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Abdullah Al Bahrani @withdra.com · 20h

Read more about the Mississippi Miracle open.substack.com/pub/decodeec...

How investing in teachers, reading, and accountability turned one of America’s lowest-performing school systems into a model for the nation.

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 2d

Have a paper related to crime or criminal justice policy that you'd like to present in the ViCE seminar? Email it to me at [email protected]. Studies using causal research designs are the best fit. See past schedules here: jenniferdoleac.com/vice-seminar/

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Abdullah Al Bahrani @withdra.com · 5d

She built two identical LinkedIn profiles. One had her own identity as a Black woman. The other was a fictional White woman named Emily. The credentials were the same. The results were not. www.decodeecon.com/p/the-corpor...

The Corporate Catfish Experiment:

How one viral LinkedIn experiment revealed bias in hiring

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Abdullah Al Bahrani @withdra.com · 7d

How long do shutdowns last and how do they end?
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Abdullah Al Bahrani @withdra.com · 8d

Why is the U.S. bailing out Argentina?
Today's Decode Econ newsletter covers this topic. www.decodeecon.com/p/why-is-the... #Econtwitter #Teachecon

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Abdullah Al Bahrani @withdra.com · 9d

Read more here www.decodeecon.com/p/why-republ...

Why Republicans and Democrats Want a Shutdown

Week in Economic News

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Abdullah Al Bahrani @withdra.com · 20d

To shed light on the Fed’s decision, let’s look at the Open Market Committee’s statement and compare it to the July 30th statement. www.decodeecon.com/p/the-hidden...

The Hidden Message Behind the Fed’s Rate Cut

Tracking the edits between July and September to see how the Fed’s outlook has shifted.

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Darshak Patel @patelnomics.bsky.social · Sep 6

The Econ Games 2026 is almost at capacity! Only 4 spots left for schools to join this incredible applied learning experience!! @withdra.com and I are thrilled at the response!!

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Faculti @faculti.bsky.social · Jul 15

Can competition be the bridge between classroom theory and real-world impact? The Econ Games suggests it can—by turning students into applied economists before they graduate. Abdullah Al-Bahrani @withdra.com , Northern Kentucky University , discusses: faculti.net/facilitating...
#economics

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Faculti @faculti.bsky.social · Jul 15

Can competition be the bridge between classroom theory and real-world impact? The Econ Games suggests it can—by turning students into applied economists before they graduate. Abdullah Al-Bahrani @withdra.com , Northern Kentucky University , discusses: faculti.net/facilitating...
#economics

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Abdullah Al Bahrani @withdra.com · Jul 7

Part one of the five part series on the Economics of the Big Beautiful Bill. www.withdra.com/p/part-1-of-...

Abdullah Al Bahrani @withdra.com · Jul 5

Five part series coming next week on the Big Beautiful Bill. Make sure to subscribe www.WithDrA.com

Abdullah Al Bahrani @withdra.com · Jul 2

Had to share my thoughts on the Big Beautiful Bill after reading through it.

$3.3 trillion added to the deficit? This is precisely what personal finance experts advise people NOT to do with their budgets.
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I'd like to hear what you all think, am I overthinking this?

The Personal Side of The Big Beautiful Bill

The Big Beautiful Bill (BBB) has just passed the Senate, returned to the House, and is expected to reach the president's desk by the Fourth of July.

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Abdullah Al Bahrani @withdra.com · Jun 7

Displacement of labor by capital: Its implication on stock liquidity - Kim - 2025 - International Review of Finance - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Displacement of labor by capital: Its implication on stock liquidity

This study investigates the impact of firms' potential to automate routine-task labor on stock liquidity. We demonstrate that firms with a high potential for automation (AP), characterized by a signi...

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Abdullah Al Bahrani @withdra.com · Jun 2

It’s five years of creating content online. 17,000 subscribers later, here is what I have learned about myself. Thank you to all that have supported my work.

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Five Years of Creating Content

What You've Taught Me

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Abdullah Al Bahrani @withdra.com · May 22

Eat the tariff? #teachEcon

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Eat the Tariff? The Real Economics Behind Who Pays

Recently, Walmart announced that it will have to increase its prices due to the tariff wars.

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Abdullah Al Bahrani @withdra.com · May 16

You will want to share this with anyone who says manufacturing is dead in the U.S.

This week, I want to challenge a persistent narrative that has shaped economic policy discussions for decades: the supposed "death of American manufacturing."
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U.S. Manufacturing Myths

The "Decline" of Manufacturing isn't the real issue

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Abdullah Al Bahrani @withdra.com · Apr 28

Why is communicating your value at work necessary? What can economics teach us about the importance of sharing your story?

We cover that in today's newsletter with Jeni Al Bahrani
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#professionalDevelopment #careeradvice

Communicating Your Value

The Economics of Personal Worth

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Abdullah Al Bahrani @withdra.com · Apr 26

Building your own professional hype team. What they don’t teach you in business school. www.withdra.com/p/building-y...

Building Your Professional Hype Team

Career Advice I Wish I Knew Earlier

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Abdullah Al Bahrani @withdra.com · Apr 23

Want other “light touch” classroom interventions? Check out my paper on this topic. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Classroom management and student interaction interventions: Fostering diversity, inclusion, and belonging in the undergraduate economics classroom

The economics profession lacks diversity and, as a result, interventions have been introduced at the graduate and professional levels to minimize the effect of the “leaky pipeline.” In addition, ec...

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Abdullah Al Bahrani @withdra.com · Apr 23

Oh look being nice and welcoming increases the probability that students take an extra course in economics

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Abdullah Al Bahrani @withdra.com · Apr 22

99 citations away from a milestone. Thanks to everyone that found my work valuable and worthy of influencing their work.

Got notice that paper 27 was accepted for publication today!

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Abdullah Al Bahrani @withdra.com · Apr 21

The independence of the Federal Reserve is in question. Learn more about what Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said about the economy and what that might mean to you.

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Jerome Powell's Warning

Preparing for Stagflation

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Abdullah Al Bahrani @withdra.com · Apr 19

The current administration has proposed policies designed to isolate the U.S. from the rest of the world. It is easy to believe that the U.S. “doesn’t need the rest of the world,” but that is far from true.

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Echoes of the 1930s

Isolationism Then and Now

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Seattle Teacher’s Burner @seateacher.bsky.social · Apr 15

Can the US make huge amounts of revenue off of tariffs while also bringing the manufacturing industry and jobs back?

@natebowling.com and @withdra.com explain in this exceptional article.

Nate Bowling @natebowling.com · Apr 15

The tariffs are by no means the worst thing happening right now but they are indicative of the the threat we face from an unchecked executive.

That's the thrust of this post, with a Messi-esque assist from my man @withdra.com.

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Tariffs and the Unchecked President

Happy Tuesday, Welcome to another irregular edition of the newsletter. I’m writing today because I had a deadline this weekend and needed to finish a piece...

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