#Economics

Kevin J.S. Zollman

KevinZollman

There is a common misconception that classical economic models require that everyone be "rational." While everyone being rational is consistent with these models, often a much weaker assumption would do.

Helen Dale

_HelenDale

Yesterday, I got a "COVID-19 begging letter" from Oxford University. Today, I got a letter full of woke crap from Oxford University. So I've asked Oxford University if any donation

Michael Beaton

mhbx

Grappling with the times, and an economic system that creates 100's of billions of dollars for a handful of individuals of unearned income in a time of national crisis when

Bansi Sharma

bansisharma

1. On Economic JusticeI agree with and admire people whose sincere goal is to have a more equitable distribution of wealth in society.I disagree that a heavy-handed government intervention in

Richard Yeselson

yeselson

Yes. The "Obama in the eyes of the beholder" quality remains salient. To leftists--see the intense reconsiderations/criticism of his memoir--Obama is a failed liberal centrist. To the right, he was

Irfan Sabir

MLAIrfanSabir

Just 50 days ago, Premier Jason Kenney made a $7.5B financial commitment to TC Energy for building the KXL pipeline. In his words, it was a "bold move".It was likely

Clément Lesaege

clesaege

Is Eminance the first significant cryptoeconomic hack?Contrary to most of the hacks, the smart contracts were not broken, they worked exactly as intended. But the economics were. 1/n $EMN Basically

Andrew Køng

Rewkang

Liqudity Mining (Token Based Network Bootstrapping) is not a scam, it’s the crypto version of a startup growth marketing programIt can be used to achieve hyper growth, but does always

ICL Black Doctoral Network

ICLBlackDocNet

We begin our journey with Deyl Djama (@DeylDjama), a PhD student from the Department of Life Sciences! Deyl is interested in how the brain works in health & disease. He

Kate

katelikescookie

im tired of vegans like i 100% agree with the need to reduce our meat consumption bc it's a) environmentally unsustainable b) an industry rife with animal and human rights

John O'Connell

jdpoc

The Darren Crimes story today is Hilarious.Perhaps he’ll plead ‘stupidity and naivete’ again. That’s how he dodged to go into jail after his previous criminality.He is charged with inciting racial

Meg Rowley

megrowler

There's a lot to like, but I think the breadth and depth of our baseball coverage at @fangraphs is one of the things about the site I'm the most proud

Michael Clemens

m_clem

Brilliant paper. No meaningful difference in cognitive ability between Black & white children at age 8 mos.Even without controlling for income, home/prenatal conditions, etc.Yet “deep roots” literature in econ. development

Kabiru Lawanti

kblawanty

Politically speaking it is the @APCNigeria that failed Nigerians in terms of insecurity, economy and confusions we see around. And @OfficialPDPNig compounded our problems by providing the weakest opposition ever

Neil Chilson

neil_chilson

Excellent piece by @JaneYakowitz on "virus surveillance" and privacy. Privacy is an instrumental right, she argues. If we forget that, we risk undermining the goals of privacy: equity, fairness, and

Iain McCluskey

IainAMcCluskey

Short thread. The current ‘ war’ in Labour is odd to watch from the ‘ soft left’ sidelines where I stand. The party should continue to explore and adopt radical