Rishabh Kumar
@Kumar_EconIneq
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Associate Professor of Economics @UMassBostonEcon | Writing about wealth, and income inequality within & between countries.
Boston, MA
Joined September 2016
RT @captgouda24: Peter Temin, who passed away two days ago, wrote the only paper I have ever seen using a 2500 year old time series. The prβ¦.
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RT @amorygethin: We've updated to cover recent trends in political polarization around the world! π.Among strikingβ¦.
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1950-60s in India was a perplexing moment in the history of economic thought. Galbraith was the US Ambassador to India, Akerlof was writing Market for Lemons at ISI-Delhi, Sen was treating Econometrica like his personal blog, and Sam Bowles was studying at Delhi Public School.
November 1962 :: US Ambassador to India John K. Galbraith During India - China War. ( Photo - LIFE /Larry Burrows)
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RT @JustinSandefur: One thing you get from representative firm samples that you don't get from asking experts about 1 hypothetical firm: heβ¦.
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The impact of video-podcasts on the body weight of substack 'generalists' needs to be studied. It started with Matty Yg on Rogan. And, here, Noah is halfway to becoming Sam Altman. AGI, or, AG-1. or GLP-1?.
New episode with @dwarkesh_sp and @Noahpinion on AGI and the economy. This is perhaps my favorite podcast conversation since joining a16z.
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I am personally skeptical of AI and its associates, in terms of impact on productivity, but this is totally the right way to move the discussion forward. Look forward to reading the underlying academic article.
.@avi_collis and I have been working on our new measure of the economy, GDP-B, since we were both at MIT. Today, we have an article in the @WSJ about how it can be used to assess the consumer surplus of AI. In the fall, the AEJ Macro will publish our article on how GDP-B.
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RT @arpitrage: Modest evidence for benefits of cell phone bans in schools. However we should note the costs of such bans are probably lowβ¦.
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RT @td_econ: I recently posted a new version of my paper .π·ππππππππ π·πππππππ ππ πππ πππ
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Think this is the caveat, or control, to that 1960-present chart Andreesson or one of those SiliconValley cyborgs was sharing about fertility last week.
Mild declines until the 1990s and then total collapse. Many reasons for 90s nostalgia aside from millennials missing their childhood. It was the last decade where Americans felt like they had a bright future to look forward to.
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RT @mtkonczal: "Epistemic arrogance is baked in to the culture of Silicon Valley [. ] particularly striking about this arrogance at this mβ¦.
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RT @sharanidli: If you had to read one thing about India's development policies this week, consider this excellent piece on 20 years of theβ¦.
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Launched in 2005, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) has completed 20 years. In this post, DrΓ¨ze and Ramesh reflect on the programmeβs achievements, failures, and...
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RT @srajagopalan: In the latest episode of @IdeasofIndia @mercatus I speak with Rathin Roy @EmergingRoy about how India slices the fiscal pβ¦.
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The guy has an unreal consistency, and let me be clear, he is a really gifted writer. I don't even care for econometrics but I read his newsletter like therapy.
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What a behemoth of dedication this Scott Cunningham (mixtape econometrics guy) is. There might be 23 huge events around the world, and you still get a "here's how to do diff-in-diff when you don't even have numbers" post drop in your inbox without fail.
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RT @70sBachchan: In search of programs, strategies, and coalitions for a new world order .NEW: @phenomenalworld @kmac..
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In search of programs, strategies, and coalitions for a new world order
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RT @BrankoMilan: I also recall (although less clearly) Samuelson's discussion of actions underaken to protect own property. Say, you investβ¦.
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RT @oliverwkim: It's worth noting that Ethiopia's textile manufacturing push has largely failed to take off. Lots of mitigating factors (β¦.
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