#Economists

Existential Comics

existentialcoms

Could the private sector more efficiently run USPS?Of course, so long as by "efficiently" you mean slashing worker's pay, getting rid of pensions, and not delivering mail to rural areas.

Steven Hail

StevenHailAus

Sauk Eslake, on the radio this morning, for the most part provided a good commentary on the upcoming budget. Spoiled by two things, each of which are reflex actions of

Stefanie Ettelt

s_ettelt

Interesting also re role of science in policy. The UK modelling example shows the difficulty of using normative assumptions for empirical analysis. Lockdown not seen as politically possible, so not

Steven Hail

StevenHailAus

It would have been technically impossible for the Government to 'borrow'* the dollars to match the deficit spending it had budgeted for this year and next in advance (unless the

Michael Pettis

michaelxpettis

I apologize in advance for the long tweet, but this is a story worth remembering and which I’ve written about often. From the late 1930s to the late 1960s (excluding

Claudia Sahm

Claudia_Sahm

welp, there you have it folks ... I’m not a “serious economist” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/opinion/coronavirus-economy.html guess I can go back to bed many academic macroeconomists have a deep distrust of fiscal policy

Jaclyn Schess

JaclynSchess

I did Econ at Yale and had previous research experience. I still had to apply to 40+ pre-doc positions, do about 15 data tasks while working full time in order

Bloke From Barnsley #Is #Sisu

NicolaJames007

1. Really angry about this and, frankly, you should be, too.Apart from the glaringly obvious fact that lives cannot and should not be reduced to a monetary value, how the

Timothy Huyer

tim4hire

This is shockingly disturbing that the Government of Alberta, through an official spokesperson, is adopting and amplifying a non-expert’s OpEd of a non-peer reviewed and highly questionable paper. It speaks

Andrew Lilley

andrewlilley_au

It is now becoming clearer that shutdowns do indeed delay the economic recovery, and we should be updating our beliefs about this as new data come in. See this short

Claudia Sahm

Claudia_Sahm

started a heated debate about how economists should talk with others ... it's topic I feel passionate about:1) technical models and jargon are essential in research 2) overuse is bad,

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

The stock market is booming and billionaires are shoveling in the cash while people are being marched into the maw of a generational pandemic and a wave of homelessness is

Stef

Steftyem

Possibly, somehow doubt smoking is reducing inflammation in lungs leading to less #COVID19. Maybe when people are diagnosed they’re underreporting smoking. Social desirability: lung infections less likely to admit smoking

V. Anand | வெ. ஆனந்த்

iam_anandv

If 100 rupees of grain is sent via the PDS distribution channel and only 60 rupees goes to the beneficiary, economists talk about 40% leakage and corruption. Now if AEPS

Cléo Chassonnery-Zaïgouche

CleoCZ

*Economics imperialism* is about power¹ & interdisciplinary and, of course, has a history. Here you go @causalinf and @Undercoverhist 1/n¹ Power like in explanatory power & at the same time/

David Evans

DaveEvansPhD

**HOW MUCH DOES THAT INTERVENTION COST?**I just moderated a @CEGA_UC panel with editors from four economics or development journals about how to make cost data more prevalent in studies and