Deeply saddened to learn of the death of Prof. Syed Ahmad of @McMasterEcon. He was a scholar and gentleman, the likes of which I will not see again. He was fiercely intelligent and knowledgeable, and so kind. #Econtwitter #cdnecon Syed was a monetary theorist by training, but made his name in capital theory, a field that economics has now wrongly neglected. In his heyday, he rubbed shoulders with the likes of Hicks, Samuelson, Tobin, Robinson and Pasinetti. #Econtwitter #cdnecon

I have a few stories about racism in Economics academe, but one sticks out, and in light of the discussion of racism in our profession, I thought I'd share it today. Buckle up. 1/n #cdnecon #Econtwitter Many years ago, a friend kindly asked me to chair a session at the ASSA meetings. In it were two notable papers (the third was less controversial): the first posited a genetic explanation for cross-country development differences.... 2/n