- February 19, 2026
Thursday assorted links
1. On the Saudi-UAE rift. 2. Record low U.S. crime rates are real, not an artifact of data issues. 3.
Minimum wage hikes and robots
This paper studies how minimum wage policy affects firms’ adoption of automation technologies. Using both state-level measures of robot exposure
Those new service sector jobs
Who needs to be a programmer, be hired to close the doors on Waymo vehicles: Or see here. And more
Announced Job Layoffs Attributed to AI
In the Challenger, Gray and Christmas report for January is an interesting table, reporting the job losses attributed to each
USDA Forecasts Near Constant Farm Cash Income…As Long as We Dole Out $44.3 Billion
From USDA on Thursday: Overall, farm cash receipts are forecast to decrease by $14.2 billion (2.7 percent) from 2025 to
Effective tax rates for billionaires
Here is the tweet, here is the source data. The post Effective tax rates for billionaires appeared first on Marginal
Import Trends: Output, Policy Uncertainty, and/or Tariffs
As i was producing some extra slides for my macro course, I generated this graph: Figure 1: Change in GDP
Kamin & Sobel: “Termites are slowly feasting away at the foundations of the dollar’s dominance”
In the FT today: The dollar’s dominance was built on the foundation of America’s many strengths. But like termites eating
Uncertainty Drivers: Tariffs on Canada or Government Shutdown?
Economic Policy Uncertainty spikes on Sunday. Figure 1: EPU (blue, left scale), seven day centered moving average (red, left scale),
History of Econ Summer Camp
Graduate students with an interest in the history of economic thought should consider this summer program. Source link