Martha Starr

The NSF's SBE Directorate is at risk of being eliminated. Officials have chosen to dismantle SBE w/o notice, explanation, Congressional consultation or approval, or stakeholder input. 📢 Visit our #SaveSBE page, containing resources you can use to help ➡️ cossa.org/action-center/…

@ticiaverveer Amazing finding

Neanderthals used stone drills to treat cavities 59,000 years ago, tooth suggests Molar found in Siberia features deep hole that appears to show earliest known evidence of dental treatment theguardian.com/science/2026/m…

@LiveScience @ChrisStringer65 Simply awe-inspiring

A new study of six Homo erectus individuals from China reveals one amino acid variant that distinguished this archaic human from all other human lineages and one that it passed on to modern humans via Denisovans. livescience.com/archaeology/hu…

"The social and behavioral sciences are being gutted, and this is a key way to combat it.” Read the recent #WhySocialScience post from three of our advocates from Social Science Advocacy Day 2026 ➡️ whysocialscience.com/blog/2026/4/30…

Job opening: Chief of the Direct Investment Division usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDet… #BEAJobs

The future of NSF funding for social, behavioral & economic research is at risk! If you’d rather not see this happen, please reach out to your Congressional representatives; it could make a big difference. COSSA provides a customizable tool that makes this easy #EconTwitter

Nice piece in the Economist on Bloom et al’s valuation of reliable economic statistics #econtwitter

Excellent new paper cleverly quantifying the ROI on reliable economic statistics #EconTwitter nber.org/papers/w35135

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: COSSA Statement on the Dismissal of Members of the National Science Board. Full statement ➡️ cossa.org/wp-content/upl…

@JHaltiwanger_UM @ernietedeschi But, overall & over a 6 month period?

Minimal impact on changes in employment from AI use.

New BTOS AI Supplement released by Census today. See: census.gov/library/workin… AI use for any business function varies dramatically across sectors and firm size. Employment-weighted use in AI intensive sectors in 60-70% range compared to 32% economy-wide.

Take Action‼️ Express your concerns for the NSF's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate (SBE). ⭐ Here's how you can take action with @COSSADC 🧵👇 #WhySocialScience #SaveSBE

Heads up! The administration is proposing to eliminate NSF funding for the social sciences, including economics. COSSA has set up tools for contacting your representatives in Congress to share concerns about this move. Reaching out *now* could ward off the risk that it happens.

If current cuts to the Federal Science Budget proposed by the White House are approved by Congress, that will far-and-away be the largest cut to science since the United States began funding it. Republicans & Democrats alike know there’s no surer path to Making America Not-Great

AEA Members - Last call to submit a complete session for consideration in the #ASSA2027 AEA Program. The portal closes at the end of the day. Visit aeaweb.org/conference/sub….

The Trump administration has proposed dissolving the National Science Foundation’s Directorate of Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE), potentially beginning this year. While the FY2027 Presidential Budget Request proposes eliminating SBE, reporting suggests that steps toward dissolution may already be underway within NSF. Dissolving SBE would discontinue almost all NSF support for economic research and professional activities like professional conferences. The economy is changing rapidly, and it is crucial that businesses and policymakers understand what is happening in the economy and how changes in economic policy affect households, workers, businesses, and financial markets. Businesses need this understanding in order to make myriad crucial decisions. So do policymakers, like the Federal Reserve and the U.S. Congress. If you care about giving businesses and policymakers the information they need to understand the world and to make the smartest, most informed decisions they can make, then you should support funding for NSF and for SBE. Funding for NSF and specifically for SBE should be increased, not cut. Nature article: nature.com/articles/d4158…

COSSA Town Hall: Saving SBE 📆: Tuesday, April 14 ⏰️: 1:00pm EST Join COSSA for a virtual, members-only Town Hall to discuss saving SBE, what we know and what we can do to protect the community and the federal agencies that support it. Register ➡️ us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Huge news. Huge risk to lean against

President Trump’s high-risk decision to attempt an overthrow of the Iranian regime — and the reaction to it — demonstrates that the centre of gravity on the political right remains much closer to its George W Bush-era positions than is widely thought. Moreover, across the board, the most durable successes of the Trump era are likely to be the ones most in line with traditional conservatism. What distinguishes Trumpism is largely personal to Trump: his impulsiveness, celebrity and style. These lessons won’t be lost as the race to succeed him begins in earnest next year. My @FT column.

NSF funding for economic research is at risk! @EconTwitter @econx scientificamerican.com/article/trump-…