It’s virtually 8am and my daughters are asleep, squeezed collectively in my full measurement mattress, whereas I’m laying on my ikea sofa. They’re right here via the twenty second, after which all of us return to Waco for a couple of days. Then I come again to Boston and prep my spring courses.
I’ve an itinerary for us at this time however I’ve obtained to get up first. Within the meantime listed below are hyperlinks.
Estimated returns to attending public universities utilizing Mark Hoekstras unique RDD identification technique continues to seek out giant returns, even after we embody extra than simply the state flagship.
Terrence Mallick is an influential director in Hollywood. Seen on MR.
RIP Brookline resident and MIT college member, Nuno FG Loureiro, and Brown undergrads, Ella Prepare dinner and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov. Could their reminiscence be a blessing to everybody who knew them.
Titanic is on Netflix.
Arthur Brooks talks up happiness, says we deal with the improper issues, says deal with one thing else. Which is extra overrated — Adam smith or folks writing about what happiness is and isn’t.
Too many tabs for this. However I stay heartbroken that Rob Reiner and his spouse had been murdered final weekend. Reflecting on it, he’s made so many excellent motion pictures, a lot of that are my favourite of all time. I rewatch A Few Good Males religiously; I’d seen it twice within the month earlier than he died, and rewatched the opposite evening once more. I informed a lady up right here earlier than they died that my dream was to remake your entire movie, shot by shot precisely, for no actual motive apart from that it’s such a serious a part of the arc of my life. After I moved to Cordova TN within the eighth grade, I’d stroll 2 miles each Saturday that summer time to the movie show and sit there and watch motion pictures. I used to be deeply depressed concerning the transfer away from Mississippi and films — and particularly film theaters — had been the only most necessary factor in my life. When Harry Met Sally got here out that yr and I beloved it — love isn’t even the proper phrase. I lived inside that film in my head and coronary heart for many years. Identical with A Few Good Males. The women informed me the opposite evening informed me I pressured them to observe A Princess Bride repeatedly rising up a lot that Ren purchased me some e-book about it for Xmas — which sadly I don’t recall. So RIP to the Reiners; what a present to my life they’ve been and can proceed to be via the tales they created.
Valentin Bolotnyy at Stanford writes loads about psychological well being, and he’s one in every of my favourite youthful economists. I discover his work severe, sobering and I discover him to be genuine, honest and good. His research with others on involuntary hospitalizations utilizing Algheny county with a leniency design involves dangerous conclusions for the complier inhabitants. I believe that really is a vital caveat, a lot in order that the authors put it within the summary — they discover involuntary hospitalization causes an elevated danger of suicide. However as it’s a leniency design, it’s for the compliers and never the all the time takers.
But that is precisely the issue with involuntary hospitalization — there isn’t a MRI or X-ray machine or blood check one can take to find out that this individual and never one other meets some standards that must be hospitalized towards their will. The standards is within the US “hazard to oneself or others”, and it doesn’t imply “hazard to oneself or others” yesterday or tomorrow. It’s hazard to oneself or others actively, proper now, and if they’re forcibly hospitalized, when that individual stabilizes — as they may — they can’t be held any longer. That is the widespread phantasm many People with out direct data of extreme psychological sickness dwell underneath — the protections that American cities take pleasure in extends to the severely mentally unwell and serving to these struggling with it’s much more difficult than any bumper sticker platitude typically regarded as the easy answer.
For those who’re desirous about an insightful polemic on public coverage failures and the issue of extreme psychological sickness, I encourage you to learn Insane Penalties by DJ Jaffe. I discover extreme psychological sickness, equivalent to bipolar I, grand melancholy, schizophrenia and schizoaffective dysfunction, to be a factor that infuriates me recurrently.
James Woods was infuriated by Trumps tweet concerning the Reiner’s deaths.
Judd Kessler has a brand new e-book out on economics. Here’s a piece he wrote not too long ago about on-line courting. It’s both about on-line courting or it’s about courting. I used to have ideas concerning the economics of courting too till I obtained a divorce after which obtained on the apps, and now I believe just about none of it the issues economists write about on-line courting might be describing the core issues, however that’s effective. All of us see the world in another way.
The impact of melancholy on earnings.
LinkedIn is doing wrapped now.
For those who aren’t but utilizing Claude code, think about it. Belief me — you’ll in the future solely be utilizing it or one thing similar to it. I’d wager on that being a certain factor earlier than I wager on the solar rising.
Nick Tune on getting Claude to evaluate it’s personal code.
Abadie, Angrist, Frandsen, and Pischke have a brand new e-book on causal inference set to hit the shops in 2026 — identical as me. Right here’s their new diff in diff chapter.
Rating Baylor College’s finest public bogs. I’ll attempt to bear in mind to ask the women which of those is their favourite after they get up.
Hinge’s CEO has stepped down to begin an AI courting app.
Mannequin twin randomization and particular person therapy results.
