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Advice on Learning Python and Harvard's Online CS50 Course

I am often asked (1) is it worth learning to code well, given how useful AIs are now; (2) are advanced undergrad/grad CS/Stats/Datascience courses a good way to learn to “code” better; and (3) if not, what resources do you suggest?

UBC Math, Computer Science, and Economics Course Advice

Not every top student should choose to get a PhD in economics or finance. But if you are considering it, then some advanced preparation can make your life easier

Recent Criticisms of Julia

I agree with the general sentiment of much of the criticism, but it doesn’t impact most use-cases of economists

Modeling Shocks in COVID 19

Lecture notes on using ODEs and SDEs for epidemiology in economics

A Grab Bag of Data Sources

Links to publicly available data sources useful for research and datascience projects