Jack Meyer 🏛️

@Jackbmeyer

Economist; Researching Institutions, Innovation, Public Goods, and Rural Development. (RT!=E) MPhil Student @OxfordEconDept, MSc @LseEcHist

Vermont/Oxford

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Jack Meyer 🏛️
@Jackbmeyer
May 11
Here it is, the article you’ve all been waiting for: open.substack.com/pub/jackbmeyer…
Jack Meyer 🏛️
@Jackbmeyer
Apr 30
I’ve been holding off in pursuit of other topics, but I think it’s about time I write a “why institutions” article
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Jack Meyer 🏛️
@Jackbmeyer
16h
We are witnessing the development of what can only be described as suit-guy horseshoe theory
hasanabi
@hasanthehun
19h
Replying to @dieworkwear
link me w some american suit factories companies derek, id love to see how i can help - maybe we’ll make some new merch 👀
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Jack Meyer 🏛️
@Jackbmeyer
21h
If you’re a guy in your 20s, buy a tweed jacket. Go into debt if you have to.
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@mean_field_zane
Nov 6
You only have 2 days to accumulate tweed jackets before chilly season hits.
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Jack Meyer 🏛️
@Jackbmeyer
22h
Is it normal for UK job applications to ask about where you went to secondary school?
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Jack Meyer 🏛️
@Jackbmeyer
Nov 5
Although I’ve recently seen some excellent work formalizing and quantifying culture and cultural change, legal institutions still represent a more practical area of historical inquiry by virtue of being readily observable
Jack Meyer 🏛️
@Jackbmeyer
Nov 5
As much as I lean towards an institutional explanation for the Industrial Revolution, the more I work on the economics of innovation and technological diffusion, the more sympathetic I become towards Mokyr’s cultural argument
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