#Economics

spoons

save_spoons

1/ “AIOps” – Not sure I’ve ever had a stronger reaction to a buzzword than to this union of snake-oil (“AI”) and crufty tradition (“Ops”). But it’s not just an

Phil Burg 🎀

phil_sec_mel

Talking with Georgie about the horrible crime committed against Brittany Higgins.I hope Brittany finds some justice, somehow.Here's the thing: nothing that matters will change.A thread: Two side notes:* Content warning

Maria Chong

mariachong

Seattle voted in the $15 minimum wage and none of the fear-mongering came true. Restaurants didn’t close. Fast food stayed cheap. Socialists didn’t invade. Economy is fine. Ultra-wealthy business owners

Mark Tomasovic

MarkTomasovic

What is carbon capture? And how does it work?While carbon capture is regularly discussed in the media, no one really ever explains what it is.Below is a quick thread discussing

David Henig

DavidHenigUK

Delusional. And no way to run a country. Far higher barriers to trade with the EU from Friday. And still subject to EU influence on our laws. To deny this

(((Road Bear Life)))

bearshrugged

1/ I would like to address "corporate tax breaks" for a minute in terms of normative economics. First, @MittRomney was correct. Corporations are legally "people" for the purposes of action.

Investment Talk

InvestmentTalkk

1) Market Structures are an Important Aspect to understand if you perform 'bottom-up' analysis Typically there are 4 widely-known structures- Perfect - Monopolistic - Oligopoly - Monopolyhttps://investmenttalk.substack.com/p/the-fou

Awe Onisokuso™ CAC-OFR

sarnchos

Let me explain some economics for the benefit of those who think high food prices are a result of "poor ease of doing business"Last year, one congo of garri was

Sheheryar Banuri

Sheheryarbanuri

The ethics concerning the World Bank Nairobi water utilities study is murky. (a thread on Primum non nocere)In experimental economics, we have a clear rule against experiments involving deception. Any

gut, PHD in welfare fraud, 66 IQ

lit65539723

Finding myself profoundly bored of economics.More to the point finding myself profoundly bored of le Socialism vs. le Capitalism """debates""" between two groups of midwits unable to grapple with the

Dr. Jonathan Schroden

JJSchroden

So, I did a little more analysis on the lists of agenda items reportedly put forth by the government of #Afghanistan and the #Taliban (listed in this @TOLOnews article from

Nils Ohlendorf

nils_ohlendorf

Exited to publish a meta-analysis on distributional impacts of carbon pricing in Environmental and Resource Economics. Joint work with @jan_c_steckel, @JanMinxMCC, @Jakob_MCC from @MCC_Berlin and Carsten Schröder from @DIW_Berlin. #inequal

Will Wilkinson 🌐

willwilkinson

Here's what I'm embarrassed by, pundit-wise. I didn't take my own research on the correlation between population density and party vote share seriously enough.https://www.niskanencenter.org/the-density-divide-urbanization-polari

Brent Jensen

rentjensen

The creator economy market cap will be in the north of $25bn within 5 years (currently ~$8bn). This isn't simply the money from influencer marketing, creators have the potential to

FatLossFastLane

FatlossFastlane

BIG Thread incoming, posted this yesterday and was asked to expand so here we go...If you find something that helps you, an RT is always appreciated. RT'ing burns extra calories

BDW

BryanDeanWright

America’s greatest threats are 1) China & 2) the denigration of American Exceptionalism.The China threat is clear.The latter less so.Let me explain.https://twitter.com/immatthew_davis/status/1335733171711746049 We used to understand t

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