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Sebastian Buhai
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Academic economist. Bon vivant. "Enfant terrible".

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Several strong talks at Banco de Chile’s centennial, but Guido Lorenzoni’s stolen the show so far; Ivan Werning’s equally great discussion cosigned it hard. PS. They somehow unleashed a rainforest of equations and still beat the buzzer—alive. 😁
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November 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
At Banco Central de Chile’s *centennial* conference. Parsing monetary policy and asset prices, and mapping the GE spillovers into labor matching and IO markups. Also here for a sharp IV… and a competitive coffee equilibrium. 😉
A priori, inciting program: shorturl.at/5es0H
November 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Este fin de semana descubrimos que un “paseo de curso” se traduce como: niños felices, padres rendidos y material de conversación para meses. Hay sospechas fundadas de que los adultos lo pasamos incluso mejor que ellos, ¿cachai? 😏🙃🎒☀️🇨🇱
November 17, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Anoche en el concierto del Brussels Philharmonic String Quartet en Santiago: fui por Bach, Shostakóvich y Weill, pero quien se robó la noche fue Jimmy Beas. Ovación total tras su segunda pieza.
P.S. Y saludo a mi compatriota rumano Mihai Cocea del Quartet: quizá los únicos 🇷🇴🎻
November 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Solo en la FEA UC inauguras edificio nuevo con sexteto donde tres son economistas full time: hoy las únicas curvas fueron melódicas y el equilibrio general fue… musical. 🎻📊
November 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Field experiment complete: when patience is high and breakdowns are rare, even my talk converges to a 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑞𝑢𝑒 𝑛𝑜-𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝑒𝑞𝑢𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑢𝑚. (Translated to plain English: great crowd, great flow.)

This was fun, you can definitely book me for more Theory Seminars!
November 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Q1 objective: upgrade the C-suite to the sea-suite. #WeekendPacificOffice #ValparaisoVibes
November 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Some cities had Halloween; we had SantiagLOWEEN last night: vampires, witches, petro-chic tycoons, marigold-haloed Catrinas & one hard-rock warlock turned the patio into a coven mosh pit; jack-o'-lanterns demanded encores. Trick-or-riff achieved! 🎃🧛‍♀️🧙‍♀️🤘 #Halloween2025
November 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Preliminary notes in High-Altitude Urban Economics: ascend Sky Costanera, see Santiago de Chile like a board game, achieve brief enlightenment (peer review pending), and begin inventing urban policy. For the record: not just for fearless 7-year-old girls—or their moms—I got in 😅
October 26, 2025 at 11:44 PM
A passing remark, with a nod to dark-humor gravitas: a few allegedly “serious” outfits underwrite peak performative idiocy, never gaudier than during Econ Nobel week (and yes, I assume the de-growthers booked the wake). 🎭🤡📣🍿⚰️
October 13, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Santiago offers viewpoints by the dozen; assemble a quorum of aficionados and up we go, boots laced, spirits high. With lookouts in surplus, the market clears at sunrise on Sundays; this round, the Econs (with some business-school cousins in tow) set alarms before the city stirs.
October 12, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Acabamos de ver NUBE de Jose Vidal en el Teatro Municipal de Las Condes: nos encantó a todos, pero nuestra hija de 7 años (que hace danza moderna) quedó completamente cautivada. Pura poesía en movimiento! www.tmlascondes.cl/n...
#NUBE #DanzaContemporánea
October 6, 2025 at 2:21 AM
De la subida por Parque Mahuida, entre bosque verde y montaña, a la bajada hacia Caleta La Reina para un almuerzo simple-perfecto de mariscos (¡con música chilena en vivo!): del mapudungún al chileno, hasta este gringo cacha el ritmo, po. #SantiagoDeChile
September 28, 2025 at 9:31 PM
¡Fabuloso #CancioneroChileno ‘25 en el Teatro Municipal de Las Condes! Gepe+ Andrea Tessa+ Javiera Parra, 30+ artistas y emoción pura. Mención especial para Camilo Salinas: absolutamente soberbio — director musical brillante y pianista tremendo. Cerramos con #GraciasALaVida. 🎥👇
September 15, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Apollinaire processed, Mallarmé poured; corseted type, cursive conscience. A feelie for vault-men, Brave New World-ish: take your soma; ending over m̸e̸n̸d̸i̸n̸g̸ meaning; enjoy the President Our Ford delivered.

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September 9, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Saga OrangeFR, ép. 2 (épilogue ?) — Réveil in extremis : la Direction Orange - Relation Clients corrige le tir.
Remboursement acté, excuses, Médiateur évité. Preuve qu’avec un peu de droit, beaucoup de méthode et une pincée d’ironie, on peut encore débrancher l’absurde. QED
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August 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Hoy disfruté del Concierto Aniversario UBO 35: Roberto Bravo & Andrea Cárdenas en un grande viaje de la tradición europea a la identidad latinoamericana—Bach (Vivaldi/Marcello), Morricone; Piazzolla,Jara, Salinas,Bianchi,Parra. Con bises. Destaca “Poema XV” de Neruda/Bianchi. (x.com/sbuhai/statu...)
August 21, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Orange France : anatomie d’un naufrage, ép. 1 :
Quand une procédure interne percute le droit, c’est la procédure qui cède. Quand une entreprise confond « client » et « suspect », elle paie — min 77,74 €, mieux en crédibilité. Ils ont oublié un détail : they’re trying to fuck with me. Mauvaise idée.
August 13, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Dalla mia cantina, il Barbaresco Rabajà 2012 di Bruno Rocca ha brillato come rubino liquido: apoteosi del Nebbiolo. Ha atteso paziente nel buio fresco. Rosa canina, ciliegia e tartufo d’Alba; tannini setosi, finale infinito. Un sorso che parla la lingua delle colline langarole.🍇
August 10, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Mi hija tuvo hoy su primera clase de ukelele. Ya está lista pa’ dar conciertos, firmar autógrafos y grabar su disco debut. Le faltan acordes, pero le sobra perso. El mundo no está preparado… y capaz que mis oídos tampoco, pero fijo me deja pa’ dentro en cualquier momento! 🎶😅🤯
August 8, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Kiddo’s first day at school in Santiago—skipping right into Segundo Básico’s second semester—was unforgettable: she poured energy & enthusiasm into a vibrant “Hola” drawing for her classmates and teacher, only to find they’d all made their own “Bienvenue” art for her! ¡Qué bacán!
August 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Burduja deplânge „baletul politic” după ce-a luat sub 8%. Caz clasic de disonanță cognitivă cu nuanțe Dunning–Kruger: plié pe orgoliu, piruetă pe ipocrizie, iar la final turcoaz... pe el. Publicul? Sătul. Aplauze? Doar de la oglinzi.
Doar eufemisme, desigur.
Chapeau, ALP! panorama.ro/panorama-alp...
August 4, 2025 at 1:26 AM
"nivelul de sofisticare la care s-a ajuns cu corupția funcționarilor publici și a șefilor lor este atât de mare încât Guvernului Bolojan nu-i mai rămâne, ca ultimă soluție, decât impozitarea șpăgii" www.catavencii.ro/su...
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July 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
„Scuzați-mi franchețea, dar trebuie să scoatem bățul din fund”, zise un zâmbăreț oficial. Între timp, bățul și-a dat demisia, recunoscând candid că a dat șpagă pentru dreptul de a supraviețui în selfie-ul din avionul de stat: decor obligatoriu în poza puterii. Panem et circenses!
July 29, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Au revoir, Paris 🗼🇫🇷!

Hola, Santiago 🏔️🇨🇱!
July 24, 2025 at 3:44 AM