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Gabriel Mathy

@gabriel_mathy

10 months

Tradle must have an extremely effective lobbying arm

NewsWire

@NewsWire_US

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BIDEN: U.S. RECOGNIZES NIUE AS SOVEREIGN NATION

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Gabriel Mathy

@gabriel_mathy

2 years

employers when the unemployment rate falls below 4%

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Crested mynas, as many other birds, are born altricially, which means young are underdeveloped at the time of birth, therefore fed by parents. When they grow up, they have to learn that food doesn't simply jump into their beaks [📽️: Rebecca Gelernter]

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Gabriel Mathy

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Citing one of my own papers

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7 months

There is an argument often made by economists that Christmas gift-giving is inefficient, as the money spent by the giver is better spent by the recipient on themselves, causing a deadweight-loss that is costly. "Scroogenomics" has been criticized before but I have a new view ...

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Weird, I've been hearing that you can keep private insurance if you want to

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Massive job losses across the U.S. raise the possibility that millions could lose health coverage during a global crisis

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Best Fed funds rate forecast out there

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California got rid of affirmative action and people are still doing the same whining like it never happened

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The American public thinks the economy is worse now than in 2009 is not a good sign for the popularity of a degrowth agenda

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Health care prices deregulated here

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@aziz0nomics Occupation of the Sinai was ended, settlements dismantled. Same solution available to Israel in the West Bank at any time.

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@gabriel_mathy

5 years

Can't believe this guy is not in academia

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“hey you’re bringing your briefcase today for your nationally televised impeachment hearing right?” “no no i’ll be fine with this.”

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Gabriel Mathy

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@BigMeanInternet The amount of energy/carbon required to move a banana from Central America or the Caribbean is minuscule. It just feels like it’s traveling far, but would be better to trade grains from Ohio for bananas in areas where grains don’t grow as well.

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Gabriel Mathy

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Subject to Board approval, I've been recommended for tenure and promotion to Associate Professor

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Gabriel Mathy

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4 years

Anybody think that's a v?

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@adam_tooze

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Chinese economic activity is about 20 index points below where it ought to be at this point in the annual cycle.

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Try to explain this to someone in December 2019

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Gabriel Mathy

@gabriel_mathy

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Me, dumb: It seems like some governments in high growth countries also have high state capacity to respond to public health emergencies well you, smart: no, this is about culture, Koreans just have a culture based on centuries of wearing face masks

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Gabriel Mathy

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from a Keynesian perspective. I argue that, given the slack in the economy during the winter, it's good to have additional spending to ensure full employment, especially in an agricultural economy with the potential for starvation of the winter. Even in our modern economies ...

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@JWMason1 Meanwhile, Harvard Economist Mankiw made claims that he faced a 93% marginal tax rate under Obama. Solid apolitical analysis.....

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@nskhalfan @sc_cath No legacies at Caltech or athletic admissions

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kind of counterproductive

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BREAKING: The U.S. will join Britain in banning the provision of management consulting services to Russia

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@MrTooDamnChris lol, wow what a boost

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@neoliberal_dad People confuse being at work for working in these discussions

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What we are learning is the the only places on the planet with any significant state capacity are in East Asia

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Gabriel Mathy

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10 months

We need to do this for business cycles now

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Turbulence free flights are coming soon!

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Gabriel Mathy

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@besttrousers Live from BRICS joint command at the India-China border

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1 year

@LogKa11 @DronMAcharya This is what the combat looks like. Video from 2021 India-China Border near Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, India Those beating are Indian soldiers. Those running away are Chinese soldiers. #MortalCombat #IndiaChina #HandsOnFighting

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Incredible that like 40% of all econ citations are generated within a 2 mile radius of these gentleman

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@Noahpinion Noah is officially the first human to fail the Turing Test

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Harris will be the first VP to be the child of a heterodox economist

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2 years

we've had tight labor markets for years now and the technological unemployment panic is still going strong. please stop telling truck drivers their job will dissappear in the next few years, it worsened the supply chain problems.

Michael Pettis

@michaelxpettis

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1/7 Wow. Daron Acemoglu says that factories’ increasing reliance on automation will lead to an oversupply of human labor that will drive down wages in the years ahead, unless other U.S. industries can absorb displaced manufacturing workers. via @WSJ

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Gabriel Mathy

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So it seems like even Israel’s defenders can see that they are prosecuting their campaign like Assad would. In fact, the share of children killed is much lower in the Syrian Civil War than in the current destruction of Gaza.

