Justin Callais
@JustinTCallais
Chief Economist, @ArchbridgeInst. PhD, @texastech. @Loyola_NOLA grad. Lover of good food.
Joe Stiglitz has had some of the most god-awful takes on Latin American economic policy over the past two decades, and people barely talk about it.
Over the past decade and a half, there has been a bipartisan consensus that neoliberal economics is fundamentally broken and bad. But when we see actual neoliberalism tried in places like Argentina, it doesn't seem disastrous at all. noahpinion.blog/p/free-market-…
.@Noahpinion: I enjoy your writing very much, but @JMilei's success is not all that surprising to libertarians. noahpinion.blog/p/free-market-…
AC is freedom AC is power AC is life
No, not in the US where 90% of buildings have air conditioning! 🇺🇸 US had 1,714 heat-related deaths in 2022 🇪🇺 Europe had a staggering 62,862 heat-related deaths in 2022 That's a staggering 36x more deaths, or 27x more if you adjust for population! Insane
Yes. Writing is not a second thing that happens after thinking. The act of writing is an act of thinking. Writing *is* thinking. Students, academics, and anyone else who outsources their writing to LLMs will find their screens full of words and their minds emptied of thought.
"... the level of income earned by the poorest 10% of the population is much higher in countries with greater economic freedom." Source: fraserinstitute.org/studies/econom…
Find out why Maxine Waters is wrong (and @EconWithNick is right) about central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), in Episode 53 of @freethe_economy: youtube.com/watch?v=_3FBDE…
Speaking on CBDCs, @RepMaxineWaters says the @GOPMajorityWhip's anti-CBDC legislation must be stopped because "it's time for the US government to take charge" so "we don't have [cryptocurrency] or anything else without the federal government knowing and being in control."
For all DC friends, come to this happy hour!
Aspiring policy scholars should check out the happy hour event this week with @TheIHS and @JustinTCallais. It’s all about bridging the gap between classical liberal theory and practice in the real world of policy. theihs.org/blog/curated-e…
Do Americans still believe in the American Dream? What does it mean to them? I interviewed @ArchbridgeInst CEO @gonzaloschwarz to find out. His perspective is a powerful reminder of why this experiment in human flourishing is still worth celebrating. Happy Independence Day!
.@JamiePavlik of @TTUAAEC and @JustinTCallais of @ArchbridgeInst examine the relationship between corruption and income inequality across countries. #Corruption #Income #Inequality doi.org/10.1002/soej.1…
For my DC-friends, I will be speaking at an @TheIHS happy hour on July 10th, where I'll discuss advancing liberty in public policy. This is a great networking event for graduate students and emerging professional policy professionals. Can register below! theihs.org/academic-progr…
In the age of doomscrolling and doomerism, @AthenaAktipis brings a message of hope: that humans are adapted for wild, even apocalyptic, times.
NEW: Adapted for the Apocalypse - profectusmag.com/adapted-for-th… @clayroutledge interviews @AthenaAktipis about her book—A Field Guide to the Apocalypse—and what it reveals about human cooperation, curiosity, and progress. @AktipisLab @CooperationSci
There's a reason the annual gala of @ceidotorg is named after Julian Simon.
Many are familiar with Paul Ehrlich’s dire warnings about overpopulation and resource scarcity. Unfortunately, not enough people know about the man who got it right. My Substack this week is on the legacy of Julian Simon, the original debunker of degrowth. 🧵