Yes André Loez the rise of synthetic, (bad) data-driven history, is a thing. And I am a data person.

Do you think anyone will notice if I just draw graphs by hand rather than learning how to use Tikz?

Does anyone have examples of either an economic history paper that uses Google Ngrams well or things to be careful about when using Ngrams?

For example, aeaweb.org/articles?id=10… or cambridge.org/core/journals/…

I recently had a conversation with a historian about how research should engage with contemporary politics, and I wish I'd had this example to point to how historians discredit themselves when they become political hacks

I'm late to the Alfred Chandler party, but The Visible Hand slaps

Would watch a Bourdain-style show with Yellen traveling around the world and eating food

I'm using city directories to find data on electricians, and this wasn't quite what I was looking for

This is so beautiful. A tribute to our improving understanding of how the world works. And visually powerful.

Overleaf thinks macroeconomist isn't a word, so who am I to disagree with the internet?

Museums should add labs where you get to watch economists at work because what could be more exciting than watching someone try to get reshape to work on Stata

Upccoming conference at Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi (supported by Centre for Advanced Study (CAS)): Job Quality from the Past to the Future, 22 August 💥 New research on current working conditions 💥 Job quality in history 💥 How tech impacts job quality Program (+ link to registration): cas-nor.no/events/job-qua…

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There's always another margin on which markets can adjust

What can #econhist tell us about how firms should adopt artificial intelligence? Research by Will Damron, Reka Juhasz, Mara Squicciarini, Ajay Agrawal, Joshua Gans, Avi Goldfarb. => bit.ly/3yUc6Fx

Someone please look at this graph and tell me what was so great about the past.

Today I published the first installment of a multi-part series at Forked Lightning on technological disruption in the labor market. To understand the future of work with AI, look to the past. The figure below stitches together U.S. employment data from 1880 to the present.

I really hope this crematory isn’t across the street from a barbecue joint because of economies of scope

Looking back at my notes from what I had thought was a good research idea a month ago, but it turns out all I wrote down was "cities = markets or organizations??" and "transaction costs"

Had a great time discussing North Carolina’s strong and growing economy over some great BBQ at Sam Jones Barbecue with Governor Roy Cooper.