Alexander Abajian

Postdoc @Yale School of the Environment. Climate Macroeconomics. (he/him). The U.S. in one graph:

[Matt @MattTalkToEm]

You’ve done more for humanity in 10 days than Elon musk has done in 10 years

[Alexander Abajian @acabajian]

Elon implying meat is murder in 2026 was not on my bingo card!

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

@levie I think this is the right move. Cruelty to something that believes it is experiencing pain is not ok.

[Alexander Abajian @acabajian]

This remains a work in progress — any feedback is appreciated

https://t.co/qTTgxeGZIz

and if you need a lovely escape from the world, there's more on my webpage:

https://t.co/JSBWXdXkTe

[Alexander Abajian @acabajian]

To the intersection of #EconTwitter and hiring committees — I'm on the #EconJobMarket and hoping to steal a bit of your screen time. My #JMP examines how adaptation to climate change will affect the global population distribution and its implications for welfare. (1/n)

[Alexander Abajian @acabajian]

Takeaways? It is unlikely that barriers to migration will fall under current political climates. If these barriers are too costly for the worst-hit households, the effects of climate change will be inequitable in the movement channel as well as in the ability to adapt in place.

[James Medlock @jdcmedlock]

The GOP cut funding to the IRS because *audits work* and they fundamentally don't believe rich people should have to play by the rules.

[I4R @I4Replication]

Over the past two years, I4R partnered with Psychological Science on a large reproducibility project.

67 independent teams reproduced 64 articles published in 2024–2025, about 44% of eligible papers.

Paper: https://t.co/DolwXsQBuX

Here's what we learned 🧵

[Kyrie🤞🏾 @KyrieIrving]

Her name is HIND RAJAB💐🌷
🤞🏾🪶♾❤️

And She was more brave than every single one of you at ESPN

[Kyrie🤞🏾 @KyrieIrving]

I’ll take care of his fine

[Ken Burns @KenBurns]

So much of America’s politics and culture revolves around crime and punishment. But the debates we’re having today — about prisons, criminality, victims and justice — are not new.

Here’s the trailer for CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN AMERICA, a new film by my colleague @LynnNovick, coming to PBS November 16.

[Alexander Abajian @acabajian]

I’d like to parlay the under with a $1M that the U.S. doesn’t experience hyperinflation over the same time period.

[Ben Moll @ben_moll]

If anyone can find a counterparty to participate at the same odds, please DM me and we may be able to include you.

Only complete party-counterparty pairs at 4:1 odds please and only stakes ≥ $10k (inflation adjusted as in the linked terms).

[Alexander Abajian @acabajian]

You come at the king, you best not miss

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

This week we published an article critically assessing the work of @DAcemogluMIT. In response, the Nobel prize-winning economist has robustly defended his research and core ideas. Read his letter in full: https://t.co/9LXCR6T1L3

[Muntadhar al-Zaidi @muntazer_zaidi]

I am still fighting the corrupt officials brought in by George Bush to rule Iraq, and my daily life is still threatened because of my defense of my people's rights.

[Alexander Abajian @acabajian]

Aside from the poor student being put on blast for the world at large, there has to be some way to turn this into a principal agent problem by stating you’d love to pay him, but it would be suboptimal to pay him on an hourly basis if you can’t verify his effort.

[John A. List @Econ_4_Everyone]

There is an undergrad at the @UChicago who often asks me for advice on his thesis. Of course, I give him comments in each instance. I always want to support someone using science to change the world.

I just finished a new paper that is in his area of interest and I sent it to him, ending my email with, “would love to hear your thoughts on this study.”

Within 5 minutes I had a response: “Professor List, I would love to provide comments but I will need $50 per hour for my time. Since the paper has a lot of detailed math, it will take me approximately 10 hours. I take Zelle or Venmo.”

How would you respond?

[Muntadhar al-Zaidi @muntazer_zaidi]

Today there is a summons against me in the Publication Court from one of the corrupt military commanders.
I am excited I will be back to prison😀