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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez@alvarolaparra.bsky.social |
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Full-time dad and husband at Weber State University in an endless quest for the perfect model to manage my blood sugar and a good paella at 4500 m. Too economist to be a historian. Too historian to be an economist. Missing home, wherever that is. He/Él
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez
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One of economic historians' main tasks should be educating all fellow economists about where data comes from (it always comes from blood, sweat, and tears)
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez
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The American Economic Association has sent a survey on the Use of Social Media in Economics. If you are an AEA member, check your email and try to reply if you have time. It’s an important topic and it’s a chance to show that the Econ Bluesky community exists.
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@desean.bsky.social
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Clouds on Mars are a mixture of dry ice and water. Mars' cloudy sky as seen by Perseverance rover in 2023
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Dr. Jessie Christiansen
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In case you're curious, you only get TWO extra rights/responsibilities as a US citizen compared to a permanent resident, which I previously was. That's right, only two: Sitting on a jury. And VOTING. IF YOU CAN VOTE, USE YOUR RIGHTS! BECAUSE YOU KNOW OTHER PEOPLE ARE.
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez
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*Offer not valid for Tuesday’s semifinal (but I deeply admire their commitment. Spanish players asked about the situation were stereotypical —vague cowards)
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Joshua Erlich
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Jo Wolff
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It only goes to show that if anything is foul enough it should be possible to come together to oppose it. Americans please take note.
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez
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Bien joué!!!!
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Don Moynihan
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Stephen Miller now following Trump's lead and saying he has nothing to do with Project 2025. 1. His organization is on the Project 2025 advisory board. 2. He recorded a video as part of Project 2025 training tools 3. You can see Mandate for Leadership, the Project 2025 publication in the background
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Olivier Simard-Casanova
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I find the literature studying the economic effects of narratives so fascinating.
This new working paper shows that narratives explained 1/5 of the output variance during the Great Recession!
www.nber.org/papers/w32602
#EconSky #MonitoringEconomics
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Amy A
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it’s so funny how in America you call it an elevator but in the UK it’s a lift and also when a candidate loses they concede
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Prisonculture
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The most honest "take" that anyone can write now is: "I have no idea what Democrats should do."
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez
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Good luck, UK
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez
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The foreign-born stock population in Spain was 1/6 of the US in the late 1990s. It is similar today.
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Olivier Simard-Casanova
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Les désistements ayant été nombreux, le nombre de triangulaires a drastiquement diminué. Dans celles qui restent, je présume que la plupart ont des candidats non-RN en tête. Les désistements sont une très mauvaise opération pour l’extrême-droite.
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez
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Last year, I was lucky to meet Ran Abramitzky. Turns out he’s not just a great economic historian: he’s an even nicer person. We talked about interdisciplinarity in economic history and migration. Read it here (p. 19): issuu.com/weberjournal...
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Kevin Gannon
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More enthusiastic overcompliance with these anti-DEI laws. At this point, I can only conclude that many of the top "leaders" in these universities were simply waiting for an excuse to get rid of these student organizations, and now they have it.
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez
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Last year, I was lucky to meet Ran Abramitzky. Turns out he’s not just a great economic historian: he’s an even nicer person. We talked about interdisciplinarity in economic history and migration. Read it here (p. 19): issuu.com/weberjournal...
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez
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J’ai toujours pensé que la France est la nation européenne la plus susceptible de s’approprier de la métonymie continentale états-unienne pour l’Europe: le continent pour se référer au pays 🫢
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez
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*way-too-clear
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez
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Spaniard here volunteering to teach for free the art of SIESTAS
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez
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If undecided (and, presumably, lowly engaged) voters are the ones who will decide the election, the switch could send them a way-to-clear sign of chaos and instability
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez
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Time for siestas saving the next presidential debate and the country. POTUS, please contact any Spaniard for precise instructions.
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Nicholas Grossman
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Big hat tip to @jbouie.bsky.social for treating uncertainties as uncertain, with both downside and upside potential, rather than what many pundits are doing: imagine a positive scenario and act as if things will smoothly go that way if only people try it.
Doesn't seem like a high bar. And yet...
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Jacob T. Levy
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez
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I’m so tired, Olivier… Bon courage pour dimanche…
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez
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Is the NYT’s editorial the strongest argument yet for Biden staying in the race?
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez
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My most positive (as opposed to normative) take right now is that Biden can lose to Trump, but Trump also remains one of the few who could lose to this version of Biden
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Radley Balko
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Biden is too old. But he has surrounded himself with competent people and has had a conventional first term. Trump is authoritarian but inept. He has surrounded himself with people he hopes will make him more effective at authoritarianism. Neither is ideal. But these are not similar problems.
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez
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Thank God we have elections in France this Sunday to remind me why fleeing to Europe has never been the solution
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez
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I met my first undecided acquaintance today. Their reason is that they don’t have enough information. It became clear to me that we inhabit different worlds.
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Daniel Gilmore
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Super tuned in political partisans need to understand that they dont (& largely cant!) understand the way that undecided voters perceive this sort of stuff, but basically all of our political commentary--both from pundits/reporters & some ppl online--is based entirely on the fallacy that they do.
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez
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Assuming a sufficiently high discount factor, nothing matters. Good night.
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John Pfaff
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This seems like the best (mini)thread to read. Maybe I'm just looking for copium, but worth remembering it's important to listen to the people who study the stuff most closely. Punditism isn't just limited to the official pundits, and social media def fosters a bad doomerism x punditry interaction.
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Apoorva Mandavilli
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Breaking: All Americans ages 6 months and older should receive one of the new Covid-19 vaccines when they become available this fall, scientific advisers to the CDC said on Thursday.
www.nytimes.com/2024/06/27/h...
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Mike Murphy
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State-next-door's-rights
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Beth Popp Berman
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If you're feeling depressed about the state of politics, I highly recommend reading the story behind the Inflation Reduction Act, the most significant climate legislation the US has ever passed.
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez
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It’s the states’ right to decide if you can breathe www.nytimes.com/2024/06/27/u...
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez
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You, youngsters, should have seen how hard it was to become "regular social media" in the first place *sends gif* *and DM*
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez
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What was at stake for them?
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Brendan Nyhan
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Admirably clear www.nytimes.com/shared/v2/in...
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez
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Beyond the headline:
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez
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Question as an outsider (not a citizen yet): what are the practical implications of having more or less people registered for a given party?
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Assistant to the Professor
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There is a huge disconnect between the party convention vs primaries in Utah bc there is a large center-left/center/center-right population that uses the GOP primary to repeatedly veto the party rather than shift to the Dems.
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grand theft eigenvalue 🔆
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From Marc Bellemare on 🐦 Besides being funny, it's kinda neat how there seems to be a consistent wojak economist character 📉📈
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ᴅᴀɴɪᴇʟ ᴍɪʟʟɪᴍᴇᴛ ✡️🇺🇦☮️❤️
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#EconSky 📉📈
I'm back at it and have a new blog post on #EconometricSausage
It is called "The Great Divide"
dlm-econometrics.blogspot.com/2024/06/the-...
Thanks for reading and circulating! I hope people will think seriously about it. 🙏
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez
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(not true, actually: I had an Impossible burger)
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez
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US assimilated, I guess
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez
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Vital sunk-cost fallacy
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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez
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It just hit me that I’ve literally spent over half of my life studying economics. My ignorance levels are alarming.
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