Optimistic problem solver | To be or to do?
Austin, TX
Joined June 2009
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Patrick Ward retweeted
If you are starting company right now or recently. Seriously look at whether should reincorporate because of changes to qsbs that go into effect today
Patrick Ward retweeted
Part of why it's so important to have a hard line about absolutely no violence at a protest for any reason - even in response to govt violence - is that there are a lot of people who don't care about your cause but want an excuse to destroy things.
Patrick Ward retweeted
What happened when the U.S. sent 400,000 Mexican workers back to Mexico in the 1930s?
The employment rate of native workers went down noticeably as a direct result.
(Yes, you read that correctly.)
Patrick Ward retweeted
The less you have to learn things the more learning things becomes an edge, and I think that’ll stay true for quite a while at least
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Stupid policy passes 100-0 bc it seems to benefit everyone - workers get more, businesses don’t have to pay for it.
But the carve-out costs billions that could 2x the EITC for all low-wage workers, not just tipped ones.
soundbites over sound policy, as per usual :(
Patrick Ward retweeted
Cato published my review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.
Patrick Ward retweeted
The absolute hardest thing to convince people of is that the optimal amount of fraud in a system is not zero. Obviously it would be ideal if there were no fraud, but at some point the cost of catching it outweighs the benefits
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The timing of the anti-neoliberal story just doesn't add up.
Wage growth stagnated before globalization took off. When globalization took off, working-class men's wages started growing again.
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Free trade didn't destroy the Rust Belt.
It was labor unions.
"The Rust Belt’s manufacturing decline isn’t primarily about jobs going to Mexico. It’s about jobs going to Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee."
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I’ve got an article out in the Washington Post today explaining how the South is doing so well in manufacturing and why neither party wants to talk about it. The #1 auto exporting state isn’t Michigan, it’s Alabama. How did that happen? 1/4 (link below)
Patrick Ward retweeted
I am begging everyone: do not turn educational improvements into a culture war. This is not a red state / blue state thing.
Every kid in America could benefit from this
Follow @karenvaites, read about this incredible turn-around
karenvaites.org/p/the-southe…
Patrick Ward retweeted
I think I'm beating a dead horse, but this is still new info to a lot of people:
Mississippi's educational improvements are replicable! They shifted to a science-based reading curriculum and it's working!
Your state could do this too!
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Patrick Ward retweeted
My latest @nytopinion makes a point that is obvious to economists but that many non-economists find surprising and unintuitive: raising the budget deficit--which the Congress is working on doing by $7T--would also raise the trade deficit.
Patrick Ward retweeted
If ppl wanna know why, it's because it shows contrarianism tied to a vision & risk taking to get there & commitment. I think self experimentation is very cool.
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Just boggles my mind that the US *Trade* Representative is actively trying to reduce trade and make the US a poorer and more miserable place.
Reviving apparel production in America is not a pipe dream. It was not that long ago we were manufacturing 56% of U.S. apparel in America.
“Made in America” is an economic and national security priority of this administration.
@POTUS’ trade actions are ushering in a reshoring renaissance as companies pledge billions of dollars to expand U.S. manufacturing.
Patrick Ward retweeted
Once again I am recommending that you NOT optimize your intelligent agents around usage metrics. Please. Pretty please. Just stop. I know that's how you optimize other products like recommendation engines but these things are NOT THE SAME.
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Amazon offers free advertising for the Administration's signature initiative, and the White House regards this as hostile?
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FT: China has seized a disputed reef just kilometres away from the Philippines’ most important military outpost in the South China Sea, raising the risk of a new stand-off between the two rival claimants.
@KathrinHille @Dimi
ft.com/content/ae6acb23-7b09…
