Sam Passey

Incoming predoc @StanfordGSB; Recent graduate of @BYU (Econ & Math). Interested in macro, finance, and demography.

[Sam Passey @SamPassey3]

So much cool time series data is locked in the figures of old econ papers (sometimes without accompanying data tables).

I had Claude build a tool where you upload a screenshot, calibrate the axes, point and click, and out pops a CSV. To think that people are still charging money for this sort of thing!

[Sam Passey @SamPassey3]

My interrupted time series design suggests that the Trump admin’s actions in Iran have lowered energy prices by $10 a barrel. Thank you @WhiteHouse 🇺🇸🫡

Causal inference is my passion btw

[Sam Passey @SamPassey3]

@ThomasKurianOrg

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The math requirements on econ phd admissions have become insanely high. It used to be the case that you only needed to know how to take a first derivative. Now you need to know how to take a second or even third derivative! 🫪

[Tuure Pelkonen @tuure_pelkonen]

Syntyvyyden hidas elpyminen jatkuu. Väestön ennakkotilaston mukaan toukokuussa syntyi 4130 lasta. Liukuva vuosisumma n. 47 tuhatta, mikä on (korona poissuljettuna) suurin arvo sitten vuoden 2019.

[Sam Passey @SamPassey3]

@MuelMatthew Does a maximum exist? Impossible to say…

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@saltwatersoph Only if you get into MIT

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@mikekofoed I’ve heard the top programs are requiring double or even triple integration

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@lymanstoneky I’ve also genuinely started to notice some genuine claudisms genuinely creep into my genuine writing as well

[Sam Passey @SamPassey3]

@BrianCAlbrecht The author’s main source for this paragraph was The Big Short, probably

[Paul Novosad @paulnovosad]

To the original point: Going all in on AI was great for the students who were empowered and self-motivated to learn and produce.

It was a complete disaster for the effort minimizers.

The effort minimizers are having a field day in college right now—there are *so* *many* *classes* where you can get an A by literally putting everything into ChatGPT and learning nothing.

They'll have to pay the piper. College isn't just signaling. It won't be an easy labor market for those who spent four years and learned nothing. 12/

[Sam Passey @SamPassey3]

Very unfortunate they decided to call it “population economics” when they could’ve coined “economography” 😔

[Sam Passey @SamPassey3]

@Smirkley Interesting! Could you look at the subset of people in the GSS ages 20-25 when the survey was given and plot the correlation by year of birth?

[Sam Passey @SamPassey3]

@Smirkley Are you pooling surveys together here? Like, could this be catching that as people get older they become less ideological?

[Sam Passey @SamPassey3]

Herbert does a good job making resources feel scarce. Many scenes where characters (especially the rich ones) sit around talking about how they will/won’t be able to pay for this or that. Makes the world and the stakes feel much more real than in other sci-fi and fantasy universes.

[Sam Passey @SamPassey3]

Reading Dune for the first time and so far it is as much about, like, corporate finance as it is about space politics. Probably why it’s so great.

[Governor Cox @GovCox]

BREAKING: @valaratomics' Ward 250 reactor successfully achieved criticality in Emery County, Utah, becoming the first @ENERGY-authorized reactor built outside a national laboratory.

This achievement is a testament to the innovators, builders, and public servants working to strengthen America’s energy future. Utah is proud to be at the forefront of the next generation of nuclear technology.

Read more 👇

[Sam Passey @SamPassey3]

@40yoap Just a shame for that our country doesn’t support critical furniture production with industrial policy

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The average american family in 1996 could go to Ikea and afford a 4-seat söderhamn, poäng, billy, and a blåhaj for the kids. Now they can only afford a measly fniss and maybe a few färgriks 😔

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@mikekofoed 🫡

[Sam Passey @SamPassey3]

How it started (Provo)

How it’s going (Palo Alto)