Ryan D. Edwards
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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
I went back to The Bad Place to see check on Larry Summers's account, and this screenshot is all I need to know about that failed website
October 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This photo on the front page of NYT right now makes me feel sad for three people and for the nation
September 21, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Sometimes I just like to chill and listen to Pink Floyd’s classic album, “A Wall of White Bricks with Red Graffiti”
September 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Is it possible to write a headline that makes me want to click on it even less than this one?
August 14, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Caption contest alert
August 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Gotta be the weirdest help wanted ad for Reddit I’ve ever seen

Admittedly a great use of /u/
July 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Does it help that other people's students might still love it, especially if you tweet about it?

Here's my Slide 5 from the instrumental variables module in ECON 140 at Berkeley, quoting an X tweet from you last fall. I think I saw the study only because you had tweeted about it!
June 25, 2025 at 9:03 PM
A nice moment of levity here with a chalkboard in the weird subterranean passageway under Chemistry (Latimer Hall?) to Pimentel

“Stanford” changed to “Stanfarrt” is <chef’s kiss>
May 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Yep
April 7, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Pete Hegseth: Princeton in the Nation’s Sloppiness
March 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Please put the grownups back in charge at NIH. Yes these blue state institutions also have endowments. Does the University of Alabama?
February 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The fascinating strategy of egg pricing at a Trader Joe’s in the SF Bay Area

These prices appear to be way below market, like almost half. I’ve heard that their margins come from treats and alcohol, but unless they bought a derivative they’re taking a bath on eggs to get folks in the door
February 7, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I fixed it for you, @nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Seriously.
December 31, 2024 at 1:40 AM
Missed amid the clutter? We should admire Screech? Ick
December 28, 2024 at 2:31 AM
Welp. Now that the warning has passed, I can check the story about my county. Understandably the entire website appeared to be down during the tsunami alert
December 5, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Why does this tableau look like Auric Goldfinger’s announcement to take out James Bond once and for all, with a secretly irradiated turkey presumably
November 26, 2024 at 1:09 AM
“And I’m telling you, electric periwinkle and fuchsia are the new navy and red”
October 23, 2023 at 12:01 AM