#Economists

Emma van Inwegen

emmavaninwegen

So much of this advice requires YEARS of foresight- undergrad math, 2 years of RAing, a year of taking the GRE every month until you get a 167 quant score.I

Sanval Nasim

SanvalNasim

Reflecting on my discipline—as practiced in Pak—in light of this great thread. Beyond unis, the employment space is too thin to absorb econ graduates. Donors drive the development sector, a

Beth Popp Berman

epopppp

So I finished another paper draft today and wanted to commemorate the moment but am not quite ready to post this one to SocArXiv. This paper is a rethink of

Sarah Jacobson

SarahJacobsonEc

As our semesters ramp up, I want to share a resource that may be useful to #EconTwitter for #TeachEcon purposes: the YouTube series @anythingbdismal, which made 6 great episodes (ep

MA Iliasu

MA_Iliasu

The dilemma of Ronald Reagan and the supply-sider economists is one of the tales I find myself subconsciously telling people about.-Flawless logic is exhaustive.-Paradox is real and is as effective

Josh Michaud

joshmich

I have ignoredthe takesthat were publishedand whichprobably haveno basis in realityForgive methey were specious so wrongand so off-base The original hot take on economists vs epidemiologists, embedded in and refuted

Len Burman

lenburman

These models should not be taken seriously. They all have tiny sample sizes and a huge number of potential explanatory variables meaning that researchers can cherry pick to get whatever

Andrés Bernal ☀️🇨🇴🇺🇸

andresintheory

Critiques of MMT coming out from economists based on 1) dismissals of chartalist theories of money 2) claims MMT doesn’t address power, are evidence to me of the methodological and

Wendell Potter

wendellpotter

As a former insurance exec I knew my old industry was out of touch, but this is bad: The industry got some rightwing economists to say how great it is

Erik Angner

ErikAngner

Dear colleagues, fellow academics, and experts of all kinds: Now would be a good time to practice the intellectual virtue of epistemic humility. /1 https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/modesty-humility/#Epis Being an expert involves not

Claudia Sahm

Claudia_Sahm

disagree. Biden finally!!! gave establishment Dem macro/finance economic experts the boot. now Janet Yellen, Nellie Liang, Cecilia Rouse, and other economists are VERY prominent in the economic policy in this

Alexandre Truc

alxndr_trc

1/ Is behavioral economics becoming less interdisciplinary? A thread on mapping and measuring the interdisciplinary practices of behavioral economics (BE) using 5 423 articles 2/ The publications of behavioral economists

William E. Spriggs

WSpriggs

Want to understand the elements of creating a model that incorporates structural racism? Look at this map from testimony @EvermoreMichele of @NelpNews gave at today's hearing of @COVIDOversight showing how

Prof Dynarski

dynarski

Moooo I disclaim this economisthttps://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1264996588834996226 To be clear, economists use the phrase all the time(I have many such papers)We also refer to people as units We also need to talk

Jeff Stein

JStein_WaPo

White House pressing ahead with plans 4 "liability shield" that would protect employers from lawsuits related to coronavirus. WH legal counsel's reviewing. Biz executives told WH that liability concerns could

Ben Golub

ben_golub

Suppose we take N i.i.d. normal draws and look at the difference between the highest and the second-highest draw. Does this converge to a nonzero constant as N grows?Answer: No.Proof: