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Jason Fletcher
@jasonmfletcher.bsky.social
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Professor of Public Affairs at University of Wisconsin. Health Economics, Social Genomics, Networks. Views my own.

https://fletcher.lafollette.wisc.edu

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Jason Fletcher @jasonmfletcher.bsky.social · Dec 22
I wrote a joint book review on three longevity books, posted here. I viewed each book as a different bait-and-switch move. What do you think--do we have any silver bullets for longevity right now?
Who is we? Of mice and men in longevity science | Book Reviews
The re-election of Donald Trump to the US presidency this year has brought focus on pseudoscience in healthcare and the search for ‘silver bullets’ in health and longevity research. Jason Fletcher …
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · Oct 13
In 2018, Eric Turkheimer took a bet with Charles Murray, who said that by 2025, the genetics of intelligence would be basically understood. Turkheimer knew otherwise. “I am here to declare that I was more right,” Turkheimer writes.
Your Genes Are Simply Not Enough to Explain How Smart You Are
Seven years ago, I took a bet with Charles Murray about whether we’d basically understand the genetics of intelligence by now.
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Jiaxin Shi @jiaxinshi.bsky.social · Sep 4
The first paper from my postdoc is now live. I learnt a lot from my mentor/coauthor @jasonmfletcher.bsky.social in this and our other projects.

Full article: Trend breaks in life expectancy in the United States over 120 years and potential sources of future gains www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Trend breaks in life expectancy in the United States over 120 years and potential sources of future gains
Research indicates a significant slowdown in life expectancy growth in the United States (US) post 2010, marking a departure from the consistent progress in longevity throughout the twentieth centu...
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casey wichman @cjwich.bsky.social · Aug 6
Yo #econsky, we're hiring a new Chair for the School of Economics at Georgia Tech (we always do external searches). Come steer the ship!

We have a great, vibrant group of applied micro faculty and students (enviro, health, dev, trade) + metrics + theory.

www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · May 20
My quote of the day

My dad used to say: “Don't tell me what you value. Show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value."

Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

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Dan de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · May 14
A key idea we develop: *causal theories* can imply *descriptive research questions*.

Consider a simple theory: A -> B. Given these two theoretically relevant objects (A and B), we can articulate numerous research questions.

We build a "ladder" of research questions, some causal, some descriptive.

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Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, Oxford University @oxforddemsci.bsky.social · May 8
👶 Do early life conditions shape how long/well we live?
Find out w/ @Jasonmfletcher.bsky.social (UW-Madison):
🗓️ 27 May | 🕑 2–3:30pm | @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Oxford
👉https://www.demography.ox.ac.uk/news/jason-fletcher-gives-lcds-seminar-moving-forward-looking-back-new-evidence-early-life-shapes