Rodrigo Merino

Economist / ITAM / The University of Chicago / corporate finance /📌Mx City

[The University of Chicago @UChicago]

Prof. James A. Robinson shares the 2024 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for his groundbreaking research on the root causes of global inequality, including what affects’ countries economic prosperity.

Learn more: https://t.co/FTihWBBc0T

[The University of Chicago @UChicago]

Prof. Douglas W. Diamond has been awarded the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2022 for improving “our understanding of the role of banks in the economy, particularly during financial crises.” #NobelPrize

Learn more: https://t.co/9vSmU7zXji

[ian bremmer @ianbremmer]

# of journalists killed in 2022, by country

mexico: 8
ukraine: 7
haiti: 2
yemen: 2
iran: 1
syria: 1
kazakhstan: 1
brazil: 1
chad: 1
india: 1
bangladesh: 1
myanmar: 1

total: 27

-reporters without borders

[Rodrigo Merino @RoMerino]

@FBF_BO Ya recuperó el mar Bolivia 🧐?

[Jon Erlichman @JonErlichman]

Things that didn’t exist on Christmas 20 years ago:

iPhone
Facebook
YouTube
Instagram
Twitter
TikTok
Android
Bitcoin
Tesla
iPad
Gmail
Netflix streaming
Amazon Prime
SpaceX
Slack
Reddit
WhatsApp
Messenger
Google Maps
Snapchat
LinkedIn
Pinterest
Chrome
Skype
Spotify
Airbnb
Uber

[Rodrigo Merino @RoMerino]

Duro el mensaje del ministro de salud alemán ante la cuarta ola de covid-19: “Al final de este invierno, casi todos en Alemania probablemente estarán vacunados, recuperados o muertos.”

[Bank for International Settlements @BIS_org]

The BIS Board extended the terms of office for Agustín Carstens as General Manager and Luiz Awazu Pereira da Silva as Deputy General Manager, until end-June 2025 and end-August 2023 respectively https://t.co/8dvHtpIa4q

[The Nobel Prize @NobelPrize]

BREAKING NEWS:
The 2021 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel has been awarded with one half to David Card and the other half jointly to Joshua D. Angrist and Guido W. Imbens.

#NobelPrize

[David Luhnow @davidluhnow]

Baby'O is arguably Mexico's most famous disco. It was torched this week by a gang, presumably as a message to a new Acapulco mayor or part of broader extortion scheme or both. Mexico's president this morning said we couldn't assume it was organized crime. Video says otherwise.

[Rodrigo Merino @RoMerino]

@p_ganong @MITEcon Congrats Professor!

[Rodrigo Merino @RoMerino]

On Teachers’ Day (in Mexico) it is a special day to thank all of our former professors who have shaped us academically and prepared us for life. Congrats! @heckmanequation @m_sendhil @ethanbdm @sndurlauf @austinlwright

[Rodrigo Merino @RoMerino]

¡Muchísimas felicidades a todos los maestros que además de enseñar y formar académicamente, influyen en la preparación para la vida; en especial a los que fueron mis profesores! @clevergz @sofiacharvel @CCVL18 @ErnestoCordero @SofiaBarba @SeiraEnrique

[Rodrigo Merino @RoMerino]

“Richard Thaler, the Nobel-prize winning behavioral economist at the University of Chicago, says vaccine passports should feel like a “perk to those who have been inoculated” — one that would lure the more reluctant to get their jabs as well”. https://t.co/EhTDL3ss20

[Rodrigo Merino @RoMerino]

@nikitabier 46.5% of my liquid assets

[Gaston Sosa @GastonSdlT1]

@GmoSheridan No solo eso. Cuando se trata de mujeres se protege al delincuente dejan desprotegida a la víctima (mujer) cuando se trata de pedofilia entonces si, tarde pero se actúa para desaforar al sospechoso. Se nota el desden a la mujer

[Luis Gonzali @LuisGonzali]

Así se ve la escasez en el mundo cripto.

[Dr Francisco Moreno Sánchez @DrPacoMoreno1]

Mitos y mentiras de las vacunas contra #COVID19
* La ingesta de alcohol inactiva la vacuna
* La vacuna puede causar esterilidad
* El paracetamol o el ibuprofeno por fiebre o malestar después de la vacuna pueden afectar su efectividad
* El RNAm del virus se integra al genoma

[Dan Held @danheld]

8/ What is unique to Bitcoin vs gold or oil is that there is no supply response to increases in demand.

This means that no more Bitcoin are produced as demand for it increases. With gold or oil, they can be sourced from increasingly more expensive/difficult places when demand ⬆️

[Shane Frederick @ShaneFs5cents]

I'm interested in price discrimination.

I got this particularly funny example from @R_Thaler

If you have any other funny (or even not funny) examples, you'd be willing to share, I'd be appreciative.

[Rodrigo Merino @RoMerino]

@danheld BTC is already replacing gold