Vous pouvez soutenir ma proposition à la Cour des Comptes d'examiner les marchés publics de voyagistes, notamment dans l'ESR :
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The Groyper Wars
“nobody goes there anymore, it’s too crowded”
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Entendez-vous l'Eco, présenté par Aliette Hovine, change de format. L'émission devient hebdo avec 1 partie consacrée à l'actualité et l'autre plus centrée sur l'éclairage que nous apporte l'histoire de l'éco
Pour la rentrée, nous avons essayé, nous avons essayé...
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I wrote an op-ed on the world-class STEM research ecosystem in the United States, and how this ecosystem is now under attack on multiple fronts by the current administration: newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/im-an-awar...
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Harvard at war
“If Harvard relied entirely on the endowment to fund its operations (ignoring investment returns), the total would be depleted in a little more than eight years.”
#econsky #academicsky
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seems there is a great tradition of top departments doubting the value of pure ttheory. would be interesting to know why.
New working paper alert: we provide a model of post-hoc rationalizations, driven by motives of (self-)esteem. We show how this can lead to groupthink, polarization, and a preference for echo chambers.
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am i the only one genuinely shocked at what is reported to be “the top econ journal in the world” ?
Congrats to Sergiu Hart, perhaps the quickest thinker I know, and a wonderful mentor, coauthor, and person, for being elected as an International Member of the National Academy of Sciences!
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15 positions in AI at Paris Sciences et Lettres, computational social science and ethics very much included. I believe these are four-year "fellow" positions requiring some teaching during that term. #MLSky recrutement.psl.eu/en/pnp8wd2rbs
so are we good this time?
The political incentives to pursue the populist attacks on liberal symbols (immigrants, minorities, academia, science ...) grow stronger as it becomes clear that economic promises (DOGE checks) won’t be kept.
it takes a stable genius to upset at once big donors, retired voters, and GOP members seeking reelection.
all in one move.
Ben what do you think are the lessons of previous crisis that are applicable to this one? except for “it hurts”
all big firms begging one person and ready for any compromision as they have shown. is there any better dream of power?
i would decrease them, increase sales and lower production prices due to technology and returns to scale.
(well all im saying is it depends)
why did I never notice this before?
“An International Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory in its Relation to Statistics and Mathematics”
to my economist friends. uncertainty on future prices increases expected present value of cash flows. but risk averse investors don’t like uncertainty which depresses stock prices. is there a way to nicely disentangle the two?
lock her up
🎯 Game theory wanted!
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📅 Submission Deadline: April 30, 2025
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I find something paradoxical about the signal gate.
Fascism thrives on a pretense of perfection, strength, and constantly attacks groups perceived as week: liberals, LGBTQ+, immigrants, intellectuals… that's what we are seeing now.
should the Game Theory Society join Bluesky? choose an answer.
- yes
- yes of course
- what it’s not here yet?
We are pleased to announce an experiment intended to stimulate academic discussion and exchange, centered on papers published in Econometrica 1/5
with each thread from @undercoverhist.bsky.social the world recovers a bit of its balance
2/n It’s 1981-83 and two young French econ PhDs, Jacques Le Cacheux and Bernard Nivollet, are working as economists for the French Embassy in Washington. They are tasked with reporting on recent advances in econ US science
They quickly realize that seminar rooms and journals alike are abuzz....
bullshit in organizations is a Giffen good. the less resources they have the more they spend in terrible BSwashing.
