Thomas Durfee
@thomasjdurfee.bsky.social
Visiting Professor at Macalester College. Ph.D from U of Minnesota Dept of Applied Econ and R.A. at The Roy Wilkins Center.
Labor and Public Econ, Policy Analysis, & Disparity Studies. he/him
https://sites.google.com/view/thomas-durfee/home/
Labor and Public Econ, Policy Analysis, & Disparity Studies. he/him
https://sites.google.com/view/thomas-durfee/home/
It turns out reviewer #2 is not allowed to be mad at me in 2026. How could you be mad at someone who's just a little guy? I'm only 4'10" plus five apples high (also known as 6'2")
January 1, 2026 at 9:19 PM
It turns out reviewer #2 is not allowed to be mad at me in 2026. How could you be mad at someone who's just a little guy? I'm only 4'10" plus five apples high (also known as 6'2")
I'm currently outside of the Kennedy Center:
December 19, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I'm currently outside of the Kennedy Center:
You can peek at the 2000-2008 curve and the Beveridge Curve is shifted even lower, and we almost shifted back to it in 2020, then... y'know...
It's too bad JOLTS starts so late. I wish it went as far back as the CPS so we could infer more, oh well.
<3 month moving average, back when I tracked this>
It's too bad JOLTS starts so late. I wish it went as far back as the CPS so we could infer more, oh well.
<3 month moving average, back when I tracked this>
December 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
You can peek at the 2000-2008 curve and the Beveridge Curve is shifted even lower, and we almost shifted back to it in 2020, then... y'know...
It's too bad JOLTS starts so late. I wish it went as far back as the CPS so we could infer more, oh well.
<3 month moving average, back when I tracked this>
It's too bad JOLTS starts so late. I wish it went as far back as the CPS so we could infer more, oh well.
<3 month moving average, back when I tracked this>
If you get his reference, allow me to present: Taylor Swift outfits as over the counter medicines.
October 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
If you get his reference, allow me to present: Taylor Swift outfits as over the counter medicines.
Out for 24 hours, and already about a month queue for The Double Tax from @itsafronomics.bsky.social .
You love to see it.
You love to see it.
September 17, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Out for 24 hours, and already about a month queue for The Double Tax from @itsafronomics.bsky.social .
You love to see it.
You love to see it.
For the second time this week, my boy Slavoj Zizek in a 2003 Abercrombie and Fitch ad series:
August 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
For the second time this week, my boy Slavoj Zizek in a 2003 Abercrombie and Fitch ad series:
We need Abercrombie and Fitch to commission Zizek for another catalog.
August 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
We need Abercrombie and Fitch to commission Zizek for another catalog.
If you see this, post a shark that isn't from Jaws
July 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
If you see this, post a shark that isn't from Jaws
Yes I use delimiters, shut up, it's fine;
May 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Yes I use delimiters, shut up, it's fine;
Debate remains over if the meme should target demand or inverse demand, more at 11.
May 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Debate remains over if the meme should target demand or inverse demand, more at 11.
The average American has three friends.
May 3, 2025 at 1:01 AM
The average American has three friends.
SELECT * FROM SOURCES WHERE ON_RECORD = TRUE;
April 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
SELECT * FROM SOURCES WHERE ON_RECORD = TRUE;
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
December 24, 2024 at 2:17 PM
"You'll be visited by three spirits."
The three spirits:
The three spirits:
Pareto distributions out in the wild:
December 5, 2024 at 1:39 PM
Pareto distributions out in the wild:
Edgy... Best I can do is New Year's Eve when I started trying something different with my hair.
February 3, 2024 at 6:32 AM
Edgy... Best I can do is New Year's Eve when I started trying something different with my hair.
My favorite part of sending a job application is where my letter of intent gets to be really detailed about someone I want to work with:
January 15, 2024 at 3:28 AM
My favorite part of sending a job application is where my letter of intent gets to be really detailed about someone I want to work with:
The 2020s version of Captain Planet and the Planeteers is weird
December 9, 2023 at 9:21 PM
The 2020s version of Captain Planet and the Planeteers is weird
YouTube adds, are you even trying anymore? 📈📉
December 9, 2023 at 9:17 PM
YouTube adds, are you even trying anymore? 📈📉