Wafa Hakim Orman
@wafa1024.bsky.social
Labor & behavioral economist, economics of religion, Associate Dean at www.uah.edu/business.
Reposted by Wafa Hakim Orman
Era of U.S. dollar may be winding down news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Economist Kenneth Rogoff’s new book entwines currency’s ascension, his own experiences, and looks at what looms ahead
Economist Kenneth Rogoff’s new book entwines currency’s ascension, his own experiences, and looks at what looms ahead
Era of U.S. dollar may be winding down— Harvard Gazette
Economist Kenneth Rogoff’s new book entwines currency’s ascension, his own experiences, and looks at what looms ahead.
news.harvard.edu
May 10, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Era of U.S. dollar may be winding down news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Economist Kenneth Rogoff’s new book entwines currency’s ascension, his own experiences, and looks at what looms ahead
Economist Kenneth Rogoff’s new book entwines currency’s ascension, his own experiences, and looks at what looms ahead
Reposted by Wafa Hakim Orman
“You can’t find a more exciting historical story.” 250 years after Paul Revere’s famous midnight ride, we followed the 16-mile route and spoke to people who felt a sense of wonder about that April night. nyti.ms/4cPQeun
April 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
“You can’t find a more exciting historical story.” 250 years after Paul Revere’s famous midnight ride, we followed the 16-mile route and spoke to people who felt a sense of wonder about that April night. nyti.ms/4cPQeun
Reposted by Wafa Hakim Orman
Incredible moment when Israel's occupation, Israel's apartheid, and Israel's destruction of Gaza are called out at the Oscars!
March 3, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Incredible moment when Israel's occupation, Israel's apartheid, and Israel's destruction of Gaza are called out at the Oscars!
Reposted by Wafa Hakim Orman
In the memorable words of Kalyug's 'Chanakya'... "Aap Chronology Samajhiye".
January 24, 2025 at 2:29 AM
In the memorable words of Kalyug's 'Chanakya'... "Aap Chronology Samajhiye".
Reposted by Wafa Hakim Orman
Reposted by Wafa Hakim Orman
The new government of Syria:
December 16, 2024 at 1:59 PM
The new government of Syria:
Reposted by Wafa Hakim Orman
Assad Returns To Ophthalmology At Moscow LensCrafters
Assad Returns To Ophthalmology At Moscow LensCrafters
MOSCOW—Just days after rebels seized Damascus, deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad reportedly returned to practicing ophthalmology at a Moscow LensCrafters, sources confirmed Tuesday. “Which one ...
theonion.com
December 15, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Assad Returns To Ophthalmology At Moscow LensCrafters
Reposted by Wafa Hakim Orman
Reposted by Wafa Hakim Orman
These high provider costs are what "abundance agenda" in healthcare could tackle:
• Create more doctors, remove BA requirements, start people in med school at age 18, and create more residency slots
• Lift certificate of need rules, more hospitals
• Lower reimbursements
x.com/dylanmatt/st...
• Create more doctors, remove BA requirements, start people in med school at age 18, and create more residency slots
• Lift certificate of need rules, more hospitals
• Lower reimbursements
x.com/dylanmatt/st...
December 5, 2024 at 10:48 PM
These high provider costs are what "abundance agenda" in healthcare could tackle:
• Create more doctors, remove BA requirements, start people in med school at age 18, and create more residency slots
• Lift certificate of need rules, more hospitals
• Lower reimbursements
x.com/dylanmatt/st...
• Create more doctors, remove BA requirements, start people in med school at age 18, and create more residency slots
• Lift certificate of need rules, more hospitals
• Lower reimbursements
x.com/dylanmatt/st...
Reposted by Wafa Hakim Orman
The suffering of the displaced...
Palestinians forced out of their shelters and homes in Beit Lahia have been sleeping on the ground and in the open for the last 2 days.
#Palestine #Gaza
Repost to remove a picture that got falsely labeled, again...
Palestinians forced out of their shelters and homes in Beit Lahia have been sleeping on the ground and in the open for the last 2 days.
#Palestine #Gaza
Repost to remove a picture that got falsely labeled, again...
December 6, 2024 at 2:13 PM
The suffering of the displaced...
Palestinians forced out of their shelters and homes in Beit Lahia have been sleeping on the ground and in the open for the last 2 days.
#Palestine #Gaza
Repost to remove a picture that got falsely labeled, again...
