#Counterfactual

Taisu Zhang

ZhangTaisu

So... this morning, during a Clubhouse panel discussion about global economic divergence, a (Mainland Chinese) audience member made the argument that semi-colonization by European powers was a good thing for

Conrad Miller

conradcmiller

Excited to share research with Ben Feigenberg (@UICLAS) on racial disparities in motor vehicle searches conducted by highway patrol. TLDR: eliminating these disparities would *increase* contraband yield.NBER: https://www.nber.org/papers/w27

J.D. Vance

JDVance1

Figured I'd reply to this. Will be brief. Basically, on the mortality point, granted, though I don't know what we do with that besides pursuing different quarantine strategies for old

Eli Dourado

elidourado

This is a fascinating working paper by Taylor Jaworski and coauthors about the Interstate Highway System. http://eh.net/eha/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Kitschens.pdf Get ready for a few facts and findings. The Interstate Highway System is

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Aelkus

all of this more or less comprehensively vindicates Crozier.https://twitter.com/bungdan/status/1247332392718577664 almost all of the arguments about what he should have done presume that there was some structure in place that would

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j0ne_s_

i am going to descend into the valley of the pleasant and basic and do a "here's what i've read in quarantine" thread kicked off by re-reading this, despite being

David B. Larter

DavidLarter

Incorrect. "Japan lies beyond the effective reach of China’s A2/AD capabilities and could thus be supplied from its eastern ports."https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/asia/2021-04-28/washington-avoiding-tough-questions-taiwa

Kyle Haynes

kyle_e_haynes

To be clear, I disagree with Glaser's FA piece. But this "takedown" is off, in several ways.https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/05/03/taiwan-policy-us-china-abandon/ Yes, the US is declining. Has been for decades. But just about an

mwihaki muraguri

mwihaki254

Today marks a month since out first COVID 19 case was identified. 31 days from Patient 0 to 197. Its been 18 days since the last passenger flight touched ground.

Zeeshan Aleem

ZeeshanAleem

This successful campaign by @khoaphan to swiftly get someone fired for being an asshole in a grocery store is a good example of concerns that some of us — across

Andrew J. Hawkins 🚇🚌🚲🛴

andyjayhawk

This is a big deal.For the first time, Waymo is publishing data from its self-driving program in Phoenix. Mileage, crash stats, new information about its simulation program. This is likely

Chiara Russo Krauss 🇪🇺🇮🇹

russokrauss

The discussion about the difference between deaths “because of” coronavirus and “with coronavirus” is a good case study of Max Weber concept of “adequate causation”, “objective possibility”, and “causal imputation”.

Tony Wilson

tonywilsonIES

So right in time to announce new help for long-term unemployed - evidence from @DWP that the Work Programme had pretty big positive impacts. H/T @AdamCoutts. Quick thread.https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-work-programme-impact-

Ana Rodrigues

AnaSLRodrigues

#ProjectedAreas are the main tool on which our hopes rest for halting & reversing biodiversity declines! But do they work? Not a simple question -> We review the multifaceted challenges

Jameson Voss MD MPH

JamesonVoss

Many are sharing an article claiming that US "lockdowns" cause 10x more deaths than the coronavirus due to deaths of despair, etc. Definitions are key & the estimate is likely

Tom Finch

tomfinch89

1/ Cautious thought stream, in lieu of coffee break chat (correct me if I'm wrong):Welfare issues aside, meat from &is seen as 'bad' because it inefficiently uses cropland which could