Nicholas Emery-Xu
@nicholaskemery.bsky.social
Economics Ph.D candidate @UCLA | economics of computing and AI | industrial organization, innovation, political economy | PEPFAR fanatic
https://nicholasemeryxu.com/
https://nicholasemeryxu.com/
Currently in the middle of Good Change by @stanleysbill.bsky.social @benstanley.eu . One thing that strikes me is that PiS, like United Russia, has actual populist redistributive policies (higher min wage, transfers for parents) in addition to social conservatism.
November 26, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Currently in the middle of Good Change by @stanleysbill.bsky.social @benstanley.eu . One thing that strikes me is that PiS, like United Russia, has actual populist redistributive policies (higher min wage, transfers for parents) in addition to social conservatism.
A rational response to the slowing of progress in computing
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
A rational response to the slowing of progress in computing
Reposted by Nicholas Emery-Xu
Exciting news! The paper submission portal is now open! Join us April 10-12 in Boston for the 24th annual IIOC. We have lots of great things already lined up.
www.indorgsociety.org/news/iioc-20...
www.indorgsociety.org/news/iioc-20...
IIOC 2026 Submission Portal Now Open | Industrial Organization Society
The 24th annual International Industrial Organization Conference will be held in person April 10-12, 2026 at the Renaissance Boston Waterfront in Boston. The conference will include panel discussions ...
www.indorgsociety.org
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Exciting news! The paper submission portal is now open! Join us April 10-12 in Boston for the 24th annual IIOC. We have lots of great things already lined up.
www.indorgsociety.org/news/iioc-20...
www.indorgsociety.org/news/iioc-20...
Those who illegally destroyed USAID deserve consequences for their actions
Tesla Q3 2025 California sales were down 9% YoY despite the huge rush for BEVs ahead of the Sept-30th expiry of the $7,500 tax credit.
The BEV market ex-Tesla grew by 29% YoY in Q3, causing Tesla's share of California's BEV market to drop from 57% in Q3 2024 to 48%.
www.cncda.org/news/califor...
The BEV market ex-Tesla grew by 29% YoY in Q3, causing Tesla's share of California's BEV market to drop from 57% in Q3 2024 to 48%.
www.cncda.org/news/califor...
November 21, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Those who illegally destroyed USAID deserve consequences for their actions
Reposted by Nicholas Emery-Xu
Larry Summers is a terrific economist. No terrific economist is more important to the advance of Economics than is open science. No professor is more important to a university than is a commitment to open science and open access. /6
November 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Larry Summers is a terrific economist. No terrific economist is more important to the advance of Economics than is open science. No professor is more important to a university than is a commitment to open science and open access. /6
He suddenly ripped away food and medicine from millions of poor people. Millions will die from this in the next 5 years.
JD Vance on the same morning Trump calls for execution of elected Democrats: "He's not a violent person:"
November 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
He suddenly ripped away food and medicine from millions of poor people. Millions will die from this in the next 5 years.
He ripped away food from starving children for this
Letterheads and signage alone would quickly run the bill upward of $1 billion, with a full overhaul likely rising to double that amount.
Trump’s Insane Pentagon Name-Change Likely to Cost Taxpayers $2 Billion
Changing signage and stationary alone for the Department of Defense would cost at least a billion dollars.
trib.al
November 12, 2025 at 10:30 PM
He ripped away food from starving children for this
I hope Summers is not on the Harvard econ hiring committee
Insights from Larry Summers
"I observed that half the IQ In world was possessed by women without mentioning they are more than 51 percent of population..."
"I observed that half the IQ In world was possessed by women without mentioning they are more than 51 percent of population..."
November 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
I hope Summers is not on the Harvard econ hiring committee
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Jesse Silbert’s job market paper studies how Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, through automating writing, disrupt labor markets that rely on writing as a costly signal of match quality. jesse-silbert.github.io/website/silb...
November 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Jesse Silbert’s job market paper studies how Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT, through automating writing, disrupt labor markets that rely on writing as a costly signal of match quality. jesse-silbert.github.io/website/silb...
In 2028 I'm a single-issue voter. Voting for whoever can most credibly commit to get Trump, Musk, and Rubio in prison for life
The elimination of USAID was an unforgivable moral atrocity that should haunt Trump, Elon Musk and Marco Rubio for the rest of their days and beyond
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
November 7, 2025 at 2:58 AM
In 2028 I'm a single-issue voter. Voting for whoever can most credibly commit to get Trump, Musk, and Rubio in prison for life
Those who illegally destroyed USAID deserve life in prison.
Today @TheNewYorker released our short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” online.
