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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez
@alvarolaparra.bsky.social
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Too economist to be a historian. Too historian to be an economist.
My expressed ideas here are usually the slaves of some defunct economist, and my employer is alive and not an economist.
Missing home, wherever that is.
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josephcox.bsky.social
New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings

“Big tech has made their choice”

www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
alvarolaparra.bsky.social
“Actuarial reasons” is Franco’s Spain “the biological fact,” I see
It's going to be a fight that's going to unfold for a while, because Donald Trump — either for actuarial or constitutional reasons — is not going to be around forever. People are already trying to figure out what the post-Trump right looks like. And this is one of these early
November 13, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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paulgp.com
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:

splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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xandasbolas8.bsky.social
Esta carrera demencial por convertir las ciudades en parques de atracciones es un jodido crimen. Es que no le veo ningún puto sentido salvo para que se forren 4 gatos a costa de cargarte un modelo de convivencia
November 11, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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robertgehrke.bsky.social
Breaking: Judge Gibson rejects the Legislature’s congressional boundaries. Chooses the plaintiffs Map 1. A solid northern SLCO district that strongly favors a Democrat.
November 11, 2025 at 6:50 AM
alvarolaparra.bsky.social
In retrospect, a coffee that defines itself as having “notes of tobacco” should have been an obvious red flag
coffee label reading: AROMA INTENSITA MEDIO SCURS MEDIUM DARK ROAST NOTE AROMATICHE DI TABACCO, CANNELLA ED AMARETTO NOTES OF TOBACCO. CINNAMON AND AMARETTO COOKIE
November 11, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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nytimes.com
Measles was once considered eliminated in Canada, but not anymore — there have been more than 5,000 cases in the last 12 months as vaccination rates have fallen. Here's how they got there, and why other countries — including the U.S. and Mexico — are also at risk of losing their status.
Canada Loses Its Measles Elimination Status. What Does It Mean for the U.S.?
The disease was once considered eliminated in Canada, but not any more — there have been more than 5,000 cases in the last 12 months as vaccination rates have fallen.
nyti.ms
November 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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aeajournals.bsky.social
Forthcoming in the AER: "“Potential” and the Gender Promotion Gap" by Alan Benson, Danielle Li, and Kelly Shue. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
“Potential” and the Gender Promotion Gap
(Forthcoming Article) - We show that subjective assessments of employee “potential” contribute to gender gaps in promotion and pay. Using data on 29,809 management-track employees from a large retail ...
www.aeaweb.org
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
alvarolaparra.bsky.social
Abstract We show that subjective assessments of employee "potential" contribute to gender gaps in promotion and pay. Using data on 29,809 management-track employees from a large retail chain, we find that women receive substantially lower potential ratin despite receiving higher performance ratings. Differences in potential ratings account for approximately half of the gender promotion gap. Women's lower potential ratings do not reflect accurate forecasts of future performance: women subsequently outperform male colleagues, both on average and on the margin of promotion. We highlight two mechanisms driving the gender potential gap: strategic retention and stereotyping.
November 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
alvarolaparra.bsky.social
yup
Concierto de Tiersen hoy
November 10, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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cohodes.bsky.social
📣 New NBER Working Paper out today 📣

"The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct"
Sarah Cohodes & Katherine Leu
Screenshot of working paper: The Consequences of Faculty Sexual Misconduct
November 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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ryandecker.bsky.social
Jason Faberman and I presented "everything you ever wanted to know about firm and worker dynamics" at a conference in honor of the great John Haltiwanger. Slides here: rdeckernet.github.io/website/deck...
rdeckernet.github.io
November 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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eduardosuarez.bsky.social
Journalists for NYT document tortures to dozens of Venezuelans Trump sent to El Salvador earlier this year.