Chatbots are struggling to maintain up with suicidal ideation of their customers.
The code for our JEL’s diff-in-diff software (county degree mortality and Medicaid enlargement) for these and didn’t see the sooner submit.
My new winter coat from LL Bean.
Giant language fashions and an economics method by Ludwig, Mullainathan and Rambachan.
Estimating therapy results assuming bounded heterogeneity by Kwon and Solar.
The significance of the sensation of connection.
Your single buddies are dying so that you can set them up. Glad to lastly shut this text from my tabs.
Younger grownup suicides are rising.
How widespread is “dishonest with AI”? The fact is extra difficult.
Rand says AI use is growing in colleges however lagging in steerage.
Three issues to maintain romantic relationships residing: discuss, go on dates, dwell within the current.
A bunch of nber working papers on declining fertility.
Three straightforward methods to indicate the one you love you care: pay attention to know to not react, present real appreciation, maintain humor alive.
A new sandwich place from Florence Italy has opened in Again Bay. Me and the women had been simply saying that we’re all three big followers of sandwiches. I’ll take them to my favourite sandwich place later however perhaps we must always do that one too.
Huffington Publish wrapped up humorous tweets about {couples}. Additionally glad to lastly shut this one from my tabs.
How do people contact unfamiliar objects? Theres a research on that.
How one can confidently lead in an age of AI.
My colleague, Guilherme Duarte.
The financial penalties of banning marrying one’s cousin (qje). With out studying the summary, I’ll guess financial outcomes enhance.
Process objectives matter greater than efficiency objectives (Restat).
Ethan Mollick wrote concerning the impression that AI brokers could have on actual work. After a month of working with Claude Code, I’m optimistic Ai brokers will impression actual work.
Regulators can not sustain with the tempo of individuals utilizing chatbots for self care.
Oldie however Claude 4.5 is wonderful.
Paul Thomas Andersons new film is each the very best film perhaps of the yr and virtually actually will seize him and DiCaprio and possibly a couple of others a bunch of awards over the subsequent few months. And but it was a field workplace bomb.
Historical past of economics at Harvard.
My favourite substack author, a intercourse and {couples} therapist, writes concerning the significance of discovering one’s associate engaging, and in the event you don’t, it’s best to instantly break up. Additionally talks concerning the relative gender variations of simply how attracted to at least one’s associate that individual needs to be.
Talking of discovering one’s associate engaging, I’ve solely discovered 4 males engaging. Paul Newman, Bob Solow (clearly), Brad Pitt, and Ryan Gosling, with Gosling means out entrance. Right here’s one thing concerning the time he dated Sandra Bullock. They received my “favourite two folks with finest smiles who’re courting one another” award two years in a row.
Right here’s one other one I favored by my favourite intercourse therapist and marriage author. She as soon as had a chunk about why folks lose buddies throughout a divorce. She famous that males too are likely to lose greater than ladies within the divorce bc married buddies are usually paired friendships — the husband-wife pair matches with the husband-wife pair iow — however when the divorce occurs, the wives observe the spouse, and the husbands observe their wives.
I believe the principle motive I learn this author so religiously is that she all the time writes concerning the issues I’ve skilled or really feel now with out flinching in any respect, though simply to acknowledge them as ideas feels extremely embarrassing. A variety of divorcing is simply plain embarrassing and you find yourself in remedy as a lot for that as something. Apparently ladies provoke 2/3 of all divorces, however I initiated my divorce whereas nonetheless deeply in love with my spouse, which was totally coronary heart wrenching for me and stays so to today, six years after beginning it. However, life is difficult for everybody. And we transfer on, and check out our greatest daily to like one another whereas nursing our barely bandaged wounds. I do recognize that this author simply persistently, although, in all seriousness doesn’t do the standard public advantage signaling rubbish about gender and love and simply writes for these folks. Lots of people discuss these subjects extra motivated by what they are going to be perceived as than in serving to folks. Which is why I subscribe to her. Right here’s her webpage for her follow.
Talking of AI brokers disrupting actual work, right here’s a chunk on giant language fashions and medical doctors.
I don’t drop all the things to catch new issues from Kanye like I as soon as did. I’m extra in a spot the place I need to have-already-caught-up however don’t need to actively do it. As an illustration, I need to have seen this documentary however I don’t need to truly watch it if that is smart.
How shut are we to having efficient chatbot based mostly remedy? Harvard writes about it. I believe it’s been right here for over two years personally.
Computing energy in diff in diff designs.
Isiah Andrews and Maryam Farboodi write on AI.
A analysis agenda for the economics of transformative AI by three recognizable names within the space.
I’m making all of it the way in which again to September in my tabs. This one is about mahjong in Boston.
My sisters mahjong parlor continues to blow up in reputation in chicago, talking of. Head over there for classes!
How retrainable are AI-exposed employees? What an ominous title.
Alright time to stand up. These daughters of mine aren’t going to wake themselves up apparently. Off to throw some tea within the Boston harbor.
