Miriam Venturini
@venturinimiri.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Economics @ucriverside.bsky.social.
PhD 2024 @uzh-econ.bsky.social
Studying labor unions -
political economy and economic history.
Friûl-Barcelona-Zürich-
-Chicago-Zürich-Riverside (CA)
https://miriamventurini.github.io
PhD 2024 @uzh-econ.bsky.social
Studying labor unions -
political economy and economic history.
Friûl-Barcelona-Zürich-
-Chicago-Zürich-Riverside (CA)
https://miriamventurini.github.io
I have 999 problems, and each of them is one of 999 simulations.
November 7, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I have 999 problems, and each of them is one of 999 simulations.
Assuming that the US is the technological frontier may be plausible... until you look for/at kitchen appliances.
I am looking for one single machine that can whip eggs and chop onions. I thought we had globally learnt how to build those. Also, btw, explain why gas ovens are not extinct. 😭
I am looking for one single machine that can whip eggs and chop onions. I thought we had globally learnt how to build those. Also, btw, explain why gas ovens are not extinct. 😭
October 25, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Assuming that the US is the technological frontier may be plausible... until you look for/at kitchen appliances.
I am looking for one single machine that can whip eggs and chop onions. I thought we had globally learnt how to build those. Also, btw, explain why gas ovens are not extinct. 😭
I am looking for one single machine that can whip eggs and chop onions. I thought we had globally learnt how to build those. Also, btw, explain why gas ovens are not extinct. 😭
US paperwork is always "yeah it doesn't matter, it's just a formality" and then they ask you to review the thing 10 times until you do *precisely* and *exactly* what you had to do... which they didn't explain you in advance because "it doesn't really matter"
Either it does matter or it doesn't 😵💫
Either it does matter or it doesn't 😵💫
October 10, 2025 at 2:54 AM
US paperwork is always "yeah it doesn't matter, it's just a formality" and then they ask you to review the thing 10 times until you do *precisely* and *exactly* what you had to do... which they didn't explain you in advance because "it doesn't really matter"
Either it does matter or it doesn't 😵💫
Either it does matter or it doesn't 😵💫
Liberazione, Sassoli: "Ora e sempre Resistenza"
YouTube video by alanews
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April 25, 2025 at 9:29 AM
It's ame Emilia.
TSA agent asked where I was going and followed up with the question "back home or..." when I answered Oakland. Then I ordered a bagel and went back to being Emilia instead of Miriam because of my accent 🙈😂
1 a 1 palla al centro
TSA agent asked where I was going and followed up with the question "back home or..." when I answered Oakland. Then I ordered a bagel and went back to being Emilia instead of Miriam because of my accent 🙈😂
1 a 1 palla al centro
March 14, 2025 at 2:23 AM
It's ame Emilia.
TSA agent asked where I was going and followed up with the question "back home or..." when I answered Oakland. Then I ordered a bagel and went back to being Emilia instead of Miriam because of my accent 🙈😂
1 a 1 palla al centro
TSA agent asked where I was going and followed up with the question "back home or..." when I answered Oakland. Then I ordered a bagel and went back to being Emilia instead of Miriam because of my accent 🙈😂
1 a 1 palla al centro
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Call it by its name: Trumpcession
March 4, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Call it by its name: Trumpcession
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Live footage of academia right now
March 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Live footage of academia right now
I have a lecture scheduled tomorrow on "selection of politicians" in my political economy class.
a young boy in a blue shirt is talking into a microphone while a woman looks on .
ALT: a young boy in a blue shirt is talking into a microphone while a woman looks on .
media.tenor.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:48 AM
I have a lecture scheduled tomorrow on "selection of politicians" in my political economy class.
I am kind of new to this country... Is it common to have testimonials in this type of speech? It's basically a tv ad with the disclaimer "real life customers paid for their testimonial"
March 5, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I am kind of new to this country... Is it common to have testimonials in this type of speech? It's basically a tv ad with the disclaimer "real life customers paid for their testimonial"
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5 things that I did last week:
- Looked up datetime helpfile for Stata
- Formatted datetime incorrectly
- Looked up datetime helpfile for Stata
- Formatted datetime incorrectly
- Gave up.
- Looked up datetime helpfile for Stata
- Formatted datetime incorrectly
- Looked up datetime helpfile for Stata
- Formatted datetime incorrectly
- Gave up.
February 23, 2025 at 6:45 PM
5 things that I did last week:
- Looked up datetime helpfile for Stata
- Formatted datetime incorrectly
- Looked up datetime helpfile for Stata
- Formatted datetime incorrectly
- Gave up.
- Looked up datetime helpfile for Stata
- Formatted datetime incorrectly
- Looked up datetime helpfile for Stata
- Formatted datetime incorrectly
- Gave up.
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This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps.
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
Thousands in Midwestern GOP Districts Attend Sanders' First Stops on Tour to Fight Oligarchy | Common Dreams
Senator Bernie Sanders is on a mission to fight oligarchy and empower the people. With a powerful message against Trumpism and billionaire influence, he's rallying Americans to stand up for democracy....
www.commondreams.org
February 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This is really smart by @sanders.senate.gov Go to republican districts and push voters to pressure their republican reps.
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...
