Martin Schindler

[Kristalina Georgieva @KGeorgieva]

Great to meet with Olavo Correia, Cabo Verde's Deputy PM and our 2025 IMF-@WorldBank Governors' Chair. His leadership will be vital for this year's Annual Meetings. I also reaffirmed our commitment to supporting 🇨🇻 on its reform journey.

[Martin Schindler @mascn2020]

@robinhanson Do you think surveys on X with an average sample size of < 150 responses can tell us something (anything) about what "humans" want?

[Kristalina Georgieva @KGeorgieva]

Pleasure meeting #CaboVerde PM Ulisses Correia e Silva. Congratulated Cabo Verde on 50 years of independence and strong program performance, incl. significant public debt reduction. Thanked him for 🇨🇻’s support to AFRITAC West 2 training center. The IMF remains a strong partner.

[Martin Schindler @mascn2020]

@kylascan Or, in fact, monotonic.

[Martin Schindler @mascn2020]

@elonmusk His sentence didn’t add there, @elonmusk.

[Martin Schindler @mascn2020]

@MiddleOfMayhem You do understand this poll has zero information content?

[Martin Schindler @mascn2020]

IMF Reaches Staff-Level Agreement with Burkina Faso on First Review of Extended Credit Facility and Concludes Article IV Consultation https://t.co/n1IMgGqJPE

[Martin Schindler @mascn2020]

@Noahpinion Not sure what’s in principle objectionable to the statement (utility of $2M should depend on wealth) but @vrexec’s calculation seems wrong: disposable income after expenses probably << $200K; the permanent flow of $2M could potentially double that, which seems nonnegligible.

[Martin Schindler @mascn2020]

@robinhanson Coincidence that this is a poorly edited tweet?

[Martin Schindler @mascn2020]

@JonSteinsson Based on the estimates of a reasonable Frisch elasticity of 0.5-1, tax differences would explain half to two thirds of the difference in hours worked. That seems pretty substantial.

[Martin Schindler @mascn2020]

@robinhanson Difficult to agree with (or be inspired by) something that mixes inspiring & agreeable statements with simplistic & naive (& not always logical) ones—even for someone trying to rationalize techno optimism, this is difficult to get behind in its entirety. (And yes, far too long.)

[Martin Schindler @mascn2020]

@Noahpinion But since size and weight are presumably highly correlated, a weight-based fee would seem to be an efficient way to get at the issue (weight easier to measure than size).

[Martin Schindler @mascn2020]

@GarryPNolan @GeorgeTakei It’s a symposium, @GarryPNolan, or two symposia. (Similarly, a phenomenon, or two phenomena.)

[IMF Africa @IMFAfrica]

IMF staff reach staff-level agreement on $305 million, four years, Extended Credit Facility with Burkina Faso https://t.co/pbzwF3MlJ3

[IMF Africa @IMFAfrica]

The IMF has approved more than $80m in financing support to Burkina Faso.

This will help 🇧🇫 face urgent balance of payment needs related to the global food crisis, and mitigate the impact of the food shock on the most vulnerable.

https://t.co/DxY2BD7rjn

[Martin Schindler @mascn2020]

@hamcarless Lyndon B. Johnson looks like Geddy Lee.

[Martin Schindler @mascn2020]

@AnnaMeierPS Strongly believe language affects voice, thought, and personality.

[IMF Africa @IMFAfrica]

The IMF and Burkina Faso have reached a staff-level agreement for about $80 million in emergency financing to support measures to provide urgent assistance to households in acute food insecurity conditions. More here https://t.co/IFpgOINFff

[IMF @IMFNews]

"Inclusive economies that allow more people to go together, go further. Inclusive growth builds the strongest foundations for lasting economic progress", said @KGeorgieva in her opening remarks at @CGDev's event on Inclusive Growth. Replay: https://t.co/YfAZsorvhf

[Barry Eichengreen @B_Eichengreen]

"How to Achieve Inclusive Growth" -- new OUP book out today, with chapters by a galaxy of stars https://t.co/dJB2l0Cjcx