Brice
@brice.green
Finance PhD student at MIT Sloan studying consumer / household finance, climate change, and insurance
I guess it's time to bring it back
January 12, 2026 at 1:30 AM
I guess it's time to bring it back
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Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
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January 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG...
www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Fascinating how many times NYT interviewers have to strategize to "try to get Trump to think about something." It doesn't speak to a coherent mental state to say the least. He comes of as a racist, rambling, feeble man who has no idea what his admin is doing. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/p...
An Interview With the President
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Fascinating how many times NYT interviewers have to strategize to "try to get Trump to think about something." It doesn't speak to a coherent mental state to say the least. He comes of as a racist, rambling, feeble man who has no idea what his admin is doing. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/p...
This has so many good lines but this was my favorite www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/s...
December 28, 2025 at 9:15 PM
This has so many good lines but this was my favorite www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/s...
Wrote up my little experiment working with Claude to update a Discord bot. It's here if anyone is curious brice.green/blog/2025-12...
2025-12-28 A First Experiment with Claude
I’ve been using Claude Code a bit on and off for a couple projects, mainly for fixing research data workflow (fixing my makefile, writing better bash utilities), but I hadn’t really fully vibecoded so...
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December 28, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Wrote up my little experiment working with Claude to update a Discord bot. It's here if anyone is curious brice.green/blog/2025-12...
I've been playing around with using small language models as SQL generators for natural language queries and it works surprisingly well! A lot of sensitivity to examples in the prompt but still it's pretty handy.
December 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I've been playing around with using small language models as SQL generators for natural language queries and it works surprisingly well! A lot of sensitivity to examples in the prompt but still it's pretty handy.
Making this tomorrow, I'll share pics if it turns out. cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1027...
Giant Mont Blanc Recipe
Mont Blanc is a truly classic dessert, and since its creation in France in the 19th century, it has undergone various transformations In its simplest form, sweetened chestnut “noodles” or “vermicelli”...
cooking.nytimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Making this tomorrow, I'll share pics if it turns out. cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1027...
In exciting news I have a new paper out! If you're interested in the impacts of innovation on the labor market check this out: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Winners and Losers: Competition, Creative Destruction, and Labor Income Risk
Using U.S. administrative data, we find that technology-driven creative destruction in the product market passes through to worker earnings. The passthrough to
papers.ssrn.com
December 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
In exciting news I have a new paper out! If you're interested in the impacts of innovation on the labor market check this out: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Okay this is going to be long so mute it if you don't want a granular explanation but first: SHAME on @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social for misrepresenting what Chair Powell said in order to pat himself on the back. Shame on you.
Let's talk about measuring the 171mm people of the US labor force.
Let's talk about measuring the 171mm people of the US labor force.
@peark.es seems real bad that the fed chair doesn't trust the job numbers
L - Last week.
R - This week.
R - This week.
December 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Okay this is going to be long so mute it if you don't want a granular explanation but first: SHAME on @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social for misrepresenting what Chair Powell said in order to pat himself on the back. Shame on you.
Let's talk about measuring the 171mm people of the US labor force.
Let's talk about measuring the 171mm people of the US labor force.
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I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students.
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
December 9, 2025 at 1:58 PM
I'm teaching Statistical Rethinking again starting Jan 2026. This time with live lectures, divided into Beginner and Experienced sections. Will be a lot more work for me, but I hope much better for students.
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
I will record lectures & all will be found at this link: github.com/rmcelreath/s...
Gnocchi is so cute I can't take it sometimes
December 5, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Gnocchi is so cute I can't take it sometimes
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The Federal Trade Commission is hiring PhD Economists (very late, because shutdown)!
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- no experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497400
- some experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497300
- much experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851496000
#Economics #EconSky
Please repost/quote so JMCs can see.
- no experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497400
- some experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497300
- much experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851496000
#Economics #EconSky
December 3, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The Federal Trade Commission is hiring PhD Economists (very late, because shutdown)!
Please repost/quote so JMCs can see.
- no experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497400
- some experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497300
- much experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851496000
#Economics #EconSky
Please repost/quote so JMCs can see.
- no experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497400
- some experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851497300
- much experience: www.usajobs.gov/job/851496000
#Economics #EconSky
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My book is officially out in the world! 🎉📚 Thanks @mitpress.bsky.social!
Designed for an introductory course in probability and statistics for economics and business undergraduates, Jason @abrevaya.bsky.social's textbook "Probability and Statistics for Economics and Business" introduces students to the R statistical programming language: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255336...
November 25, 2025 at 2:43 PM
My book is officially out in the world! 🎉📚 Thanks @mitpress.bsky.social!
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I’ve been hearing rumors that ICE will be moving into Volpe (220 Binney street).
Can anyone help get an answer one way or another on the [email protected] @johnhawkinson.bsky.social
Can anyone help get an answer one way or another on the [email protected] @johnhawkinson.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I’ve been hearing rumors that ICE will be moving into Volpe (220 Binney street).
Can anyone help get an answer one way or another on the [email protected] @johnhawkinson.bsky.social
Can anyone help get an answer one way or another on the [email protected] @johnhawkinson.bsky.social
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
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October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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Racing Mount Pleasant has become heavy rotation for me this fall. It's like part Bon Iver part midwest emo with strings and saxophone, always lush and thoughtful arrangements. Really mature for such a young band, just so impressive. open.spotify.com/track/2QfA2z...
Your New Place
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October 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Racing Mount Pleasant has become heavy rotation for me this fall. It's like part Bon Iver part midwest emo with strings and saxophone, always lush and thoughtful arrangements. Really mature for such a young band, just so impressive. open.spotify.com/track/2QfA2z...
smh everyone knows you gotta use deepseek to plan your troop deployments
Top US Army general says he’s using ChatGPT to help make key command decisions
Top US Army general says he’s using ChatGPT to help make key command decisions
Maj. Gen. William "Hank" Taylor told reporters that he's been using ChatGPT to refine how he makes choices affecting thousands of troops.
nypost.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
smh everyone knows you gotta use deepseek to plan your troop deployments
RIP D'Angelo. Black Messiah is still one of my favorite albums; I'm so glad to have seen him on that tour. Honestly, this one hits pretty hard for me, he was so young.
October 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
RIP D'Angelo. Black Messiah is still one of my favorite albums; I'm so glad to have seen him on that tour. Honestly, this one hits pretty hard for me, he was so young.
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slightly ominous mailer from the Red Cross
October 1, 2025 at 7:24 PM
slightly ominous mailer from the Red Cross
Increasingly convinced my cat is a 76 year old man
September 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Increasingly convinced my cat is a 76 year old man
I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free
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September 19, 2025 at 4:57 PM
LCD Soundsystem's LCD Soundsystem is 20 years old this year and man it holds up
LCD Soundsystem - Losing My Edge
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September 2, 2025 at 11:35 PM
LCD Soundsystem's LCD Soundsystem is 20 years old this year and man it holds up
Made a little R package that will give you suggestions from all 4 editions of Eno and Schmidt's Oblique Strategies: github.com/be-green/obl...
August 31, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Made a little R package that will give you suggestions from all 4 editions of Eno and Schmidt's Oblique Strategies: github.com/be-green/obl...