academic bridles at gentle criticism, shouts about Authority https://twitter.com/gabriel_zucman/status/1188242394522771461 …
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Replying to @eigenrobot
Dishonest shitbag didn't have his data available on his site then tried to pretend people were just stupid when he uploaded it after they looked.
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Replying to @orthonormalist
I have no idea what this is even about but fuckin typical
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Replying to @eigenrobot @orthonormalist
gabriel zucman and emmanuel saez wrote an atrociously bad paper on wealth taxation and everyone with a semblance of intellectual honesty has torn them to shreds over it
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Replying to @sgodofsk @eigenrobot
Not a tax economist but I believe the tldr is they aren't taking into account existing transfers (SSI) for inequality
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Replying to @orthonormalist @eigenrobot
there are many, many errors, and that's just the most malicious one. They ignore some transfers, but include others where it enhances their position.
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Replying to @sgodofsk @orthonormalist
im at a disadvantage because I think macro is all fake
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Replying to @eigenrobot @orthonormalist
honestly this paper moves me toward that position, in a sense like...you can't look at this and not think they are starting from conclusions and working backwards perhaps a bigger problem in the social sciences than poor replication
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Replying to @sgodofsk @orthonormalist
its much worse in macro micro has problems too but they can usually at least get some level of measurement and the dynamics of the system are easier to identify ex ante
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Replying to @eigenrobot @orthonormalist
andrew gelman uses the term "researcher degrees of freedom"
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ive historically thought of that as maybe a little more specific but if it isnt generalized to this it should be
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