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Jodi Beggs

Jodi Beggs

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Jun 17

Why Are Confusion Matrix Statistics So Confusing?

an economist’s rant against terminology overload

Jodi Beggs

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Jun 9

I am Predicting That Your Prediction Problem Is Not Really About Prediction

causal inference is sneakily ubiquitous in business questions

Jodi Beggs

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Aug 28, 2018

You Have Questions About Textbook Prices, I Have Answers…

So I saw the following tweet yesterday and thought it would be helpful to talk a little about textbooks…

Jodi Beggs

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Aug 22, 2018

On the Revival of the “Quarterly Capitalism” Discussion

Ok, I’m a little late with this, but, um, he might kind of have a point…

Jodi Beggs

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Aug 14, 2018

Here are the Victims of Insider Trading, Hope I Didn’t Keep You Waiting Too Long

The way 2018 is going, it should not shock you too much that we’ve gotten to the “a little insider trading never hurt anyone” phase of the…

Jodi Beggs

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Jul 25, 2018

What The Brady Bunch Can Tell Us About Housing Market Dynamics

So I have a new dream purchase, since I learned this week that the Brady Bunch house is up for sale. I’m still kinda pissed that I missed…

What The Brady Bunch Can Tell Us About Housing Market Dynamics

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Jul 11, 2018

Wading Into the Minimum Wage Debate, Monopsony Edition

Not to be a Debbie Downer, but overall wage growth in the U.S. has been anemic lately, and minimum wages haven’t kept up with inflation…

Wading Into the Minimum Wage Debate, Monopsony Edition

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Jun 29, 2018

So Do We Still Have Unions Now or No? Economics Can (Sort of) Answer That!

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court released a number of decisions, including one that can basically be summarized as follows:

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Jun 20, 2018

How Not to Sound Like an Idiot About the Trade Deficit, Part 1

Ok, we need to talk about the trade balance…not so much whether trade deficits are bad, since I fear that we’re not even ready for that…

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Jun 14, 2018

Not to alarm you, but here’s a headline that’s been popping up a bunch:

Anywhere? Are you sure? Because, not gonna lie, my backup plan for when I get sick of the world is to go take a minimum wage job and live…

Jodi Beggs

Jodi Beggs

economistsdoitwithmodels.com, Behavioral Economist, data scientist, We the Economy, Homer-Economicus. Not too old for figure skating.

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