Yannis M. Ioannides

Max and Herta Neubauer Professor of Economics Emeritus and Research Professor, Tufts University.

[Steven N. Durlauf @sndurlauf]

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

[Yannis M. Ioannides @ProfYMI]

Look Past the Jobs Numbers: Three Ways Trump Is Strangling the Economy https://t.co/wLbpySTGj8 via @NYTOpinion

[UChicago | Stone Center on Inequality & Mobility @UCStoneCenter]

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: https://t.co/HXwGzgeb4i

[Yannis M. Ioannides @ProfYMI]

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 https://t.co/yLTe7Ui7V5

[Yannis M. Ioannides @ProfYMI]

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!

[Steven N. Durlauf @sndurlauf]

A lovely, humane, and patriotic essay.

[Yannis M. Ioannides @ProfYMI]

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!

[Yannis M. Ioannides @ProfYMI]

Dimitri Bertsekas passed away : r/reinforcementlearning https://t.co/BcBGuajiuT

[Yannis M. Ioannides @ProfYMI]

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 https://t.co/IlXSwcJVzI

[Yannis M. Ioannides @ProfYMI]

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!

[Sofronis Clerides @SofronClerides]

It was a privilege for us to recognize Yannis Ioannides @ProfYMI for his pioneering and wide-ranging scholarship, his service to the profession, and his role in advancing scientific inquiry in Cyprus and Greece. Thank you Yanni!

[Yannis M. Ioannides @ProfYMI]

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!

[Sofronis Clerides @SofronClerides]

Yannis Ioannides @ProfYMI is a polymath and a true intellectual. He was instrumental in the early development of the Economics dept at the @UCYOfficial. We are honored to welcome him formally into our academic community through the award of an honorary doctorate.

[Yannis M. Ioannides @ProfYMI]

@sndurlauf Huge thanks @sndurlauf for your super generous comments. The feelings are mutual!

[Yannis M. Ioannides @ProfYMI]

Ακαδημία Αθηνών https://t.co/TwyDpZkcUk

[Yannis M. Ioannides @ProfYMI]

https://t.co/js3LQCEmER

[Yannis M. Ioannides @ProfYMI]

Συνέδριο για την Τεχνητή Νοημοσύνη - Ακαδημία Αθηνών - https://t.co/Pa2YGkjIgR https://t.co/gXYmf5hZQb

[Yannis M. Ioannides @ProfYMI]

@LucaFornaro3 I’m just leaving now

[Yannis M. Ioannides @ProfYMI]

Nicholas Christakis I traveled to Ukraine to teach sociology. It left me amazed.https://t.co/IO8E8zddBm

[Olivier Blanchard @ojblanchard1]

In a world where the Epstein papers give a catastrophic image of how the rich and powerful behave too often, it is heart warming to see the governor of the Banque de France retire to be in charge, pro bono, of a charitable association aimed at helping the youth in trouble. Merci Francois Villeroy de Galhau.

[Steven N. Durlauf @sndurlauf]

Universities need to systematically address the findings in the Epstein files. In my opinion, every university in which current or past faculty, administrators, trustees appear in the files, should establish formal bodies to review and assess. It is essential that faculty are not only represented, but have the authority to determine consequences for misconduct. Any such body must be completely transparent and explain how consequences were determined to be appropriate. And yes, at least half of the decisionmakers must be women.

Obviously, mention in the files does not mean consequences are warranted per se and schools should be clear on this. Individuals holding a meeting to seek money before Epstein's first conviction are completely different from Lawrence Summers, David Gelertner, etc. Nor do consequences require termination. My own view is that University honors, such as named chairs, directorships of research labs/centers should not be held by those engages in post 2008 relationships with Epstein.

As for Leon Botstein, he should resign or be removed. It is unacceptable for him to have continued a relationship with Epstein after his first conviction, assuming the best case scenario that Botstein was ignorant of Epstein's misdeeds prior to then. Doing so trivialized the sexual exploitation of women, and is unacceptable, period. Fundraising needs are a risible excuse.

As for anyone suggesting this is virtual signalling, an example of cancel culture, my answer is simple. Virtuous conduct matters. University faculty and administrators help define the norms of their institutions. Their attitudes and characters affect manifest in their decisions and interactions. Institutions need to act.

[Nicholas A. Christakis @NAChristakis]

“The Problem with Mesearch”

New For The Love of Science vlog on how to strike the right balance in science between a deep connection to one’s work and objectivity.  

https://t.co/8yY526PBb8