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
It traces the ongoing effects of the sudden shutdown of US foreign aid through the story of one mother in Kenya as she seeks to save her daughter from sickness and starvation. 🎥 1/ www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Those who illegally destroyed USAID deserve life in prison.
Those who illegally destroyed USAID, and their supporters, deserve to lose elections.
November 5, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Those who illegally destroyed USAID, and their supporters, deserve to lose elections.
Economics journals man: "First version received May 2016; Editorial decision November 2022"
November 2, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Economics journals man: "First version received May 2016; Editorial decision November 2022"
AI-augmented R&D
the time it would have taken me would probably have been of order of magnitude an hour (an estimate that comes with quite wide error bars). So it looks as though we have entered the brief but enjoyable era where our research is greatly sped up by AI but AI still needs us. 3/3
October 31, 2025 at 10:02 PM
AI-augmented R&D
A few steps away: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Ad...
October 30, 2025 at 2:17 PM
A few steps away: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Ad...
By comparison, for every month since 1999, Putin's popularity has been >50%: www.levada.ru/indikatory/
October 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
By comparison, for every month since 1999, Putin's popularity has been >50%: www.levada.ru/indikatory/
Even grokipedia.com admits Musk and Trump are killers: "the cuts could result in 14 million additional deaths over subsequent years, primarily from resurgent HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria due to discontinued PEPFAR and other initiatives..."
grokipedia.com/page/United_...
grokipedia.com/page/United_...
United States foreign aid
United States foreign aid encompasses economic, military, technical, and humanitarian assistance provided by the U.S. federal government to foreign countries, territories, and international organizati...
grokipedia.com
October 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Even grokipedia.com admits Musk and Trump are killers: "the cuts could result in 14 million additional deaths over subsequent years, primarily from resurgent HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria due to discontinued PEPFAR and other initiatives..."
grokipedia.com/page/United_...
grokipedia.com/page/United_...
Those who illegally destroyed USAID deserve the consequences of their actions
October 27, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Those who illegally destroyed USAID deserve the consequences of their actions
Today is as good a day as any in the past 100 years to go vegan
Bacon kills more people from cancer than tobacco and asbestos ever did.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Scientists demand cancer warnings on bacon and ham sold in UK
Successive governments criticised for doing ‘virtually nothing’ to reduce risk in the decade since cancer link found
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Today is as good a day as any in the past 100 years to go vegan
Enjoying the MIT FutureTech conference on AI automation in science and labor @mitsloan.bsky.social @csail.mit.edu
October 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Enjoying the MIT FutureTech conference on AI automation in science and labor @mitsloan.bsky.social @csail.mit.edu
He ripped away food from starving children for this.
Breaking News: President Trump wants $230 million from the Justice Department for investigating him, people familiar with the matter say. Any settlement might ultimately be approved by senior department officials who defended him or those in his orbit. nyti.ms/4hmIi5X
October 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
He ripped away food from starving children for this.
Reposted by Nicholas Emery-Xu
Your favorite thing is down because DynamoDB at Amazon's AWS US-EAST-1 Regionwoke up with Main Character Syndrome.
This is the default /legacy backbone for a ton of things.
Including Amazon's own stuff.
Massive outages.
Here's what's going on & what we know 1/
This is the default /legacy backbone for a ton of things.
Including Amazon's own stuff.
Massive outages.
Here's what's going on & what we know 1/
October 20, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Your favorite thing is down because DynamoDB at Amazon's AWS US-EAST-1 Regionwoke up with Main Character Syndrome.
This is the default /legacy backbone for a ton of things.
Including Amazon's own stuff.
Massive outages.
Here's what's going on & what we know 1/
This is the default /legacy backbone for a ton of things.
Including Amazon's own stuff.
Massive outages.
Here's what's going on & what we know 1/
Excited and honored to have received a Humane Studies Fellowship from @theihs.org to support my research on cloud and AI adoption, firm productivity, and labor market impacts. Hope to share public updates on these projects soon!
October 20, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Excited and honored to have received a Humane Studies Fellowship from @theihs.org to support my research on cloud and AI adoption, firm productivity, and labor market impacts. Hope to share public updates on these projects soon!
Your dad just ripped away food from thousands of starving kids and burned it
Eric Trump: "We're saving Christianity. We've saving God. We've saving the family unit. We're saving this nation. I mean, DEI is out of the window, Benny. You no longer have Colin Kaepernick kneeling for the national anthem. You no longer have Budweiser going woke as hell. All of this is dead."
October 14, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Your dad just ripped away food from thousands of starving kids and burned it
Now is as good a time as any (in the last 125 years) to go vegan
Beef is just crazy expensive rn, especially compared to other commodities
October 13, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Now is as good a time as any (in the last 125 years) to go vegan