Boston College health economist. Slowly writing a health econ textbook. Tweets are my own, yada yada yada.
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Every single person who confuses correlation and causation ends up dying.
People more likely to be victims of crime in Labour-run areas, new study shows.
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On this day in 1992: George Bush Sr sends out an all staff memo about his very very very very fat dog.
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Do any junior health economists have a paper that could use some feedback?
My grad class has a ref report assignment later this semester and I’ll use your paper.
I’ll give my feedback as well as a document that summarizes the useful comments from the class
Results from this semester's student research projects:
-Increased use of clean energy reduces lung cancer incidence.
-Off-patent drugs have faster price increases than those that are on patent
-Higher insulin prices are associated with more inpatient stays among diabetics. 1/2
Ooh, another reason to support Texas secession
With Elon Musk moving to Texas, the world's 3 richest people are set to pay a whopping $0 in state income taxes. Here's why 9 US states don't collect any income taxes. businessinsider.com/why-us-s…
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Today was a very, very odd day
I testified before @senatehomeland
They held a hearing on hydroxychloroquine.
Yup, HCQ
In the middle of the worst surge of pandemic
HCQ
It was clear how our information architecture shapes questions of science and medicine of COVID
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Just taught prospect theory and realized it explains why poker players hate to fold to 3-bets preflop: folding provides a certainty of a loss, and people are risk-loving over losses. Human nature would have us call, even if the call is -EV. Fight your human nature.
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Medicaid: It Still Doesn't Kill People
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My 10yo was certain yesterday that Biden would win. His reasoning: "Who would want to vote for Trump after the last four years?" Who, indeed.
I keep muting all the Twitter ads hoping I'll end up with fewer ads. But I'm just getting less and less relevant ones.
