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Yiqin Fu
yiqinfu
A while ago I was playing around with some Chinese names data and found that people preferred shorter (one-character) names before the 1990s but that the trend was quickly reversed
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Arvind Ravikumar
arvindpawan1
Perhaps I’m just wrong but as a non-economist observer, it feels like a lot of econ studies somehow seem to agree with the political leanings of the authors, irrespective of
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Staircase12
UnivStaircase12
Today’s subject is #Geography. If you are a student (or know a student) considering Geography at university, take a look at this thread… Geographical (@GeographicalMag) is the magazine from the
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samir ahmed
samirahmed14
A little remarked, under-appreciated endeavour of the PTI govt has been their attempt to fix the key economic regulatory institutions. In general, the best thing a govt can do in
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Claudia Sahm
Claudia_Sahm
nail in coffin of federal jobs policy: human capital economist (like Gary Becker) argued unemployment stemmed from disadvantaged *individuals* not market institutions, more training not more jobs needed. then folded
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Donald Clarke 郭丹青
donaldcclarke
I've now read it. Just a few random thoughts on some points it tries to make:1. Focus on Pompeo, implying that if he said it, it's likely false. But of
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EMG ABB | Luke “Nitro” Farag
LukeFarag
This seems like just another Trump tweet but I don't think people understand what weight this could theoretically carry. I'm inserting no opinions or beliefs into this information, just stating
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@Akashtv1Soni
Akashtv1Soni
CHINA OWES THE WORLD ONE ANSWERAfter the Wuhan outbreak, China stopped travel to rest of China BUT not to the rest of the world.WHY?Also:End of Dec, 2019China signed an OUTCLAUSE:
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Ferg
trader_ferg
A history of oil with The Economist coversIt's one of the better contrarian indicatorsDrowning in OilMarch 6th, 1999 Oil = $17 barrelImpressive timing. The end of the Oil AgeOctober 25th,
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Emma Alberici
albericie
On #Insiders @David_Speers makes the searing observation to @JoshFrydenberg that now is exactly the worst time to be taking $14m away from National Audit Office. When government is spending eye-wateringly
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Matt Watkins
didacticmatt
Most folks here know me as an American justice reform person, but I'm actually a lifelong Canadian social democrat. I learned much of that from my dad, Mel Watkins. Sadly,
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Russell Joseph Ledet, Ph.D.
theguywithyes
If anyone were to ever doubt the economic impact this pandemic is having on U.S. citizens, observe Exhibit A. This photo was captured yesterday as Maleah and I were leaving
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G. Elliott Morris
gelliottmorris
THREAD Covid-19 is spreading from America's cities to its exurbs & rural heartland. Which areas are likely to face the worst of it? We modeled the disease's fatality rate &
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zei_squirrel
here's renowned economist thomas piketty explaining why jeff bezos opening a pre-school, bill gates opening a hospital and mark zuckerberg opening an orphanage are pathetic PR stunts to cover for
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Paul Bohm
paulbohm
2021 tax and economic policy could effectively neutralize holders of stores of value (Bitcoin, Gold, Housing, Stocks), and redistribute economic wealth to those closest to the money printer.Here's how it
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Matteo Greco
mtrgreco
#econtwitter I understand being a researcher/economist leaves no/very little time to update software skills. However there's an ongoing shift that should not be ignored. STATA and Matlab have become old
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