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Jack Meyer

@Jackbmeyer

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Economists asking economic historians about their research

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Recently discovered evidence that I am planning to do an industrial revolution:

 Dr. Waitman W. Beorn (@waitmanwbeorn.com 🟦)🇺🇦

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Oh...oh dear. The NYPD has found...the @OUPAcademic Oxford Very Short Introduction series. I wonder if he thinks the Antisemitism is also a how-to book.

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Writing a mixed method paper like

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Me developing a theory: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!! Me having to prove that theory empirically: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck.

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Thinking about that one school that rejected me from their PhD program, asked if I wanted to be considered for their master's program and then also rejected me from their master's program

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Jack Meyer

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You know data science isn’t even my job And it is NOT econometrics which is a common misconception Actually my job … is just … R

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Jack Meyer

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After a brutal application cycle I am disappointed to say I was rejected from every PhD program I applied to, BUT the silver lining is that I will be accepting my offer from Oxford University to begin an MPhil in Economics this fall!

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Guys really live in apartments like this and don’t see any issue

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Jack Meyer

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It’s time to get to the bottom of this whole “institutions” thing

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I GOT IN!!!!!

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Waiting to hear back from the only grad program I applied to

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Jack Meyer

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Today’s reading:

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Doing economics has made me actively worse at debating because it turns out most people don’t find “actually it’s complicated” to be an especially compelling argument

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Historians: It is imperative that we recognize the complex relationship between different outcomes over time and the significance of the past in determining the future. Economists:

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Jack Meyer

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When someone asks why I use R and not Stata or Python

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“Do you find the Oxford handbook series useful?” Absolutely, the handbook of political economy makes an excellent tofu press

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Jack Meyer

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Yeah you could say I’m a fan of Austrian economics The Austrian economics in question:

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Stephanie Sezen

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I just spent the last two days trying to understand what instrument variables actually are and frankly? I’m disgusted

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Me explaining literally any historical economic development

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Guys really live in apartments like this and don't see any issue

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Jack Meyer

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It’s hard to see someone else living your dream

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An academic’s dream come true: I saved up and had floor-to-ceiling bookshelves built in my home office! And there is plenty of room for more books!

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Jack Meyer

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It’s time to get to the bottom of this whole “institutions” thing

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Jack Meyer

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Why is it that being asked “so you study economics?” is always immediately followed by a question that I most certainly do not know the answer to

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Rana Mallah

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@Jackbmeyer OLS everything

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Working hard at the gym to get those “1988-2008 global income growth distribution” arms because lifting isn’t just about aesthetics, it also serves a valuable intellectual purpose

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The future is now

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Jack Meyer

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This tweet is my main contribution to the field of economic history

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what is y’all most liked tweet?

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Jack Meyer

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Oh you think inflation isn’t that bad? Well look at what $100 of groceries used to look like vs now!

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Jack Meyer

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Dear admissions committee, Please let me into a PhD program, I am normal and can be trusted with a PhD

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Working on big data in R again

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Jack Meyer

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Doing a lit review for a paper involving institutions

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Arpit Gupta

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One of the biggest gaps in economics is explaining why outcomes differ across countries. Why is homeownership lower in Germany? Why do the rich live the center of the city in Argentina, but in the suburbs in America? We don't have great frameworks to answer these Qs.

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"I’m paying higher prices for things than I used to."

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While economists and editors might not like it, the meaning of the word "inflation" has now changed from rising costs to high prices.

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It is once again time for my annual reading roundup, here’s the 10 most insightful, relevant, and generally interesting new(ish) books in politics, economics, and history that I read this year (in no particular order):

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If I don’t get into a PhD program I will literally go to law school (this is a threat)

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Looking through a list of upcoming seminars

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So true menswear guy

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I have a masters degree

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Shaking the DHL guys hand when my degree finally shows up in the mail

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@thechosenberg New England >>> Old England

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Jack Meyer

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The only 3 “self-help” books you will ever need

florence ☧

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The only 3 “self-help” books you will ever need

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Jack Meyer

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A good day to remember this message I saw written on a building near my old apartment in Philadelphia

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Happy birthday to David Graeber. “The ultimate, hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently.”

