HS Math teacher w/MSc soil/systems ecology. @HelenChappell's widower. Remarried w/(now) 3 kids. Interests:politics, ed, scale/systems thinking, big ideas. YIMBY
Charlotte, NC
Joined August 2011
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Eric Bowen retweeted
Virginia's largest solar array on a school rooftop just came online electrek.co/2024/09/13/virgi… by @michelle0728
Eric Bowen retweeted
Immigrants make up a large share of the homebuilding workforce. Without them, our national housing shortage would be even worse.
And…contrary to popular myths about immigrants taking jobs, these immigrants complement rather than substitute for native-born construction workers.
Eric Bowen retweeted
This is very cool. Highly complementary to this work on schools.
journals.uchicago.edu/doi/ab…
Not sure if it's in "the wild" anymore, but it's it's really out there: doi.org/10.3368/jhr.1023-131…
We look at different dimensions of teacher quality and how they differentially influence different student outcomes.
Eric Bowen retweeted
Freedom of movement makes it easier to undermine authoritarian regimes and boost global GDP. Let people move from where output is low to where output is high and help expand output there. Often there isn't a GDP penalty if they were unemployed/under employed before moving.
Eric Bowen retweeted
If capital/goods can move (and yes they should be able to because it makes almost everyone's lives better), people should also be able to move as a response to changes in the market. Freeing capital but not people means that the capital/goods can be optimized but labor can't.
Eric Bowen retweeted
I think I'd buy the bull case for Harris a bit more if she hadn't rehired so many of the Biden people.
Eric Bowen retweeted
When YIMBY-skeptics complain that developers skew much of their building toward the high end of the market, what they’re often not seeing is that there are a lot of regulations pushing them to do that.
Minimum lot sizes are a big one on this, particularly in suburban areas.
Eric Bowen retweeted
Do drivers who get e-bikes drive less? Where cycling networks are ample, the answer is yes. Qi Sun et al. explain. One policy implication: where cycling networks are poor, public funds now subsidizing battery-electric cars would often be better spent on cycling accommodations.
Eric Bowen retweeted
Manolo Betancur says today his small bakery, located in one of Charlotte's most diverse neighborhoods, is just two minutes away from “the center of the war on diversity and minorities.”
“If Donald Trump, J.D. Vance wins this November, everything I have built is at risk.”
Eric Bowen retweeted
We need to turn around North Carolina's rural economy, which has fallen behind during the last 20 years. In honor of my opponent's 5 terms in this seat, here are 5 reasons this race matters even if you AREN'T a farmer:
ALT Who’s got your vote for Agriculture Commissioner? Sarah Taber A crop scientist and farm operations specialist whose past clients are worth $4 billion, Sarah Taber is the right choice to turn around North Carolina's rural economy. STEVE TROXLER In his five terms, Steve Troxler has allowed our farms to fall behind-our agriculture industry isn't keeping up with inflation or our state's growing population.
Eric Bowen retweeted
I think people working in Democratic Party politics professionally need to start thinking a little bit less about gaming out the 2024 nomination and a little bit more about their personal and institutional credibility.
Doubling down on deception is a terrible look.
Eric Bowen retweeted
Today's forecast update is out.
More of the same -- though, if you squint, Biden is at his lowest number yet, at a 27% chance of winning the Electoral College vs. 35% pre-debate.
natesilver.net/p/nate-silver…
Eric Bowen retweeted
The notion the race hasn’t changed since the debate just isn’t an accurate depiction of reality, even based on purely quantitative factors. Because of statistical variation, you’ll get SOME polls showing a BIG Biden drop and others showing no change. But there's a signal here.
Eric Bowen retweeted
Polling and data are good, but if you can’t understand why there is upside to nominating a candidate who is capable of engaging in routine extemporaneous speaking relative to one who can’t I don’t think starting at spreadsheets is going to help you.
Eric Bowen retweeted
Idea: Members could respond to the information they are receiving with corrective action designed to alter the trajectory of events.
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The rise in grocery prices over the past few years has in fact been painful.
It’s still true that imposing a 10% tax on imported food, fertilizer, and farm equipment while deporting a large share of farm workers would make things worse not better.
