Nic Duquette
@nicduquette.bsky.social
Economist at USC Sol Price School of Public Policy. Nonprofit economics, public economics, economic history. #EconSky
Site: http://www.nicolasduquette.com
Site: http://www.nicolasduquette.com
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SocArXiv announces moratorium on AI-topic papers
In light of record submission rates and a large volume of AI-generated slop, SocArXiv recently implemented a policy requiring ORCIDs linked in the OSF profile of submitting authors, and narrowing our focus to social science subjects. Today we are taking two more steps:
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November 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
SocArXiv announces moratorium on AI-topic papers
- Taxman
- Baba O’Riley
- Race for the Prize
- This Tornado Loves You
- Hasta La Raíz
- Baba O’Riley
- Race for the Prize
- This Tornado Loves You
- Hasta La Raíz
November 27, 2025 at 12:17 AM
- Taxman
- Baba O’Riley
- Race for the Prize
- This Tornado Loves You
- Hasta La Raíz
- Baba O’Riley
- Race for the Prize
- This Tornado Loves You
- Hasta La Raíz
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there's a ~complete rough draft of Urban Analysis up on my website (as in, code executes all the way through)
knaaptime.com/urban_analysis
still lots of editing to do, but if you're into cities, Python, or spatial analysis, give it a look and let me know what's wrong :)
knaaptime.com/urban_analysis
still lots of editing to do, but if you're into cities, Python, or spatial analysis, give it a look and let me know what's wrong :)
June 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
there's a ~complete rough draft of Urban Analysis up on my website (as in, code executes all the way through)
knaaptime.com/urban_analysis
still lots of editing to do, but if you're into cities, Python, or spatial analysis, give it a look and let me know what's wrong :)
knaaptime.com/urban_analysis
still lots of editing to do, but if you're into cities, Python, or spatial analysis, give it a look and let me know what's wrong :)
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Social media is so completely unserious and irrelevant. Anyone still unironically thinking there is a canonically correct way to exist online is full of shit.
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Social media is so completely unserious and irrelevant. Anyone still unironically thinking there is a canonically correct way to exist online is full of shit.
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1. The stablisation of CIT rates is continuing. Each year for the past several years I continue to ask myself whether the stablisation is a brief anomaly before the race to the bottom recommences. So far that is not the case, with rates even rising modestly within the OECD. 2/
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 PM
1. The stablisation of CIT rates is continuing. Each year for the past several years I continue to ask myself whether the stablisation is a brief anomaly before the race to the bottom recommences. So far that is not the case, with rates even rising modestly within the OECD. 2/
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Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
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Someone (Rubio?) is MEGA pissed at the Ukraine peace plan situation if they leaked a full on *recording* of this Witkoff call (with transcript, lol).
November 25, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Someone (Rubio?) is MEGA pissed at the Ukraine peace plan situation if they leaked a full on *recording* of this Witkoff call (with transcript, lol).
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CHOTINER: let me follow up on that point. You're saying you 'ran out of batteries' just as a very loud toy that you find extremely annoying needed new ones?
ME: OK, I see where this is going, and if I can just —
CHOTINER: because I think we can all agree the timing is a little suspect, right?
ME: OK, I see where this is going, and if I can just —
CHOTINER: because I think we can all agree the timing is a little suspect, right?
CHOTINER: so it’s your assertion that YouTube kids doesn’t work after dark?
ME: that’s correct
CHOTINER: interesting
ME: that’s correct
CHOTINER: interesting
November 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
CHOTINER: let me follow up on that point. You're saying you 'ran out of batteries' just as a very loud toy that you find extremely annoying needed new ones?
ME: OK, I see where this is going, and if I can just —
CHOTINER: because I think we can all agree the timing is a little suspect, right?
ME: OK, I see where this is going, and if I can just —
CHOTINER: because I think we can all agree the timing is a little suspect, right?
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Interesting that case shiller and the median sale price continue their post-COVID divergence.
The same home is selling for more but cheaper homes are selling (maybe continued trend to cheaper suburbs / exurbs post remote work?)
The same home is selling for more but cheaper homes are selling (maybe continued trend to cheaper suburbs / exurbs post remote work?)
November 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Interesting that case shiller and the median sale price continue their post-COVID divergence.
The same home is selling for more but cheaper homes are selling (maybe continued trend to cheaper suburbs / exurbs post remote work?)
