Gina Potthoff Kacik

Writer. Deputy digital editor @chicagoboothrev. Opinions are my own.

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Thanks for reading us in 2024. 🙏 Time to take a look at CBR’s most-read stories and videos of the year, starting with #10:

The secret to better public transit? Make drivers pay for it (@MilenaAlmagro)

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https://t.co/lbgOfjVUjq

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What does #AI see in the market that you might not? 📈

Here are 10 ways investors should be using large language models, according to research. (👇 🧵) https://t.co/qk2FXpDtZW

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✨ We are incredibly proud to share that City Bureau Senior Reporter @sarahanneconway and @invinst Data Director Trina Reynolds-Tyler have won the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting for their investigation “Missing in Chicago! https://t.co/ZthOC1Ubvp

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They don’t make ’em like they used to via ⁦@TheAtlantic⁩ https://t.co/6oG5znHc3p

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Don’t forget to vote for CBR! We're nominated for @TheWebbyAwards for Best Business Video. Vote for the Webby People’s Voice award by tomorrow (April 18):

https://t.co/zN24Z9D2VF

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Exciting news:

CBR is nominated for @TheWebbyAwards for Best Business Video!

Please help us win a Webby People’s Voice award. Vote here:
https://t.co/wNgfFEXeZr

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I was hit by a car today on my bike and once again, I am thinking about this

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Lopsided innovation causes productivity slowdowns, according to research from @MITSloan’s @DAcemogluMIT and @davidautor and @ChicagoBooth’s Christina Patterson. https://t.co/Dka0jUBhPi

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Finally First Friday of 2024. This morning's start in Chicago. #weather #news #ilwx #sunrise #chicago

[Joseph Cranney @joey_cranney]

It’s easy to treat the media as a punching bag. But look to the nation’s local newsrooms. For little money or recognition, reporters in 2023 stood up to power brokers who tried to bully them into silence, exposed corrupt officials and even saved lives. Proof, from every state:

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NEW podcast: How can you make 2024 that exceptional year when you actually keep your New Year’s resolutions? In this episode, we get advice from Chicago Booth’s @ayeletfishbach. https://t.co/RxMJq0hhld

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How are the rich stifling the US economy? Chicago Booth’s Amir Sufi studies income inequality and what happens when the rich save and the rest of us borrow. #inequality #economy

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This week, Autumn's Awesomeness is on display at Promontory Point. This past Sunday in Chicago's Hyde Park. #chicago #autumn #ilwx

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Booth's Marianne Bertrand writes that Harvard's @PikaGoldin deserves the #NobelPrize for her work shining a light on the gender gap.

"Because of her, some of the most exciting young labor economists working now are studying questions of gender." https://t.co/qCI1E93HsV

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Harvard’s @PikaGoldin won this year's #NobelPrize in Economics. In a CBR essay from 2019, Goldin wrote about how flexible but lower-paying jobs lead to an earnings gap. https://t.co/SHTszj68uQ

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Reading this article, I achieved zenlike clarity on why Delta is confident it can screw its loyalty program members and cardholders with zero repercussions. Did you know nearly 1% of total US GDP is charged to Delta branded Amex cards?
https://t.co/yVFrzlB0Dc

[Natalie Y Moore @natalieymoore]

Today is the end of cash bail in Illinois -- the first US state to do so. Read up from my colleagues @ChipMitchell1 @mawa_iqbal @pksmid about what this means for downstate, cook county, electronic monitoring and more https://t.co/q9p4tLMtSO

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Why do some 30-minute appointments seem longer than others? Study participants were asked to predict how many tasks they would complete in a given period, by various time periods and intervals. https://t.co/rP0eSAYvR3

[David DeWitt @DC_DeWitt]

I've written 16 columns since December about Ohio Issue 1. I've strived to cover every angle and argument possible to educate voters with the power of knowledge on what is a once-in-a-lifetime, historic attack on voter power. I'm sharing all of my columns here in one thread. 1/

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A giant rainbow over the entire Chicago skyline to end Saturday. #weather #news #ilwx #chicago