could ever be a strategic feint
www.wsj.com/business/tys...
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Exclusive | Tyson to Close One of the Biggest Beef-Processing Plants in the U.S.
The largest meat supplier in the U.S. has lost more than $425 million on beef this year, despite near record-high prices.
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November 21, 2025 at 9:48 PM
A meatpacker closing up shop is a pretty strong hint about what's going on in the beef industry. It's hard to imagine that could ever be a strategic feint
www.wsj.com/business/tys...
www.wsj.com/business/tys...
