Kyle Montanio

https://geekdom.social/@FantasticalEconomics

I'm an environmental economist who researches econ pedagogy to make learning economics marginally less dismal.

My pipe-dream is to write a fantasy novel/economics textbook, which is getting closer to reality every day.

#economics #TeachEcon #sustainability #DoughnutEconomics #degrowth

Profile pic is me getting arrested at a pro-Palestine campus protest.

Background is my dog, Freya, who is derpily sticking her tongue out while passed out.

About me: Making econ marginally less dismal one post at a time. I teach economics at the UC Denver and am an all around nerd. My goal is to combine my passion for all things fantasy/sci-fi and love of economics to lower the cost of learning econ.
Fantastical Economics: You can find my first-ever short story that covers the circular economy and sustainability in a sci-fi setting here: https://edgeryders.eu/t/circular-reasoning/19717

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2025-01-12 16:05:18 UTC

Yes, an easily downloadable data set of all the Tesla fatalities would make a great addition to my intro to stats class, why do you ask?
https://www.tesladeaths.com/
#TeachEcon

2024-12-09 21:29:37 UTC

Found an interesting graph with absolutely no relation to current events on Wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Life_expectancy_vs_healthcare_spending.jpg
I forget who I learned this from, but it's pretty useful to add Reagan's face right around 1981 to help understand changes in US over time.
#economics #HealthCare
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2024-09-24 14:51:53 UTC

Means testing harms the mean household and is just plain mean, by design.
Study after study shows that providing social safety nets - benefits the vast majority of people support - is cheaper and more efficient when you get rid of the hurdles to prove you qualify.
Means testing punishes those most in need who are often least able to spend time and energy to complete the intentionally difficult process to access benefits, and results in higher costs.
https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org/2022/11/11/universal-benefits-cost-less-than-means-tested-benefits/
#UBI #BasicIncome

2024-07-31 15:19:41 UTC

Capitalism's greatest trick was stealing so much of our time that we cannot imagine living without the 'conveniences' it sells back to us.

2024-06-04 18:58:42 UTC

I've been on here a few years, probably time for an #introduction !
I #TeachEcon, #economics, and #degrowth because it's what I know.
I discuss #ClimateChange and #USPolitics because I believe they are important (and #VoteBlue for the same reason).
I research #teaching, pedagogy, and grades because incentives matter, especially in #education.
I read and #AmWriting #fantasy and #SciFi just for the fun of it.

2024-05-03 19:51:54 UTC

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Unhelpful.
Also, for context, I was arrested when linked arm and arm with students on my campus. While not biologically my kids, it has similar emotional connection, to me at least.

2024-05-03 19:48:46 UTC

As tensions rise over protests and foreign policy, please remember we don't need to 100% agree to be on the same side.
Far-right fascists are mobilizing and authoritarian countries are weaponizong the #Gaza war to weaken democracy. These are far bigger threats than the fellow liberals who happen to have come down on the other side of this complex and highly-emotional topic of #Palestine and #Israel.
Good people can and do disagree, so it may be helpful to tone down the angry rhetoric.

2024-03-20 16:22:38 UTC

Prevention is (almost always) cheaper than treatment, and homelessness does not break this rule.
Economists recently used a randomized control trial to estimate the effectiveness of giving households on the brink of homelessness cash to prevent it, $2000 on average.
The results of this temporary assistance were a 73% reduction in the risk of homelessness after one year and that each dollar spent generated $2.47 in benefits to the community.
#economics #poverty
https://news.nd.edu/news/targeted-prevention-helps-stop-homelessness-before-it-starts/

2024-02-29 19:40:35 UTC

I was today years old when I learned that US schools are more segregated today than they were in 1968.
Racial segregation due to racist policies (like red lining) and reinforcing economic conditions (like school funding tied to property taxes) ensure a system of oppression that is, in many ways, getting worse.
For more info, check out: Beverly Daniel Tatum's book: Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
or this shorter read: https://devtechsys.com/insights/2021/02/26/racial-integration-of-schools-in-the-united-states/
#BlackHistoryMonth
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