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isabel-atkinson.bsky.social
@isabel-atkinson.bsky.social
UK Based Economic Policy. All views my own (not necessarily my employer’s)
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After useful feedback, I should clarify: this stat refers to *an* SME and *a* large corporate. Obviously the latter are much larger.

Figures adjusted for GVA can be found here
www.gov.uk/government/p...

Still a real skew - business investment is a big company game- but not as dramatic...
November 26, 2024 at 11:13 AM
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Some eye opening radicalism exposed in this excellent column from on.ft.com/3CWLZz6 @stephenkb.bsky.social - the idea that making low wage hires more expensive is a feature, not a bug, of Labour's initial policy moves.

It's a thought so counterintuitive to most commentators that it's ignored 1/
November 26, 2024 at 10:29 AM
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This guide for integrating generative AI into your research is extremely useful. It is written for economists, but really of use to anyone doing science imo www.nber.org/papers/w3319...
Generative AI for Economic Research: LLMs Learn to Collaborate and Reason
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
November 25, 2024 at 11:08 AM
Ideal place to spend an afternoon off (despite the cold!) ☀️
November 22, 2024 at 4:58 PM