Damon Jones

Faculty @HarrisPolicy | economist | from NJ | he/him | @nomadj1s.bsky.social

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Nice: I'm the AEA chart of the week ... https://t.co/OCEgEi61nA

[AEA Journals @AEAjournals]

Chart of the week: why do 100 million Americans give interest-free loans to the government each year? https://t.co/wd40RgHcQT

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@Slangdini Ebert don’t miss … his review of Do The Right Thing was on point as well: https://t.co/U5CTWe4RNf

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Applying the law of small numbers 🥴

[New York Basketball @NBA_NewYork]

“Analytically…we’ve won 2 out of 3”

— Kenny Atkinson

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@fakeshoredrive I was living in the Bay in ‘02. Grindin’ came out and they played it all the time on the radio.

I came home to the East Coast that summer and was like “oh, there’s a remix with the Clipse on it?”

The only version played in the Bay was an E40 remix called “Timin’”

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@Candelarius2400 @MattBruenig @DavidBusiness3 @thesubtledoctor @TheStalwart @DKThomp @jdcmedlock The point is there are infinite non-protected designs, but the reason to use a protected one is that it can sell for a higher price

In the runner example, there are zero non-protected designs. Just a different scenario

How you split the profits is a different question though

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@MattBruenig @DavidBusiness3 @thesubtledoctor @TheStalwart @DKThomp @BigMeanInternet @jdcmedlock Larger argument aside, the two examples don’t seem equivalent: w/ Lucas, companies can make *any* non-Chewy lunchbox, but choose Chewy anyway … in the marathon case, there is no way to make any lunchbox w/o paying the runner

The voluntary choice to use Chewy indicates value

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@cblatts Genuinely curious what you see from the left that is comparable to say ICE murdering protestors in Minnesota

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@besttrousers @jessespafford @elben This work by Fern Ramoutar finds evidence of market power in rental markets, using the insight that there are sub markets within the same city:

https://t.co/1Ej0nwEhsg

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Wait, now it’s a 60 point lead … 😩

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50 point lead … sheesh

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@KevOnStage Nerd delegation doesn’t want any part of this association 😂

More so a “dork” move …

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@NobleQAli Bottom left 🔥

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This discussion by @ShellyJLundberg on the issues with distinguishing gender discrimination from “preferences” comes to mind: https://t.co/am1dLqyEVc

[Nicholas Decker @captgouda24]

Women bus and train drivers in Boston earn less than men, even in a unionized work place where conditions are all identical. It is difficult to think of this as being due to anything other than different preferences. Equalizing wages would make us worse off. 1/

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This tracks: freshman year spring break we went to the Price is Right, & my friend got called up & just missed out on winning a truck …

Bob was like “yeah, you got bad advice from your friend with the funny hair”

That was me, I had twists & was locking my hair 🙃

[I’m named after El Debarge @hydrothemc]

Bob Barker being a racist is not shocking.
Bob Barker being a racist is not funny.
Racism is not funny…
But every part of this clip right here (ESPECIALLY the end) has had me laughing for 5 minutes!!!!!!

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@melnickjeffrey1 I was born in a now demolished hospital over there …

[ABC News @ABC]

The toll from a strike on a girls’ elementary school in Minab, Iran, has risen to 57 students dead and 60 others injured, according to Iran's semiofficial Tasnim News Agency, which cited the local governor. Follow live updates: https://t.co/R2WrA5ei3C

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@BookerGWash I could watch this on an infinite loop …

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@arindube @dandolfa Wouldn’t the most basic micro class add up consumer and producer surplus, which typically is going to be a cardinal-like calculation?

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning

I was sent this video of agents at her door:

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@DJRTistic I remember they made multiple remixes, one with the Def Squad, I used to hear on NYC mixtapes

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Sickening …

[Democracy Now! en español @DemocracyNowEs]

En Minesota, funcionarios del distrito escolar de Columbia Heights afirmaron que agentes de inmigración han detenido a cuatro menores de ese distrito en las últimas semanas, entre ellos un niño de cinco años llamado Liam Ramos, que fue detenido el martes junto con su padre cuando regresaba a su casa tras salir del preescolar. La escuela de Liam publicó una foto que muestra a un agente enmascarado de pie junto al niño, quien llevaba una mochila sobre sus hombros y tenía puesto un gorro azul de invierno con orejas de conejo.

Las autoridades escolares afirman que Liam y su padre han sido enviados a un centro de detención en el estado de Texas, a más de 1.600 kilómetros de distancia. Según los funcionarios escolares, los agentes del Servicio de Inmigración intentaron utilizar a Liam como "cebo", al pedirle que tocara el timbre de su casa para facilitar la detención de más personas.

Una de las maestras de Liam dijo en un comunicado: "Liam es un estudiante brillante. Es muy amable y cariñoso, y sus compañeros de clase lo extrañan. Él viene a clase todos los días y el salón se ilumina cada vez que llega. Todo lo que quiero es que él regrese aquí y esté a salvo".