In light of #BlackLivesMatter and #COVID19, aren't work requirements attached to government assistance programs facilitating inequality? Walter Scheidel says "We are too stable". Is this a balancing feedback loop epitomizing Newton's 3rd Law of Motion? nytimes.com/2020/06/25/bus…

"Smooth as a Tesla"

Opinion: The field of natural language processing is chasing the wrong goal. bit.ly/3kstm8G

Community fridges are popping up everywhere. The people behind them range from mutual aid organizers to restaurateurs. theguardian.com/world/2020/aug…

Big day today! Including this! Congrats Adam Clausen and Shon Hopwood!

Outperforming emerging economies have one thing in common: a vibrant set of large companies. Unfortunately, India doesn’t have enough of them. Here’s what our research says could help fix that. mck.co/3gFRS2R

This is the most important graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. It's not about economics. It's about power.

Let’s first learn the evolutionary dynamics of such systematic behavior, then perhaps tech + policy can work to mitigate racial bias in the complex system that is housing! Worst case, we can blatantly call out determinants of inequality..?

COVID 19 DEBATES A simple, intuitive presentation of our problem with Ioannidis (and that quack Philip E. Tetlock): SINGLE POINT FORECASTS only work under thin tails, even then. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

To Daron Acemoglu’s point, is tech really the solution..? Let’s focus on redistribution of resources to improve access to quality education and healthcare, combat climate change and improve policy surrounding new tech. oh also GDP as AN indicator rather than THE - on point!

Back in the saddle 9 weeks and 3 days after getting hit by a car! Feels so great! 🚴🏻‍♀️

My new working paper out today with Dan Herbst shows how adverse selection has unraveled private markets for financial alternatives to student debt that would reduce the risk of investing in college. scholar.harvard.edu/files/hendren/… Thread summary below: (1/n)

In case you missed it, the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans now own a record-breaking one-third of all shares of stock, and the richest 10 percent own almost 90 percent of all shares. Never in the history of this country has corporate wealth been more concentrated.

Hey @WUSTL, can we have our fountain back, pretty please? ⛲

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