Nic Duquette
@nicduquette.bsky.social
Economist at USC Sol Price School of Public Policy. Nonprofit economics, public economics, economic history. #EconSky
Site: http://www.nicolasduquette.com
Site: http://www.nicolasduquette.com
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Cal-SMU, a classic matchup in the Atlantic Coast Conference
November 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Cal-SMU, a classic matchup in the Atlantic Coast Conference
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Went down a Fred rabbit hole, and it looks like, as a % of population, we have more people employed in "Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services" now (sept 2025) than we did in 1990 (link: fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1OjRj)
(spreadsheets didn't "kill" accounting)
(spreadsheets didn't "kill" accounting)
November 30, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Went down a Fred rabbit hole, and it looks like, as a % of population, we have more people employed in "Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services" now (sept 2025) than we did in 1990 (link: fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1OjRj)
(spreadsheets didn't "kill" accounting)
(spreadsheets didn't "kill" accounting)
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You, a pleb: I will ask ChatGPT
Me, a genius: I will engineer a prompt
Me, a genius: I will engineer a prompt
November 29, 2025 at 5:57 PM
You, a pleb: I will ask ChatGPT
Me, a genius: I will engineer a prompt
Me, a genius: I will engineer a prompt
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Just pointing out how grim the funding situation is. If an institution fights you have no idea where future grants are coming from. Harvard won in court and is still telling researchers to cut everything 20% because they don’t know what happens next. Somehow everybody has to make it to Jan 2029
Yes I agree with this. The problem for grant-dependent researchers is that even if they win in court to get their illegally withheld funds, they’re sure to be denied any new grants by these corrupted agencies. 2026-2028 will be a killing field as institutions hemorrhage their research apparatus
November 29, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Just pointing out how grim the funding situation is. If an institution fights you have no idea where future grants are coming from. Harvard won in court and is still telling researchers to cut everything 20% because they don’t know what happens next. Somehow everybody has to make it to Jan 2029
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When Columbia, Cornell, and Northwestern send material asking for donations, do they include links to a Trump SuperPAC so donors don't have to bother with a middle man?
November 29, 2025 at 1:56 PM
When Columbia, Cornell, and Northwestern send material asking for donations, do they include links to a Trump SuperPAC so donors don't have to bother with a middle man?
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November 29, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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I do think formal and informal faculty groups need to be thinking about their boards, how they are constituted, and what routes to change exist. The time of assuming that faculty no-confidence votes mean anything has passed.
November 29, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I do think formal and informal faculty groups need to be thinking about their boards, how they are constituted, and what routes to change exist. The time of assuming that faculty no-confidence votes mean anything has passed.
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Northwestern University Chess Team (playing White, White to move): We resign.
November 29, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Northwestern University Chess Team (playing White, White to move): We resign.
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Beginning in Summer 2026, I will be one of the co-editors of Journal of Economic History. I will be taking over from Bishnu Gupta, who has done a fantastic job the last four years.
Looking for papers asking big questions. Answers must be convincing, but methodology is secondary IMO
Looking for papers asking big questions. Answers must be convincing, but methodology is secondary IMO
November 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Beginning in Summer 2026, I will be one of the co-editors of Journal of Economic History. I will be taking over from Bishnu Gupta, who has done a fantastic job the last four years.
Looking for papers asking big questions. Answers must be convincing, but methodology is secondary IMO
Looking for papers asking big questions. Answers must be convincing, but methodology is secondary IMO
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#OnThisDay, 28 Nov 1967, Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovers the existence of pulsars - a new type of star.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInSTEM 🗃️
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#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInSTEM 🗃️
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November 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
#OnThisDay, 28 Nov 1967, Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovers the existence of pulsars - a new type of star.
#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInSTEM 🗃️
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#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #WomenInSTEM 🗃️
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They did it again! NYC subway Thanksgiving 2025, via @scootercaster.com!
November 27, 2025 at 4:19 PM
They did it again! NYC subway Thanksgiving 2025, via @scootercaster.com!
US news media are not paying enough attention to the Hong Kong fires. Many supposedly major outlets have nothing on their homepages.
November 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
US news media are not paying enough attention to the Hong Kong fires. Many supposedly major outlets have nothing on their homepages.
