Patrick
@patrick4872.bsky.social
Longtime lurker on the old app, now here. Liberal. Interested in economics, finance, politics, and cooking. Likes learning new things. Seed oil enthusiast.
Feel to an extent they are acting as a filter like a bachelors did decades ago for promotion tracks. Which is creating lots of annoyance with everyone.
November 12, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Feel to an extent they are acting as a filter like a bachelors did decades ago for promotion tracks. Which is creating lots of annoyance with everyone.
Somewhat true with continental Europe. The idea of attempting to use research out of microeconomics, apply it rationally for managing an organization has been around for over a century. From the better ranked schools, US and abroad, found them to be pretty bright too.
November 12, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Somewhat true with continental Europe. The idea of attempting to use research out of microeconomics, apply it rationally for managing an organization has been around for over a century. From the better ranked schools, US and abroad, found them to be pretty bright too.
Also the elephant in the room of international law amounting to weak custom and consent. “Does international law exist” is something that’s argued about by specialists, while the existence of, say, Belgian tax law isn’t.
November 12, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Also the elephant in the room of international law amounting to weak custom and consent. “Does international law exist” is something that’s argued about by specialists, while the existence of, say, Belgian tax law isn’t.
Agree, at the time it was just notable how he came under public pressure to do it though. Turnover within the party makes me lean towards it’s a possibility in the next administration.
November 12, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Agree, at the time it was just notable how he came under public pressure to do it though. Turnover within the party makes me lean towards it’s a possibility in the next administration.
It’s why I think a president ignoring the court is far more likely tbh. They are already spinning up the intellectual framework in law journals under departmentalism framework.
November 12, 2025 at 6:10 AM
It’s why I think a president ignoring the court is far more likely tbh. They are already spinning up the intellectual framework in law journals under departmentalism framework.
Exactly. Assertion presented as evidence. In all seriousness. MBAs exist all over the developed world, much of which manage to avoid distinctly American pathologies. Problem isn’t MBAs. Problem is structural to the US.
November 12, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Exactly. Assertion presented as evidence. In all seriousness. MBAs exist all over the developed world, much of which manage to avoid distinctly American pathologies. Problem isn’t MBAs. Problem is structural to the US.
Related, sort of, realization that in the event if the online communists got their revolution spreadsheets will not be abolished. I’ll just be sent off to some department in it economic planning ministry. USSR loved its spreadsheets.
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Related, sort of, realization that in the event if the online communists got their revolution spreadsheets will not be abolished. I’ll just be sent off to some department in it economic planning ministry. USSR loved its spreadsheets.
Same. Seeing it outside the context of a portfolio was odd. Personally, I’ve seen it rarely used even then. Usually on some glossy report. Daily, for me, it was usually some form of IRR.
November 12, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Same. Seeing it outside the context of a portfolio was odd. Personally, I’ve seen it rarely used even then. Usually on some glossy report. Daily, for me, it was usually some form of IRR.
No, the undergrad finance department is holding down the fort for reality based instruction while the undergrad econ major is an embarrassment disconnected from the entire field of economics.
November 12, 2025 at 5:25 AM
No, the undergrad finance department is holding down the fort for reality based instruction while the undergrad econ major is an embarrassment disconnected from the entire field of economics.
Only if you know little about what is taught. And focus only on the subjects that lack rigor, like management and marketing.
November 12, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Only if you know little about what is taught. And focus only on the subjects that lack rigor, like management and marketing.
Wasn’t an education major but remembered coming across analysis of educational practices, and it was a truly WTF moment.
November 12, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Wasn’t an education major but remembered coming across analysis of educational practices, and it was a truly WTF moment.
Many are saying. bsky.app/profile/patr...
Remarkable how their refusal to enter institutions to build cultural and political influence, causes them to essentially forfeit the debate. A debate in their favor.
November 12, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Many are saying. bsky.app/profile/patr...
Common belief, but no.
November 12, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Common belief, but no.
It seems to be a global phenomenon. End of the Cold War you see, globally, the rise of social liberalism among educated upper middle class individuals. Then they slowly, then rapidly abandon the right. It’s really depleted them on the human capital front in all sorts of ways.
November 12, 2025 at 5:07 AM
It seems to be a global phenomenon. End of the Cold War you see, globally, the rise of social liberalism among educated upper middle class individuals. Then they slowly, then rapidly abandon the right. It’s really depleted them on the human capital front in all sorts of ways.
I’ve always thought of math as a language, even though it’s not often articulated in those terms. Looks like you do as well too.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
I’ve always thought of math as a language, even though it’s not often articulated in those terms. Looks like you do as well too.
Broader, you’re getting at some really interesting points. The rise and dominance of the wealthy crank. Just vacating from civic organizations while paradoxically exalting them as the reason for their mindless anti government rhetoric.
November 12, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Broader, you’re getting at some really interesting points. The rise and dominance of the wealthy crank. Just vacating from civic organizations while paradoxically exalting them as the reason for their mindless anti government rhetoric.
Yes, which is why we are more likely to end up with a plebiscitary presidency, for a while at least.
November 12, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Yes, which is why we are more likely to end up with a plebiscitary presidency, for a while at least.
Punctuated by consultants reports. This will give us the glorious future we so want.
November 12, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Punctuated by consultants reports. This will give us the glorious future we so want.
Of all the things the retain from the new left, its anti state pathologies is not one of them. Please, let us bury the new left and right alliance that shackled the government.
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Of all the things the retain from the new left, its anti state pathologies is not one of them. Please, let us bury the new left and right alliance that shackled the government.
Remarkable how their refusal to enter institutions to build cultural and political influence, causes them to essentially forfeit the debate. A debate in their favor.
November 12, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Remarkable how their refusal to enter institutions to build cultural and political influence, causes them to essentially forfeit the debate. A debate in their favor.
Need to encourage more generationally wealthy people to be dilettantes, take up rich people hobbies like yacht racing. Not get actual jobs of any sort.
November 12, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Need to encourage more generationally wealthy people to be dilettantes, take up rich people hobbies like yacht racing. Not get actual jobs of any sort.
And that’s before you consider the quality you can get, if your willing to spend that much, from outside the US.
November 12, 2025 at 4:03 AM
And that’s before you consider the quality you can get, if your willing to spend that much, from outside the US.
The fact she is getting an extensive report on “social emotional growth” and being a wealthy VC partner makes me suspect an expensive prep school feeder pre-K. The kind of places that care about holistic admissions down the road. Incredible.
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 AM
The fact she is getting an extensive report on “social emotional growth” and being a wealthy VC partner makes me suspect an expensive prep school feeder pre-K. The kind of places that care about holistic admissions down the road. Incredible.