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Raymond Guiteras @guiterasecon.bsky.social · 1d

New home office decoration. Much rejoicing from @adambonin.bsky.social , @stevevladeck.bsky.social and @emptywheel.bsky.social . futile boos and curses from @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social @dandrezner.bsky.social @awando.bsky.social among others.

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Raymond Guiteras @guiterasecon.bsky.social · 2d

One would hope that higher-tech prospective co-authors would be lining up to work with someone supplying such great ideas?

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Raymond Guiteras @guiterasecon.bsky.social · 2d

Why might there be sneers?

Raymond Guiteras @guiterasecon.bsky.social · 3d

Every once in a **very** long while, Catholicism is just metal as hel -- ah ... um ... heck.

Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 3d

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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Raymond Guiteras @guiterasecon.bsky.social · 4d

Cool paper. Or I should say, another cool paper from your initiative.

I do think there is a selection bias problem with this broader conclusion, though. Debates are more likely in cases where the evidence is ambiguous or messy.

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Raymond Guiteras @guiterasecon.bsky.social · 5d

I will humbly accept merely many hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Let the (downward) bidding commence.

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Raymond Guiteras @guiterasecon.bsky.social · 5d

I will humbly accept merely many hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Let the (downward) bidding commence.

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Raymond Guiteras @guiterasecon.bsky.social · 5d

This is a good tip. @zotero.org does this and I think jabref.org does too.

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Raymond Guiteras @guiterasecon.bsky.social · 5d

Well done #MIT although I would have skipped the "with respect"

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JudithFlanders @judithflanders.co.uk · 5d

Fascism in Europe destroyed the then greatest university system in the world. Fascism in the US well on the way to replicating the original.

*list above (apart from Fermi) from pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...

The scientific exodus from Nazi Germany

Beginning in 1933, hundreds of physicists and other academics fled the country, transforming their lives and the global scientific landscape.

pubs.aip.org

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Gernot Wagner @gwagner.com · 5d

As far as high-profile academics moving out of Trump's America goes, it doesn't get more high-profile than this.

🇺🇸 → 🇨🇭

Department of Economics @Universität Zürich 🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 5d

We are thrilled to welcome Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee as the new Lemann Foundation Professors to our department, beginning in the summer of 2026.

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Daniel Spiro @danielspiro.bsky.social · 5d

Lots of discussion on how the EU is supposed to catch up with the US in new tech.
This is how: we preserve our democracy, rule of law, individual freedoms and general decency. Then very smart people who used to find that in the US will come to the EU.
Sure, other things matter, but this central.

Gernot Wagner @gwagner.com · 5d

As far as high-profile academics moving out of Trump's America goes, it doesn't get more high-profile than this.

🇺🇸 → 🇨🇭

Department of Economics @Universität Zürich 🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 5d

We are thrilled to welcome Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee as the new Lemann Foundation Professors to our department, beginning in the summer of 2026.

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Raymond Guiteras @guiterasecon.bsky.social · 5d

Congrats! (to all)

Raymond Guiteras @guiterasecon.bsky.social · 5d

I will expect a similar reaction from you if I go

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 5d

High-profile departures from the US - congrats to @econ.uzh.ch

Department of Economics @Universität Zürich 🇨🇭 @econ.uzh.ch · 5d

We are thrilled to welcome Esther Duflo and Abhijit Banerjee as the new Lemann Foundation Professors to our department, beginning in the summer of 2026.

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Raymond Guiteras @guiterasecon.bsky.social · 6d

Bumped into James Gandolfini there once.

As in literally bumped into him while browsing.

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Raymond Guiteras @guiterasecon.bsky.social · 6d

There's an issue with Raleigh too but it's pretty subtle

Raymond Guiteras @guiterasecon.bsky.social · 6d

Starch suggestions?

Pita? Mini-roti?

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Raymond Guiteras @guiterasecon.bsky.social · 6d

Bahama
Corolla
Bolivia
Durham

All the boro-boroughs and ville-vuls.

Basically any place name is a minefield.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 6d

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 7d

That impact analysis has been done, by leading independent experts.

Here it is, open-access in the @thelancet.com —>
doi.org/10.1016/S014...

"The complete defunding of USAID would cause an estimated 2,450,000 all-age deaths annually."

Two. And a half. Million. Deaths. Each year.

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 7d

Former USAID official here.

The current Administration has done zero impact analysis to estimate the effects of its obliteration of USAID on deaths around the world.

It just keeps saying "no one has died" as a mesmeric incantation.

The facts, below. 🧵

Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social · 7d

apnews.com/article/myan...

Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.

apnews.com

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R.E.M. @remhq.bsky.social · 8d

“Drive” was released on this day in 1992 as the lead single from Automatic For The People. In a 1992 Melody Maker interview @millsish.bsky.social said, “‘Drive’ is just telling kids to take charge of their own lives. Among other things.” Video directed by Peter Care.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UE7...

R.E.M. - Drive (Official HD Music Video)

YouTube video by remhq

www.youtube.com

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Raymond Guiteras @guiterasecon.bsky.social · 11d

Thousands if not dozens of #EconSky nerds are briefly puzzled yet bemused that a deputy Cabinet Secretary would call up the good people at @zotero.org to unload

George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 11d

"'That fucking dumbass,' one of the senior Trump administration officials told Zeteo on Wednesday, after seeing a clip of Lutnick riffing on Epstein. 'I’ve worked with him ... He just talks and talks, and doesn’t care what unhelpful bullshit comes out.'"

Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 11d

"‘F***ing Dumbass’: Trump Officials Want Howard Lutnick Sidelined After Epstein Comments"

Trump's commerce secretary called Epstein ‘the greatest blackmailer ever' & his colleagues are now super mad at him.

Another scoop from Zeteo's newest reporter @swin24.bsky.social:

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Raymond Guiteras @guiterasecon.bsky.social · 13d

Not my specialty but isn't the lack of health insurance an important driver of using ERs for primary care?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 13d

Vance: "If you're an American citizen & you've been to the hospital in the last few years, you've probably noticed wait times are especially large & very often somebody who's there in the ER is an illegal alien. Why do those people get healthcare benefits at hospitals paid for by American citizens?"

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 15d

I am honored to join with 13 academic colleagues in this amicus brief, filed today at the US Supreme Court.

We advise the Court on the economic consequences of terminating the lawful protected status of roughly 600,000 Venezuelan nationals.

www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25... cc @piie.com

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