News & Musings
News & Musings
Herein below you can read/ access my latest posts from the BlueSky and Twitter (X) platforms (the custom Twitter (X) feed updates with a substantial lag and sometimes chaotically). You are obviously better off reading/ following me directly on Twitter (X) and/or on BlueSky and/or on Mastodon and/or on Threads for full functionality. (NB. The latter three platform feeds, unlike Twitter (X), are readable also if not logged in on the corresponding platform.)
Now that Shin is the Bank of Korea governor (and in light of recent events) it’s time to revisit this gem 📉📈
One of the major pains of academia is having to click through labyrinths of webpages to submit papers.
Now, thanks to @Josephmrich (and AI), problem solved!
His tool is called PaperPush and is available at
It's super easy to use!
1/🧵
GitHub - pachterlab/paperpush
Contribute to pachterlab/paperpush development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
Random Priority—a popular no-transfer allocation mechanism—is efficient, fair, & simple to participate in. Is it the only mechanism with these properties? Marek Pycia @econ_uzh and @PeterTroyan3 @UVAEcon answer this long-standing question in the positive.
https://www.econometricsociety.org/publications/econometrica/forthcoming-papers/0000/00/00/The-Random-Priority-Mechanism-is-Uniquely-Simple-Efficient-and-Fair/file/23230-3.pdf
My daughter, the cat whisperer 👧🐈.
Monteverde 🇨🇷 field experiment: the cat–human matching market clears at one cuddle, with results robust across all four panels. Perfect compliance, zero attrition, and no control cat willing to remain untreated.
Local equilibrium: purr-a vida!
During today's #ICM2026 opening ceremonies, the IMU announced the 2026 Fields Medals recipients:
@UChicago's Yu Deng, @stonybrooku's John Pardon, @UofT's Jacob Tsimerman, and Hong Wang of @nyuniversity and @Institut_IHES.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4psOJbU
Every four years, the math world’s preeminent awards are given to the finest minds of a generation. The young Fields and Abacus Medal winners — all under 40 on the first day of the year — have reshaped mathematics and theoretical computer science.
Here are the #ICM2026 winners:
A rare case of entry I am delighted not to deter: Steve Salop’s new antitrust guide arrives just in time for my new UC Chile course, Economics of Global Competition. Free PDF, low barriers to entry, likely dominant position on the recommended-reading list! https://x.com/Sherman1890/status/2079133301994930405
Your competitors have probably watched this. Starting this August at UC Chile, I’m teaching a new course on the economics of global competition: how firms outthink rivals, shape markets—and why hope is not a strategy. Brief pitch:
Hope to see you in class!
A rare case of entry I am delighted not to deter: Steve Salop’s new antitrust guide arrives just in time for my new UC Chile course, Economics of Global Competition. Free PDF, low barriers to entry, likely dominant position on the recommended-reading list!
Prominent post-Chicago antitrust economist Steve Salop (G-Town) has performed a great service -- a guide to antitrust and modern economics -- free in .pdf or an inexpensive Amazon Paperback. You dont need much economics in order to read it. https://econantitrustguide.com/
Je viens d’apprendre, avec une immense tristesse, la disparition de Bertrand Grébaut. Après sept ans à Paris et tant de tables en France, Septime restait ma préférée... Plus qu’un chef de génie, il portait une vision rare de ce qu’un grand restaurant peut être. La Cave aussi. RIP
Septime https://www.septime-charonne.fr/: my best resto in FR so far—and filed into my all-time top 10 worldwide.
BRILLIANT cuisine and service by chef Grébaut & team!
P.S. Now you can also admire the possibly youngest ever diner's colored chef-d'œuvre on Septime's memo board, by the bar!
