Alex

PhD Student, Behavioral Economics. BVB. NBA.

[Alex @Alex_3175]

@hanno_sauer For all intents and purposes they are not part of academic economics anymore, no. They are heterodox pundits, and the views outlined in the article would prob find a similar amnt of support in acad. econ circles as „there is no man-made climate change“ would in climate research.

[Alex @Alex_3175]

@hanno_sauer The position that we „need“ degrowth is non-existing in Econ. The position that „poverty is a political choice we can solve today“ is also non-existing in Econ. Nothing about the article has anything to do with the expert-discourse in Econ.

[Alex @Alex_3175]

@hanno_sauer In Econ there is no such „high level of disagreement“. The guardian article has as much to do with econ as Infowars has with climate research. There is 0 overlap.

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@VsneTwit @JohGinget @OliverBWeber Ein halb so großes gdp/kopf wie Polen haben trotz unsagbar hohen Humankapitals.

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@makro_philip Was soll falsches suggeriert werden? Asylmigration hat eine riesige Anzahl an Leuten mit deutlicher höherer Neigung zu Gewaltkriminalität verursacht. Das ist offensichtlich und wahr. Was hat das mit den geschätzten Durchschnittseffekten aller Migranten seit 2009 zu tun.

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@heeney_luke @alexolegimas I think this only applies if one defines „scientific paper“ very loosely. I‘d guess the number for journals „we“ care about is substantially higher.

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@schieritz https://t.co/6SfvxqlogJ

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@sabinedoering Endlich mal was gegen Rechtspopulismus aus der Wissenschaft.

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@johnsmithyson0 @mean_field_zane (this is wrong btw)

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@alexolegimas @DuduLagziel Why only future generations? Everybody benefits from many social services and public goods, and those who strive will have to pay an increasingly large share.

[Alex @Alex_3175]

@alexolegimas Given the hiring practices of academia, I can understand why one would be primed to worry about that though. Not sure if many private firms can afford to decide not to hire a specific demographic group anymore.

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@alexolegimas This does not seem to be the main reason why countries have historically succeeded or failed, anti-discrimination laws have no bearing on whether people care about others, and there is no reason to believe that firms would hire only people like Rufo without them.

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@ryancbriggs @besttrousers @3firsts It’s the same between Germany and Japan. Japan was a radicalizing experience, esp. since Germany is regressing pretty substantially in that regard (which, of course, is also under-estimated by data because people adjust their behavior).

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@razibkhan Has that always been the case? Afaik, no (probably substantially stronger reverse relationship in the past, also obv country-dependent), which suggests that it may just be educational env. Also wordsum corr imperf with IQ corr imperf with intelligence —> not the cleanest link.

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@wifekisser303 @olivertraldi But some things are just true and leftist + humanity people have demonstrated an impressive ability to not understand or willfully ignore that, sometimes because it reveals the incoherence of their politics.

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@wifekisser303 @olivertraldi I dont think there is a single social science that comes even remotely close to the change and innovation that is happening (and has happened) in econ.

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@olivertraldi @Tyler_A_Harper Not true for Econ. Just false.

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@christianbangel @schnellenbachj Sie haben doch gefragt, ob sich etwas verändert hat. Ihr seid halt schlimmer geworden. Ich bin privilegiert genug zu sagen was ich möchte.

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@christianbangel @schnellenbachj Doch, es ist schlimmer geworden.

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@nathancofnas How do you square your thesis that the „intelligent“ find the „black culture bad“ explanation per se unconvincing, with the widespread appeal of transparently light-weight ideas such as stereotype threat, microags, or mystical implicit bias forces? Are those „smarter“?