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I set up my website in November 2011, and have been posting articles regularly ever since, though with less frequency lately.
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Here is a thread on the top ten posts of 2020
Thank you for being one of my readers, for using the information, and for giving me comments and feedback.
Here is a thread on the top ten posts of 2020
The 10th most popular post on my site in 2020 was one of a series that summarized the major messages of my co-authored publication on social mobility in Canada and the United States https://milescorak.com/2019/04/15/if-there-is-such-a-thing-as-the-canadian-dream-it-would-look-very-much-like-what-americans-say-is-the-american-dream/
The 9th most popular post on my site in 2020 was part of my @GC_CUNY @CUNYGCECON course "Inequality, Economic Opportunity, and Public Policy."
I'm so glad this introduction to economic theory and intergenerational mobility got wide traction. https://milescorak.com/2020/03/19/intergenerational-mobility-in-theory/
I'm so glad this introduction to economic theory and intergenerational mobility got wide traction. https://milescorak.com/2020/03/19/intergenerational-mobility-in-theory/
The 8th most popular post on my site in 2020 was a lecture on David Ricardo's "difficult idea", comparative advantage and the case for free trade.
This is one of the core principles of economics, and part of my @GC_CUNY course "Economics for Everyone" https://milescorak.com/2020/02/25/david-ricardos-explanation-of-the-case-for-free-trade-rests-on-some-basic-economic-principles-but-also-has-a-big-public-policy-blind-spot/
This is one of the core principles of economics, and part of my @GC_CUNY course "Economics for Everyone" https://milescorak.com/2020/02/25/david-ricardos-explanation-of-the-case-for-free-trade-rests-on-some-basic-economic-principles-but-also-has-a-big-public-policy-blind-spot/
The 7th most popular post on my site in 2020 was a profile of @leah_boustan, an economist whose work I admire.
Students were asked to interview the speakers @CUNYGCECON seminar series, and I conducted this revealing first profile as a template for others https://milescorak.com/2020/02/10/leah-boustan-talks-about-the-challenges-of-asking-the-right-research-questions-to-the-students-of-the-applied-economics-seminar-at-the-graduate-center/
Students were asked to interview the speakers @CUNYGCECON seminar series, and I conducted this revealing first profile as a template for others https://milescorak.com/2020/02/10/leah-boustan-talks-about-the-challenges-of-asking-the-right-research-questions-to-the-students-of-the-applied-economics-seminar-at-the-graduate-center/
The 6th most popular post on my site in 2020 is a personal favourite about how the "Great Gatsby Curve" got its name.
I tell the story of how @BarackObama White House got wind of my work on social mobility and used it as a powerful communications device https://milescorak.com/2016/12/04/how-the-great-gatsby-curve-got-its-name/
I tell the story of how @BarackObama White House got wind of my work on social mobility and used it as a powerful communications device https://milescorak.com/2016/12/04/how-the-great-gatsby-curve-got-its-name/
The 5th most popular post on my site in 2020 was one of the first I wrote on #COVID19 and public policy in Canada, describing my return to Canada from New York City, and written while I was quarantined and just falling victim to this terrible illness https://milescorak.com/2020/03/22/a-letter-to-the-canadian-prime-minister-with-two-suggestions-for-next-steps-in-dealing-with-covid19/
The 4th most popular post on my site in 2020 dates back to 2012, describing differences in how unemployment is measured in Canada and the United States.
It got traction because it helped informed a debate in the Canadian @OurCommons https://milescorak.com/2012/05/04/the-gap-between-us-and-canadian-unemployment-rates-is-bigger-than-it-appears/
It got traction because it helped informed a debate in the Canadian @OurCommons https://milescorak.com/2012/05/04/the-gap-between-us-and-canadian-unemployment-rates-is-bigger-than-it-appears/
The 3rd most popular post on my site in 2020 was about the inequalities #COVID19 reveals and exacerbates, and which appeared @TorontoStar
I was so pleased @BobRae48 @CanadaUN used the title in a number of speeches and media appearances, I think even @un https://milescorak.com/2020/04/13/covid-19-is-not-the-great-leveller-its-the-great-revealer/
I was so pleased @BobRae48 @CanadaUN used the title in a number of speeches and media appearances, I think even @un https://milescorak.com/2020/04/13/covid-19-is-not-the-great-leveller-its-the-great-revealer/
The 2nd most popular post on my site in 2020 is repeatedly a favourite, dating to 2012 it refers to a speech the late Alan Krueger gave @amprog, introducing the Great Gatsby Curve into public debate https://milescorak.com/2012/01/12/here-is-the-source-for-the-great-gatsby-curve-in-the-alan-krueger-speech-at-the-center-for-american-progress/
The most popular post on my site in 2020 describes the Canadian poverty line, a part of Canada's Poverty Reduction Strategy.
My work @ESDC_GC on this file is a career highlight, and I'm grateful this article comes near the top of @Google searches. https://milescorak.com/2018/08/21/canadas-official-poverty-line-what-is-it-how-could-it-be-better/
My work @ESDC_GC on this file is a career highlight, and I'm grateful this article comes near the top of @Google searches. https://milescorak.com/2018/08/21/canadas-official-poverty-line-what-is-it-how-could-it-be-better/
Thank you for engaging with me on "Economics for Public Policy," and I look forward to another year of conversation about issues important for citizens that can be illuminated by economic theory and good data. https://milescorak.com/about/
