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Nicholas Decker

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Nicholas Decker

@captgouda24

Econ student, liberal, aspie, bi. Michael Kremer stan. I ❤️ optimal auction design. Spend more on drugs. Open borders now! alt @NicholasD91704

Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Nicholas Decker
@captgouda24
Mar 19
I have made over 250 threads about papers in economics, which you can browse on my website here or in the twitter threads catalogued below. What have I missed? What should I cover? Tell me your favorite papers! captgouda24.github.io/nicholas-decke…
Nicholas Decker
@captgouda24
Oct 10, 2025
I write about papers, and collect them here. There are now well over 150 papers cataloged for you to learn about. I’m starting a new thread to keep it manageable. Remember, if you like my work, you’d love my blog. I publish 4-5 times a week. nicholasdecker.substack.com
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Nicholas Decker
@captgouda24
Apr 28, 2024
How do people go through life on such a hair trigger?
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Nicholas Decker
@captgouda24
Sep 6, 2025
I feel fairly confident in saying that this raid will cost the United States literally billions of dollars. We cannot be trusted. I am ashamed of my country.
Raphael Rashid
@koryodynasty
Sep 6, 2025
ICE has released a video of its raid on Hyundai–LG's Georgia battery plant site, showing Korean workers chained up and led away. South Korea's foreign ministry has confirmed over 300 of the 457 taken into custody are Korean nationals.
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Nicholas Decker
@captgouda24
Apr 18, 2025
Secret Service came by, and we had a lovely chat. Discussion touched on many points, with an amicable resolution of differences. Conduct is fully legal.
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Nicholas Decker
@captgouda24
Apr 18, 2025
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Nicholas Decker
@captgouda24
Sep 3, 2022
The Chinese Communist Revolution was one of the most leveling events in history. The land of the better off was confiscated, and those who were wealthy were denied education. Yet, none of that mattered. Those who wealthy before, went back on top. nber.org/system/files/w…
Nicholas Decker
@captgouda24
Oct 9, 2025
This paper is one of the most astonishing feats of sustained data wizardry I have ever seen. Using data from Uber, they are able to estimate the roughness of every road in America and precisely estimate the value people place on it, and so much more. 1/
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Nicholas Decker
@captgouda24
Jun 25, 2025
Leftism is best understood as an impulse to hurt the successful.
trash jones
@jzux
Jun 24, 2025
“billionaires will leave New York if Zohran wins” omg well when you put it that way… vote for Zohran
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Nicholas Decker
@captgouda24
Oct 24, 2025
Tiktok, Instagram Reels, and Youtube Shorts are a much bigger problem than internet pornography. Pornography is fundamentally constrained by the orgasm — it has a natural end, and then you come back to life. Shortform video is a slow drip, more akin to being strung out on heroin.
Audrey Horne Updates and Rumors
@credenzaclear2
Oct 24, 2025
they need to ban internet pornography
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Nicholas Decker
@captgouda24
Apr 19, 2025
The White House
@WhiteHouse
Apr 18, 2025
Fixed it for you, @NYTimes. Oh, and by the way, @ChrisVanHollen — he’s NOT coming back.
Readers added context
He came back. Source: cnn.com/2025/06/06/pol…
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Nicholas Decker
@captgouda24
Apr 29, 2024
Replying to @sizilianischer
And it’s in their bio!
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Nicholas Decker
@captgouda24
Aug 28, 2025
Replying to @ratlimit
she saw it…
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Nicholas Decker
@captgouda24
Sep 23, 2025
There is no statistically significant impact of income on crime. Criminality and poverty coexist because they are both caused by the same underlying traits. Giving poor people money will not make them any less violent.
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