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Wojtek Kopczuk @wwwojtekk.bsky.social · 2d

this list does not include some people who are front-runners - like Berry (jointly with Pakes) or Woodford

Wojtek Kopczuk @wwwojtekk.bsky.social · 2d

Always trade-offs. It would also maximize the size of the set of annoying people it would make happy (as does mentioning "trade-offs").

Kieran Healy @kjhealy.co · 2d

Putting in my annual vote for Granovetter for the Econ Nobel as it maximizes the size of the set of annoying people it would annoy.

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Wojtek Kopczuk @wwwojtekk.bsky.social · 3d

It's always funny to read things like "anti-immigrant Czech-Japanese entrepreneur"

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Wojtek Kopczuk @wwwojtekk.bsky.social · 3d

Much of the top wealth is in private businesses, especially in Europe (but also in the US), and those have always been lightly taxed or exempt by the few European wealth taxes that existed in the past

See here for problems with wealth taxes more generally www.columbia.edu/~wk2110/bin/...

www.columbia.edu

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Wojtek Kopczuk @wwwojtekk.bsky.social · 5d

bsky.app/profile/wwwo...

Wojtek Kopczuk @wwwojtekk.bsky.social · 6d

DHS: Where was this lead pencil made?
ME: State of Washington, mines in South America, Malaya, and other places I don't even know about, by thousands of people who don't speak the same language, practice different religions, and might hate each other if they ever met
DHS: denied

Wojtek Kopczuk @wwwojtekk.bsky.social · 5d

I am a globalist, proudly

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Wojtek Kopczuk @wwwojtekk.bsky.social · 5d

Soccer is a globalist sport and it is hard to imagine an organization better equipped than FIFA in navigating corruption. Trump stands no chance.

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Wojtek Kopczuk @wwwojtekk.bsky.social · 6d

CBP is part of DHS and they have the last word on entry, even with valid visa

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Wojtek Kopczuk @wwwojtekk.bsky.social · 6d

youtu.be/67tHtpac5ws

Milton Friedman - I, Pencil

YouTube video by Free To Choose Network

youtu.be

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Wojtek Kopczuk @wwwojtekk.bsky.social · 6d

DHS: Where was this lead pencil made?
ME: State of Washington, mines in South America, Malaya, and other places I don't even know about, by thousands of people who don't speak the same language, practice different religions, and might hate each other if they ever met
DHS: denied

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Wojtek Kopczuk @wwwojtekk.bsky.social · 9d

It's multiple layers of sarcasm. The reader can choose how many to go through

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Wojtek Kopczuk @wwwojtekk.bsky.social · 9d

Worried that Adams secretly wants to help Cuomo: he did not endorse Mamdani

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Wojtek Kopczuk @wwwojtekk.bsky.social · 12d

Bad news for you: I'm in Europe right now

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Wojtek Kopczuk @wwwojtekk.bsky.social · 12d

You have population of 5 million and both Celtic and Rangers would dominate our (Polish) league, so that's excellent for me 😃

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Wojtek Kopczuk @wwwojtekk.bsky.social · 12d

You have two excellent clubs

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Wojtek Kopczuk @wwwojtekk.bsky.social · 12d

This is based on club competitions not national teams. English teams and their league perform extremely well, that's why their national team not winning anything in a long time is viewed as such an oddity