.@Prada Subpar service in flagship Galleria Milan store. Shipping charge on an expensive coat to Ireland. Seriously? Even your online shipping delivery is free. Why isn’t there a uniform company policy? #unethical
Week 6: The theory paper in focus this week is the iconic "Electronic mail game" by @ArielRubinstein. It is characteristic Rubinstein---communicating a big idea with elegant simplicity. It brought into focus failures of common knowledge, by extension failures in coordination.
🚨 Former head of the Wikimedia foundation and current CEO of NPR, Katherine Maher: “The Wikipedians who write these articles aren’t focused on finding the truth. For our most tricky disagreements, seeking the truth isn’t the best place to start. Reverence for the truth might have become a bit of distraction that is preventing us from finding consensus and getting important things done.” 🤦♂️
@Noahpinion Well you lauded bidenomics while ignoring the fact that people care more about price levels than inflation rates among other stupendous examples of elitist out of touch ness.
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Don't miss out on this gentle introduction to Python for economists. Individuals with an approach to data through the viewpoint of the economic discipline--wishing to discover Python--would do well to check this out. https://t.co/fLstawEgQK
People hide preferences till they don’t. Why? It’s important because preference cascades emanate from tipping points that can create enormous change.
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Good intentions that violate economic principles harm people. It’s not enough to have good “ends”, the “means” and the context also matters in a system of ethics. #Economics helps people be more ethical. https://t.co/6LCB6Lmm1a
@patrickrhamey You should check out my forthcoming edited volume from CUP on the Economics of Terrorism that makes your point and offers solutions. Also we have structured our decision analytics concentration to focus on replicable causal models.