@cnbecker14

PhD Candidate @Ucla Political Science. he/him

 Los Angeles, CA
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Joined July 2012
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This last year, teaching all freshman students in UCLA's cluster program, is the first time I have felt like I had just a completely different set of cultural references from my students. Humbling.
Neil Renic@NC_RenicJul 30
Student responded to my joke with "is that another reference from before we were born?"
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I like to make a comparison with food when I am trying to explain this to people. Food insecurity, at least in the US is basically a distribution problem. That's why programs like SNAP work well and should be expanded. Housing is not this!
Ta-Nehisi Quotes
@steady_drumbeat18h
I think the fundamental YIMBY insight is that, if you live in a society which imposes artificial scarcity on basic necessities like housing and health care, then there is no amount of redistribution which will make them broadly available to the poor. You need supply-side changes.
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Housing is an actual shortage! And so providing subsidies will only get us marginal gains, way smaller than the gains from expanding supply.
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Once again, Raman is just so clearly a more serious policy thinker.
Oren Ben-Joseph@orenbjOct 24
Bass vs Raman on Metro Fare Policy latimes.com/california/story…
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European Colonial Powers drawing borders in the Middle East and Africa:
Josh Barzon
@JoshuaBarzonOct 21
OK, I actually think this could work.
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Pretty dishonest, I would say, to make these claims when Wiener originally wrote a stronger bill and then was forced to weaken it by less progressive members of the legislature.
Connie Chan 陳詩敏@conniechansfOct 17
shot, chaser
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This is a map of which areas of Europe have climates most similar to the California coast btw. God's chosen country.
Alessandro Palombo
@thealepalomboOct 17
Europe's best climates and where to find them, updated. Calabria FTW, Sicily not so much... Cyprus is surprisingly out because of very hot summers. Madeira and the Canary Islands remain near perfect, of course. This is the accurate data, with stricter parameters. Apologies for the mix-up: I was on mobile all day and crossed the order of the maps. I meant to publish a comparative 2000-2020-2050. Not too bad, but still, this is the one truly on point
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Probably has slightly more to do with the fact that the National Assembly is in the location I've circled in red while the Elysee Palace is in yellow.
Seorge 🇪🇺
@coaiecreteOct 17
Countries are not shy to say which areas of Paris suck
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Ditto for the London case, with the Houses of Parliament in red and 10 Downing Street right next door in yellow.
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I think Greta Gerwig's version of The Magician's Nephew looks fun and I am excited to see it.
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Clayton Becker retweeted
PSRM Journal@PSRMJournalOct 15
🏘️ Does racial bias shape opposition to new housing construction? ➡️ @cnbecker14 finds that factorial experiments show little evidence of racial bias, while a list experiment reveals concerns about racial change among a meaningful share of respondents doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2026.10…
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All of the republicans who tell me they are concerned about "importing the third world" need to take a long look in the mirror because this right here? This is actually what that looks like.
Politics & Poll Tracker 📡
@PollTracker2024Oct 8
Pete Hegseth tells Real America’s Voice that the execution of convicted Fort Hood terrorist Nidal Hasan will be a public execution.
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Far from the worst part about this, but it's extra grating because Vance absolutely knows better than this. He's just lying because he has confidence and enough contempt that his voter base will believe whatever he says.
Bulwark Clips
@BulwarkClipsOct 8
Q: “How do you define socialism personally?” Vance: “I think in reality, what it actually means in the American context is that you want to replace American workers with foreign workers, and you want boys to play in girls' sports.”
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New paper in @PSRMJournal! How we measure racial bias is important, but there is no clear agreement (rather a lively methodological debate) among political scientists about the best way to do so. doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2026.10…
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These results suggest that certain, facially race neutral, concerns raised by residents may be driven or influenced by racial animus.
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The paper is open access so give it a read if you're interested! Lots more in the paper than I could fit in the thread, and more in the appendix that I couldn't fit in the paper! doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2026.10…

“We need the right kind of people in this neighborhood”: racial motivation in opposition to new...

“We need the right kind of people in this neighborhood”: racial motivation in opposition to new housing construction

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