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Thanks all for your thoughts on this. Going to try to take one a week. Today's nerd-rant: Carbon pricing. Why we've lost our way, and how to get it back.
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1/ I told myself I wasn't going to do any more long Brexit threads, but this from billionaire phones4u founder John Caudwell is so pants-wettingly stupid, I can't evenhttps://twitter.com/sturdyAlex/status/1336597612145815552 2/
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As we gear up for tomorrow night's excitement, one crucial element has been omitted from all historical commentary that I have seen on the history of presidential elections: Facial hair.Or
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I've gone through the Wikipedia entry for Emmanuel Macron, and selected the most important parts. "Born in Amiens, he is the son of Françoise Macron (née Noguès), a physician, and
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I disagree with you, Alastair. I believe @PanData19 is filling in the gaps that governments have failed to fill. I encourage you to have an open mind and listen intently
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A belated Christmas quiz question for you - what do puzzles, poker, and misinformation have in common? The answer is at the bottom of this thread.1/ Easier question first. In
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Cantillon Effect 101With the recent money printing activity and an expanding wealth inequality problem, talk of the "Cantillon Effect" has taken center stage.But what is the Cantillon Effect and how
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I finally gave this episode a listen. Great and provocative interview as always from @ErikSTownsend.Below I’ll share some general comments on MMT along with some thoughts that came to mind
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Just finished reading @mattyglesias's take on superstar cities, remote work, and where college-educated professionals go next. Like with @Noahpinion's take, I've got some pushback/questions. First off, I think some context
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Plunge and bounce. All the market is doing now is debating whether we’ll be on the red line or the green line next yearhttps://twitter.com/adam_tooze/status/1250506680367935488 Everyone has an opinion on red
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"When a clueless man became the Prime Minister of India through nepotism"On the occasion of the Independence Day, I present you my, detailed #Thread on Rajiv Gandhi.Read the entire thread
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@kgorilla5@hmyaoi1@ColeMoleson @BasedMobster1.OK so here is my response to the mess.Here we have 2 things: the good ol calculation problem and Marxists having no idea what they are talking about when
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I just re-read Bernoulli’s 1738 paper “Exposition of a New Theory on the Measurement of Risk” which is the foundational paper of Expected Utility Theory.It’s AmazingIt’s so wildly different than
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In my book "How to Destroy Surveillance Capitalism" I point out that the claims for Big Tech powers of behavior modification powers emanate from the companies' own self-serving boasts pitched
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America’s childcare crisis: a THREAD“We’re literally going to destroy a generation of upward mobility,” Amico said. “A lot of us have known for a long time that childcare is not
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0\ I am starting a new, possibly never-ending, thread on history of mostly-economic thought places in Berlin. I also created a map which will link to this thread and which
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