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"Why agent-based modeling could happen in economics. Eventually." Good piece by @mikemakowsky.bsky.social
economistwritingeveryday.com/2025/12/29/p...
I'd argue that the "new era of theory" is already underway, though, led not by economists, but by comp social sci/cultural evolution folks.
economistwritingeveryday.com/2025/12/29/p...
I'd argue that the "new era of theory" is already underway, though, led not by economists, but by comp social sci/cultural evolution folks.
Part II: Why agent-based modeling could happen in economics. Eventually.
Three years ago I ruminated on why agent-based modeling never got any real traction in economics. It got a suprising amount of attention and I continue to receive emails about it to this day. I too…
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December 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
"Why agent-based modeling could happen in economics. Eventually." Good piece by @mikemakowsky.bsky.social
economistwritingeveryday.com/2025/12/29/p...
I'd argue that the "new era of theory" is already underway, though, led not by economists, but by comp social sci/cultural evolution folks.
economistwritingeveryday.com/2025/12/29/p...
I'd argue that the "new era of theory" is already underway, though, led not by economists, but by comp social sci/cultural evolution folks.
"Deep heterogeneity" sounds like a good thing however I'm not sure if it actually is something missing-emphasis on "deep".Also it is my belief that any system contains only such amount of heterogeneity as it is capable to tolerate. Economic systems are complicated but how deep is that? I don't know!
December 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
"Deep heterogeneity" sounds like a good thing however I'm not sure if it actually is something missing-emphasis on "deep".Also it is my belief that any system contains only such amount of heterogeneity as it is capable to tolerate. Economic systems are complicated but how deep is that? I don't know!
honestly, it feels like people woke up from a deep slumber about a decade late
Jan-Werner Müller explains how Carl Schmitt’s Nazi-era thinking on international law and global order illuminates U.S. foreign policy today.
How a Nazi Jurist Captured Imaginations on the U.S. Left and Right
It’s Carl Schmitt’s world, and we’re all just living in it.
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December 28, 2025 at 5:59 AM
honestly, it feels like people woke up from a deep slumber about a decade late
lol yeah man we've read your book, it's a great book! :)
December 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
lol yeah man we've read your book, it's a great book! :)
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10/10
growth, we would be better off transforming the global trading system so that members are penalized, not rewarded, for suppressing wages. The whole world benefits from rising wages, not from rising "competitiveness".
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growth, we would be better off transforming the global trading system so that members are penalized, not rewarded, for suppressing wages. The whole world benefits from rising wages, not from rising "competitiveness".
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
How to Fix Free Trade
A global customs union could solve the problem of imbalances.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM
10/10
growth, we would be better off transforming the global trading system so that members are penalized, not rewarded, for suppressing wages. The whole world benefits from rising wages, not from rising "competitiveness".
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
growth, we would be better off transforming the global trading system so that members are penalized, not rewarded, for suppressing wages. The whole world benefits from rising wages, not from rising "competitiveness".
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
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9/10
This creates a kind of Kalecki paradox in which policies that benefit the individual make the system worse off.
Rather than each of us deciding to compete more aggressively in such a system, which would mean putting further downward pressure on global demand and global...
This creates a kind of Kalecki paradox in which policies that benefit the individual make the system worse off.
Rather than each of us deciding to compete more aggressively in such a system, which would mean putting further downward pressure on global demand and global...
December 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM
9/10
This creates a kind of Kalecki paradox in which policies that benefit the individual make the system worse off.
Rather than each of us deciding to compete more aggressively in such a system, which would mean putting further downward pressure on global demand and global...
This creates a kind of Kalecki paradox in which policies that benefit the individual make the system worse off.
Rather than each of us deciding to compete more aggressively in such a system, which would mean putting further downward pressure on global demand and global...
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8/10
Our current global trading system is one that encourages countries to compete by putting downward pressure on wages, with the country with the lowest wages relative to productivity "winning" in the form of large trade surpluses and an expanding manufacturing sector.
Our current global trading system is one that encourages countries to compete by putting downward pressure on wages, with the country with the lowest wages relative to productivity "winning" in the form of large trade surpluses and an expanding manufacturing sector.
December 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM
8/10
Our current global trading system is one that encourages countries to compete by putting downward pressure on wages, with the country with the lowest wages relative to productivity "winning" in the form of large trade surpluses and an expanding manufacturing sector.
Our current global trading system is one that encourages countries to compete by putting downward pressure on wages, with the country with the lowest wages relative to productivity "winning" in the form of large trade surpluses and an expanding manufacturing sector.
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5/10
When Macron says productivity is weak in Europe, what he really should say is that productivity is low in Europe relative to wages, or, to say exactly the same thing, that wages in Europe are higher relative to productivity than they are in China.
When Macron says productivity is weak in Europe, what he really should say is that productivity is low in Europe relative to wages, or, to say exactly the same thing, that wages in Europe are higher relative to productivity than they are in China.
