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Mauricio Drelichman @mdrelichman.bsky.social · 1d

This is truth.

Mauricio Drelichman @mdrelichman.bsky.social · 2d

Also known as the Argentine kryptonite tick.

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UBC Economics @ubcvse.bsky.social · 5d

Meet the Vancouver School of Economics’ 2025/26 PhD job market candidates! View their profiles here: economics.ubc.ca/people/phd-j... @plbeauregard.bsky.social

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Guido Alfani @guidoalfani.bsky.social · 5d

Next Monday (Oct 6) the two-days conference "Inequality & History" will begin, hosted by @dondenacentre.bsky.social at Bocconi University (Milan). Join us to explore & debate inequality across history, from Classical Antiquity until today! Remote attendance possible; QR code in the program below👇

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Mauricio Drelichman @mdrelichman.bsky.social · 9d

We offer teaching assistantships, and a few (very competitive) scholarships. The exchange rate is your friend right now as well (but no guarantees).

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Mauricio Drelichman @mdrelichman.bsky.social · 12d

The political success of “photo radar does not reduce speed and is a cash grab” tells you all you need to know about the median voter.

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Mauricio Drelichman @mdrelichman.bsky.social · 12d

More ECON 101 content generated in real time!

Is this possibly a second best scenario though? US agricultural subsidies are incredibly distortionary, so kiboshing the sector, especially the large conglomerate bits, is not necessarily efficiency-reducing. An unorthodox way of doing it, to be sure.

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Mauricio Drelichman @mdrelichman.bsky.social · 14d

Zotero 7 rocks. That's the skeet.

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Florian Louis @florianlouis.bsky.social · 16d

Gilles Postel-Vinay et Jean-Laurent Rosenthal - A Capital’s Capital

Two Hundred Years of Wealth and Inequality in Paris

À paraître en février aux Princeton UP

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Mauricio Drelichman @mdrelichman.bsky.social · 16d

The first lesson of ECON 101 is to never assume people are stupid. I’ll let you take it from there.

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Mauricio Drelichman @mdrelichman.bsky.social · 16d

Excellent material for my next ECON 101 problem set.

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Mauricio Drelichman @mdrelichman.bsky.social · 16d

Gasp! It's almost as if, God forbid, the market can address healthcare shortages!

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

N.W.T.'s name-your-price initiative for doctors has filled most shifts at Yellowknife ER | CBC News

The Northwest Territories Health and Social Services Authority says nearly all its shifts at Stanton Territorial Hospital's emergency department are now filled.

www.cbc.ca

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Mauricio Drelichman @mdrelichman.bsky.social · 17d

"large language models sometimes guess when uncertain, producing plausible yet incorrect statements instead of admitting uncertainty".

LLMs getting ever closer to human behavior.

www.computerworld.com/article/4059...

OpenAI admits AI hallucinations are mathematically inevitable, not just engineering flaws

In a landmark study, OpenAI researchers reveal that large language models will always produce plausible but false outputs, even with perfect data, due to fundamental statistical and computational limi...

www.computerworld.com

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Mauricio Drelichman @mdrelichman.bsky.social · 20d

Endogeneity at work. If Democratic leadership keeps their current tack on social issues, next time it will be 30-70.

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Mauricio Drelichman @mdrelichman.bsky.social · 20d

And it is this disconnect with their base that has cost the Democratic Party dearly in recent elections.

Mauricio Drelichman @mdrelichman.bsky.social · 20d

Rich suburban elites are an infinitesimal sliver of the Democratic support base. The big vote mass comes from the unions, which have occasionally been welcoming of immigrants, but traditionally strongly nativist.

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Mauricio Drelichman @mdrelichman.bsky.social · 21d

America is strongly nativist regardless of political stripes. Democrats are the party of “immigrants take our jobs”; Republicans are the party of “immigrants abuse our welfare system and rape our women”.

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Mauricio Drelichman @mdrelichman.bsky.social · 22d

Reminds me of when we read the correspondence between the Fugger banking family principals and their agents throughout the Habsburg empire. Five lines about business, and two pages about fine wines and hunting dogs.

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Evan Roberts @evanrobertsnz.bsky.social · 24d

No exaggeration to say there's a sentiment in urban planning that society should be limited to the living standards that were affordable in the 1920s. You don't see this implicit argument in many other areas of social and economic policy.

Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social · 24d

Vancouver planners spelled out the answer to this very clearly:

Allowing larger laneway homes would be valuable for families, and planners believe that creating value is bad. Therefore homes sizes should be capped to be too small to be comfortable for families.
council.vancouver.ca/20090616/doc...

UNIT SIZE MAXIMUM and MINIMUM
Council Direction:
• Set a maximum unit size for LWH to balance achieving livable and diverse housing, while
minimizing any land value and redevelopment impacts.
Proposals:
• Set a maximum unit size based on lot size, to a maximum of 70m² (750 sq. ft.). This
allows for a 46.5m² (500 sq.ft.) studio and 1 bedroom units on 10.0m (33’) lots and up to
70m² (750 sq.ft.) 2 bedroom unit on wider lots (illustrated in Appendix M).
• Set a minimum size of 26m2 (280 sq.ft.) (relaxable to 19m2 /205 sq.ft.).
Discussion:
Some concern was expressed during the public process that LWH could increase land values to
the point where demolition of existing houses results. The recommendations in this report
address this concern in a number of ways (e.g., no strata titling). This concern also leads to
proposed regulations to limit LWH unit size. LWH floor space would not be included in or
added to the floor space ratio allowed for the principal house, but rather be considered as a
separate floor area that reflects the size of the lot, as is currently done with garages.
The proposed regulations have been set to allow a maximum of a 46m² (500 sq.ft.) LWH
dwelling unit (typically a one bedroom) on a 10.0m (33’)-wide lot, and a 70m² (750 sq.ft.)
LWH dwelling unit (typically a two bedroom) on a 15m (50’)-wide lot. LWH on larger lots
would also be limited to a maximum of 70m². These regulations allow for a range of viable
unit types and sizes, yet are not seen to significantly affect property values. (It should be
noted that these unit size limits refer to living space only and do not include any enclosed
parking/accessory uses. The total footprint of the LWH and enclosed parking is the same as a
garage; it is controlled by regulations in the “Where on Site” section.)

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Thomas Fujiwara @thomasfujiwara.bsky.social · 26d

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/o...

Opinion | Brazil Just Succeeded Where America Failed

www.nytimes.com

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Mauricio Drelichman @mdrelichman.bsky.social · Sep 8

Time for the annual reminder to graduate programs. Your recommendation form should have two steps, and two steps only:

1. Upload your letter in PDF format.
2. Submit.

National University of Singapore, you are doing it wrong. #nameandshame

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Mauricio Drelichman @mdrelichman.bsky.social · Sep 6

Full dislocation, yes. Partial, much more common.

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Mauricio Drelichman @mdrelichman.bsky.social · Sep 6

Common too.

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Temporomandibular joint dislocation

Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dislocation is an uncommon but debilitating condition of the facial skeleton. The condition may be acute or chronic. Acute TMJ dislocation is common in clinical practice ...

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Mauricio Drelichman @mdrelichman.bsky.social · Sep 6

I got you beat. Dislocated my jaw from yawning too hard.

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Mauricio Drelichman @mdrelichman.bsky.social · Sep 3

It has started.

“I’ll be missing class today. Will you be covering anything important?”

No. I never cover anything important in class.

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