QUB BSc and MSc economics graduate, Economist at the Department for the Economy
Joined August 2019
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After 7 semesters of @QUBLangCent classes and 422 days of @duolingo I was finally able to have a conversation with my Greek granny for the first time! #είμαστεπολύχαρούμενοι
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Is agriculture an occupation or sector? Fascinating presentation in our first session this afternoon from @marangudakis on his paper with @sally_shortall
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Very broad nature of the decline makes me suspect "the phones"
Today a research paper I wrote for @Economy_NI on AI was published. This paper explains advancements in AI, and the Perspectives of Industry and Government: economy-ni.gov.uk/sites/defa…
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.@Economy_NI has published its economic commentary for Summer 2023.
Read the report ➡️ economy-ni.gov.uk/publicatio…
ALT A graphic with charts from the economic commentary report
Really interesting analysis - shows how most trends need to be closely inspected to be properly understood
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“Our estimates imply that without GM crops, the world would have needed 3.4 percent additional cropland to keep global agricultural output at its 2019 level. We also find that bans on GM cultivation have limited the global gain from GM adoption to one-third of its potential.”
My paper on why genetically modified crops are good for the economy, the environment, and the poor is now out in AER:Insights: aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.12…
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I check the news and so many outlets and people in the UK right now seem obsessed with some celebrity breakup when this is happening with increased intensification every day in a European capital city and beyond.
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The period between 2015-19 saw Greece at the bottom of the Democracy Index. The challenges to the rule of law were deep + wide, but not as interesting for many foreign journalists enamored with the rise of SYRIZA to cover. Greece is definitely imperfect, but thankfully improving.
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The way we talk about “wtf happened in 1971”, future generations will talk about “wtf happened in 2007”
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Eurostat notes:
"Of the 23 EU countries that saw a decrease in emissions, only 5 recorded a decrease in their GDP (Estonia, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Finland, and Sweden), meaning *most managed to decrease emissions while growing their GDP*."
Figures here: ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/pr…
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The Greek MEGACYCLE on.ft.com/3IiDi23
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Too clever by half, @ElonMusk just gave away the store. By making clear that he prioritizes @Twitter's presence in a country over the platform's free-speech principles, he has invited endless censorship demands. To gain compliance, governments will just threaten to expel Twitter.
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This is where I was when it happened, and I'm still for nuclear energy, because I understand trade-offs
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But when Russia shatters the rules all countries abide by to live in harmony, I don't think saying "stop treating them as a normal country" is unduly turning "Europe's problems into the world's problems".
A whacko, revanchist nuclear power *is already* the world's problem.
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One difference between worry about AI and worry about other kinds of technologies (e.g. nuclear power, vaccines) is that people who understand it well worry more, on average, than people who don't. That difference is worth paying attention to.
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Getting ready for an exciting day! Discussing GRASS CEILING and gender equality in rural areas across Europe @cretweeting @NICRErural @bock_bettina @setusocscience @SciencesNCL @muireanngp @MaryPCurtin
