Elizabeth’s work is fascinating, with its quality, depth and ambition. Nothing comparable on METCO existed before this work. Congratulations to my colleague!

Our "grandma" paper is cited in the Wall Street Journal today. @usc, @usc_econ, @USCDornsife , @HooverInst The rise of power couples caused delayed Grandparenthood. We explore the many consequences of this trend. nber.org/papers/w35773

Some frightening data on Greek demographics. They would be much worse were it not for the fertility of non-native born women. share.google/OKL1gSBNsBc9v0n…

I signed "We Must Act Now"wemustactnow.ai/ See my interview with wired.com.gr

Delighted to see that @DAcemogluMIT is advocating property rights on our data. Relatedly, please see link from 2012. archive.nytimes.com/bits.blo…

Very pleased to see that Daron Acemoglu is arguing in his latest book in favor of property rights on user-generated data. Here are some thoughts from 2012. Disruptions: Facebook Users Ask, ‘Where’s Our Cut?’ - The New York Times archive.nytimes.com/bits.blo…

Enthusiastic congratulations!

Some comments on Marx and mainstream economics Having seen a recent recent set of tweets attacking the economics discipline in general and UChicago economics, in particular, apparently on the basis that Marxist thought is unrepresented in elite departments, I make some observations in response. With respect to UChicago economics and the Chicago School, I post this video. Samuel Bowles (starting at 9:00) discusses the beginning of his career when Harvard acted to fire him for no signing a loyalty oath. He stayed at Harvard when the requirement was overturned in court. In the interim, Zvi Griliches (then at Chicago) called him to say he should come to UChicago, and that Gary Becker and Milton Friedman agreed. piped.video/watch?v=lV-9-qoS… I may be an economist at Chicago, but I am certainly not a "Chicago economist," and present this as evidence on the actual department as opposed to a stereotype. Make no mistake, it is terrible that Bowles, Herbert Gintis and Duncan Foley (to name what I think are the most egregious examples) were not tenured by Harvard (B and G) and Stanford (F) respectively. And John Roemer should have been pursued by every elite economics department. But this reflects the situation 40 years ago. Second, complaints that contemporary elite economics departments do not include Marxists fail, at least in their social media form, for three distinct reasons. 1. The critiques typically fail to give any substantive reason why the omission matters. Economics, as a body of thought, has evolved towards a set of objects of study that are very different from political economy as classically understood. If one bemoans this evolution, one needs specific critiques of the body of current economic research, either because of limitations in this domain or because of desiccation as to how questions in the domain are analyzed. Banalities such as "Marx studied inequality and this is little taught," are an argument for history of thought courses, nothing more. Such substantive critiques do exist, of course. Brian Leiter @BrianLeiter does this in his great book with Jaime Edwards, Marx. Historians of capitalism do this as well; it is a huge loss to Chicago at Jonathan Levy @_jonlevy (his book The Real Economy is deeply insightful) has moved to Sciences Po. Whether or not I agree with all of their arguments is irrelevant, the point is that they make powerful arguments. This leads to 2. Any critique of Economics departments needs to account for the fact the universities are ecologies. There is much capacity to learn about Marxian thought in departments other than Economics at the University of Chicago. This reflects, IMO, the differential importance of the ideas to different disciplines. There are good reasons for specialization. 3, Any critique has to argue that there are scholars who active research programs matter for either enriching or expanding the domain of economics. Otherwise, one is arguing for intellectual diversity quotas that will not do anything substantive. I do not think Marxist economics is a flourishing area nor has been for a long time. It is noteworthy that leading radical economists moved away from Marxism. This matters in understanding the evolution of departments since the late 1960s and 1970s. piped.video/watch?v=lV-9-qoS… As for my views on Marx, here is a public conversation that Geoff Wodtke and I had with Jaime Edwards and Brian Leiter on their book, where I present some of them. stonecenter.uchicago.edu/eve…

Very happy to be able to write this for @nytopinion.

Look Past the Jobs Numbers: Three Ways Trump Is Strangling the Economy nytimes.com/2026/07/02/opini… via @NYTOpinion

Is recent economic data hiding long-term decline? In @nytopinion, @sndurlauf argues that President Trump's policies undermine critical investments in people, science, and innovation that drive economic prosperity in the United States. Read the essay: nytimes.com/2026/07/02/opini…

I don’t recall tweeting about athletics, let alone students’ ones, Making an exception for Sarah Firth, a truly impressive student and pole vaulter! Women's Track & Field Graduate Sarah Firth Earns NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship gotuftsjumbos.com/news/2026/…

In Symi, a beautiful monument carved on the rock and commemorating the surrender of the German Dodecanese command, May 8, 1945, hosts parades of students, army and naval detachments,mayor,bishop,nomarch, minister of defense, and then taverna seating and motorcycle parking: SHAME!

A lovely, humane, and patriotic essay.

Friends, Students and Colleagues are mourning the passing of Dimitri P, Bertsekas, a giant scholar and teacher and a wonderful person. I personally have known him for 60 years. A huge loss!

Dimitri Bertsekas passed away : r/reinforcementlearning teddit.net/r/reinforcementle…

Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη, Παρασκευή 15 Μαΐου 2026 και ώρα 17.00, Ανατολική Αίθουσα Ακαδημίας Αθηνών - YouTube Event in Greek on A.I. part of Celebration of the Centenary of the Academy of Athens piped.video/watch?v=AqIsb3VP…

Marvelous, superbly designed, moving ceremony yesterday at the University of Cyprus, privileged to have been associated with for 35 years! Super/Generous words by President Christofides, Dean Clerides and Chair Kourtellos. I Can’t thank them enough!

In Nicosia, and in gratitude for this super generous award, I am truly amazed by this fantastic campus and its atmosphere of learning. Great dedicated students and faculty really impressed me yesterday with their presentations. I couldn’t be prouder to the extent that I helped!

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