@yah5us

THE chief economist. undergrad studying the reflected-sound-of-underground-spirits. “neoliberal sociopath” and "market idolator"

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yah5us.substack.com
Joined October 2022
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henry@DemNationalistOct 25
Man prediction markets are awesome we should totally incorporate this into polling in order to predict things 👍
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Sneedle@SRamirez6808318h
Replying to @DirteeerMartini
Obligatory
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@oociyuOct 25
이거보고 나도 희망이처럼 굳세게 살기로 다짐함
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Mathieu
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Clueless White Guy Orders ხინლალი in Perfect Georgian, Shocks Patrons and Staff
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You know what fuck the typo idc anymore
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ხინკალი 😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐
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Sneedle@SRamirez68083Oct 22
Replying to @FabricioNakata
Time traveling to 9000 BC Gobekli Tepe and convincing the elders to enact a one time wealth tax, forever killing the discourse
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A state with a one-time tax that works has a very strong incentive to implement it again; people know this and so it is not a credible promise, and so it doesn’t make sense to think the state will implement a successful tax only once.
Gabriel Zucman
@gabriel_zucmanOct 21
Replying to @gabriel_zucman
Either the tax is annual – and in that case it generates revenue annually, and some billionaires leave. Or the tax is one-time – in that case it generates revenue in just one year, and there is no incentive to leave. It can’t be both at the same time.
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Billionaires can leave based on beliefs the one-time tax signals future annual ones, even if it stays one-time—yielding lost income taxes without annual wealth revenue. This models uncertainty, a standard approach. nber.org/papers/w35899 lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis…
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@mean_field_zaneOct 22
Maybe ******* ****** just used the minimization operator instead of the maximization one. Common mistake.
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How it feels opening Xitter in the morning
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Phil Hoyeck
@PAHoyeckOct 20
A useful philosophical dictionary for beginners: • Axiologically: very • Essentially: very • Fundamentally: very • Inherently: very • Innately: very • Intrinsically: very • Metaphysically: very • Objectively: very • Ontologically: very • Universally: very
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joseph francis
@joefrancis505Oct 20
As promised, my new blog post is "The French Revolution Confounded." You can see the basic problem with Acemoglu et al.'s study in this figure. The wild cluster bootstrap is not kind to it. thepoorrichworld.substack.co…
joseph francis
@joefrancis505Oct 10
If the people demand it, my next blogpost will be on Acemoglu et al.'s study of the French Revolution.
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Skipping class to work on an assignment for another class.
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Sneedle@SRamirez68083Oct 19
Journalistic “analysis” is like one of those old youtube conspiracy videos connecting random facts while the soundtrack of requiem for a dream is playing but the guy has a serious hat and a serious shirt
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Alex Godofsky
@AlexGodofskyOct 18
7yo: So they only made three Star Wars movies and never made any more? Me: Yes exactly
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norvid_studies@norvid_studiesOct 18
don't talk to me until I've had my claims
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George Selgin@GeorgeSelginOct 17
In fact, explaining past events is what most economists try to be good at. Doing it well equips them to make _conditional_ “if this then that” forecasts, but that’s all. Show me an economist who pretends that his theories work like a crystal ball, and I’ll show you a charlatan.
Mr. Keynes
@TyKeynesOct 17
I've noticed Austrian economists are incredibly good at explaining economic events that have already happened.
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em
@emweenerOct 17
how it feels to apply for a job as a talented, smart, employable, funny, capable individual in 2026
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HOW TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION ABOUT THE ECONOMY, a guide: - say it depends - they will ask what it depends on - say it depends on relative elasticities or some other jargon - show them a model and/or paper you don’t understand - make up the conclusion you want Tried and true, works 100% of the time, 30% of the time, p < 0.05 (except on that one prof that turned her “true or false” open ended questions into closed checkboxes to counter this strategy)
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