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Otis Reid

@otis_reid

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Interested in policies and politics to make the world a better, more equitable place. Work at @open_phil. Tweets my own. PhD from @MITEcon. From NC.

Joined January 2014
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RT @paulnovosad: There is *so much* variation even across Europe on which immigrants come in and how their children do. Figure (Boustan et….
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I was aware that Paul Douglas, who co invented the Douglas-Cobb production function was a Senator — I did _not_ know that he enlisted in the Marines at age 50 in WW2, requested combat duty, and won two Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star
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Most recruits are 21 when they step onto Parris Island. Paul Douglas was 50. A professor, politician, and patriot, Douglas left behindb a life of comfort in 1942 to enlist in the Marine Corps-becoming the oldest recruit in Parris Island history. From enduring boot camp without
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RT @PoliticalKiwi: New blog post!. "There is a silent majority in America". Once again I'm looking at this awesome high-response rate mail….
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RT @scottlincicome: NYC's lodging restrictions are paying off - for upscale hotel owners.
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A combination of high boomer wealth + people surviving a lot longer (but still having mental decline) + AI is going to make these scam risks very severe in coming years. Bank safe haven laws for stopping suspected fraud seem like a start but we’ll need more I suspect.
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Some “pig butchering” scam victims say banks aren’t doing enough to prevent the fraud.
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RT @cornoisseur: 🅿️ Chicago city council just passed parking reform that will remove parking requirements around transit!. On the menu of Y….
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RT @davidshor: This is a big problem - direct donations to candidates can buy up to 10X more ads than can be bought by committees/superpacs….
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RT @NataliaHEmanuel: In fact, involuntary hospitalization nearly doubles the likelihood that patients will be charged with a violent crime….
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RT @DKThomp: Today's newsletter: THE ENIGMA OF THE BABY BOOM . The baby boom is one of the most famous social events of the last 100 years….
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RT @bhargreaves: Cities are failing families, and parents are opting out. NYC lost 17% of its under-5 population since 2020. SF has more do….
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RT @JonBaronforMD: See our No-Spin report on the Baby’s First Years RCT, studying the effects of providing unconditional cash transfers to….
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Lmao at the pilot coming on the intercom before we pull back from the gate to tell us that there was a software error and he has to reboot the plane “like your home computer” to resolve it. Turning it off and on remains undefeated.
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RT @arpitrage: Pretty crazy and immediate passthrough of banning rental broker fees onto higher rents. Seems like it could have some value….
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RT @ezraklein: Obama weighs in on Abundance:
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Cool evidence of progress against RSV from new vaccines and monoclonal antibodies -- hospitalizations are down in the youngest age cohort (exposed to new science) but not in older cohorts (not expose) via @salonium great newsletter
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It’s wild that 1/3 of Chicago public schools are at 50% or less of their capacity and 1/9 are at 33% or less — with costs 2-3x (or more!) higher than normal — and closing schools is still seemingly off the table
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RT @mattyglesias: Arnold is talking specifically about copper but “no company is going to greenlight their development based on these tarif….
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RT @JohnArnoldFndtn: I don't understand the new 50% copper tariffs. They're not going to jumpstart US production, aren't targeted to countr….
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