Teaching a course in political economy is pretending to be an expert in 20 different subfields you barely knew anything about before preparing the slides.
February 24, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Teaching a course in political economy is pretending to be an expert in 20 different subfields you barely knew anything about before preparing the slides.
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Today we launched our Junior Seminars with Luca Bagnato (University of Milan).
He presented a joint work with @venturinimiri.bsky.social (@ucriverside.bsky.social) and Yu Pan (UZH) on the long-term impact of rice weeders' historical presence on female political-economic empowerment in Italy
#USIEcon
He presented a joint work with @venturinimiri.bsky.social (@ucriverside.bsky.social) and Yu Pan (UZH) on the long-term impact of rice weeders' historical presence on female political-economic empowerment in Italy
#USIEcon
February 17, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Today we launched our Junior Seminars with Luca Bagnato (University of Milan).
He presented a joint work with @venturinimiri.bsky.social (@ucriverside.bsky.social) and Yu Pan (UZH) on the long-term impact of rice weeders' historical presence on female political-economic empowerment in Italy
#USIEcon
He presented a joint work with @venturinimiri.bsky.social (@ucriverside.bsky.social) and Yu Pan (UZH) on the long-term impact of rice weeders' historical presence on female political-economic empowerment in Italy
#USIEcon
How do you suggest gently to students that if they want to cruise through college using AI for their assignments they might at least first move to a country with lower tuition fees?
Why are they even paying some 40 to 70k? For what?
Why are they even paying some 40 to 70k? For what?
February 15, 2025 at 6:04 AM
How do you suggest gently to students that if they want to cruise through college using AI for their assignments they might at least first move to a country with lower tuition fees?
Why are they even paying some 40 to 70k? For what?
Why are they even paying some 40 to 70k? For what?
First exam as a professor and I am more nervous than if I had to take the exam myself 🙈
February 11, 2025 at 1:58 AM
First exam as a professor and I am more nervous than if I had to take the exam myself 🙈
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I have a confession
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I was an “overhead cost”.
I was a beaker washer, agar plate pourer, research secretary. I was paid by “overhead cost” fees. Loved it.
Those “overhead cost” jobs allowed this rural kid to become a physician.
Please tag how #OverheadCostJob impact u.
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I was an “overhead cost”.
I was a beaker washer, agar plate pourer, research secretary. I was paid by “overhead cost” fees. Loved it.
Those “overhead cost” jobs allowed this rural kid to become a physician.
Please tag how #OverheadCostJob impact u.
February 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I have a confession
.
.
.
I was an “overhead cost”.
I was a beaker washer, agar plate pourer, research secretary. I was paid by “overhead cost” fees. Loved it.
Those “overhead cost” jobs allowed this rural kid to become a physician.
Please tag how #OverheadCostJob impact u.
.
.
.
I was an “overhead cost”.
I was a beaker washer, agar plate pourer, research secretary. I was paid by “overhead cost” fees. Loved it.
Those “overhead cost” jobs allowed this rural kid to become a physician.
Please tag how #OverheadCostJob impact u.
It's particularly striking to be teaching the importance of institutions for economic development, while watching the government dismantle them piece by piece 😅
February 4, 2025 at 2:06 AM
It's particularly striking to be teaching the importance of institutions for economic development, while watching the government dismantle them piece by piece 😅
🌈🔥
Any countries whose scientific research funding bodies are NOT currently under siege by their own national leadership would do very well announcing investments in bringing in foreign research talent right now
February 4, 2025 at 1:57 AM
🌈🔥
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What happens when women are denied a wanted abortion?
...
...
...
In the short run, their risk of death rises.
In the long run, they have...
-more health issues,
-lower education/labor-force participation, and
-higher rates of single motherhood, poverty, and reliance on government assistance
...
...
...
In the short run, their risk of death rises.
In the long run, they have...
-more health issues,
-lower education/labor-force participation, and
-higher rates of single motherhood, poverty, and reliance on government assistance
January 31, 2025 at 1:13 AM
What happens when women are denied a wanted abortion?
...
...
...
In the short run, their risk of death rises.
In the long run, they have...
-more health issues,
-lower education/labor-force participation, and
-higher rates of single motherhood, poverty, and reliance on government assistance
...
...
...
In the short run, their risk of death rises.
In the long run, they have...
-more health issues,
-lower education/labor-force participation, and
-higher rates of single motherhood, poverty, and reliance on government assistance
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Dear USA,
having tv ads for prescription drugs is weird. Just fyi.
having tv ads for prescription drugs is weird. Just fyi.
January 31, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Dear USA,
having tv ads for prescription drugs is weird. Just fyi.
having tv ads for prescription drugs is weird. Just fyi.
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When OpenAI complains about intellectual property theft
January 29, 2025 at 9:43 PM
When OpenAI complains about intellectual property theft
I feel my English is excruciatingly bad when I teach in the evening. I went back to the recording to remember what was the last slide I covered and Renzi was teaching the class on my behalf basically.
a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a flag and says fst riaccion sciocco .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a flag and says fst riaccion sciocco .
media.tenor.com
January 22, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I feel my English is excruciatingly bad when I teach in the evening. I went back to the recording to remember what was the last slide I covered and Renzi was teaching the class on my behalf basically.
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Dressing for work today.
January 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Dressing for work today.