Aaron Hedlund

“In America, the impossible is what we do best.”

@mattkahn1966 Looks like it’ll be interesting!

The Sequel to our Power Couples paper is almost done. I have enjoyed my return to working on labor economics.

@omzidar @ryanbedwards How much have you looked at how people raise money to start and grow businesses? (Inside vs outside financing; debt vs equity; personal relationships vs arms-length; etc) And what does that imply about the nature and severity of capital constraints?

We’ve spent years working with unprecedented data to uncover who these people are, how they built their wealth, and what their stories mean for the rest of us. We can’t wait to share it with you. In the mean time, you can entertain yourself trying to find all the Easter eggs on the cover.

Who's really rich in America? It's not who you think. Excited to reveal the cover of THE EVERYWHERE MILLIONAIRE, out September 15 from @henryholt. Please share with friends who might be interested. You can pre-order here: us.macmillan.com/books/97812503…

@SorryToBeKurt Check out the housing chapter in particular!

Thanks @aaron_hedlund ! Very cool also to see your name up front!

Always fun to get mail from the White House

‘How are you so focused under pressure?’ Me in 1995:

📰 New CEA report: America is short 10 million homes. The White House just released a blueprint to FIX IT — less red tape, more building. ➡️ apnews.com/article/trump-…

White House lays out fixes for housing affordability problem foxbusiness.com/politics/white…

🚨TODAY: Trump signs executive orders aimed at home affordability apnews.com/article/trump-…

REMOVING BARRIERS TO BUILDING HOMES: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to eliminate unnecessary regulatory burdens that delay housing construction and increase housing costs for American families. whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/20…

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With actions like promoting access to mortgage credit and removing regulatory barriers to home construction, President Trump is making it easier for Americans to buy homes, an integral part of the American Dream. 🏡🇺🇸

Must love America.

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Merry Christmas from the White House!

Saturday morning donuts + hijinks.

Pungent smell of weed on the metro this morning. Not a plus.

It was zero days ago that I learned that Bowser in Mario is named after a real person.

Nice to have a break from the political world this past weekend with cousin camp!

@JesusFerna7026 @glviolante @Penn_Exchange @UMN_Econ I look forward to the 2.0 version as well!

@glviolante @Penn_Exchange @UMN_Econ What the heck! I added a explicit reference to HANK models :)

🎓 Today I delivered the final lecture of @Penn_Exchange’s Foundations of Economic Thought summer course by focusing on the evolution of macroeconomics from 1970 to 2000: 🔗 sites.google.com/view/foundatio… 🧠 Unsurprisingly, @UMN_Econ features prominently in the story (although @penneconomics also shows up quite a few times). 📑 You can find the slide deck here: sas.upenn.edu/~jesusfv/ET_5_…