@Jackbmeyer

Economist; Researching Institutions, Innovation, Public Goods, and Rural Development. (RT!=E) MPhil Student @OxfordEconDept, MSc @LseEcHist

 Vermont/Oxford
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Joined March 2015
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Here it is, the article you’ve all been waiting for: open.substack.com/pub/jackbm…
Jack Meyer 🏛️@JackbmeyerApr 30
I’ve been holding off in pursuit of other topics, but I think it’s about time I write a “why institutions” article
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Old folks at pub trivia love saying “how do you not know this?” about some obscure television program from half a century ago, then get mad when you do get their references and beat them
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Amid the usual heterodox economics discourse, I’m surprised that nobody’s talking about how a heterodox economist is currently a competitive candidate for governor of Vermont
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Angus Bylsma@AngusBylsma9h
Captivated by this fascinating paper. In the history of technological unemployment, nothing is as simple as it seems.
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Florian Ederer
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Replying to @florianederer
Or, what recent ideas by heterodox economists were initially dismissed but have since become mainstream economics?
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The problem with “heterodox economics” is that when proven to be accurate it’s eventually just called “economics”
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Measures to reliably enforce vehicle and transit civil infractions, like speeding, running lights or fare evasion, represent meaningful improvements to public safety and directly impact the broader quality of living
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
@NYCMayorOct 21
We know how to make our streets safer, so we did it 600 times. Red light cameras reduce red light running by 80% and T-bone crashes by 65%. Most importantly, they help New Yorkers get home safely. That's why we installed new red light cameras at 600 intersections across the five boroughs to help stop dangerous driving before tragedy strikes, and make our streets safer for everyone who walks, rolls, drives, or takes the bus. nydailynews.com/2026/10/21/n…

NYC expands red light cameras to 600 intersections, meeting goal

In 2024, state lawmakers authorized the city to put red light cameras at 600 intersections — up from the prior cap of 150.

nydailynews.com
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Stian Westlake
@stianwestlakeOct 21
In terms of economics output per £, fixing @LSEEcon’s coffee machine might be the highest impact grant ESRC could make
Antonio Mele
@antoniomele101Oct 20
The coffee machine at the 4th floor of @LSEEcon has been broken for months, and our PhD students are sarcasm-bombing it
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Meech@MediumSizeMeechOct 19
These fake men’s fashion girls are always a year + behind in what’s going on in actual men’s fashion, the trickle down that they’ve received is directly from one of their friends’ boyfriends in the west village. They don’t know shit
Brooke Dukellis
@BrookeDukellisOct 19
i've said it before i'll say it again: the samba era is ending. a slim sneaker in a color that isn't black and white is what the coolest guys are wearing next. you heard it here.
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Maybe he has a point
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Avery James
@averyfjamesOct 19
NYT style is recommending tie-less suits with dress sneakers to disown the cons. Bleak.
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My girlfriend questioned the wisdom of buying a £5 umbrella at a charity shop since we already have several in storage, but have been vindicated several times over by the weather. Always bet on rain in London.
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Jack Whitcomb@jack_whitcomb_Oct 18
Economists when I let them drown in a fountain to avoid soiling my expensive suit: log(log(log(log(log(log(log...
Nikolai Rostov 🇦🇹🇺🇸
@austrosillyismOct 18
Capitalism is good when: (ln(a)/ln(b))*((1+i)^(n/-π^rt)) + (log(log(log(c)))*sqrt(𝜕c/𝜕b)) + b^3-a^3 +(𝜆sqrt(N) * ∫U(x) And it can be bad when: sqrt(x)+log(y)sin(cot(b))+𝜆*z)ln(ln(ln(a))) -  ∑∞ x^n/n! + ∮F *dr C - economists, probably
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Ernie Tedeschi
@ernietedeschiOct 18
I paid off all my student loans. Why would I pay income tax?
POLITICO
@politicoOct 18
“I’m old. I’ve paid my home off,” said Ray Warner, a 72-year-old Akron resident. “Why would I pay property tax?” Across the country, homeowners are asking the same question and revolting against property taxes at a scale not seen in a half century. politico.com/news/magazine/2…

Do You Really Own Your Home? A Tax Revolt Says No.

The argument that property taxes make Americans renters in their own houses has fueled the biggest anti-tax uprising in half a century, and local governments are scrambling.

politico.com
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Matthew G Nagler@MatthewGNaglerOct 18
The purpose of getting a degree in PPE is so that you can experience regret when you go to a cocktail party and everyone is crowded around the person with the economics degree.
Lauren Gilbert@notanastronomerOct 17
is PPE just a degree in being good at cocktail parties
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Gatekeeping my favorite Caribbean barbecue in London because it’s also my regular for pub trivia and I don’t need more competition getting in the way of my £50 bar tab
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Jason Furman
@jasonfurmanOct 18
I added the FOMC.
Lisan al Gaib
@scaling01Oct 16
Surveyed Anthropic staff's answers imply 17.1% GDP growth in 2030
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‘Econ 101’ as a guiding policy logic is a low bar to clear and any policy counter to that basic framework should be able to clearly articulate why. That being said, oversimplified models are too often deployed as a rhetorical device to trivialize debate over practical tradeoffs.
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Policymakers should at least be working from an intermediate micro or public finance level of economic reasoning
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The Oxford posting will continue until [my] morale improves
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