Is causality enough to take AI to the next level?

And why do today's models fall so easily into a correlational black hole?

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#CausalSky #MLSky #StatSky #EpiSky #EconSky

The Fast and the Furious

Diesel is clearly a political focus amidst the US affordability crisis. Actions to date seem to do more for political spin than for prices.

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Join tomorrow's Finance Seminar with Oliver Spalt (University of Mannheim) on "The Morality of Shareholder Value."

📅13 October 2026 | 12:00–1:15 PM
📍House of Finance (HoF E.01)

👉 More information: www.old.wiwi.uni-frankfurt.de/abteilungen/... #EconSky

A society that treats poverty as a mindset problem has already chosen not to solve it.

#Zer0Billionaires #Resist #VoteBlue #econsky

Featured on INOMICS: 2026 Scholarships in Economics in memory of Fanno, Crivelli and Saccomanni #Econsky

Enjoyed this book on tutoring rich kids. Some funny stories throughout but it's hard not to think about some of the parent's behaviour as being neglectful. #EduSky #EconSky

🔵Coming up this Monday!
Join us on October 12 at the 𝗠𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 with 𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝘅𝗻𝗲𝘀 (𝗕𝗜 𝗡𝗼𝗿𝘄𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗹), who will present “Follow FDI: Production Networks and the Geography of Globalization”

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This is an interesting piece via @arguablymag.bsky.social. You do wonder if any policy wonk reads stuff like this and goes - now that is a good idea!!! #EconSky

🔵Coming up this Monday!
Join us on October 12 at 𝗠𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗦𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿 with @dritzwoller.bsky.social (@harvard.edu), who will present "Regression Adjustments for Disentangling Spillover Effects"

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Fastest-growing economies in Africa, 2026 forecast (real GDP growth)

1. 🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 9.2%
2. 🇬🇳 Guinea: 8.7%
3. 🇺🇬 Uganda: 7.5%
4. 🇷🇼 Rwanda: 7.2%
5. 🇧🇯 Benin: 7.0%
6. 🇳🇪 Niger: 6.7%
7. 🇱🇾 Libya: 6.7%
8. 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire: 6.2%
9. 🇩🇯 Djibouti: 6.0%

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook, April 2026

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Suggest discussion #homelessness go beyond short term #housing to long-term #Sustainability understanding #economic drivers increasing #homeless population

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My SubStack blog focused #sustainable prosperity regarding #resource availability

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Economist Justin Wolfers doesn’t think much of Peter Navarro #EconSky #USpol youtube.com/watch?v=CXmq...

What do Signal and Track Switch Repairers actually make? $92,460 median, and the middle of the market runs $79,720–$99,320. Stop negotiating blind. → #econsky

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique is hiring:
Postdoctoral Researcher in Climate-Related Health Risk Assessment and Urban Adaptation Tools

#postdoc #econsky

30,000+ PEOPLE targeted by the recording industry over file-sharing. Children were sued over songs. Adults faced million-dollar verdicts.

When tech companies ingest culture at industrial scale, suddenly copyright isn't important.

#Zer0Billionaires #Resist #VoteBlue #econsky