Dave Vanness
@djvanness.bsky.social
Economist; professor; health policy and decision science. Advocate for high quality, affordable #HigherEd. Georgetown and UW-Madison alum. Personal views only. #AcademicSky #EconSky #Bayesian
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9790-2988
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9790-2988
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In Dec 1942 Lila F Knudsen (ASA Fellow 1964) publishes a method of obtaining the coefficients for orthogonal polynomials using punched card processing. It was a huge improvement in computational efficiency & speed compared to other methods at the time.
December 30, 2025 at 12:14 PM
In Dec 1942 Lila F Knudsen (ASA Fellow 1964) publishes a method of obtaining the coefficients for orthogonal polynomials using punched card processing. It was a huge improvement in computational efficiency & speed compared to other methods at the time.
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That'll get you an assistant professor for a year at most universities in America
December 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
That'll get you an assistant professor for a year at most universities in America
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Good news! The full table of contents for THE CAMPUS CRISIS TOOLKIT, edited by @thetattooedprof.bsky.social and Lisa Di Bartolommeo, is now available on the @sunypress.bsky.social website: sunypress.edu/Books/T/The-.... Follow the link or see next post for screenshots. 🤗
The Campus Crisis Toolkit
sunypress.edu
October 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Good news! The full table of contents for THE CAMPUS CRISIS TOOLKIT, edited by @thetattooedprof.bsky.social and Lisa Di Bartolommeo, is now available on the @sunypress.bsky.social website: sunypress.edu/Books/T/The-.... Follow the link or see next post for screenshots. 🤗
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Actual 2025 tariff rates are, to date, far less than statutory rates, but the costs of the tariffs are mostly borne by the US – estimated tariff pass-through to US prices in 2025 is 94%. Tariffs on imports act like a 1 to 2pp tax on US manufacturing. brentneiman.com/research/GN2...
December 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Actual 2025 tariff rates are, to date, far less than statutory rates, but the costs of the tariffs are mostly borne by the US – estimated tariff pass-through to US prices in 2025 is 94%. Tariffs on imports act like a 1 to 2pp tax on US manufacturing. brentneiman.com/research/GN2...
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make a Bond movie academic:
Dr. No: Gendered & Racialized Patterns in the Use of Honorifics in Academic Seminars
Dr. No: Gendered & Racialized Patterns in the Use of Honorifics in Academic Seminars
make a Bond movie academic
The Spy Who Loved Me: Birthright Citizenship and the Law of Alien Enemies
The Spy Who Loved Me: Birthright Citizenship and the Law of Alien Enemies
make a Bond movie academic
Spectre: {Insert bacronym here}
Spectre: {Insert bacronym here}
December 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
make a Bond movie academic:
Dr. No: Gendered & Racialized Patterns in the Use of Honorifics in Academic Seminars
Dr. No: Gendered & Racialized Patterns in the Use of Honorifics in Academic Seminars
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"Faculty would prefer more emphasis on teaching and somewhat more on service than they observed in practice. The largest disconnects were the overvaluation of publication numbers and grants and undervaluation of publication quality in research" #Science #AcademicSky #EduSky
doi.org/10.1007/s442...
doi.org/10.1007/s442...
Science faculty perceptions of the promotion and tenure process at major research universities in the United States - Discover Education
The tenure and promotion process defines the standards and expectations for faculty at research universities. To explore faculty values and perceptions related to this process, we conducted a survey o...
doi.org
December 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"Faculty would prefer more emphasis on teaching and somewhat more on service than they observed in practice. The largest disconnects were the overvaluation of publication numbers and grants and undervaluation of publication quality in research" #Science #AcademicSky #EduSky
doi.org/10.1007/s442...
doi.org/10.1007/s442...
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Striking nativist editorializing by the federal judge who just upheld the $100,000 tax on high-skill immigrants.
She opines that it’s “troubling” that universities hire talent from abroad at all, instead of only native grads.
Then admits (!) that opinion is irrelevant (So why write it? Venting?)
She opines that it’s “troubling” that universities hire talent from abroad at all, instead of only native grads.
Then admits (!) that opinion is irrelevant (So why write it? Venting?)
December 26, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Striking nativist editorializing by the federal judge who just upheld the $100,000 tax on high-skill immigrants.
She opines that it’s “troubling” that universities hire talent from abroad at all, instead of only native grads.
Then admits (!) that opinion is irrelevant (So why write it? Venting?)
She opines that it’s “troubling” that universities hire talent from abroad at all, instead of only native grads.
Then admits (!) that opinion is irrelevant (So why write it? Venting?)
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Camps where tens of thousands of politically disfavored people will be concentrated.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
ICE documents reveal plan to hold 80,000 immigrants in warehouses
The Trump administration wants to build seven large-scale deportation hubs to speed up deportations, internal ICE documents show.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Camps where tens of thousands of politically disfavored people will be concentrated.
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Written in 1949; all too timely in 2025.
December 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Written in 1949; all too timely in 2025.
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The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
December 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The “free speech” and “cancel culture” panics have led to overt state censorship because that was always their purpose. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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From @parkermolloy.com at New Republic. newrepublic.com/article/2047...