December 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM
5/10
When Macron says productivity is weak in Europe, what he really should say is that productivity is low in Europe relative to wages, or, to say exactly the same thing, that wages in Europe are higher relative to productivity than they are in China.
When Macron says productivity is weak in Europe, what he really should say is that productivity is low in Europe relative to wages, or, to say exactly the same thing, that wages in Europe are higher relative to productivity than they are in China.
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4/10
What really matters is the relationship between productivity and wages. When wages are high relative to productivity, as in the US, consumption tends to be high and saving low. In China, wages are among the lowest in the world relative to productivity and saving the highest.
What really matters is the relationship between productivity and wages. When wages are high relative to productivity, as in the US, consumption tends to be high and saving low. In China, wages are among the lowest in the world relative to productivity and saving the highest.
December 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM
4/10
What really matters is the relationship between productivity and wages. When wages are high relative to productivity, as in the US, consumption tends to be high and saving low. In China, wages are among the lowest in the world relative to productivity and saving the highest.
What really matters is the relationship between productivity and wages. When wages are high relative to productivity, as in the US, consumption tends to be high and saving low. In China, wages are among the lowest in the world relative to productivity and saving the highest.
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3/10
American productivity, to take one obvious example, is higher than that of Europeans, and several times higher than that of the Chinese, and yet it is the US that runs huge deficits and China, with the highest saving rate in the world, that runs huge trade surpluses.
American productivity, to take one obvious example, is higher than that of Europeans, and several times higher than that of the Chinese, and yet it is the US that runs huge deficits and China, with the highest saving rate in the world, that runs huge trade surpluses.
December 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM
3/10
American productivity, to take one obvious example, is higher than that of Europeans, and several times higher than that of the Chinese, and yet it is the US that runs huge deficits and China, with the highest saving rate in the world, that runs huge trade surpluses.
American productivity, to take one obvious example, is higher than that of Europeans, and several times higher than that of the Chinese, and yet it is the US that runs huge deficits and China, with the highest saving rate in the world, that runs huge trade surpluses.
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2/10
Countries don't run trade deficits because of low productivity, any more than they run surpluses because of high productivity. That is not at all what global trade imbalances around the world tell us, and that is not why countries have lower or higher saving rates.
Countries don't run trade deficits because of low productivity, any more than they run surpluses because of high productivity. That is not at all what global trade imbalances around the world tell us, and that is not why countries have lower or higher saving rates.
December 17, 2025 at 7:00 AM
2/10
Countries don't run trade deficits because of low productivity, any more than they run surpluses because of high productivity. That is not at all what global trade imbalances around the world tell us, and that is not why countries have lower or higher saving rates.
Countries don't run trade deficits because of low productivity, any more than they run surpluses because of high productivity. That is not at all what global trade imbalances around the world tell us, and that is not why countries have lower or higher saving rates.
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We're livestreaming a Book Club chat with @scifri.bsky.social on Monday, 1pm Eastern. Talking about The Biggest Ideas In the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion. Join us!
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THE BIGGEST IDEAS IN THE UNIVERSE - Author Livestream and Q&A with Sean M. Carroll
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December 13, 2025 at 3:13 PM
We're livestreaming a Book Club chat with @scifri.bsky.social on Monday, 1pm Eastern. Talking about The Biggest Ideas In the Universe: Space, Time, and Motion. Join us!
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🥳 Go 1.25.5 and 1.24.11 are released!
🔐 Security: Includes security fixes for crypto/x509 (CVE-2025-61729, CVE-2025-61727).
🗣 Announcement: https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/8FJoBkPddm4/m/kYpVlPw1CQAJ
📦 Download: https://go.dev/dl/#go1.25.5
#golang
🔐 Security: Includes security fixes for crypto/x509 (CVE-2025-61729, CVE-2025-61727).
🗣 Announcement: https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/8FJoBkPddm4/m/kYpVlPw1CQAJ
📦 Download: https://go.dev/dl/#go1.25.5
#golang
December 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
🥳 Go 1.25.5 and 1.24.11 are released!
🔐 Security: Includes security fixes for crypto/x509 (CVE-2025-61729, CVE-2025-61727).
🗣 Announcement: https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/8FJoBkPddm4/m/kYpVlPw1CQAJ
📦 Download: https://go.dev/dl/#go1.25.5
#golang
🔐 Security: Includes security fixes for crypto/x509 (CVE-2025-61729, CVE-2025-61727).
