Geez I thought I was rough on the BC Conservatives deficit-blowing tax cut promise today. Then I saw my colleague David Duff's comments! On reflection, I think David is correct.
@kevinmilligan.bsky.socialyou're welcome
Kevin Milligan
@kevinmilligan.bsky.social
Professor of Economics, Vancouver School of Economics
@kevinmilligan.bsky.social@kevinmilligan.bsky.socialYou should buy a Switch 2 because it will help you recognize that you are old and that death is near. This is because you will find that Mario Kart World is just too damned fast and that MK8 for Switch 1 was the apotheosis and society is now going downhill and everyting was better in the olde days
@kevinmilligan.bsky.socialI had (roughly) similarly scathing things to say about the NDP's fiscal management in another interview. I will post when that's available. Both major parties seem fiscally reckless. BC's finances are on a horrible trajectory. We need a 180° change. We need some serious options. I see none.
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@kevinmilligan.bsky.socialI swear I've never seen worse graphics than during the DS games. The scoring bug takes forever to update, and has often put up the wrong pitcher. Here is Max Fried with Schlittler's stats. Are they letting AI run the graphics or something like that? Boo. I miss Sportsnet's production!
@kevinmilligan.bsky.socialPadres-Brewers late-night game yesterday was honestly one of the best baseball games I've seen in a long time. That whole series has been great.
Icing on the cake was this Blink 182 bit.
(How can Delonge now look so old when I'm still so young....wait....oh darn.)
@kevinmilligan.bsky.sociallol at Canadian political parties trying to do Mamdani things except they're missing the key ingredient to doing Mamdani things which is Mamdani.
@kevinmilligan.bsky.socialAlso, Xander Bogaerts with the Matrix moves to avoid the ball and the spinning bat shards while running to 3rd base....that was an awesome play. Great game so far.
@kevinmilligan.bsky.socialJase Bowen. A+ faces. Too bad he didn't come up with it!
@kevinmilligan.bsky.social"The Yankees are absolutely tragic defensively here in Game 2" --> this delivered me enough of a warm glow to last the entire winter, I think.
@kevinmilligan.bsky.socialA tribute to David Donaldson, @ubcvse.bsky.social Professor Emeritus who passed away earlier this year.
Thanks to Walter Bossert and John Weymark for writing.
@kevinmilligan.bsky.socialA tribute to Chuck Blackorby, @ubcvse.bsky.social Professor Emeritus who recently passed away.
Thanks to Walter Bossert and John Weymark for writing.
@kevinmilligan.bsky.socialHello! I have received 6 media requests today about BC election policy. I'm afraid I can't do them. I have some time on Thursday / Friday this week but until then I'm busy with the day job here.
@mendelmatt.bsky.socialReposted by @kevinmilligan.bsky.socialThe Canadian Tax Observatory has done a careful analysis of the "Productivity Mega Deduction."
This is a consequential change to boost productivity-enhancing investments.
The analysis highlights design decisions that will determine its effectiveness.
@cleforum.bsky.socialReposted by @kevinmilligan.bsky.socialCall for Papers for the 3rd Annual CLEF conference! clef.uqam.ca/conference/
Current grad students and recent Ph.D.s from Canadian universities are also eligible for the Best Paper Prize, details here: clef.uqam.ca/prize/
@kevinmilligan.bsky.socialUngated draft of the paper available here:
@kevinmilligan.bsky.socialA writeup of my recent paper (with Michael Baker and Jonathan Gruber) on childcare and long-run parental labour supply and earnings in the @nber.org Digest.
@tammyschirle.bsky.socialReposted by @kevinmilligan.bsky.socialNice summary of this paper by @kevinmilligan.bsky.social (w/ Baker and Gruber)
"Even after their children left preschool, mothers who had access to Quebec’s universal childcare program worked and earned more than mothers who did not."
@emmettmacfarlane.comReposted by @kevinmilligan.bsky.socialPOLITICAL SCIENCE JOB AD: Tenure-track position in International Relations at the University of Waterloo. We're *very happy* to announce this. Applications due Nov. 1st; job start date July 2027. Details here (pdf): uwaterloo.ca/arts/sites/d...
@jmcelroy.bsky.socialReposted by @kevinmilligan.bsky.socialFor the past week, I've heard a lot of people say "provincial and municipal elections happening at the same time is confusing, especially since I don't fully understand what a city is in control of."
So, I did a four minute explainer piece to try and help