Dr. Eli David

@DrEliDavid

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The extent of destruction in Gaza is horrifying 👇 Sorry for the typo, this is Homs, Syria 🇸🇾, bombed by the Assad regime. Nobody protests in European capitals. No rage, no ceasefire demand. Just a few hundred thousand civilians killed. Carry on.

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Gabriel Mathy

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@BigMeanInternet I don’t see why not if we end exploitation and banana workers have a high standard of living

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Gabriel Mathy

@gabriel_mathy

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Reminder that the lion's share of the changes in long-term bond rates are related to information related to the Fed. Everything else that is moving all the time like investor preferences, risk appetite, etc. matters very little

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@BigMeanInternet Lots of pesticides applied to the fruit trees you want to grow in cities too

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there will be a multiplier effect on economic activity from additional retail sales spending on presents around Christmas, which is much larger quantitatively than the deadweight losses estimated by Waldfogel and others around gift giving. ...

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@gabriel_mathy

4 years

This is what people need to realize, it's not a static mortality rate, it's about not overwhelming the hospital system.

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Gabriel Mathy

@gabriel_mathy

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@BuddyYakov Going to confuse law students in the future when US vs. Biden is a SCOTUS ruling which weakens gun control when SCOTUS rules in favor of Biden

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Gabriel Mathy

@gabriel_mathy

4 years

Bigger shock than 2008

Adam Tooze

@adam_tooze

4 years

The collapse in US exports is deeper in 2020 than in 2008. @IHSMarkitPMI via @SoberLook

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Gabriel Mathy

@gabriel_mathy

3 years

Not great for a state with such a fragile electricity grid

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Blockchain is a booming industry that Texas needs to be involved in. I just signed a law for Texas to create a master plan for expanding the blockchain industry in Texas. #Blockchain #Bitcoin #cryptocurrency

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2 years

This paper introduces a "Kaleckian Phillips Curve" h/t @cartesian_otter

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@ASPertierra @NAChristakis Just the usual union busting- being on the faculty is a calling too, doesn't make it any less of a job.

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@JakeAnbinder Can millennial kill this tradition too please? It's always New York or London or that university's town or who cares.

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4 years

Did everyone just forget that unemployment insurance claims have been over 20 million for the last month and went up last week?

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@AndrewYang It's true, just look at all my medieval serf ancestors supporting universal health care and universal child care

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Gabriel Mathy

@gabriel_mathy

5 years

Some thoughts on the yield curve inversion, from someone who thinks this indicator is the best available indicator that a recession is likely in the near future- both why it works and why it may not work this time. (1/N)

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Gabriel Mathy

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4 years

Josh Barro is surely working from home for safety reasons and wants to deny that choice to workers

Josh Barro

@jbarro

4 years

The teachers unions have fucked us on NYC schools during COVID, the construction unions have fucked us on subway construction, the police unions have fucked us on everything. When unions interact with the public sector, they are not progressive.

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2 years

given the inelasticity of supply in refining right now, would be better to triple the federal gas tax and then rebate it to US citizens as cash

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@gabriel_mathy

3 years

Left critics of UBI should consider how a few thousand dollars of transfers in the last year has contributed to workers by the millions being able to turn down unpleasant, low-paid work.

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Gabriel Mathy

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First, we can see that there is a large boost to retail sales in December across many different types of economies, even ones which are not majority Christian, with the weakest effect being seen in Israel, but with a Christmas effect still observable. ...

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@nominalthoughts Medlock is such a badass, taxes evade him

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"the police shoot mostly armed people"

ProgressiveSoapbox

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Baltimore Cops Carried Toy Guns to Plant on People They Shot, Trial Reveals - VICE

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@ProfEmilyOster What are the long run risks of Covid 19 on children who get the disease, even if they don't end up in the hospital?

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Israeli government is really serious about peace.....

Haaretz.com

@haaretzcom

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Gal Hirsch, who Israeli PM Netanyahu tasked with handling the issue of the hostages in Gaza, yelled at European ambassadors at a meeting and criticized them over their governments' support for the Oslo process

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USA is literally off the charts

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@democracynow @ggreenwald Does Trump have any motives that are not corrupt?

