Venti Ventura
@venti-ventura.bsky.social
The difficult we do immediately. The impossible takes a little bit longer.' | Harvard MPA/ID 2024 | UPD Econ 2018
Glory to the economists
April 29, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Glory to the economists
The American Catholic Church gonna get schism'd so hard
Vice President JD Vance has met with senior Vatican officials for talks that follow sharp criticism by Pope Francis of the Trump administration’s immigration policy.
The Vatican said that an “exchange of opinions” took place concerning migrants, refugees, and prisoners: cnn.it/3GfOLBr
The Vatican said that an “exchange of opinions” took place concerning migrants, refugees, and prisoners: cnn.it/3GfOLBr
Vance, Vatican officials engage in ‘exchange of opinions’ over migrants | CNN
US Vice President JD Vance met senior Vatican officials on Saturday for talks that follow sharp criticism by Pope Francis of the Trump administration’s immigration policy.
cnn.it
April 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The American Catholic Church gonna get schism'd so hard
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Nando's has a 32,000 piece collection of South African art that it displays in its restaurants around the world.
It's rare to find such a positive corporate story, but the artists I spoke to who sell work every few months to the chain said it was a big reason they could be full-time artists
It's rare to find such a positive corporate story, but the artists I spoke to who sell work every few months to the chain said it was a big reason they could be full-time artists
Peri-peri patron: how Nando’s amassed a huge collection of South African art
Chicken chain has been buying up art since 2004, which it displays on walls of its restaurants
www.theguardian.com
April 19, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Nando's has a 32,000 piece collection of South African art that it displays in its restaurants around the world.
It's rare to find such a positive corporate story, but the artists I spoke to who sell work every few months to the chain said it was a big reason they could be full-time artists
It's rare to find such a positive corporate story, but the artists I spoke to who sell work every few months to the chain said it was a big reason they could be full-time artists
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New: Google was found by a federal judge to have illegally monopolized some online advertising technology markets in a blow to a key part of the company’s business
Google Partially Loses US Advertising Tech Antitrust Case
Google was found by a federal judge to have illegally monopolized some online advertising technology markets in a blow to a key part of the company’s business.
www.bloomberg.com
April 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
New: Google was found by a federal judge to have illegally monopolized some online advertising technology markets in a blow to a key part of the company’s business
The literature, it is too much
April 10, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The literature, it is too much
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today we will all read imbens 2021 on statistical significance and p values, which is a strong contender for having the best opening paragraph of any stats paper
pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
April 6, 2025 at 2:05 AM
today we will all read imbens 2021 on statistical significance and p values, which is a strong contender for having the best opening paragraph of any stats paper
pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
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Glad to announce publication of my article (joint with @walterscheidel.bsky.social and Michele Bolla), "A comparison of income inequality in the Roman and Chinese Han empires". @naturecomms.bsky.social #RomanEmpire
The article is in open access - take a look!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The article is in open access - take a look!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A comparison of income inequality in the Roman and Chinese Han empires - Nature Communications
The authors estimate income inequality in the Roman Empire and the Chinese Han Empire. They find that the Han Empire was, overall, more unequal and extractive than the Roman Empire, with the respectiv...
www.nature.com
April 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Glad to announce publication of my article (joint with @walterscheidel.bsky.social and Michele Bolla), "A comparison of income inequality in the Roman and Chinese Han empires". @naturecomms.bsky.social #RomanEmpire
The article is in open access - take a look!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The article is in open access - take a look!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Perhaps Trump is secretly a degrowther.
April 5, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Perhaps Trump is secretly a degrowther.
We should throw in a few Greek letters and parameters into policy every now and then, just for fun
Consider: φ
Consider: φ
As President Trump unfurled his list of tariffs targeting most of America's trading partners, he claimed each nation's rate was reciprocal, reflecting long-standing trade barriers to U.S. goods. But how are Trump's tariff rates calculated?
How Are Trump’s Tariff Rates Calculated?
The answer appears to begin with the total trade deficit America runs with its trading partners.
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 4:07 AM
We should throw in a few Greek letters and parameters into policy every now and then, just for fun
Consider: φ
Consider: φ
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Good morning. Donald Trump was a 10-year study conducted by Harvard University to design a policy platform opposed by 100% of economists. We have now reached the successful conclusion of that study. Thank you for your time.
April 3, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Good morning. Donald Trump was a 10-year study conducted by Harvard University to design a policy platform opposed by 100% of economists. We have now reached the successful conclusion of that study. Thank you for your time.
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Markets are generally efficient, but that’s not much help when market participants are really dumb
in fairness to the market no one could have guessed that a nearly 80 year-old ex-President with a messianic self-certainty and the hyperfixation of a toddler would enact a policy he spent each and every day of a two-year campaign promising to enact!
CNBC reacts right after Trump's "Liberation Day" tariff announcement: "And the market reaction after hours -- I’ve never seen anything like it. This -- I think, fair to say -- is worse than the worst-case scenario of the tariffs that many in the market expected the president to impose."