🗣 Announcement: https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/8FJoBkPddm4/m/kYpVlPw1CQAJ
📦 Download: https://go.dev/dl/#go1.25.5
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NATO liberates all, the hunter and the hunted alike 🤡
"‘Human safaris’ in Sarajevo: Milan investigates 1990s trips where tourists allegedly paid to kill civilians"
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‘Human safaris’ in Sarajevo: Milan investigates 1990s trips where tourists allegedly paid to kill civilians
A writer has alleged that Italian gun-loving extremists traveled to Bosnia to spend their weekends as snipers
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November 12, 2025 at 4:30 AM
NATO liberates all, the hunter and the hunted alike 🤡
yay for Mamdani, eat the rich
Guy who has $300 million dollars, but will only have $330 million at the end of Mamdani's term (he might have had $340 million if Cuomo was elected): "This is the biggest disaster in history. This is communism. Stalinism even. I have no choice but to become a fascist."
November 5, 2025 at 6:56 AM
yay for Mamdani, eat the rich
nice vid with a much deserved shout-out to the primer
Simulating The Strange Way Life (Likely) Evolved, our latest video out now on YouTube!
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Simulating The Strange Way Life (Likely) Evolved
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November 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
nice vid with a much deserved shout-out to the primer
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Postdoc job! I expect to have an opening at Johns Hopkins for a postdoctoral researcher working somewhere in the broad realms of physics, philosophy, and complexity. Apply at Academic Jobs Online:
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Johns Hopkins University, Physics and Astronomy
Job #AJO30496, Postdoctoral Fellow in Foundations of Physics, Complexity, and Emergence, Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, US
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October 28, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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the problem with mainstream econ is that they do not serve the public good; economics is not a physical science, it is a mode of discussion about what matters; that depends on a person's relative position within their immediate group and on the relative positions groups have among their clusters
What's wrong with mainstream economics? socialcapitalpartners.ca/whats-wrong-...
What's wrong with mainstream economics?
Mainstream, or “neoclassical,” economics still dominates how we teach, study and understand our economy, even though much of it doesn’t match reality. In this piece, economists Louis-Philippe Rochon a...
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October 29, 2025 at 7:44 AM
the problem with mainstream econ is that they do not serve the public good; economics is not a physical science, it is a mode of discussion about what matters; that depends on a person's relative position within their immediate group and on the relative positions groups have among their clusters
not sure about the actual number of available templates, however the idea of "unique individuals" is just ideology of historical and applied "free market" system. There are so many "body plans" as are functionally needed and "you" are unique just to identify with your "unique" consumption pattern
if you ever think you are going through life as a unique individual with specific life experiences and interests you are wrong you dumb mother fucker. there are only 400 people and we just repeat across the world with different accents and bone structure.
October 25, 2025 at 5:50 AM
not sure about the actual number of available templates, however the idea of "unique individuals" is just ideology of historical and applied "free market" system. There are so many "body plans" as are functionally needed and "you" are unique just to identify with your "unique" consumption pattern
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Today's offering from the #NaturalPhilosophy Symposium: Kevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com on Refutation and Models of Social Organization. Commentary by Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social.
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October 24, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Today's offering from the #NaturalPhilosophy Symposium: Kevin Zollman @kevinzollman.com on Refutation and Models of Social Organization. Commentary by Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybOr...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybOr...
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Earnest questions for visual AI artists!
1. What about AI lets you do different things from other digital art?
2. Do you feel like you have a unique “voice” with your AI art?
3. What AI visual artists inspire you? What about their work makes you inspired?
1. What about AI lets you do different things from other digital art?
2. Do you feel like you have a unique “voice” with your AI art?
3. What AI visual artists inspire you? What about their work makes you inspired?
October 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Earnest questions for visual AI artists!
1. What about AI lets you do different things from other digital art?
2. Do you feel like you have a unique “voice” with your AI art?
3. What AI visual artists inspire you? What about their work makes you inspired?
1. What about AI lets you do different things from other digital art?
2. Do you feel like you have a unique “voice” with your AI art?
3. What AI visual artists inspire you? What about their work makes you inspired?
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🥳 Go 1.25.3 and 1.24.9 are released!
📣 Announcement: https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/YEyj6FUNbik/m/_SDlIvxuCAAJ
⬇️ Download: https://go.dev/dl/#go1.25.3
#golang
📣 Announcement: https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/YEyj6FUNbik/m/_SDlIvxuCAAJ
⬇️ Download: https://go.dev/dl/#go1.25.3
#golang
October 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
🥳 Go 1.25.3 and 1.24.9 are released!
📣 Announcement: https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/YEyj6FUNbik/m/_SDlIvxuCAAJ
⬇️ Download: https://go.dev/dl/#go1.25.3
#golang
📣 Announcement: https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/YEyj6FUNbik/m/_SDlIvxuCAAJ
⬇️ Download: https://go.dev/dl/#go1.25.3
#golang
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Are you interested in state capacity, clean energy and capital markets? Come work with me at CPE! We’re hiring primarily to support our geothermal consortium work but the position will also work with me on broader energy finance. Apply ASAP!
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Are you interested in state capacity, clean energy and capital markets? Come work with me at CPE! We’re hiring primarily to support our geothermal consortium work but the position will also work with me on broader energy finance. Apply ASAP!