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@MattBruenig @matthewstoller Multiple of the minimum wage

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Check the date

Entrepreneur

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Scientists Say They Can Recreate Living Dinosaurs Within the Next 5 Years http://t.co/NCHlCVx8ad by @Geoff_Weiss http://t.co/4vk36Xa13Y

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Gabriel Mathy

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Quiet part loud

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Released female hostages said that when they were moved from house to house above ground they would dress them in Hijabs. Important to keep in mind as we discuss how the IDF may have mistaken three hostages for militants.

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There needs to be a major policy shift immediately to allowed paid sick leave

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Chipotle workers have gone on strike to protest the company making them work while sick as conoravirus spreads.

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Read the whole paper here: . Comments and criticisms appreciated but not required. Thanks for following along, and Merry Christmas! 🎄🤶🎅🎅

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@cblatts No conservatives at UChicago economics? Really????

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@BigMeanInternet We're going to need to change agricultural globally to be sustainable, both in the Global North and the Global South.

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Kalecki's critique of the New Deal NRA and policies to encourage cartels in a crisis

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@BrankoMilan But Twitter is not discriminating based on gender or race. Like saying the newspaper is "refusing to serve me" because they won't publish my oped.

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Just talked to someone in China. No pandemic- only provinces that see outbreaks (eg along border) are locked down until virus is gone. Only vaccine for people travelling abroad, no need domestically. Couldn't even test their vaccine domestically- too few cases to sample.

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My college apartments were worse than this

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@benshapiro

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We should all live in government-owned housing. It's so beautiful and pleasant!

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Oh you want to defund police? Then don't go crying when you're one of the 19/20 nonfatal shootings the Chicago police don't solve.

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The economist valentines are the worst thing on this website

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That time when Taleb got mad at me.

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@RachelBitecofer Stay at least 6 feet away please

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A college dropout getting their whole $10k forgiven vs. a doctor getting $10k of their $200k debt forgiven, people really think that's going to be regressive?

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U.S Senator: there will be many survivors

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Sen. John Kennedy: "Number one, everybody's not going to get into virus. Number two, everybody's not going to die.”

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I have no idea what is going on

How Denying Infant Baptism Leads To Leftist Politics

Modern progressivism is a species of Christian heresy with the same taproot as modern non-sacramental Christianity. Infant baptism explains.

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@AndrewYang The gay marriage supporting gene really kicked in in the early 2000s huh

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"Cryptocurrency holders tend to be young, white, male and more libertarian relative to non-crypto holders." you don't say

Do You Even Crypto, Bro? Cryptocurrencies in Household Finance

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I feel like I read this somewhere, long ago

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@StockMKTNewz

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JPMORGAN CEO JAMIE DIMON PREDICTS 3.5-DAY WORK WEEK FOR NEXT GENERATION THANKS TO AI - Bloomberg “Your children are going to live to 100 and not have cancer because of technology,” “And literally they’ll probably be working three-and-a-half days a week” - Jamie Dimon

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The bots are getting good

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No nation in human history has ever successfully developed economically because they increased their "grit" and people toiling from dusk till dawn in fields or factories have more grit than any economist who has ever lived.

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@MrTooDamnChris I don't use instacart, what does the "fire boost" mean?

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@MattBruenig @willmenaker Buddy they won't even let me

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Since people with higher levels of education earn more over their lifetimes than those with lower levels of education, this is an argument against ANY public funding of education. If there is public funding an impoverished kid to become a doctor then that's bad somehow @BudgetBen

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This is getting out of hand

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Huey Long wanted to defund the police

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Pelosi doesn't really want a stimulus bill We know that because she's passed and continues negotiating a bill McConnell does want a bill That's why he's not even negotiating one and has said it won't happen before election

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Folks, we've got a take!

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The “recycling con” runs far deeper than lies about which products can be recycled. It's a battle waged by waste-generating corporations to shift responsibility onto consumers and protect the highly profitable business model at the heart of capitalism.

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An approximation is good enough

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Dow is currently down 2000 points in less than 1 day

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We haven't had a v-shaped recovery in the USA since the 1980s, more than 1/3 of a century ago. Why will we get a v-shaped recovery with Great Depression levels of unemployment (or worse) + a shock worse than any seen in modern history with the virus sticking around through 2021?

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the economic boost from Christmas is 1.6 times retail sales, while the deadweight loss from Christmas spending is a fraction of the value of retail sales from Christmas, with Waldfogel (2013) estimating deadweight losses of 10% to one-third. ...

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@Noahpinion

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