Palestinians forced out of their shelters and homes in Beit Lahia have been sleeping on the ground and in the open for the last 2 days.
#Palestine #Gaza
Repost to remove a picture that got falsely labeled, again...
Reposted by Wafa Hakim Orman
Bible sales are up 22% in the US thru end of October, vs same period last year, according to book tracker Circana BookScan. By contrast, total U.S. print book sales were up less than 1% in that period.
(No it's not Trump-brand bibles - they're not included in this tally)
www.wsj.com/business/med...
(No it's not Trump-brand bibles - they're not included in this tally)
www.wsj.com/business/med...
Sales of Bibles Are Booming, Fueled by First-Time Buyers and New Versions
Publishers attribute a 22% jump in Bible sales this year to rising anxiety, a search for hope, or highly focused marketing and designs.
www.wsj.com
December 2, 2024 at 2:56 AM
Bible sales are up 22% in the US thru end of October, vs same period last year, according to book tracker Circana BookScan. By contrast, total U.S. print book sales were up less than 1% in that period.
(No it's not Trump-brand bibles - they're not included in this tally)
www.wsj.com/business/med...
(No it's not Trump-brand bibles - they're not included in this tally)
www.wsj.com/business/med...
The replies are mostly a mix of (a) CVS needs to hire more staff, & (b) wages should be higher so people don't want to steal.
No-one is asking the question: how come we see this in some cities, but here in Huntsville, Ala. we can pick most things directly off the shelf and put them in our baskets?
No-one is asking the question: how come we see this in some cities, but here in Huntsville, Ala. we can pick most things directly off the shelf and put them in our baskets?
Oh look! It’s a gallery of things I must now order online because it takes 20 minutes to find the Keeper of the Deodorant Key
I get the need to safeguard from shoplifting but this CVS setup is insane.
December 1, 2024 at 3:25 AM
The replies are mostly a mix of (a) CVS needs to hire more staff, & (b) wages should be higher so people don't want to steal.
No-one is asking the question: how come we see this in some cities, but here in Huntsville, Ala. we can pick most things directly off the shelf and put them in our baskets?
No-one is asking the question: how come we see this in some cities, but here in Huntsville, Ala. we can pick most things directly off the shelf and put them in our baskets?
Reposted by Wafa Hakim Orman
"Starvation is destroying our bodies and our minds, incapacitating us. And this is the goal... and while Israel may hope that we starve in silence, we will not. The world can and must stop the starvation of Gaza."
— #AJOpinion by Nour Elassy ⤵️
— #AJOpinion by Nour Elassy ⤵️
I am starving in Gaza and I don’t believe the world can’t do anything
Israel tried to starve Gaza before and the international community reacted. Why isn’t it doing anything now?
aje.io
November 30, 2024 at 3:29 PM
"Starvation is destroying our bodies and our minds, incapacitating us. And this is the goal... and while Israel may hope that we starve in silence, we will not. The world can and must stop the starvation of Gaza."
— #AJOpinion by Nour Elassy ⤵️
— #AJOpinion by Nour Elassy ⤵️
Reposted by Wafa Hakim Orman
When universities hire chief diversity officers, it has *no effect* on the diversity of faculty or university administrator hires.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
November 28, 2024 at 1:54 AM
When universities hire chief diversity officers, it has *no effect* on the diversity of faculty or university administrator hires.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Wafa Hakim Orman
Please help me spread the word about this amazing two-year pre-doc opportunity. Research with faculty is optional. Get paid to take classes that prepare you for PhD. Deadline 11/15: stern.nyu.edu/programs-adm...
Pre-Doctoral Program - NYU SternArtboard 1Artboard 1
stern.nyu.edu
November 26, 2024 at 1:38 PM
Please help me spread the word about this amazing two-year pre-doc opportunity. Research with faculty is optional. Get paid to take classes that prepare you for PhD. Deadline 11/15: stern.nyu.edu/programs-adm...
Reposted by Wafa Hakim Orman
Probably the best one item summary you’ll see
November 26, 2024 at 1:49 PM
Probably the best one item summary you’ll see
Reposted by Wafa Hakim Orman
New NBER paper on how to use LLMs in your research: www.nber.org/papers/w33198 #econsky
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 10:59 AM
New NBER paper on how to use LLMs in your research: www.nber.org/papers/w33198 #econsky
Reposted by Wafa Hakim Orman
If plagiarism is free, easy & undetectable,
What’s the incentive for students to understand theories or analyse evidence?
