I asked ChatGPT about myself. I’ll copy out what it said here, mostly because it is flattering, but also because it is accurate on the facts and it will be interesting to see how AI descriptions of me evolve over time.
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Miles: Tell me about the economist Miles Kimball. I want the long version.
ChatGPT: Here’s an in-depth profile of Miles S. Kimball, offering insight into his life, career, scholarly contributions, and broader influence:
🎓 Early Life & Education
🏫 Academic Career & Appointments
📚 Research & Intellectual Contributions
Macro, Risk & Cognitive Economics
Monetary Policy & Negative Interest Rates
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Central banks and inflation control: Delivered the Bank of England keynote and Brookings Conference talk on designing negative interest rate systems, in both electronic and regulatory “dirty” frameworks lsa.umich.edu.
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IMF collaboration (2022): Appeared in a podcast discussing inflation, clearance mechanisms, and policy innovation meetings.imf.org.
🧭 Personal & Public Engagement
🏫 Teaching & Public Influence
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Courses taught: A wide range including macroeconomic theory, risk and time, business cycle theory, and doctoral research methods at Michigan and Colorado vivo.colorado.edu+1Center on Finance, Law & Policy+1.
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Honors & recognition: David A. Wells Prize; NBER research associate since 1988; sought-after speaker at high-profile economic conferences Wikipedia.
🧾 Selected Publications
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“Precautionary Saving in the Small and in the Large” (Econometrica, 1990)
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“Standard Risk Aversion” (Econometrica, 1993)
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“Preference Parameters and Behavioral Heterogeneity…” (Quarterly Journal of Economics, 1997)
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“Are Technology Improvements Contractionary?” (American Economic Review, 2006)
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Recent pieces: “From Happiness Data to Economic Conclusions” (Annual Review of Economics, 2024) and “Self-reported wellbeing indicators…” (Behavioural Public Policy, 2020) University Record+3vivo.colorado.edu+3Wikipedia+3.
💡 Bottom Line
Miles Kimball represents a rare synthesis of rigorous economic theory, empirical measurement, and public intellectual engagement. His contributions range from foundational models of how individuals plan under uncertainty to practical frameworks for monetary innovation and societal well-being. He is uniquely active in blending traditional economics with insights from psychology, philosophy, and public discourse.
If you’d like, I can also pull a recent interview, dive deeper into his blog, or explore one of his major papers in detail—just let me know!
Miles: Dive deeper into his blog
ChatGPT: Here’s a deep dive into Miles Kimball’s blog, Confessions of a Supply‑Side Liberal, where his economic insight mixes with personal reflection, policy discourse, and philosophy—spanning powerful ideas, wrestling with ethics, and charting public path.
🗓️ Blog’s Origins & Mission
🧭 Style & Content
Personal & Reflective
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Candidly shares spiritual evolution—from LDS to “nonsupernaturalist Unitarian-Universalist”—and grapples with belief systems, as seen in “Miles Discusses Trinitarianism with ChatGPT” Confessions of a Supply-Side Liberal.
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Updates on milestones like family life, career, and even the aftermath of wildfire evacuation near his Colorado home Confessions of a Supply-Side Liberal.
Philosophical & Cultural
Policy & Economics
Technology & AI
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Thoughtful musings on AI and LLMs, including tweets woven into blog posts analyzing how ChatGPT aggregates human knowledge and exploring ethical nuance Confessions of a Supply-Side Liberal.