April 2, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Markets are generally efficient, but that’s not much help when market participants are really dumb
i love tariffs, i love making everyone's lives more expensive
james surowiecki has discovered where the completely fabricated trump tariff rate has come from for each country
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
"...for every country, they just took our trade deficit with that country and divided it by the country's exports to us."
April 3, 2025 at 12:12 AM
i love tariffs, i love making everyone's lives more expensive
Macron "Young Jupiter" moment
🇫🇷‼️ Marine Le pen banned from seeking election with immediate effect but length of ban still to be announced
🇫🇷‼️ Le Pen & 8 other Far Right politicians have just been found guilty by a Paris court of embezzling money from 🇪🇺 by employing fake assistants in European Parliament up to 2017. This was expected. The penalties, including a possible ban from electoral politics for Le Pen, will be announced shortly
March 31, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Macron "Young Jupiter" moment
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This is a reminder that you can oppose 1) antisemitism, 2) the Gaza genocide, 3) the October 7 attacks, and 4) the current assault on universities, at the same time, and with no contradiction.
March 30, 2025 at 12:26 AM
This is a reminder that you can oppose 1) antisemitism, 2) the Gaza genocide, 3) the October 7 attacks, and 4) the current assault on universities, at the same time, and with no contradiction.
Lol, lmao
Katrina Armstrong, interim president of Columbia University, is stepping down, the school said in an announcement.
Columbia University Interim President Katrina Armstrong steps down | CNN
Katrina Armstrong, interim president of Columbia University, is stepping down, the school said in an announcement Friday.
cnn.it
March 29, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Lol, lmao
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Notably missing: Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia. Kind of mindblowing to me given what the substance of this letter is: "government should not retaliate against law firms"
Dean Chemerinsky and other #lawschool deans "speak as legal educators, responsible for training the next generation of lawyers, in condemning any government efforts to punish lawyers or their firms based on the identity of their clients or for their zealous lawful and ethical advocacy."
March 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Notably missing: Harvard, Yale, Stanford, Columbia. Kind of mindblowing to me given what the substance of this letter is: "government should not retaliate against law firms"
Thank God that Richard Heydarian is not active here in Bluesky, his self-aggrandizement must be limited
March 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Thank God that Richard Heydarian is not active here in Bluesky, his self-aggrandizement must be limited
I do not want the epithet "the Donald Trump of Asia" being used to described Duterte. He was elected before Trump, and he promised an unapologetic campaign of murder. Duterte is uniquely terrible, and it serves no one to flatten the comparison
March 12, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I do not want the epithet "the Donald Trump of Asia" being used to described Duterte. He was elected before Trump, and he promised an unapologetic campaign of murder. Duterte is uniquely terrible, and it serves no one to flatten the comparison
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China’s birth rate is falling, and cats and dogs are reaping the benefits.
As China’s Birth Rate Drops, Pampered Pets Reap the Benefits
With furry friends on track to outnumber toddlers 2 to 1 by 2030, the mainland is developing a $49 billion pet economy.
www.bloomberg.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:47 AM
China’s birth rate is falling, and cats and dogs are reaping the benefits.
After a decade of the consequences of his bloodlust
BREAKING: Philippines says former President Rodrigo Duterte has been arrested after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
March 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
After a decade of the consequences of his bloodlust
Send his ass to jail, God
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he’s ready to go to jail should the International Criminal Court order his arrest over his policies to suppress drug trade.
Duterte Says He’s Ready to Go to Prison Amid Talk of ICC Arrest
Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he’s ready to go to jail should the International Criminal Court order his arrest over his policies to suppress drug trade.
www.bloomberg.com
March 10, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Send his ass to jail, God
Damn, no one wants to consume anymore
China’s consumer inflation dropped below zero for the first time in 13 months, a reading skewed by seasonal distortions but a reminder of persistent deflationary pressures in the economy.
China Consumer Inflation Drops Below Zero for First Time in Year
China’s consumer inflation dropped below zero for the first time in 13 months, a reading skewed by seasonal distortions but also a reminder of persistent deflationary pressures in the economy.
www.bloomberg.com
March 9, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Damn, no one wants to consume anymore
Just an asinine waste of money
JUST IN: President Trump established a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve via executive order, according to a social media post by White House crypto czar David Sacks. cnn.it/41MqsTK
March 7, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Just an asinine waste of money
Oh they EVIL evil
President Trump is preparing to sign an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education.
Trump preparing to sign order to dismantle Education Department | CNN Politics
The president could sign the order as early as Thursday. He would need support from Congress to get it done.
www.cnn.com
March 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Oh they EVIL evil
But how will the libs be owned now
Breaking: Trump is considering exempting certain agricultural products from tariffs imposed on Canada and Mexico
Trump Weighs Agriculture Carveouts From Canada, Mexico Tariffs
President Donald Trump is considering exempting certain agricultural products from tariffs imposed on Canada and Mexico, the latest move by the administration on Wednesday to offer relief to certain s...
www.bloomberg.com
March 5, 2025 at 11:36 PM
But how will the libs be owned now