Share this page!

Enter URL or ID to Unroll

You can paste full URL like: https://x.com/threadreaderapp/status/1644127596119195649
or just the ID like: 1644127596119195649

How to get URL link on X (Twitter) App

  1. On the Twitter thread, click on or icon on the bottom
  2. Click again on or Share Via icon
  3. Click on Copy Link to Tweet
  4. Paste it above and click "Unroll Thread"!
  5. More info at Twitter Help
Damon Jones Profile picture
@nomadj1s
Jul 21, 2017 • 12 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
Hanging w/ @PeterBlairHenry, @femme_economics, @MatthewACherry, Ebonya Washington: #PhDExcel workshop @NYUStern

1/N
 peterblairhenry.com/phd-excellence…
The PhD Excellence Initiative was founded by @PeterBlairHenry

Here is a description:

2/N

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Damon Jones

Damon Jones Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @nomadj1s

Damon Jones Profile picture
Aug 25, 2022
One thing I’ll say about economists’ views on debt forgiveness

Our field tends to judge policies w/ a limited framework that tries to maximize net benefits today & in the future, & MAYBE cares if you are presently in more need.

But debt also captures PAST injury …

🪡/🧵
And notions of justice can also involve making up for things in the past that you prefer would not have happened, or re-doing redistribution that you don’t think was fairly carried out.

That can matter in addition to where people currently stand …
For example: funding for universities, specifically from states, and especially after recessions, has declined over time

This in part explains greater costs for students, and greater amounts of debt Figure shows federal and st...
Read 9 tweets
Damon Jones Profile picture
Aug 1, 2021
A simple, *hypothetical* example of the Base Rate Fallacy:

Suppose w/o a vaccine, 9/10 get hospitalized

Suppose w/ a vaccine 1/10 get hospitalized

(Note: a very good vaccine!)

Suppose 90/100 get the vaccine

What share of the hospitalized are vaccinated?
Instead, suppose 50/100 are vaccinated

Now what’s the share of the hospitalized vaccinated?
When 90/100 are vaccinated:

9 vaccinated people are hospitalized

9 unvaccinated people are hospitalized

So 50% of the hospitalized are vaccinated, BUT there only 18 hospitalizations
Read 5 tweets
Damon Jones Profile picture
Aug 14, 2020
A few days ago, the University of Chicago, i.e. the president and provost, emailed the campus with a subject mentioning “public safety”

The email starts out by calling for an “examination and reflection of law enforcement in our society”

🧵 👇🏾
One thing the email said was that the University is taking steps toward transparency.

What caught my eye: hyperlinks to publicly available data on all traffic stops and “field interviews” (e.g. questioning or searching people) done by University of Chicago Police (UCPD)
To their credit, there are searchable databases going back to maybe 2015 that show every traffic stop and search ImageImage
Read 26 tweets
Damon Jones Profile picture
Jul 24, 2020
Man, this got published in the year of our lord, 2020 ...

h/t: @ZParolin via @agoodmanbacon ImageImageImage
For people will apparently still be coming across these arguments in 2020, here are references on classic rebuttals to the culture of poverty argument:

https://t.co/uhZmuVMeyF
Here’s a link to another article that includes tons of citations on research refuting these arguments:

https://t.co/SqOxUOEYxz
Read 5 tweets
Damon Jones Profile picture
Oct 13, 2019
Atatiana Jefferson killed in her own home by police. Neighbor called non-911 line for a wellness check

Not sharing body cam footage; even the still image is triggering

Was just discussing w/ friends under what circumstances we could in good conscience call police for any reason
Like if someone is breaking into your car. Do you really want the cops to come and potentially harm the person?
If there is an actual intruder in my home, will calling the police actually make me safer?

I have an alarm system that notifies the authorities if triggered and not disarmed. I frequently wonder whether that could mistakenly be the end of me or a guest who can’t disarm it.
Read 8 tweets
Damon Jones Profile picture
Feb 10, 2019
10 minutes into the Frye* Festival doc on Netflix ... they all deserved to get duped ... except for any workers that got exploited

a freaking train wreck

*I keep calling it Frye
They could have easily crashed that plane ...
“It was definitely a trying work environment”
Read 30 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Don't want to be a Premium member but still want to support us?

Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal

Or Donate anonymously using crypto!

Ethereum

0xfe58350B80634f60Fa6Dc149a72b4DFbc17D341E copy

Bitcoin

3ATGMxNzCUFzxpMCHL5sWSt4DVtS8UqXpi copy

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us!

Send Email!

Become Premium to read this thread!

Read all the old archives from Twitter by becoming our Premium member for only $3/month! Read more »

Become Premium

Already a Premium member? Login to access this thread

:(