Martin Beraja (@MartinBeraja) / X

Martin Beraja

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Martin Beraja

@MartinBeraja

Economist @UCBerkeley @BerkeleyHaas

Berkeley, CA

Joined July 2019

Martin Beraja
@MartinBeraja
Nov 18, 2022
Taxi to JFK. Driver asks: where are you from? Argentina, I say. Driver turns around. Opens his jacket. He is wearing an Argentinean football jersey with the number 10 in it. I’m from Bangladesh, he says. We are big fans! You don’t believe me? Let me show you. Hilarity ensues…
Martin Beraja
@MartinBeraja
Nov 19, 2022
Replying to @MartinBeraja
This story now ends. He gave me a hug when I got off the car. We looked at each other, united in that brief moment by one thing. It cuts across class, age, race, etc., as well as, I learned, nationality. This love for ⚽️ and the World Cup.
Martin Beraja
@MartinBeraja
Nov 18, 2022
Replying to @MartinBeraja
At this point, I am baffled. Bangladesh’s population is about 150mill (thanks again Wikipedia). By his calculation there are more Argentina fans in Bangladesh than Argentineans. There will also prolly be more Bangladeshi fans in Qatar (0.8 x 400k) than Argentineans there.
Martin Beraja
@MartinBeraja
Nov 18, 2022
Replying to @MartinBeraja
First he shows me pictures of his house. Big Argentina flag is hanging from his balcony. Then pulls up Youtube. Shows me this video of hundreds of Bangladeshi on the street with the 🇦🇷 jersey.
Martin Beraja
@MartinBeraja
Nov 18, 2022
Replying to @MartinBeraja
He tells me that 80% of the country supports Argentina. And that Qatar is an important migrant destination. I check Wikipedia. 400k Bangladeshis are there.
Martin Beraja
@MartinBeraja
Jan 7, 2024
Never thought I would see the president of Argentina @JMilei explaining ideas by @GalorOded, with a sprinkle of directed tech change @DAcemogluMIT and population scale effects @ChadJonesEcon
Milei Explains
@Milei_Explains
Jan 7, 2024
Technological progress and population growth. About: Milei, Argentina, economic growth, techno-optimists, techno-phobics, human capital.
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Martin Beraja
@MartinBeraja
Nov 18, 2022
Replying to @MartinBeraja
He calls his brother next (i think). Who do you support in the World Cup? Some short back and forth in Bengali happens (had to look this up, I must confess. Didn’t know the language’s name). The brother starts chanting “Argentina! Argentina!”
Martin Beraja
@MartinBeraja
Oct 14, 2024
Let me share a little story about @DAcemogluMIT. In my mind and heart, this is what makes him truly Noble. With or without a @NobelPrize. One afternoon @MITEcon, I hear a knock on my door. “Come in,” I say. Daron is standing there… tall as always. He is holding something in
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Martin Beraja
@MartinBeraja
Jan 13, 2021
Nunca me sentí tan extranjero como ayer. Mi vecino me deslizó una carta, muy educada, por "algunos ruidos a la noche." Fueron los goles de @RiverPlate que grité. Lo comprendí, pero cómo explicárselo? La distancia cultural era insalvable.
Martin Beraja
@MartinBeraja
Nov 19, 2022
Replying to @KenoBilli
Comercial de @Quilmes_Cerveza. Se suceden imagenes de personas en distintas partes del mundo. Tomando mate. Con camiseta argentina. Comiendo dulce de leche. Bailando cuarteto. Etc. Termina con alguien tomando una Quilmes y una voz en off: El que es argentino nace donde quiere.
Martin Beraja
@MartinBeraja
Nov 17, 2024
Like a winemaker, the economist will use math to produce a fine idea from the grapes of a rough insight. The math is the tool to help them think. Once the thinking is done, the reader can simply drink the idea. The curious reader may still want to visit the vineyard, see how
Bryan Caplan
@bryan_caplan
Nov 16, 2024
“Show a typical economist a theory article, and watch how he ‘reads’ it: He reads the abstract and introduction, flips the theory pages, then reads the conclusion. If math is so enlightening, why do even the mathematically able routinely skip the math?” betonit.ai/p/economath_fa…
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Martin Beraja
@MartinBeraja
Jul 7, 2022
🚨New paper🚨 with @Nathan_Zorzi Automation raises productivity but displaces workers and lowers their earnings. When these workers are financially vulnerable, the degree of automation can be excessive. How should the government respond? A thread 🧵…1/n @MITEcon #EconTwitter
NBER
@nberpubs
Jun 22, 2022
Automation can be excessive when it displaces workers who are financially vulnerable. This may justify slowing down automation, even when accounting for generous social insurance, from @MartinBeraja and @Nathan_Zorzi nber.org/papers/w30154
Martin Beraja
@MartinBeraja
Oct 16, 2024
Good discussion during @MITEcon's faculty lunch today. Interested to hear what others think... The discussion started with @Ben_Olken and Amy Finkelstein asking: Is this the first @NobelPrize given for an empirical result, specifically? I mentioned that I thought Fogel's work
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Martin Beraja
@MartinBeraja
Jul 7, 2020
I used to be an F-1 student. Many of my friends and colleagues too. To those of you who are F-1 students now, I am so sorry. To those of us who teach, imagine our classes without them. This cannot be.