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Jack Meyer

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When someone tells me I have to identify specific causal mechanisms of economic change and can’t just call everything ‘institutions’

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Economists when asked if their policy research is prescriptive

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Graduate admissions reviewing my PhD application (I haven’t taken real analysis)

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Jack Meyer

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So you’re telling me a “Swiftie” isn’t someone who’s really into interbank communication networks and the secure exchange of financial transaction information?

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Stu 🌈🩸

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Ok all the big ideas guys in the comments now tell me what would you do with a space like THIS

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Drafting my statement of purpose for another round of PhD applications

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How to get good at data science in 3 easy steps: Step 1. Uninstall STATA Step 2. Download R Studio Step 3. Install packages until the two applications are functionally identical

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Me in 2001 on track to apply for econ PhD programs in 2022

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Turning 23 means I have only one year left to earn my PhD and start teaching at Harvard if I want to beat Samuel Huntington

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Of course I’m being productive, I’m researching patterns of state formation by dividing the world into hexagonal cells with defined geographical features and resource availability, then simulating inter-polity conflicts to explain tendencies towards polycentrism and consolidation

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Most people don’t know that in the field of economics “et al” is actually an abbreviation of the common phrase “and Acemoglu”

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“People don’t actually make rational, utility maximizing decisions in the real world” Me deciding which kind of coffee to drink in the morning:

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On a date explaining that yes I do study economics but not the kind where I actually make money

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Vincent Geloso

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Jack says this as a joke, but the image is surprisingly accurate. Sometimes, even simple lagged models go a long way in explaining historical dynamics that match what qualitative sources say. The issue, and that is where historians get pissed at economists, is that the latter

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Your daily reminder that it's all institutions (and sometimes geography)

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Steven Hail

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What is the evidence that perpetual growth in the scale of economic activity is feasible? There is none. Quite the opposite. Virtually all economists & policy makers still simply assume this to be so, without any discussion or a second thought. This is the strangest thing.

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Is this anything?

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@ChadNotChud Seems like a lot of anti-vegan sentiment actually just stems from a general inability to cook

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I swear I’m almost ready to start writing

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Just got my first PhD decision (rejected)

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Seeing Malthus’ Principle of Population cited

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Low income, high cost of living

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What exactly is preventing you from moving to London?

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How it feels to do a lit review for a paper on institutions

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When I say I'm interested in the provision of public goods this is what I mean

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POV: You’re at the first lecture in literally any economic history course

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Reading these back to back freshman year of undergrad is probably why I am the way that I am:

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What's a book that changed your life? Not subtly, I'm talking about the lightning strikes

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Evil Thomas Piketty be like:

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Barista: what can I get for you? Me, staring at the board: yeah can I get uhhhhh... Me, in my head:

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When I’m asked to explain literally any topic in economic history

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Watching all my significant results slip away as I control for selection bias

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Economists: History helps us understand the complex relationships between different outcomes over time and illustrates the significance of the past in determining the future The history in question:

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Some reading for today:

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My sister’s degree My degree in in music performance economics 🤝 using instruments

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It’s not just “some game” I’m studying patterns of state formation by dividing the world into hexagonal cells with randomly assigned geographical features and resource endowments, then simulating inter-polity trade and conflict to demonstrate the tendency towards consolidation

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Which way?

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The trick is to just study history anyways but call it economics

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Absolutely do not try for an academic career in history.

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“50% tariffs on solar panels” Look at my climate commitment party dawg we are not getting that 2035 clean energy transition

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I just imposed a series of tariffs on goods made in China: 25% on steel and aluminum, 50% on semiconductors, 100% on EVs, And 50% on solar panels. China is determined to dominate these industries. I'm determined to ensure America leads the world in them.

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When I was in undergrad I got into a big argument with my microeconmics professor after class over whether Amtrak should subsidize less profitable routes, he said that *nobody* lives on these routes meanwhile *I* lived on one of those routes

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