Michela Vecchi

I am interested in economics of innovation, human capital, cognitive abilities, well-being, dance and productivity performance

[Kingston Economics @KUEconomics]

The Symposium will be looking at how these topics affect the borough of Kingston...
💷 House prices and employment
🌴 Tax Haven Owned Homes
🏠 Homelessness and Empty Homes
🏡 Retrofitting Homes for Climate Change

[Kingston Economics @KUEconomics]

If you're joining us to study Economics, Business Economics, or Financial Economics, make sure you enrol! 👇

[Michela Vecchi @micvecch]

@BastienCF @BarnetCouncil @ThriveLDN @GrassrootsSP @lisa_marzano This is super interesting!!

[Michela Vecchi @micvecch]

Interesting discussion today at the Dance Research Matters event in Coventry. Thanks to Vipavinee Artpradid (PhD) for inviting me and introducing me to this great research network
#dance #productivity

[Michela Vecchi @micvecch]

@FrancescaFolia1 Bravissima Francesca!!

[Michela Vecchi @micvecch]

@BastienCF @JEEA_News Excellent Bastien!

[Michela Vecchi @micvecch]

Happy to contribute to this interesting discussion

[X @Idemamba]

Published today (online). Written as a Provocation for Housing and Society. It may be of interest to some people. https://t.co/D9lUkgh6uU

[Michela Vecchi @micvecch]

Great listening to Stiglitz!

[LSE @LSEnews]

We are proud to welcome three #NobelPrize winners to LSE in Spring Term!

Register to attend online:

🗓️ 30 April - Joseph E. Stiglitz: https://t.co/rotztVt489

🗓️ 2 May - Claudia Goldin: https://t.co/I5FneGVCcE

🗓️ 2 May - Esther Duflo: https://t.co/GDcPbcyv2J

[LSE @LSEnews]

We are proud to welcome three #NobelPrize winners to LSE in Spring Term!

Register to attend online:

🗓️ 30 April - Joseph E. Stiglitz: https://t.co/rotztVt489

🗓️ 2 May - Claudia Goldin: https://t.co/I5FneGVCcE

🗓️ 2 May - Esther Duflo: https://t.co/GDcPbcyv2J

[Valerio Capraro @ValerioCapraro]

On April 19, 1995, in Pittsburgh, a middle-aged man robbed two banks. He did not hide his face and committed both robberies regardless of the surveillance cameras.

McArthur Wheeler was arrested a few hours later. When the police confronted him with the surveillance footage, Wheeler was astonished, exclaiming, “But I had juice on my face!”

Wheeler explained that he had smeared lemon juice on his face to become invisible to the surveillance cameras. He had read that lemon juice was used as invisible ink and thought that this property would also make him invisible.

He even tested this theory with a Polaroid camera pointed at himself. Clumsily, he aimed it incorrectly and photographed the ceiling. Not seeing himself in the photo convinced Wheeler that the lemon worked.

The police concluded that Wheeler was neither crazy nor drunk; he was simply a monumental fool, of incommensurable, Olympian stupidity.

His story was read by David Dunning, a psychology professor, who wondered if Wheeler’s stupidity had universal characteristics. This insight led to the discovery of the Dunning-Kruger Effect.

David Dunning and his student Justin Kruger conducted a series of tests with students and at the end asked them to estimate their scores and assess how well they thought they had done compared to others.

The students with the lowest scores had an overly positive idea of their own performance. Dunning was surprised by the magnitude: those with the lowest scores thought they had skills superior to two-thirds of the other students. On the other hand, those who scored the highest had more accurate perceptions but underestimated their performance compared to others.

After all, the only way to know how well you have done on a grammar test is to know grammar. Those who lack this knowledge are the least capable of evaluating, unaware of their own ignorance.

So, from now on, whenever you meet a presumptuous ignoramus, think of McArthur Wheeler, the robber with lemon juice smeared on his face.

(Originally posted in Italian by @carlobenetti. I found it brilliant and worth translating and resharing)

[Michela Vecchi @micvecch]

@ValerioCapraro Great find Valerio!

[Michela Vecchi @micvecch]

@richardosman Cannot wait to see the film!!!

[Michela Vecchi @micvecch]

@gracialockwood @thepsychologist @EP_UCL @OxExpPsy @TheCHBH @UoB_SoP Many congratulations Patricia 🎉

[Michela Vecchi @micvecch]

@Idemamba It does not really look good

[Michela Vecchi @micvecch]

Beautiful music at the @wigmore_hall yesterday. @DanielPioro violin playing was absolutely amazing 😀

[Michela Vecchi @micvecch]

@FrancescaFolia1 Happy birthday!

[National Institute of Economic and Social Research @NIESRorg]

🚨 New podcast 🚨 It's #InternationalWomensDay !

We spoke to @mbandeiramorais, @larissamarioni, @micvecch, Robyn Smith and Patricia Sánchez Juanino about the progress made for women in economics and the steps still needed to break barriers and #InspireInclusion 💪

🎧 https://t.co/39cvXm3rgr

@UKWomenEcon
@RoyalEconSoc
@DiscoverEcon
@rethinkecon
@womensday
#IWD2024 #InspirationalWomen

1/2 🧵

[Michela Vecchi @micvecch]

Women in Economics United!

[National Institute of Economic and Social Research @NIESRorg]

⚡️ Coming tomorrow ⚡️ Our latest podcast for #InternationalWomensDay

@mbandeiramorais, @larissamarioni, @micvecch, Robyn Smith and Patricia Sánchez Juanino speak about breaking barriers and #InspiringInclusion for women in economics 🎙️

Listen to a sneak preview 🎧⬇️

The full podcast will be available tomorrow https://t.co/UaBqkw5KSO

@UKWomenEcon @RoyalEconSoc @DiscoverEcon @rethinkecon

[Kingston Economics @KUEconomics]

Great presentation to our students today by Chief Economist at Santander and Kingston alumna Frances Haque 😃. We hope to see her again soon!