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A world of unprecedented wealth, but unevenly distributed — Explainer #1b
An illustration of the limits of aggregating data
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Articles: Explainers 📄
Humans have never been richer and more numerous — Explainer #1a
Discover the fascinating exponential phenomena that have transformed humanity over the last three centuries
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Daniel Kahneman has passed away
I just learned on Bluesky that the American-Israeli psychologist and economist Daniel Kahneman has passed away at the age of 90. During his long scientific career, Daniel Kahneman helped to show that psychological mechanisms, including cognitive biases, have a substantial influence on human decisions. Trained as a psychologist, his work
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Quiz #1 - Discovering Macroeconomics
Embark in a five-questions long journey to discover macroeconomics
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I am on the radio every week
I have started a weekly science communication column at France Bleu Sud Lorraine, a French local public service radio
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The effects of remote instruction on the mental health of students
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many schools switched to remote instruction. What effects did the switch to remote instruction have on the mental health of students? This question is not a matter of opinion, but a matter of facts. The effects of the switch to remote instruction are not a matter
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Where to find, and to publish, short economics papers?
Economics papers tend to be long. Too long, if you are asking me. If you are interested in publishing a short economics paper, or if you are interested in finding short economics papers, David Evans has compiled a comprehensive list of journals that accept short economics papers. A very useful
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A surprising result on the differences in competitive behavior between women and men
A vast literature in economics shows that men are on average more competitive than women. The dominant explanation for this difference is a tendency for men to be overconfident in their abilities. A working paper by Tünde Lénárd, Dániel Horn and Hubert János Kiss challenges this explanation. 🧭Trust indicator • Reading
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Let’s try something
Thanks to generative AI, offering an English version of my French-speaking economics popularization writings now seems possible
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This unexpected externality of GDPR
GDPR has complex effects on the exploitation of users' personal data
Articles: Explainers 📄
#5 - The most watched econ seminar in history?
Dear reader, This is definitely not a newsletter article I imaged I would write when I relaunched LOGOecon in June. But it really feels at home with the kind of topics I want to cover. Unless you live under a rock, you haven't missed an important presentation that
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#4 - I am back!
After a long and unwanted hiatus, I am excited to relaunch my economics newsletter
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#3 - A Mastodon crash course for the impatient economist
Now that Twitter is descending into hell, here is a crash course to get started on Mastodon
Articles: Opinion 📄
#2 - Writing code doesn’t have to be traumatic
Economists often have an unhealthy relationship with writing code. But it doesn’t have to be like that.
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#1 - At long last, my newsletter!
Launching this newsletter is both the scariest and the most exciting thing of my career in economics