Economist and historian of economics @ Duke. Unhealthy fascination with the Coase theorem.https://bsky.app/profile/spydermed.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/spydermed.bsky.social/post/3ml6xtgodlc22Good stuff on offer here. Then again, I may be slightly biased. But if you are interested in Manne’s entrepreneurial trajectory in spreading the law and economics gospel, this paper provides a window into an important early effort. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:cxlx4askss2udbsidipreqvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6xtgodlc22https://bsky.app/profile/spydermed.bsky.social/post/3mehbrwwxts2mThere is no truth to the rumor that there is bbq sauce stain on this flier. That said, there will be good ‘q on offer at the SI, as always. Y’all come join us! [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Feb 2026 20:25 +0000at://did:plc:cxlx4askss2udbsidipreqvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3mehbrwwxts2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/spydermed.bsky.social/post/3ma4wxbzp422qThe Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke University is now accepting applications for the 2026-27 Visiting Scholars program. For a complete description of the program and how to apply, please visit the Center website: hope.econ.duke.edu Come join us! https://hope.econ.duke.edu/16 Dec 2025 20:03 +0000at://did:plc:cxlx4askss2udbsidipreqvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma4wxbzp422qhttps://bsky.app/profile/spydermed.bsky.social/post/3lowkgul6wk2mNo, way better. He just wrote my price controls lecture for Econ 101 next spring. Always nice to get a head start on teaching. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2025 22:55 +0000at://did:plc:cxlx4askss2udbsidipreqvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lowkgul6wk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/spydermed.bsky.social/post/3lomlgvcxjs2tWho says history of economics research isn’t relevant? Humbled and honored …07 May 2025 23:47 +0000at://did:plc:cxlx4askss2udbsidipreqvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lomlgvcxjs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/spydermed.bsky.social/post/3ll2loemcnc23Shot, chaser.23 Mar 2025 15:47 +0000at://did:plc:cxlx4askss2udbsidipreqvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll2loemcnc23https://bsky.app/profile/spydermed.bsky.social/post/3lkmbgixy7s24If I disappear after my Econ 101 lecture on international economics in a couple of weeks, at least y’all will know what happened to me. (Upside: I avoid the three weeks of macro lectures.) [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Mar 2025 23:07 +0000at://did:plc:cxlx4askss2udbsidipreqvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkmbgixy7s24https://bsky.app/profile/spydermed.bsky.social/post/3lk4cn5avdc2kAnother day, and more winning! Reminds me of the good ol’ days when my Detroit Lions went 0-16. Former glory is being restored!11 Mar 2025 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:cxlx4askss2udbsidipreqvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk4cn5avdc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/spydermed.bsky.social/post/3lk2egkghoc22So much winning.10 Mar 2025 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:cxlx4askss2udbsidipreqvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk2egkghoc22https://bsky.app/profile/spydermed.bsky.social/post/3liqdzqpgfs2rPosted for no particular reason. 🤡22 Feb 2025 03:13 +0000at://did:plc:cxlx4askss2udbsidipreqvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3liqdzqpgfs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/spydermed.bsky.social/post/3liioo3gupc2y@gelbach.bsky.social is a fine scholar and a wonderful person. However, I simply will not stand for him insulting young ferrets in this way. Free speech rights should not extend to this sort of monstrous, slanderous sort of talk. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Feb 2025 02:02 +0000at://did:plc:cxlx4askss2udbsidipreqvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3liioo3gupc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/spydermed.bsky.social/post/3lib5cbahwk2nLooking forward to Cruz pointing out the wokeness of the Coase theorem, since it tells us that we can indulge distributional preferences with zero efficiency consequences. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Feb 2025 02:03 +0000at://did:plc:cxlx4askss2udbsidipreqvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lib5cbahwk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/spydermed.bsky.social/post/3li6jivq6xk22Roses are red Duke is blue We love structural But you do you. @instrumenthull.bsky.social https://media.tenor.com/m471mHoGfRsAAAAC/duke-blue-devils.gif?hh=280&ww=49815 Feb 2025 01:03 +0000at://did:plc:cxlx4askss2udbsidipreqvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3li6jivq6xk22https://bsky.app/profile/spydermed.bsky.social/post/3li5hhfjdv22tNew Econ 101 test question just dropped. