caseybmulligan
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You're Hired! Untold Successes and Failures of a Populist President is "an insightful, honest, book A MUST READ for anyone interested in the Trump White House"
SAD: Look at this Cook County chart. I had estimated that pandemic increased opioid overdoses by 20%. Maybe a good number for late Mar or early Apr, but by May: 40%. 1/4 washingtonpost.com/health/2020/07…
What happens when you subsidize an inferior input? wsj.com/opinion/the-re…
“The Emirate of Hebron shall recognize the State of Israel as the nation state of the Jewish people,” five leading sheikhs write, “and the State of Israel shall recognize the Emirate of Hebron.” wsj.com/opinion/new-pa…
AI Is a Boon to “High Agency” People by @andykessler wsj.com/opinion/ai-is-…
Few Americans have contributed more to the prosperity of their country than Fred Smith, founder and longtime CEO of FedEx. wsj.com/opinion/freder… via @WSJopinion
This result is sadly unsurprising. As @caseybmulligan showed in a recent @_PublicChoice paper (link below), minimum wages affect the mix of employer and employee provided inputs. Higher minimum wages shift the provision of safety measures from employers to employees.
Super interesting presentation by Anna Stansbury at NBER SI showing minimum wage increases raise workplace injury rates
Donald J. Trump Truth Social 07.19.25 06:35 PM EST Hopefully the very talented John Thune, fresh off our many victories over the past two weeks and, indeed, 6 months, will cancel August recess (and long weekends!), in order to get my incredible nominees confirmed. We need them…
Have I shared this on this platform? Anyway, an old project of ours, but new working paper (special thanks to e.g. @caseybmulligan for digging up and editing those unpublished Gary Becker manuscripts) drive.google.com/file/d/1QluQ08…
After 15 1/2 years at WIND AM560 radio, due to staffing reductions, today was my last day on the air. I am still processing this but I am happy to announce I have launched AmyJacobsonLive.com where I will be hosting a weekly podcast, posting behind-the-scenes blogs,…
Happy 249th Birthday Declaration of Independence and The United States of America! To you, and to paraphrase, ‘with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, I pledge my Life, my Fortune and my sacred Honor!’
I wrote my dissertation on Medicaid provider taxes. @ATabarrok, you might remember. My empirical work showed that when states implemented them, Medicaid spending significantly increased. During the course of that work, I discovered that Joe Biden had the same position on them…
I am excited to announce that I am starting a new position this week as Chief Economist at the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. I'll be on leave from the University of Chicago. The usual disclaimer applies: Any views I express here are not intended to reflect the…
In the May issue, "Is Mobile Money Changing Rural Africa? Evidence from a Field Experiment" by Cátia Batista and Pedro C. Vicente zurl.co/2QJz7
Excellent article in @TheAtlantic on plummeting worldwide fertility, based on @JesusFerna7026 's work. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…
Council Of Economic Advisers Highlights Trump’s Rule-Cutting In New Report @ceidotorg forbes.com/sites/waynecre…
Kass family news. My brother Nicholas S. Kass, retired after serving 30+ years at CIA, State Department and National Security Council has returned to serve our country as Acting Chairman of the National Intelligence Council. We're so proud of you, Nick.
Selection and treatment effects of participating in the CEA! (1/2) youtube.com/watch?v=QdyEIs…
A thread 🧵 list of the most successful undergraduate theses/student papers of all time: 1. Fred Smith (Yale University, 1966). Proposal for an integrated air–ground delivery system. Became FedEx, a global logistics company.
In 1965, at Yale, Fred Smith wrote an undergrad paper for Professor Challis Hall's Economics 43A class outlining an idea for a nationwide overnight delivery system. The prof gave it a "C" saying it was infeasible. It ended up being a template for FedEx which Smith started in 1971