#Econ

Lisa D. Cook

drlisadcook

Agree. Economists don't consult (or admit to consulting) other fields enough. Some subfields are traditionally open to other fields, eg, econ history, development & pol econ. This piece has a

Shrajal

CricFreak1718

All Time Greatest T20 XI {A Thread} -Chris Gayle David WarnerShane WatsonVirat KohliAB de VilliersKieron PollardAndre RussellDwayne BravoSunil NarineRashid KhanLasith Malinga Chris Gayle in T20s-Inns: 416 Runs: 13898 S/R: 14650s:

Sydney Nash

NashSGC

I would like to believe that an extension is inevitable, but I think we are still a long way from that.#Brexit https://twitter.com/jl_owen/status/1250465491975581697 Yes, civil servants are being repurposed to work

ayo

ayofilmworks

thread of my video/photography work

Martin Fiszbein

MartinFiszbein

“Rugged Individualism and Collective (In)action During the COVID-19 Pandemic” – new paper with @SamuelBazzi and @melesemesay [1/8]Full paper: http://www.bu.edu/econ/files/2020/08/BFG_Individualism_COVID.pdf In previous work, we show t

Bad Econ Takes

BadEconTakes

Context: Fig 1. from “It’s Econ 101” (Journal of Anecdotes, 2020)

John Manoochehri

jmanooch

Fascinating discussion led by @revikin of the ICS at @earthinstitute, with @KateRaworth & #HermanDaly, sharp as ever.Lots of content but some things to consider a bit: - productive vs extractive

Neri Zilber

NeriZilber

It’s not getting much headlines but biggest issue in #Israel politics right now is battle over budget & possible new (4th) elex. Seriously.Standoff bw Likud & Blue-White over ~3 month

Esteban J. Quiñones, Ph.D.

estebanjq3

This seems like as good a time as any to reflect on THAT TIME my economics professor tried to use a cautionary tale about a graduate student committing suicide for

Nick 'Mask up y'all!' Dickinson-Wilde

NDickinsonWilde

#BCPoli Time for #yyj's #Langford Juan de Fuca riding's #AllCandidatesMeeting #Sooke #EastSooke #Shirley #PortRenfrew. hosted by Westshore & Sooke chambers & Sooke Multi Belief.Candidates:@GordBaird_LJDF @KellyInLangford @Mi

BenAris

bneeditor

The #belarus opposition are desperate to NOT get dragged into geopolitical standoff btwn west & #russia but linking bel sanctions & Rus ones will do exactly that. It also not

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

Andrew Baker

Andrew___Baker

At the risk of being real dumb and starting an unnecessary flame war, a couple thoughts on the annoying causal inference debate: I ultimately come down closer to the side

Tim Pitt

TimPitt11

This graph from Martin Wolf’s piece today shows the terrifying economic impact of Covid – and why governments are rightly throwing the kitchen sink at trying to protect economies. Yet

Jonah Gelbach

gelbach

Here's a thread with some thoughts about the various forms of snark going round Twitter regarding expertise, and its absence, in discussions of COVID-19, epidemiology, economics, and so on, in