Given AI, how can we as academics motivate learning?
open.substack.com/pub/dralicee...
What’s the incentive for students to understand theories or analyse evidence?
Given AI, how can we as academics motivate learning?
open.substack.com/pub/dralicee...
November 24, 2024 at 6:09 PM
If plagiarism is free, easy & undetectable,
What’s the incentive for students to understand theories or analyse evidence?
Given AI, how can we as academics motivate learning?
open.substack.com/pub/dralicee...
What’s the incentive for students to understand theories or analyse evidence?
Given AI, how can we as academics motivate learning?
open.substack.com/pub/dralicee...
Reposted by Wafa Hakim Orman
best films about economics? i have lagaan, wonka (2023), seven samurai, dune, killers of the flower moon and it's a wonderful life.
November 24, 2024 at 10:44 AM
best films about economics? i have lagaan, wonka (2023), seven samurai, dune, killers of the flower moon and it's a wonderful life.
Reposted by Wafa Hakim Orman
Voicemail's funeral
November 21, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Voicemail's funeral
Reposted by Wafa Hakim Orman
“The Chamber issued warrants of arrest for two individuals, Mr Benjamin Netanyahu and Mr Yoav Gallant, for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed from at least 8 October 2023 until at least 20 May 2024”
If I speak!
www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...
If I speak!
www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...
Situation in the State of Palestine: ICC Pre-Trial Chamber I rejects the State of Israel’s challenges to jurisdiction and issues warrants of arrest for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant
Today, on 21 November 2024, Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court (‘Court’), in its composition for the Situation in the State of Palestine, unanimously issued two decisions rejectin...
www.icc-cpi.int
November 21, 2024 at 2:04 PM
“The Chamber issued warrants of arrest for two individuals, Mr Benjamin Netanyahu and Mr Yoav Gallant, for crimes against humanity and war crimes committed from at least 8 October 2023 until at least 20 May 2024”
If I speak!
www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...
If I speak!
www.icc-cpi.int/news/situati...
Reposted by Wafa Hakim Orman
Excellent piece from @nicktimiraos.bsky.social www.wsj.com/economy/infl...
How Democrats Blew It on Inflation
President Biden hadn’t even been inaugurated when he and his senior advisers made a monumental gamble in January 2021 that would reverberate through his presidency.
www.wsj.com
November 19, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Excellent piece from @nicktimiraos.bsky.social www.wsj.com/economy/infl...
Reposted by Wafa Hakim Orman
If any examiner thinks they can identify essays written by Generative AI,
That now seems rather naive..
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Personally, I have totally revised my assessments so as to test AI-complementary skills
t.co/XHJzpYDZEA
That now seems rather naive..
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Personally, I have totally revised my assessments so as to test AI-complementary skills
t.co/XHJzpYDZEA
November 17, 2024 at 3:01 PM
If any examiner thinks they can identify essays written by Generative AI,
That now seems rather naive..
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Personally, I have totally revised my assessments so as to test AI-complementary skills
t.co/XHJzpYDZEA
That now seems rather naive..
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Personally, I have totally revised my assessments so as to test AI-complementary skills
t.co/XHJzpYDZEA
This is a really interesting story of critical mass playing out in real time.
Big question:
Why not Threads? Ex ante, it seems like it should have been an obvious choice.
Is it some features that Threads lacked? Starter packs on Bluesky? The algorithms? Something else I'm overlooking?
Big question:
Why not Threads? Ex ante, it seems like it should have been an obvious choice.
Is it some features that Threads lacked? Starter packs on Bluesky? The algorithms? Something else I'm overlooking?
WOW!
More people are visiting Bluesky than Threads, even though Bluesky has far fewer users and isn’t linked to the world’s largest social network. Incredible.
Story here: www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
More people are visiting Bluesky than Threads, even though Bluesky has far fewer users and isn’t linked to the world’s largest social network. Incredible.
Story here: www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
November 17, 2024 at 2:20 PM
This is a really interesting story of critical mass playing out in real time.
Big question:
Why not Threads? Ex ante, it seems like it should have been an obvious choice.
Is it some features that Threads lacked? Starter packs on Bluesky? The algorithms? Something else I'm overlooking?
Big question:
Why not Threads? Ex ante, it seems like it should have been an obvious choice.
Is it some features that Threads lacked? Starter packs on Bluesky? The algorithms? Something else I'm overlooking?