The piece is based on the testimonies of 40 people and on doctors who said their injuries are consistent and credible
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
www.nytimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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francesctrillas.bsky.social
In my blog in English, "Real Progress," some thoughts after reading @thomaspiketty.bsky.social's "A Brief History of Equality"
@politicaprosa.bsky.social
realprogressinenglish.blogspot.com/2025/11/pike...
Piketty after some tough book reviews
In one of his most recent articles , Thomas Piketty states that he considers his book A Brief History of Equality the best expression of his...
realprogressinenglish.blogspot.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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atrupar.com
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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rickhornbeck.bsky.social
Hi all, please spread the word and we hope everyone can make good use of this new data drop: cmfdata.org

The full surviving establishment-level Census of Manufactures manuscripts and digitized data from 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880!
Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata - Historical Census of Manufactures Microdata
CMFdata.org
November 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
alvarolaparra.bsky.social
My pump says today I’ve been above target -0% of the time, which obviously is way better than 0%
Time in target 92 % Time below target 7,9% Time above target -0%
November 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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mclem.org
This is a new and invaluable resource for international students in the US, or anyone thinking of studying in the US

The International Student Resource Center

It has a wealth of information about how to navigate all of the procedures and barriers, plus up-to-date information on shifting policy
International Student Resource Center
internationalstudent.us
November 5, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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mjsdc.bsky.social
My take on today’s tariff arguments at the Supreme Court. Short version: LOL slate.com/news-and-pol...
Going into Supreme Court arguments over President Donald Trump's tariffs on Wednesday, it was genuinely difficult to guess how the justices would rule. Within minutes, that suspense vanished. The hearing was a bloodbath for the Trump administration: Six justices lined up to bash the Justice Department's defense of the tariffs, barely disguising their annoyance with the government's barrage of blustery nonsense. At the halfway point, it would've saved everyone time had the court just huddled, announced its decision from the bench, and recessed early for lunch. Trump's signature trade policy-which he expected to raise trillions of dollars for him to use as he wished-looks dead on arrival at SCOTUS. We have spent ten months waiting to see if, and when, this court would set a limit on Trump's power. Perhaps we should've guessed that its extraordinary deference to this president could be outweighed only by its hatred of taxes.
November 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
alvarolaparra.bsky.social
Saudi League ranked 29th below Spanish Second Division LOL

theanalyst.com/articles/str...
Strongest Leagues in World Football: Opta Power Rankings
Which league is the strongest in the world? Using the Opta Power Rankings, we rank every competition to reveal the strongest leagues in world football.
theanalyst.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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chrispps.bsky.social
"...if you compare the average net approval in the first 7 days of Trump’s presidency to the last 7 days, he’s fallen about 15 points with white Americans, but 57 points with Black Americans and 26 points with Hispanic or Latino Americans."
baseballot.bsky.social Nathaniel Rakich @baseballot.bsky.social · 8d
Trump's approval rating has fallen the most among the voters who are newest to his coalition: people of color and young people. Good article from Mary Radcliffe (who is a must-read): marywitha4.substack.com/p/trumps-app...
A line graph showing Trump's approval rating falling more with 18- to 29-year-olds than any other age group. A graph showing Trump's approval rating declining the most with Black people, then among Hispanic people, then among white people.
November 5, 2025 at 6:44 PM
alvarolaparra.bsky.social
Muy decepcionado con el protocolo de vacunación para gripe y Covid en España (¿en Madrid?). Demasiadas barreras para obtenerlas.
November 5, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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taniel.bsky.social
Georgia Democrats had not won a statewide race that wasn't for a federal office since 2006.

They won two races tonight, both against GOP incumbents.

The margins? 62% to 38% in both.
November 5, 2025 at 5:38 AM
alvarolaparra.bsky.social
Bedtime in Europe.
For once, US, give us good news when it’s time to wake up.
November 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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arindube.bsky.social
If you want more on wage boards and how they can achieve what Dani was referring to, check out my book The Wage Standard - now available for pre-order.

www.thewagestandard.com
The Wage Standard by Arindrajit Dube: 9780593471418 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
“The go-to guy on minimum wage” (Nobel Laureate and New York Times bestselling author Paul Krugman) tackles one of the thorniest social issues of our times—income inequality—from...
www.thewagestandard.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:45 PM