Soumitra Shukla
@soumitrashukla9
Incoming Research Fellow at @HarvardHBS and Consultant at The Burning Glass Institute @theBGInstitute
1/ Recent moves by US colleges to bring back the SAT highlight a major tension: do “objective” metrics really reduce bias, or do “subjective” assessments (like “fit”) risk perpetuating class barriers? My research on class discrimination at elite firms sheds light. 🧵
Bill Gates on my forthcoming book. Out in September: bit.ly/3SMQ11N
What a time to be alive
Humility is hearing from the producers of two leading news shows to let you know that they'll no longer need your finely-honed economic analysis this afternoon because they're taking more Hulk Hogan coverage.
Attending NBER SI? At 10:35am tomorrow, @JSockin will present our work with @ellliottt and me showing how your interview process shapes how job seekers form perceptions of you as an employer. These impressions can impact everything from offer acceptance to employee retention!
The Federal Reserve’s headquarters renovation was ambitious from the start: refurbish and modernize two stately, nearly-century-old buildings in an iconic district of a major city. Then it hit the swamp. wsj.com/economy/centra…
soon, the same people who pushed for these changes to Thomas Jefferson High School: "what happened to this school? it used to be so good"
Standardized tests are good and removing them makes schools and outcomes worse
soon, the same people who pushed for these changes to Thomas Jefferson High School: "what happened to this school? it used to be so good"
I never had any regrets about leaving the Fed in late 2024. While it was always a good decision for me personally, it’s looking like a masterstroke in retrospect. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
I just don’t think it’s a good look for Powell to be humiliated like this
Trump and Powell are at the Federal Reserve with hard hats on.
In this interview, Emilio J. Castilla and Renee Bales the strengths and limitations of meritocracy, the state of merit-based evaluation practices today, and why it's worth striving for the idea. buff.ly/DzwjzDa #MeritBasedEvaluation #WorkplaceEquity #FairHiring
New in the @ColumbiaUP blog: Professor Emilio J Castilla of @MIT_IWER @MITSloan explains some key findings from his new book “The Meritocracy Paradox: Where Talent Management Strategies Go Wrong and How to Fix Them": tinyurl.com/5dtrfnm6
I had a lot of fun researching and writing this piece: what if AI made the world’s economic growth explode? The macroeconomics of an extraordinary thought experiment: economist.com/briefing/2025/…
Based on what I have read and heard so far, the agreement reached between the Federal government and @Columbia is an excellent template for agreements with other institutions including @Harvard. First, academic freedom is preserved as the University maintains academic autonomy.…
yeah warp is a superior terminal for AI programming / claude code
Very cool that our paper “Interviews” was featured today in the NBER SI Labor and Personnel sessions! Lots of engagement and fantastic comments.
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Real Estate Economist Homer Hoyt's ranking of immigrant groups in 1935
Super interesting presentation by Anna Stansbury at NBER SI showing minimum wage increases raise workplace injury rates
You would fail a college student if they wrote this on an exam and yet the NYT publishes it as if it’s insightful
Would Americans be better off without Costco? Zephyr Teachout says yes. I say no. marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolu…