Manasvini Singh
@vinisingh.bsky.social
Asst Prof @CarnegieMellon • Health and Behavioral economist • Enjoy limericks, fantasy, and mezcal • also go by Vini
https://www.manasvinisingh.com/
(opinions mine)
https://www.manasvinisingh.com/
(opinions mine)
an econ JMP thread in 2025? Ah, a sight for sore eyes
👋 I'm Danielle, and I'm on the #econjobmarket this year!
Let's start with a student describing her segregated school:
"The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education"
The twist? The student is white, and her school is private.
A JMP 🧵 -->
Let's start with a student describing her segregated school:
"The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education"
The twist? The student is white, and her school is private.
A JMP 🧵 -->
November 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
an econ JMP thread in 2025? Ah, a sight for sore eyes
An incredible read.
November 8, 2025 at 9:51 PM
An incredible read.
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There are more of us than there are of them.
November 5, 2025 at 2:31 AM
There are more of us than there are of them.
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Food $500
Rent $1500
Utilities $300
Gas $150
Bribes and fascism stuff $20 trillion
Someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this, my society is dying
Rent $1500
Utilities $300
Gas $150
Bribes and fascism stuff $20 trillion
Someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this, my society is dying
October 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Food $500
Rent $1500
Utilities $300
Gas $150
Bribes and fascism stuff $20 trillion
Someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this, my society is dying
Rent $1500
Utilities $300
Gas $150
Bribes and fascism stuff $20 trillion
Someone who is good at the economy please help me budget this, my society is dying
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My vote in the 2028 D primary for POTUS will hinge almost entirely on the % of this Administration they promise to imprison
October 15, 2025 at 12:43 AM
My vote in the 2028 D primary for POTUS will hinge almost entirely on the % of this Administration they promise to imprison
I finally made the switch to R from stata, and as a fierce long-time defender of stata, I can concede that R is leagues better in almost every way.
Still, I do wish there was an easier way to diagnose merges w/o complicated code. GPT hasn't helped, and joyn doesn't seem to do it right. Any advice?
Still, I do wish there was an easier way to diagnose merges w/o complicated code. GPT hasn't helped, and joyn doesn't seem to do it right. Any advice?
October 13, 2025 at 10:02 PM
I finally made the switch to R from stata, and as a fierce long-time defender of stata, I can concede that R is leagues better in almost every way.
Still, I do wish there was an easier way to diagnose merges w/o complicated code. GPT hasn't helped, and joyn doesn't seem to do it right. Any advice?
Still, I do wish there was an easier way to diagnose merges w/o complicated code. GPT hasn't helped, and joyn doesn't seem to do it right. Any advice?
Crying (complimentary)
a new mRNA therapy apparently can cut the rate of Huntington's disease progression by ~75%. yet more miracle shit www.bbc.com/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.com
September 24, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Crying (complimentary)
JDM folk: please submit :)
Excited to announce our amazing lineup of speakers for the 2026 JDM preconference at SPSP!
Conference date: Feb 26th
Location: Chicago
Deadline to apply: Oct 23rd.
Application link: spsp.wufoo.com/forms/2026-p...
cc: @sdellavi.bsky.social, @hirshmansam.bsky.social, @vinisingh.bsky.social
Conference date: Feb 26th
Location: Chicago
Deadline to apply: Oct 23rd.
Application link: spsp.wufoo.com/forms/2026-p...
cc: @sdellavi.bsky.social, @hirshmansam.bsky.social, @vinisingh.bsky.social
September 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
JDM folk: please submit :)
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A woman protesting outside the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, was brutally assaulted by goons who used mace and sting balls on her.
September 20, 2025 at 12:45 AM
A woman protesting outside the ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, was brutally assaulted by goons who used mace and sting balls on her.
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so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining
September 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining
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New The Effect materials today: introductions to basic coding and data manipulation in R, Stata, and Python. Get the wheels turning on using these languages with data with these intro pages and exercises:
nickchk.com/Coding%20and...
nickchk.com/Coding%20and...
nickchk.com/Coding%20and...
nickchk.com/Coding%20and...
nickchk.com/Coding%20and...
nickchk.com/Coding%20and...
Introduction to Working with Data: R Version
nickchk.com
September 5, 2025 at 8:29 PM
New The Effect materials today: introductions to basic coding and data manipulation in R, Stata, and Python. Get the wheels turning on using these languages with data with these intro pages and exercises:
nickchk.com/Coding%20and...
nickchk.com/Coding%20and...
nickchk.com/Coding%20and...
nickchk.com/Coding%20and...
nickchk.com/Coding%20and...
nickchk.com/Coding%20and...
For those still complaining -- in this day and age! -- about tables/figures at the end of the paper because it's a "hassle to scroll up and down", here's a tip.
If you click on a link on a page (e.g. to a fig/table), you can return instantly to that page by:
Preview: ⌘ + [
Adobe: ⌘ + left arrow
If you click on a link on a page (e.g. to a fig/table), you can return instantly to that page by:
Preview: ⌘ + [
Adobe: ⌘ + left arrow
August 31, 2025 at 7:55 PM
For those still complaining -- in this day and age! -- about tables/figures at the end of the paper because it's a "hassle to scroll up and down", here's a tip.
If you click on a link on a page (e.g. to a fig/table), you can return instantly to that page by:
Preview: ⌘ + [
Adobe: ⌘ + left arrow
If you click on a link on a page (e.g. to a fig/table), you can return instantly to that page by:
Preview: ⌘ + [
Adobe: ⌘ + left arrow
*leans in to make sure #17 is really what it says*
August 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
*leans in to make sure #17 is really what it says*
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‘My position on OpenAI has hardened in recent months, as they have themselves recognized that their only path to profitability is to follow the models of…Meta (Facebook) & Alphabet (Google) by creating dependency and/or addiction for an entire generation’.
Always read @mattseybold.bsky.social
Always read @mattseybold.bsky.social
“The logical conclusion of a technofeudal oligarchy combining forces with an authoritarian political movement is compulsory enrollment in the security state’s platform architecture of surveillance, indoctrination, and behavioral modification.”
Against Technofeudal Education
Pillars For Protecting Our "Core Infrastructure" From OpenAI
theamericanvandal.substack.com
July 22, 2025 at 8:27 PM
‘My position on OpenAI has hardened in recent months, as they have themselves recognized that their only path to profitability is to follow the models of…Meta (Facebook) & Alphabet (Google) by creating dependency and/or addiction for an entire generation’.
Always read @mattseybold.bsky.social
Always read @mattseybold.bsky.social
2020: Thank god for healthcare workers, we would be dead without you
2025: Thank god for lawyers, we would be dead without you
2025: Thank god for lawyers, we would be dead without you
June 30, 2025 at 10:11 PM
2020: Thank god for healthcare workers, we would be dead without you
2025: Thank god for lawyers, we would be dead without you
2025: Thank god for lawyers, we would be dead without you
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Trying to identify opioids and other drugs in pharmacy data (claims, PDMP, etc.)? Use my code to quickly build a list of national drug codes (NDCs) using the free public database RxNorm.
I wrote this code to replace the CDC's now-discontinued opioid NDC dataset.
github.com/asacarny/dru...
I wrote this code to replace the CDC's now-discontinued opioid NDC dataset.
github.com/asacarny/dru...
GitHub - asacarny/drug-ndc-rxnorm: Code to create a list of NDCs (National Drug Codes) for opioids, benzodiazepines, and other related drugs using RxNorm
Code to create a list of NDCs (National Drug Codes) for opioids, benzodiazepines, and other related drugs using RxNorm - asacarny/drug-ndc-rxnorm
github.com
June 30, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Trying to identify opioids and other drugs in pharmacy data (claims, PDMP, etc.)? Use my code to quickly build a list of national drug codes (NDCs) using the free public database RxNorm.
I wrote this code to replace the CDC's now-discontinued opioid NDC dataset.
github.com/asacarny/dru...
I wrote this code to replace the CDC's now-discontinued opioid NDC dataset.
github.com/asacarny/dru...
What ... is this ... peculiar stirring ... within mine breast .... could it be -- aye -- hope?!
wait, is a Good Political Thing really happening???
June 25, 2025 at 4:34 PM
What ... is this ... peculiar stirring ... within mine breast .... could it be -- aye -- hope?!