I'd go a bit further. The system needs no conspiracy to function. It just needs everyone to understand the direction things are going in. Bari Weiss was put there not to protect a legacy, but to align its politics differently.
I'd go a bit further. The system needs no conspiracy to function. It just needs everyone to understand the direction things are going in. Bari Weiss was put there not to protect a legacy, but to align its politics differently.
December 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
From @parkermolloy.com at New Republic. newrepublic.com/article/2047...
I'd go a bit further. The system needs no conspiracy to function. It just needs everyone to understand the direction things are going in. Bari Weiss was put there not to protect a legacy, but to align its politics differently.
I'd go a bit further. The system needs no conspiracy to function. It just needs everyone to understand the direction things are going in. Bari Weiss was put there not to protect a legacy, but to align its politics differently.
Look, she's just doing what Donald told Larry to tell her to do.
December 23, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Look, she's just doing what Donald told Larry to tell her to do.
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In which we learn that the US attorneys office concluded that Trump traveled on Air Epstein regularly without appearing in he passenger manifest.
December 23, 2025 at 4:33 AM
In which we learn that the US attorneys office concluded that Trump traveled on Air Epstein regularly without appearing in he passenger manifest.
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The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.
Hundreds of Big Post-Election Donors Have Benefited From Trump’s Return to Office
Well into his second term, the president and his allies have continued aggressively raising money. Many donors have interests before his administration, The Times found.
www.nytimes.com
December 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The New York Times investigated 346 people who donated at least $250,000 to Trump and found that more than half of them (197) have received pardons, jobs, government contracts, special treatment, or favors.
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If there was an academic version of Blonde On Blonde it would have a song entitled Unfortunately Five Letters
December 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
If there was an academic version of Blonde On Blonde it would have a song entitled Unfortunately Five Letters
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This is pretty cool, worth reading...
Can AI "learn" economic states, addressing the Lucas Critique?
With @aleximas.bsky.social we simulated data from an NK model, fit a transformer, + tested out of sample fit
It generalizes surprisingly well. We hope this stimulates discussion and future agendas
arpitrage.substack.com/p/can-a-tran...
With @aleximas.bsky.social we simulated data from an NK model, fit a transformer, + tested out of sample fit
It generalizes surprisingly well. We hope this stimulates discussion and future agendas
arpitrage.substack.com/p/can-a-tran...
Can a Transformer “Learn” Economic Relationships?
Revisiting the Lucas Critique in the Age of Transformers
arpitrage.substack.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This is pretty cool, worth reading...
Do you know what happens if you blindly follow your North Star? You end up at the North Pole, then you wander around in circles because every direction is south from there. And then you freeze to death. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
Weiss concluded: “We need to be able to make every effort to get the principals on the record and on camera. To me, our viewers come first, not a listing schedule or anything else. And that is my North Star, and I hope it's the North Star of every person in this newsroom.”
December 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Do you know what happens if you blindly follow your North Star? You end up at the North Pole, then you wander around in circles because every direction is south from there. And then you freeze to death. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
Deleted this post. 0.3% of $100,000 is $300, not $30. Still a shockingly small price to pay to eliminate extreme poverty. But don't want incorrect information out there... Not enough coffee yet!
December 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Deleted this post. 0.3% of $100,000 is $300, not $30. Still a shockingly small price to pay to eliminate extreme poverty. But don't want incorrect information out there... Not enough coffee yet!
First editorial intervention we know about.
So Bari Weiss’s first real editorial intervention at CBS is to repress coverage of American concentration camps.
December 22, 2025 at 1:29 PM
First editorial intervention we know about.
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My son, @peoplecallmecj.bsky.social, has a new @ipums.bsky.social working paper on determining whether 2 + 1 is 8 from OCR’d tables. assets.ipums.org/_files/ipums...
assets.ipums.org
December 22, 2025 at 12:48 PM
My son, @peoplecallmecj.bsky.social, has a new @ipums.bsky.social working paper on determining whether 2 + 1 is 8 from OCR’d tables. assets.ipums.org/_files/ipums...
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To foster disruptive innovation with the potential to change medical paradigms, NIH policies should channel more funding to unconventional ideas and the early-career investigators who are pursuing them, a theme that I take up in my forthcoming book, Miracle Century
www.statnews.com/2025/12/18/n...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/18/n...
December 21, 2025 at 5:24 PM
To foster disruptive innovation with the potential to change medical paradigms, NIH policies should channel more funding to unconventional ideas and the early-career investigators who are pursuing them, a theme that I take up in my forthcoming book, Miracle Century
www.statnews.com/2025/12/18/n...
www.statnews.com/2025/12/18/n...
We're going to need a service that scrubs AI-generated papers from the scholarly record. The only way to keep up with the slop being generated will likely be for that scrubbing service to be done by AI. Just like how the antivirus software business started by the same ones writing the viruses.
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
We're going to need a service that scrubs AI-generated papers from the scholarly record. The only way to keep up with the slop being generated will likely be for that scrubbing service to be done by AI. Just like how the antivirus software business started by the same ones writing the viruses.
Gonna be a weird year.
December 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Gonna be a weird year.
Surprised he let it be in a (slightly) smaller font, tbh.
December 19, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Surprised he let it be in a (slightly) smaller font, tbh.