Best of #econtwitter - Week of July 2, 2023: paper summaries

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Mental health in academic economics

^“Working paper coming soon by @alterelim, @vbolotnyy, Paul Barreira, and myself [@ClaraSievert] :)”.

Genetics x econ

^Gregory Clark paper. Thread collecting pushbacks from genetics folks. Thread from an IQ guy. Long tweet. Turkheimer. «« More readable IMO as an economist:

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