Alex Henke

Associate Professor of Economics @HowardU @HowardEcon

Views are my own

[Alex Henke @Henkenomics]

I'm happy to report that @EconHsu and I just published a new article at Applied Economics. We find that eviction moratoria reduced eviction filings disproportionately for Black and female renters, likely because they were at higher risk of eviction with no moratorium.

[Alex Henke @Henkenomics]

@TheStalwart In a world where this happened, SF government must have radically reformed to emphasize competence and growth. Such a government, flush with increased tax revenue, could purchase some of the new buildings and convert them to social housing and workforce housing.

[Alex Henke @Henkenomics]

@AliceFromQueens Both figures are useful. To measure average danger you need per capita. But to get a sense of the problem's scale you need total. It's analogous to looking at car deaths per capita vs car deaths per VMT.

[Alex Henke @Henkenomics]

@IrvingSwisher How come generations always get credit/blame for stuff that happens when they're in ~high school?

[Alex Henke @Henkenomics]

@agraybee Multi-causal of course, but a decent chunk of survivors tolerate an abusive relationship because they have terrible outside options.

[Alex Henke @Henkenomics]

@sgodofsk Imagine a euro who bikes to a train station for a short trip. Now imagine a country that can't build HSR.

[Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle]

A second proposed change would be more notable for homeowners: It would allow D.C. to consider moving to a land-value tax (where property taxes are based only on value of land, not land and building) or a split-rate system (where land and buildings are taxed at different rates.

[Alex Henke @Henkenomics]

@ImNotOwned "One" just has to be a conference finals appearance.

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

BREAKING: LeBron James is signing with the Philadelphia 76ers on a two-year, $8 million deal with a player option, Klutch Sports Group and Klutch CEO and Game Over show host Rich Paul tells ESPN.

[Alex Henke @Henkenomics]

@AliceFromQueens Is claiming Michelle Obama is a man representative of modern conservatism, such that we can say it's conservatives generally being targeted? Or is it a specific subgroup that happens to have taken over the American conservative project?

[Joey Politano 🏳️‍🌈 @JosephPolitano]

Someone in DC set up a “little free blockbuster” with DVDs inside instead of books lol

[Alex Henke @Henkenomics]

@PEWilliams_ If only this sort of thing were common sense. Clearly the desire to reduce administrative burdens and increase state capacity stems from some ideology, even if there are multiple compatible ones.

[Alex Henke @Henkenomics]

@rieszspieces They might value peak over sustained excellence. Young Kobe had a truly elite defensive run around the 3-peat era (especially in the playoffs).

Gasol was great defensively for much longer than Kobe was, but he would not have won a DPOY over prime Wallace/KG/Arrest/etc.

[MTS @MTSlive]

Neurosurgeon Jonathan Slotkin reveals the interest group he says is quietly running the biggest opposition to autonomous vehicles:

"Plaintiffs' bar is in significant opposition to many aspects of the development of this technology, and has been formally as early as 2017 and 2018 through their lobbying group."

"I can tell you some facts. The majority of state liability actions that make it to courtrooms are automobile litigation. I believe it's something like 60%. This is a very significant driver of their business."

"If I'm them, this is me speculating, staring down the prospect of 90% decreases in serious injuries. Their charitable view is that they want to make sure that these companies like Waymo, Zoox, and Tesla can still be subject to liability."

"If you told me I had to be injured tomorrow and go to court and try to get money from Waymo or go to court and try to get money from an under-insured motorist that's unemployed, I'll take the first one."

"That is probably one of the bigger drivers for opposition. And in my opinion, that's part of why it tends to be blue areas or bleeders of blue areas that are most opposed."
@slotkinjr

[Alex Henke @Henkenomics]

@dieworkwear "If you use AI to generate your argument, a great poster will be humiliated."

[The Associated Press @AP]

ICE officer who shot Colombian man in Maine has history of threatening behavior and mental illness, family and court documents say. https://t.co/Kwt8CdMwRf

[Alex Henke @Henkenomics]

@ShamsCharania Oh good, so we'll get an answer to this some time in 2028.

[Alex Henke @Henkenomics]

@headwaysmatter Fake in the sense that few would be fine with a more humane method of execution, sure. But it is nonetheless telling that many death penalty states opt to torture the condemned unnecessarily.

[Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias]

Postliberals will really be like “you believe in GDP growth? that pales in comparison to my strategy, robust communities with real human flourishing” and then not create robust communities but everyone gets poorer thanks to bad economic policy.

[Derek Thompson @DKThomp]

The Warren Commission conducted its investigation into the JFK assassination in 10 months.

The NBA investigation into whether it was ok for Kawhi Leonard to get $30m for doing nothing is now entering its 11th month.

[Alex Henke @Henkenomics]

@DanUgglaInUggs New Jersey does seem to punch above its weight in terms of basketball talent. What's its secret?