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SocArXiv announces moratorium on AI-topic papers
In light of record submission rates and a large volume of AI-generated slop, SocArXiv recently implemented a policy requiring ORCIDs linked in the OSF profile of submitting authors, and narrowing our focus to social science subjects. Today we are taking two more steps:
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November 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
SocArXiv announces moratorium on AI-topic papers
- Taxman
- Baba O’Riley
- Race for the Prize
- This Tornado Loves You
- Hasta La Raíz
- Baba O’Riley
- Race for the Prize
- This Tornado Loves You
- Hasta La Raíz
November 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
- Taxman
- Baba O’Riley
- Race for the Prize
- This Tornado Loves You
- Hasta La Raíz
- Baba O’Riley
- Race for the Prize
- This Tornado Loves You
- Hasta La Raíz
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there's a ~complete rough draft of Urban Analysis up on my website (as in, code executes all the way through)
knaaptime.com/urban_analysis
still lots of editing to do, but if you're into cities, Python, or spatial analysis, give it a look and let me know what's wrong :)
knaaptime.com/urban_analysis
still lots of editing to do, but if you're into cities, Python, or spatial analysis, give it a look and let me know what's wrong :)
June 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
there's a ~complete rough draft of Urban Analysis up on my website (as in, code executes all the way through)
knaaptime.com/urban_analysis
still lots of editing to do, but if you're into cities, Python, or spatial analysis, give it a look and let me know what's wrong :)
knaaptime.com/urban_analysis
still lots of editing to do, but if you're into cities, Python, or spatial analysis, give it a look and let me know what's wrong :)
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1. The stablisation of CIT rates is continuing. Each year for the past several years I continue to ask myself whether the stablisation is a brief anomaly before the race to the bottom recommences. So far that is not the case, with rates even rising modestly within the OECD. 2/
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
1. The stablisation of CIT rates is continuing. Each year for the past several years I continue to ask myself whether the stablisation is a brief anomaly before the race to the bottom recommences. So far that is not the case, with rates even rising modestly within the OECD. 2/
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Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
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Someone (Rubio?) is MEGA pissed at the Ukraine peace plan situation if they leaked a full on *recording* of this Witkoff call (with transcript, lol).
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Someone (Rubio?) is MEGA pissed at the Ukraine peace plan situation if they leaked a full on *recording* of this Witkoff call (with transcript, lol).
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CHOTINER: let me follow up on that point. You're saying you 'ran out of batteries' just as a very loud toy that you find extremely annoying needed new ones?
ME: OK, I see where this is going, and if I can just —
CHOTINER: because I think we can all agree the timing is a little suspect, right?
ME: OK, I see where this is going, and if I can just —
CHOTINER: because I think we can all agree the timing is a little suspect, right?
CHOTINER: so it’s your assertion that YouTube kids doesn’t work after dark?
ME: that’s correct
CHOTINER: interesting
ME: that’s correct
CHOTINER: interesting
November 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
CHOTINER: let me follow up on that point. You're saying you 'ran out of batteries' just as a very loud toy that you find extremely annoying needed new ones?
ME: OK, I see where this is going, and if I can just —
CHOTINER: because I think we can all agree the timing is a little suspect, right?
ME: OK, I see where this is going, and if I can just —
CHOTINER: because I think we can all agree the timing is a little suspect, right?
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Interesting that case shiller and the median sale price continue their post-COVID divergence.
The same home is selling for more but cheaper homes are selling (maybe continued trend to cheaper suburbs / exurbs post remote work?)
The same home is selling for more but cheaper homes are selling (maybe continued trend to cheaper suburbs / exurbs post remote work?)
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Interesting that case shiller and the median sale price continue their post-COVID divergence.
The same home is selling for more but cheaper homes are selling (maybe continued trend to cheaper suburbs / exurbs post remote work?)
The same home is selling for more but cheaper homes are selling (maybe continued trend to cheaper suburbs / exurbs post remote work?)
I cackled
I am the only one of my generation privy to my gramma’s legendary mashed potato recipe. No one knows this. If I used my real name on Bsky I would not post this. However.
November 25, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I cackled
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My aunt who famously can’t cook tried to make a pumpkin pie. She didn’t know what cloves were, so she put garlic cloves in it. Whole.
November 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
My aunt who famously can’t cook tried to make a pumpkin pie. She didn’t know what cloves were, so she put garlic cloves in it. Whole.
Next wave of cheating will be smart glasses that look at your pen and paper exam, send it to the cloud, and then whispers the answer in your ear
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Next wave of cheating will be smart glasses that look at your pen and paper exam, send it to the cloud, and then whispers the answer in your ear
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As we all wait for Callais to come down, our piece showing that Shelby County increased the racial turnout gap in most of the covered parts of the country has cleared the replication check and is incoming at JOP.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
November 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
As we all wait for Callais to come down, our piece showing that Shelby County increased the racial turnout gap in most of the covered parts of the country has cleared the replication check and is incoming at JOP.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.