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The Republican Party has fully embraced fascism and destroyed American democracy. But some Democrats still say Latinx. I have never felt more politically homeless.
June 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
The Republican Party has fully embraced fascism and destroyed American democracy. But some Democrats still say Latinx. I have never felt more politically homeless.
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New piece! Media coverage of Kilmar Abrego Garcia hurt Trump, not Democrats. An actually data-driven analysis of some stale conventional wisdom.
Alt title: Matt Yglesias is wrong about Democrats and Abrego Garcia🧵
Alt title: Matt Yglesias is wrong about Democrats and Abrego Garcia🧵
Media coverage of Kilmar Abrego Garcia hurt Trump, not Democrats
Public opinion on immigration has shifted — and pundits need to catch up
www.gelliottmorris.com
June 5, 2025 at 12:05 PM
New piece! Media coverage of Kilmar Abrego Garcia hurt Trump, not Democrats. An actually data-driven analysis of some stale conventional wisdom.
Alt title: Matt Yglesias is wrong about Democrats and Abrego Garcia🧵
Alt title: Matt Yglesias is wrong about Democrats and Abrego Garcia🧵
the brown representation in current US politics has been killing me day in and day out ... but this!!!!! omg my heart. PLZ NEW YORK ... plz. PLZ!!!!!!!
Billionaires ke paas already sab kuchh hai. Ab, aapka time aageya.
Billionaires already have everything. Now, your time has come.
Billionaires already have everything. Now, your time has come.
June 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
the brown representation in current US politics has been killing me day in and day out ... but this!!!!! omg my heart. PLZ NEW YORK ... plz. PLZ!!!!!!!
Today I gave a talk in Rome and choked up reflecting on the rare, incredible bonds that unite the global academic community. No matter where we're from, we speak the same language & believe in the same things (progress, truth, science). What an honor to belong here, even in these tumultuous times.
May 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Today I gave a talk in Rome and choked up reflecting on the rare, incredible bonds that unite the global academic community. No matter where we're from, we speak the same language & believe in the same things (progress, truth, science). What an honor to belong here, even in these tumultuous times.
Every day, they break things that will never be unbroken again. I grieve those, but I knew I would. What I didn't expect to grieve is my faith and belief in the good of my fellow people. Wondering if the person I nod to in the street *wanted* all this, is ok with it all. I mourn that loss deeply.
May 23, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Every day, they break things that will never be unbroken again. I grieve those, but I knew I would. What I didn't expect to grieve is my faith and belief in the good of my fellow people. Wondering if the person I nod to in the street *wanted* all this, is ok with it all. I mourn that loss deeply.
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🚨 Action alert: Two days left!!
Help protect NSF/NIH from political interference.
👎 A new rule (Sched. F) would allow for replacing career program officers with political appointees.
➡️ Action: Object here by THIS FRIDAY. Comments can be brief and/or anonymous. Helps future litigation.
Help protect NSF/NIH from political interference.
👎 A new rule (Sched. F) would allow for replacing career program officers with political appointees.
➡️ Action: Object here by THIS FRIDAY. Comments can be brief and/or anonymous. Helps future litigation.
Improving Performance, Accountability and Responsiveness in the Civil Service
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is proposing a rule to increase career employee accountability. Agency supervisors report great difficulty removing employees for poor performance or misconduc...
www.federalregister.gov
May 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
🚨 Action alert: Two days left!!
Help protect NSF/NIH from political interference.
👎 A new rule (Sched. F) would allow for replacing career program officers with political appointees.
➡️ Action: Object here by THIS FRIDAY. Comments can be brief and/or anonymous. Helps future litigation.
Help protect NSF/NIH from political interference.
👎 A new rule (Sched. F) would allow for replacing career program officers with political appointees.
➡️ Action: Object here by THIS FRIDAY. Comments can be brief and/or anonymous. Helps future litigation.
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We need a culture of honoring the people and institutions who take the hit. Anyone who says they should have been savvier and sidestepped — shut that right down.
May 22, 2025 at 10:24 PM
We need a culture of honoring the people and institutions who take the hit. Anyone who says they should have been savvier and sidestepped — shut that right down.