David Chivers

Associate Professor of Economics at Durham University.

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[David Chivers @dave_chivers]

Going to start a thread consisting of things that need improving...

1. Kitchen extractor fans.

Noisey and don't work very well. The relief I get whenever I switch it off is the only thing good about it.

[David Chivers @dave_chivers]

@s8mb It's called Abundance, Sam.

[David Chivers @dave_chivers]

@thomasforth You are excused. (Best beer Dutham do)

[Sid Gundapaneni @MacroscopeEcon]

Sargent's writing is truly one of one

[David Chivers @dave_chivers]

Surprised there is no Soft Centre, sounds like a delicious confectionery.

[David Chivers @dave_chivers]

Find it interesting that no other party faction has a "soft" adjective attached to it other then Labour. No Soft Right for example.

[David Chivers @dave_chivers]

@Birdyword After spending the 2010s explaining the government is not a household, I am not explaining the government, is in fact, a household.

[David Chivers @dave_chivers]

I find it baffling that political parties don't just have an accountant/lawyer on hand to vet politicians on taxes etc.

(Also find it baffling that politicians don't make these kinds of things watertight before becoming politicians)

[David Chivers @dave_chivers]

Made a Kenneth Arrow Codex pet

[David Chivers @dave_chivers]

Does anyone know how much the UK biobank data was going for on Alibaba? Surely trillions given how much US companies want it apparently...

[David Chivers @dave_chivers]

Other people may like to live in this location now given the new lower rent but cannot as someone got there first under a different system.

[David Chivers @dave_chivers]

To make rent control fair, tenants should give up their current rentals, and all units should then be reallocated via a lottery in which everyone reapplies.

[David Chivers @dave_chivers]

@AaronBastani I think given the easy workarounds (you would simply contract out lowest paid workers as a seperate firm) you may as well impose a maximum wage (although there are also workarounds here too).

[Vincent Geloso @VincentGeloso]

🧵Our comment on the viral Hickel et al. (2026) paper is now available. @econ_lessmann, @jbsteinberg @JustinTCallais question the claim that structural adjustment programs (SAPs) caused widespread declines in income, health, and welfare.

Link: https://t.co/ou2R16p1XH

[Joseph Steinberg @jbsteinberg]

Sorry, but this doesn't cut it. My new tool https://t.co/gRsWQSihmY explains why here: https://t.co/1VzvvpcJzz

[David Chivers @dave_chivers]

@paulnovosad You will probably find something similiar if you did this sort of analysis with charities/govs giving unconditional cash transfers which is a key Hickel idea!

[Paul Novosad @paulnovosad]

Next month in BMJ Global: visiting a cancer specialist makes you more likely to die, the American Oncology Society should pay reparations

[David Chivers @dave_chivers]

@bswud @MacRoweNick I always thought that the way to doit would be to have a subsciption service so you call a car and then it comes like uber. That way you eliminate parking issues in cities and you can have much fewer cars overall since something like 95% are just sitting parked.

[David Chivers @dave_chivers]

@KhoaVuUmn Irony is if you think you unserstand these numbers you probably do not. Even textbooks mess them up!

[David Chivers @dave_chivers]

@meadwaj @VerdantThinking "For too long, the language of efficiency has been ceded by progressives." Totally agree.