Prashant Garg
@Prashant_Garg_
Economics PhD @ImperialCollege. My Research = networks + econometrics + LLMs.
My childhood dream of being covered in @TheEconomist came true. Unfortunately, it is as part of the article titled "What the failure of a superstar student reveals about economics" 😅
You might find our paper on this relevant: We study effect on trust in academics when they make political statements x.com/prashant_garg_…
Public trust in science is more important than ever. But what happens when scientists openly share their political opinions on social media? Our updated paper with @EleAla & Francesco Capozza shows how academics’ political expression affects their credibility.
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Public trust in science is more important than ever. But what happens when scientists openly share their political opinions on social media? Our updated paper with @EleAla & Francesco Capozza shows how academics’ political expression affects their credibility.
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"academics in the humanities display more toxic language than those in other fields, suggesting that toxicity is more prevalent in the humanities... our findings echo concerns about ideological bias in social media, where progressive voices tend to dominate"
This indeed is motivation for our new paper in @NatureHumBehav
It would be nice if all those worried about the politicization of science said something when these shenanigans were underway.
100% this. Most introductory Economics courses are unnecessarily mathphobic and serve as confusion amplifiers. Starting with e.g. a basic introduction to decision theory (which can be taught with secondary school Mathematics in a few weeks) would lead to a better equilibrium.
The problem isn't what academic economists think, but how educated non-economists who had a single course in economics think about how economists think.
The problem isn't what academic economists think, but how educated non-economists who had a single course in economics think about how economists think.
"think like an economist or not think at all". What utter nonsense. The past 30 years of Nobel prizes are all about how markets are NOT efficient, how markets fail, how economic agents aren't rational, and Nobel laureates have evangelized for years that firms 2/6 ➡️
🚨 New NBER working paper: "The Impact of Unconditional Cash Transfers on Parenting and Children" This paper estimates the effects of receiving a $1,000/month guaranteed income for 3 years, compared to a control group receiving $50/month, on children and parents in the US. 1/
Your paper is very interesting,several things can happen—both positive and negative—depending on context, content, and audience.