The same home is selling for more but cheaper homes are selling (maybe continued trend to cheaper suburbs / exurbs post remote work?)
I cackled
I am the only one of my generation privy to my gramma’s legendary mashed potato recipe. No one knows this. If I used my real name on Bsky I would not post this. However.
November 25, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I cackled
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My aunt who famously can’t cook tried to make a pumpkin pie. She didn’t know what cloves were, so she put garlic cloves in it. Whole.
November 24, 2025 at 11:59 PM
My aunt who famously can’t cook tried to make a pumpkin pie. She didn’t know what cloves were, so she put garlic cloves in it. Whole.
Next wave of cheating will be smart glasses that look at your pen and paper exam, send it to the cloud, and then whispers the answer in your ear
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Next wave of cheating will be smart glasses that look at your pen and paper exam, send it to the cloud, and then whispers the answer in your ear
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As we all wait for Callais to come down, our piece showing that Shelby County increased the racial turnout gap in most of the covered parts of the country has cleared the replication check and is incoming at JOP.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
November 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
As we all wait for Callais to come down, our piece showing that Shelby County increased the racial turnout gap in most of the covered parts of the country has cleared the replication check and is incoming at JOP.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.
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Update on the state of the job market courtesy of a nudge by @gottliebecon.bsky.social
It's bad!
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It's bad!
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Economics Job Market Update: November 2025 - A Historic Low
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November 24, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Update on the state of the job market courtesy of a nudge by @gottliebecon.bsky.social
It's bad!
paulgp.com/2025/11/24/j...
It's bad!
paulgp.com/2025/11/24/j...
Only a tech billionaire would call their mansion “Xanadu 2.0” when they could instead call it “Xanadeux”
www.omnihomeideas.com/design/celeb...
www.omnihomeideas.com/design/celeb...
Bill Gates' Xanadu 2.0: Inside the Tech Mogul's Futuristic Mansion
Explore Bill Gates' $127 million mansion, Xanadu 2.0. Discover its sustainable design, tech innovations, and unique features.
www.omnihomeideas.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Only a tech billionaire would call their mansion “Xanadu 2.0” when they could instead call it “Xanadeux”
www.omnihomeideas.com/design/celeb...
www.omnihomeideas.com/design/celeb...
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ICYMI: New paper for causal effects with panel data, subsuming other approaches. We generate realistic synthetic data based on commonly studied datasets, showing our method substantially outperforms others and providing insight about what in the data-generating process corresponds to gains.
New paper: Triply Robust Panel Estimators (TROP) by @susanathey.bsky.social @guidoimbens.bsky.social Zhaonan Qu @vivianodavide.bsky.social.
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.21536
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.21536
November 23, 2025 at 10:39 PM
ICYMI: New paper for causal effects with panel data, subsuming other approaches. We generate realistic synthetic data based on commonly studied datasets, showing our method substantially outperforms others and providing insight about what in the data-generating process corresponds to gains.
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Looking forward to the next iteration of this work, “F- it, we’re doing four robustnesses.”
New paper: Triply Robust Panel Estimators (TROP) by @susanathey.bsky.social @guidoimbens.bsky.social Zhaonan Qu @vivianodavide.bsky.social.
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.21536
arxiv.org/pdf/2508.21536
November 23, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Looking forward to the next iteration of this work, “F- it, we’re doing four robustnesses.”
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"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
"The humanities really are a resource — a confidence for living in our times.” Dean Sara Guyer on the modern utility of humanities degrees
This interview originally appeared on the Division of Arts
bit.ly
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 PM
"While other universities report that the humanities are shrinking, at Berkeley, the opposite is true. The music major is the fastest-growing major on campus. We are finding bigger classrooms because film is exploding. English is back to the numbers we saw 15 years ago. We are hiring" bit.ly/4ohKuOe
UCSD report is shocking. If top college students can’t do basic math, how will USA train the engineers to build cutting edge AI that also can’t do basic math
November 22, 2025 at 3:09 PM
UCSD report is shocking. If top college students can’t do basic math, how will USA train the engineers to build cutting edge AI that also can’t do basic math
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Chicago Pope!
He said "Amen" straight into the drop
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
Lmao Pope Leo threw a rave for an archbishop's 75th birthday this is kind of incredible
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Chicago Pope!
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imagine walking down the beach and seeing jesus carrying some guy
November 22, 2025 at 1:04 AM
imagine walking down the beach and seeing jesus carrying some guy