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peter23.bsky.social
People who read posts but don’t post themselves are blueshy.

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alex8chan.bsky.social
R.I.P. Peter Temin - besides his well known work in economic history he has also contributed to pharmaceutical market design “Nationally, if we keep the current structure, in 50 years only hedge fund managers will be able to afford prescription drugs.”

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trevondlogan.bsky.social
I was fortunate to know and write with Peter Temin, an eminent economic historian who taught at MIT for several decades. I taught his work in both European and American economic history, and was fortunate to work with him on his most recent projects on inequality. May his memory be a blessing.
cephie.bsky.social
Thanks to everyone who attended our annual workshop! Special thanks to @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social for hosting, and to all our speakers for 2 excellent days of research and conversations. Economic history is thriving!

#econhistory
#econsky
#NSRProject

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superbreeze.bsky.social
Joined an online dating app and they totally debunked my homemade Turin Shroud

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mchinn.bsky.social
Update: (Not) On a Slow Boat from China... #econsky
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nber.org
Proposing a new account of extractive institutions and the problem of development, from James A. Robinson https://www.nber.org/papers/w33671

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russtyruss.bsky.social
#OnThisDay 1991: The monopoly on listings magazines had ended with the deregulation of TV listings. So for example Radio Times can now list ITV/Ch4 programmes and TV Times with the BBC's.

Pictured are the covers from the first full week of such listings.

#90s
Radio Times w/c 2 March 1991 - the first full week of TV listings across all 4 channels TV Times w/c 2 March 1991 - the first full week of TV listings across all 4 channels

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gaijinrando.bsky.social
Godzilla, King Kong, and Ishiro Honda on the set of KING KONG VS. GODZILLA (1962)

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gaijinrando.bsky.social
Godzilla and director Jun Fukuda share a laugh together

Fukuda was BOTD in 1923

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gaijinrando.bsky.social
Mamie Van Doren getting ready for the Superbowl

She was BOTD in 1931
A helmeted Mamie Van Doren kicks her leg up high while a football player watches.
nber.org
Most elite families did not maintain their position in the top 1 percent between 1850 and 1940, from Priti Kalsi and Zachary Ward https://www.nber.org/papers/w33355

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hyruleinterviews.bsky.social
In honor of David Lynch (1946-2025), some quotes about how his work on Twin Peaks influenced the Zelda series.

#DavidLynch #TwinPeaks #Zelda
PEOPLE:
- Kensuke Tanabe, age 35. Link’s Awakening Writer.
- Takashi Tezuka, age 38. Link’s Awakening Game Director.
- Yoshiaki Koizumi, age 30. Link’s Awakening Writer.

QUOTE: 
"Tanabe: When I started [on Link’s Awakening] I was given a list of requirements by the director, Mr. Tezuka, such as no Triforce, no Princess Zelda, no Hyrule, and a closed field. ... 

Mr. Tezuka requested a world full of strange characters like in Twin Peaks, which was a popular show back then. I then wrote a script that fit my vision of an egg hatching on a mountaintop ending the world with Koizumi’s ‘Your dream? Or someone else’s dream?’ Koizumi worked on the main thread of the story and I did the odd characters. " PEOPLE:
- Takashi Tezuka, age 49. Director of Link’s Awakening.
- Eiji Aonuma, age 46. Director or Producer of various Zelda games.
- Satoru Iwata, age 49. 4th President of NIntendo.

QUOTE: 
"Tezuka: Oh, right, about Twin Peaks...

Aonuma: Whoa, here we go. [laughs] Iwata-san, do you know about Twin Peaks?

Iwata: No. Bring me up to speed. [laughs]

Tezuka: We were talking about this before you arrived. I was talking about fashioning The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening with a feel that's somewhat like Twin Peaks. At the time, Twin Peaks was rather popular. The drama was all about a small number of characters in a small town.

Iwata: Okay...

Tezuka: So when it came to Link's Awakening, I wanted to make something that, while it would be small enough in scope to easily understand, it would have deep and distinctive characteristics." PEOPLE:
- Mark Frost, age 70. Co-Creator and Executive Producer of Twin Peaks.

QUOTE: 
"Q: [Interviewer asks about his meeting with Nintendo developers, who were reportedly inspired by Twin Peaks for Link’s Awakening]

Frost: They were talking to me about a Twin Peaks game, and they mentioned Zelda at the time. They said, ‘One of the things we love about your show [Twin Peaks] is how there’s all sorts of sideways associations that can drive the story forward.’ They asked me about that as they were thinking about expanding the Zelda universe.

... I’d played lots of Dungeons & Dragons when I was young, so I was familiar with the kind of story they were thinking about. I think I said, ‘Don’t be afraid to use dreamlike, Jungian symbolism. Things can connect thematically without having to connect concretely.’ It was things like that that I was urging them [to consider]." PEOPLE:
- Shigeru Miyamoto, age 58. Producer of Ocarina of Time.

QUOTE: 
"Miyamoto: I didn't want to tell a story [in Ocarina of Time] so much as I wanted to have a lot of people appear around the main character and portray their relationships. Some years back, a television show called Twin Peaks was popular. When I saw that, the most interesting thing wasn't the ins and outs of the story, but what kinds of characters appeared.

… I think those suspicious and odd characters alone are interesting. I'm more interested in their presence than who is whose cousin and whose parents were sworn enemies way back when. … What's important is what role that person plays and how they contribute to portraying the main character."
nber.org
Using an analysis of over 8,000 economics PhDs and their advisors to find what determines economics PhD student research success, from Joshua Angrist and Marc Diederichs https://www.nber.org/papers/w33281
grahambrownlow.bsky.social
Fingers crossed. Somehow Hollywood in recent decades has managed to make the Fantastic Four, Incredible Hulk or Superman repeatedly into dull/bloated/overlong films. I just wish the artistic and commercial virtues of 80-100 minute popcorn cinema were something taught more often in film school.
grahambrownlow.bsky.social
Looks like we might have our first entertaining Superman film since the 1980s...
culturecrave.co
First trailer for James Gunn's #Superman

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culturecrave.co
First trailer for James Gunn's #Superman

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gregor.us
This 1996 @pkrugman.bsky.social precis on Ricardo will not only bestow you with a secure understanding of comparative advantage, but as important, will help you understand why many may think they grasp the idea in its fullest, but really don't. web.mit.edu/krugman/www/... #econsky
RICARDO'S DIFFICULT IDEA
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