Ok, #econtwitter. I want to introduce my 101 students this fall to many economists and show them the variety of interesting questions we work on! So tell me in 2 sentences or less, "What do you do?" Make it accessible to 18-20 year olds in the first (or second) econ class. Thx!
— Lynne Lewis (@lynnelewis20031) September 2, 2019
Best movie trailers ever? A few of my faves: Interstellar teaser: https://t.co/fj98V5f8uo Cloud Atlas: https://t.co/EyUoACO1pt Man of Steel teaser: https://t.co/A0LPr2dfev
— michael_nielsen (@michael_nielsen) September 15, 2018
Today, we know that Sahara Desert as a vast sea of sand and salt flats. But up until around 5,000 years ago, this is how it looked.
It was a green landscape of Savannahs, lakes and rivers where early humans lived, hunted and fished.
(📷 https://t.co/4dSIryAspu) pic.twitter.com/OohWf9lXrI
— Fall of Civilizations Podcast (@Fall_of_Civ_Pod) September 1, 2019
k = number of heists
p = probability of escape
N = amount of money per heistAfter k successful heists, the expected payoff of the next is pN + (1-p)(-kN). Stop robbing when this hits zero. After that payoff is negative.
Thus k = p/(1-p), as De Niro notes in the scene below. https://t.co/OehynnYIqS
— Balaji S. Srinivasan (@balajis) September 1, 2019
Inspired by Twitter threads on conferences (especially by @aparanjape), here's a thread on what we experimented with in the recently concluded #iimahistory19 conference.
— Chinmay Tumbe (@ChinmayTumbe) September 3, 2019