Quinn Swanquist
@QuinnSwanquist
Followers
156
Following
3K
Media
24
Statuses
1K
I teach data analytics to accounting students @UAGradSchool. R/T are not endorsements and I sometimes change my mind.
Tuscaloosa, AL
Joined June 2019
Teach students to work with machines, not against them.
0
0
7
Just realized Tony Stark vibe coded everything with Jarvis, dude did nothing
605
2K
51K
“You cannot be sure that you are right unless you understand the arguments against your views better than your opponents do.” — Milton Friedman
10
155
677
Average person: "hey does anyone know where I can get a good full size keyboard" Applied Microeconomists: "actually you want this instead, it saves desk space and you don't need those extra keys anyway"
Average person: "hey does anyone know where I can get a good full size keyboard" Mechanical keyboard hobbyist: "actually you want this instead, it saves desk space and you don't need those extra keys anyway"
1
14
306
PhD students spending 6 years writing a book-length dissertation that at most 3 people will ever read:
48
255
3K
Good paper.
A recent Journal of Finance paper shows that once short-sale costs are properly accounted for, most long-short stock return anomalies fail to deliver alpha. Across 162 equity anomalies, long–short returns average 0.14% per month before costs but fall to 0.00% or negative once
2
5
40
It's super unclear what will happen with AI. But I think it's clear that you should hedge the risk AI replaces you.
I have a new paper with Luis Rayo on a key, simple question: will AI end careers as we know them? Link below. We all experience AIs usefulness every day: AI writing code, drafting legal memos, and analyzing spreadsheets. AI can already do many of the tasks that young people
1
4
10
Vibe coding just seems to keep getting better and better. Not sure if it’s models or me just getting more used to the tools.
1
0
1
“A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.” — Confucius
7
74
422
We should all feel a deep sense of grief and outrage at the terrible violence that took place in Utah today. Charlie Kirk's murder is sick and reprehensible, and our thoughts are with his family, children, and loved ones. I knew Charlie, and I admired his passion and commitment
8K
5K
52K
How microeconomists think customers buy cereal
Fall is here and I am once again teaching micro to grad students
64
2K
17K
If you think that banning technology is inflationary (and it is), then you should think that trade restrictions are inflationary, too. All else equal, of course.
4
4
62
The powerful want a 'safe line of investigations,' which will develop only those products and ideas that can be controlled
1
17
85
The story of #Python is a story of innovation, collaboration, and community. Watch “Python: The Documentary” – featuring Guido van Rossum, Paul Everitt, and other pioneers – to learn how the language grew from a small idea to a global phenomenon. Created with the proud support
5
15
86
After being a Claude Code addict for 8 weeks I’m sure power tools are the perfect analogy for AI. Fantastic for weaklings! But also helps the strong if they learn how to use it 💪
0
3
9