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Nice layout of the issues & takeaways below. To note: the re-analysis is being cited in the media as saying that the contested article "informed policy" at the World Bank. The only supporting citation is a technical WB working paper published in 2021. The contested paper was published in ... 2024.
Major climate-GDP study under review after facing challenge, but the correction did not alter overall policy implications, says UC Davis economist @climatefran.bsky.social
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f24.my/BMCm.X
@afp.com via @france24.com
Major climate-GDP study under review after facing challenge
A blockbuster study published in top science journal Nature last year warned that unchecked climate change could slash global GDP by a staggering 62 percent by century's end, setting off alarm bells…
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August 7, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Nice layout of the issues & takeaways below. To note: the re-analysis is being cited in the media as saying that the contested article "informed policy" at the World Bank. The only supporting citation is a technical WB working paper published in 2021. The contested paper was published in ... 2024.
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This is such an obvious assault on science. Like the peer-reviewed process is flawless and methane comes from 'Sudanese Wetlands'
There are 6-7 separate reports which say the same thing, incl. the Swiss Re report (2021) which predicted 18% GDP reduction (couched), but did not include tipping points
There are 6-7 separate reports which say the same thing, incl. the Swiss Re report (2021) which predicted 18% GDP reduction (couched), but did not include tipping points
Major climate-GDP study under review after facing challenge, but the correction did not alter overall policy implications, says UC Davis economist @climatefran.bsky.social
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f24.my/BMCm.X
@afp.com via @france24.com
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f24.my/BMCm.X
@afp.com via @france24.com
Major climate-GDP study under review after facing challenge
A blockbuster study published in top science journal Nature last year warned that unchecked climate change could slash global GDP by a staggering 62 percent by century's end, setting off alarm bells…
f24.my
August 7, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This is such an obvious assault on science. Like the peer-reviewed process is flawless and methane comes from 'Sudanese Wetlands'
There are 6-7 separate reports which say the same thing, incl. the Swiss Re report (2021) which predicted 18% GDP reduction (couched), but did not include tipping points
There are 6-7 separate reports which say the same thing, incl. the Swiss Re report (2021) which predicted 18% GDP reduction (couched), but did not include tipping points
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Latest reading: "Melt Down" by Duncan Mavin. The story of how Credit Suisse got to the point where it suddenly collapsed. Crazy amount of scandals and incompetence squeezed into this book.
May 29, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Latest reading: "Melt Down" by Duncan Mavin. The story of how Credit Suisse got to the point where it suddenly collapsed. Crazy amount of scandals and incompetence squeezed into this book.
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No one has ever LinkedIn this hard.
I am CRINE.
I am CRINE.
May 21, 2025 at 12:40 PM
No one has ever LinkedIn this hard.
I am CRINE.
I am CRINE.
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This is Japan's yield curve way back to 2000: (i) the BoJ policy rate (white); (ii) the 10-year JGB yield (orange); (iii) the 30-year JGB yield. A country with debt-to-GDP of 240% obviously shouldn't have long-term yields near zero. We're finding out how high yields need to go. Price discovery...
May 21, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This is Japan's yield curve way back to 2000: (i) the BoJ policy rate (white); (ii) the 10-year JGB yield (orange); (iii) the 30-year JGB yield. A country with debt-to-GDP of 240% obviously shouldn't have long-term yields near zero. We're finding out how high yields need to go. Price discovery...
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Sometimes, the road to hell is paved with bad intentions
February 27, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Sometimes, the road to hell is paved with bad intentions
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The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.
February 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The first measles death in the US in a decade -- the tragic, preventable death of a child whose parents chose not to protect them with vaccination -- should spark an immediate nation-wide campaign to ensure all children are protected against preventable diseases. Anything less is unconscionable.
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“We have measles outbreaks every year," Trump's health secretary said when asked about the death, which is the nation's first in a decade.
RFK Jr. Dismisses Measles Outbreak As ‘Not Unusual’ After Child's Death
“We have measles outbreaks every year," Trump's health secretary said when asked about the death, which is the nation's first in a decade.
www.huffpost.com
February 26, 2025 at 8:37 PM
“We have measles outbreaks every year," Trump's health secretary said when asked about the death, which is the nation's first in a decade.
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FDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's shots www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
FDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's shots
The canceled meeting comes just days after a CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting was abruptly postponed.
www.nbcnews.com
February 27, 2025 at 5:07 AM
FDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's shots www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
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My new book AIR-BORNE comes out February 25. Scientific American calls it "astonishing." You can pre-order it here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/724793...
January 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
My new book AIR-BORNE comes out February 25. Scientific American calls it "astonishing." You can pre-order it here: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/724793...
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"Free trade is perhaps the closest thing to a universally held value among economists."
The problem is not that "free trade" is in fact a bad thing. It is that most economists don't seem to have a sense of what "free trade" actually looks like.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/b...
"Free trade is perhaps the closest thing to a universally held value among economists."
The problem is not that "free trade" is in fact a bad thing. It is that most economists don't seem to have a sense of what "free trade" actually looks like.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/b...
Economists Are in the Wilderness. Can They Find a Way Back to Influence?
Economists have long helped to shape policy on issues like taxes and health care. But flawed forecasts and arcane language have cost them credibility.
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2025 at 5:34 AM
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"Free trade is perhaps the closest thing to a universally held value among economists."
The problem is not that "free trade" is in fact a bad thing. It is that most economists don't seem to have a sense of what "free trade" actually looks like.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/b...
"Free trade is perhaps the closest thing to a universally held value among economists."
The problem is not that "free trade" is in fact a bad thing. It is that most economists don't seem to have a sense of what "free trade" actually looks like.
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/b...
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Normal people buying cereal: "I want to try this new stuff"
Normal people buying cereal as modeled by IO economists:
Normal people buying cereal as modeled by IO economists:
November 24, 2024 at 11:41 PM
Normal people buying cereal: "I want to try this new stuff"
Normal people buying cereal as modeled by IO economists:
Normal people buying cereal as modeled by IO economists:
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Applied microeconomist finally figuring out their primary field after 7 years of grad school:
November 26, 2024 at 2:46 PM
Applied microeconomist finally figuring out their primary field after 7 years of grad school: