Damon Jones

Damon Jones

@nomadj1s.bsky.social

economist | from NJ | he/him

11.4K followers386 following155 posts

Damon Jones
@nomadj1s.bsky.social

Brick City

Zinn Education Project@zinnedproject.bsky.social

#tdih 1967 National Conference on Black Power began in Newark in tradition of antebellum Black convention movement (@ccp-org.bsky.social) & early Pan-African congresses. More than 1,000 delegates representing 286 organizations and institutions from 126 cities in 26 states, Bermuda, and Nigeria.

zinnedproject.orgJuly 20, 1967: Newark Black Power Conference BeginsMore than 1,000 delegates representing 286 organizations and institutions from 126 cities in 26 states, Bermuda, and Nigeria gathered at the National Conference on Black Power in Newark, New Jersey.
Damon Jones
@nomadj1s.bsky.social

This tracks: freshman year spring break we went to the Price is Right, & my friend got called up & just missed out on winning a truck … Bob was like “yeah, you got bad advice from your friend with the funny hair” That was me, I had twists & was locking my hair 🙃

Razzball@razzball.bsky.social

thought Robin Leach was gonna be the worst dead celebrity this year, but Bob Barker is edging up (from hell, apparently)

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unraveled
@unraveledpress.com

Happening now: anti-war protestors are gathereing in Chicago's Congress Plaza for a demonstration against ongoing U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran. Tonight's rally follows a similar protest in Chicago on Saturday; other anti-war actions are being planned across the city over the week.

Damon Jones
@nomadj1s.bsky.social

Q: There’s a regression with three coefficients: b1, b2, b3 A theory says b1 > b2 > b3 What statistical test should I perform to test this joint prediction? The point estimates are such that b3 > b1 > b2, if that matters

Damon Jones
@nomadj1s.bsky.social

Q: There’s a regression with three coefficients: b1, b2, b3 A theory says b1 > b2 > b3 What statistical test should I perform to test this joint prediction? The point estimates are such that b3 > b1 > b2, if that matters

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Puff the Magic Hater
@mskellymhayes.bsky.social

Replying to @mskellymhayes.bsky.social

ICE also shot a woman here in Chicago, whom they made similar claims against. She didn't die, despite being shot multiple times, and the charges against her were eventually dropped, because the stories they tell to justify their violence are always bullshit and never hold up under scrutiny.

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Steven Durlauf
@durlauf.bsky.social

I invite you to listen to this conversation with my wonderful colleague @nomadj1s.bsky.social, Associate Director of @ucstonecenter.bsky.social, in which we explore the many interesting facts of his research ranging from racial inequality to consumer behavior.

UChicago | Stone Center on Wealth Inequality & Mobility@ucstonecenter.bsky.social

It’s not every day we interview one of our own directors on the Podcast, but when we do, it’s worth a listen. @durlauf.bsky.social talks with @nomadj1s.bsky.social about household finance, UBI, editing a special issue of the JEL, and what an individualistic perspective might omit. 🎧→ bit.ly/4qlcFOt

Damon Jones
@nomadj1s.bsky.social

They don’t want race used taught, or studied in higher Ed, or K12, AND are upset that a Smithsonian museum claims that race is a social construct and not a biological trait 🤔

The Associated Press@apnews.com

BREAKING: President Donald Trump aims to reshape the Smithsonian museums and zoo with an order targeting funding to programs with "improper ideology."

bit.lyTrump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding to programs with 'improper ideology'President Donald Trump has issued an executive order on the Smithsonian Institution that targets funding to programs that contain what he calls “divisive narratives” and “improper ideology.”
Damon Jones
@nomadj1s.bsky.social

So universities cannot take race into account, but then … 🤔

Keith Boykin@keithboykin.bsky.social

The Trump administration has canceled a 60-year-old civil rights rule that banned federal contractors from engaging in racial segregation.

npr.org'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contractsThe Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.

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Puff the Magic Hater
@mskellymhayes.bsky.social

Defend the liberty of a stranger as you would defend your own, or that of a loved one, because that is what's actually on the table—whether we are a society that will sit still as our neighbors are snatched in the night, and disappeared into darkness, or a society that will fight for each other.