@NewYorker@amandapetrusich found a small typo lurking in case it's helpful for the online version-- didn't want it to tarnish your impeccable record :)
@jmseabrook this was a fascinating article on agtech
This fact stuck with me—“the Netherlands is the world’s second largest exporter of food, in terms of value, after the U.S.”
Which shows sophisticated farming can work if we invest https://t.co/lmAP2qDBYz
A few of the bits that hit me—
“It had been eleven years since he died; the pain didn’t go away, but it’s sharp edge had been dulled and softened like sea glass.”
A long-term view on literacy around the world.
Globally 85% of the population older than 14 is literate today.
From our entry on literacy, where you find data for all countries in the world:
https://t.co/rfSJCEIf8f
I have to say the #EconTwitter response to my use of PPT in teaching has made me very concerned about the focus on form over content.
And for this reason, I am making a major announcement today. I'll start using transparencies to #MakeSlidesGreatAgain. Which is also MSG Again.
In 1990, Claudia Goldin became the first woman to be tenured at the Harvard economics department. Her work has helped identify sources of the gender wage gap.