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Feb 2025 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:cxlx4askss2udbsidipreqvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3li5hhfjdv22thttps://bsky.app/profile/spydermed.bsky.social/post/3li46lklkek27Important new work by Malcolm Rutherford on the history of Blacks in American economics—the early generation of those earning PhDs. @trevondlogan.bsky.social https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5135617&dgcid=ejournal_htmlemail_history%3Aof%3Aeconomics%3Aejournal_abstractlink14 Feb 2025 02:43 +0000at://did:plc:cxlx4askss2udbsidipreqvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3li46lklkek27https://bsky.app/profile/spydermed.bsky.social/post/3lhyfi6pq3225The big Econ 101 class lecture today is on public goods. If only there were something in the news to motivate the lecture … 🤔12 Feb 2025 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:cxlx4askss2udbsidipreqvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhyfi6pq3225https://bsky.app/profile/spydermed.bsky.social/post/3lhn7g5rj5227One of the screams you hear is the collective one of about 10,000 applied economists who see an endless stream of natural experiments unfolding before them alongside the collapse of funding for the research on them.08 Feb 2025 03:48 +0000at://did:plc:cxlx4askss2udbsidipreqvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhn7g5rj5227https://bsky.app/profile/spydermed.bsky.social/post/3lgtv2svbrc2mGet to teach the Jevons paradox to my 230 Econ 101 students tomorrow. We are so back!! #HistoryOfEconomicsFTW29 Jan 2025 02:06 +0000at://did:plc:cxlx4askss2udbsidipreqvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgtv2svbrc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/spydermed.bsky.social/post/3lgtu7gtthc2mA clown car, wrapped inside a shit show, wrapped inside a dumpster fire. Sort of the turducken of governance.29 Jan 2025 01:51 +0000at://did:plc:cxlx4askss2udbsidipreqvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgtu7gtthc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/spydermed.bsky.social/post/3lgskremurs25Hi. I am teaching Econ 101 this term. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jan 2025 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:cxlx4askss2udbsidipreqvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgskremurs25https://bsky.app/profile/spydermed.bsky.social/post/3lgopucvcjc2gThis is what happens because nobody reads Adam Smith anymore. 🤣 @florianederer.bsky.social @anthonyleezhang.bsky.social @bengolub.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Jan 2025 00:49 +0000at://did:plc:cxlx4askss2udbsidipreqvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgopucvcjc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/spydermed.bsky.social/post/3lgca563jdk2cC’mon, Justin. Hockey pucks (official NHL ones) and tequila. Strategic trade policy. Someone is playing chess while the rest of us are playing checkers. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jan 2025 01:36 +0000at://did:plc:cxlx4askss2udbsidipreqvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgca563jdk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/spydermed.bsky.social/post/3lgc5zlkvg22cThis is sweet. Looking forward to seeing the research produced utilizing it and subsequent national databases. The possibilities are immense! [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jan 2025 00:58 +0000at://did:plc:cxlx4askss2udbsidipreqvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgc5zlkvg22chttps://bsky.app/profile/spydermed.bsky.social/post/3lg7wats2mc27If we were a little farther along in the semester, a “Pick an Executive Order and subject it to demand-supply analysis” would make for an interesting assignment for the coming weekend for my 101 students.21 Jan 2025 03:34 +0000at://did:plc:cxlx4askss2udbsidipreqvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg7wats2mc27https://bsky.app/profile/spydermed.bsky.social/post/3lg4wh5djjk2kGot to spend 2 hrs at Duke women’s hoops game today listening to dude behind me mansplaining the whole game and college hoops generally to his gf/partner. Externalities are everywhere. (And no, my WTP was clearly nowhere near high enough to bribe this happy mansplainer into silence.)19 Jan 2025 22:59 +0000at://did:plc:cxlx4askss2udbsidipreqvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lg4wh5djjk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/spydermed.bsky.social/post/3lfqrl6eh2c2aThis. 👇 The whole damn thread. This year I am thankful for theorists who show us possibilities and theorists who show us limitations. Good policy is hard. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Jan 2025 03:00 +0000at://did:plc:cxlx4askss2udbsidipreqvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfqrl6eh2c2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/spydermed.bsky.social/post/3lflsuc7rhk2oNow people are going to think I grew up on a farm or a ranch … [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Jan 2025 03:40 +0000at://did:plc:cxlx4askss2udbsidipreqvz/app.bsky.feed.post/3lflsuc7rhk2o