Misc Stuff 

 code:

LATEX INTEGRATION

• Beautiful Regression tables from R to LaTeX: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/stargazer/vignettes/stargazer.pdf 

• Beautiful Regression Tables from Stata to LaTeX: http://www.ianwatson.com.au/stata.html

• PDF and reference manager - spits BibTeX file and it integrates easily with MS Word: https://www.mendeley.com

• Cool solution when using LaTeX with coauthors that can't code LaTeX:  https://www.overleaf.com/ 

MISC

• UCLA resources - first stop for pretty much anything: http://stats.idre.ucla.edu/# 

R:

• DPLYR package - 5 verbs that do most data manipulations: Part1 -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SGif63VW6E Part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ue08LVuk790

• Graphs with ggplot2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8kYa9vu1l8&index=2&list=PL0S792CJJ52hqY27VrSWgr4Jw9ZEGA2Ar 

PYTHON:

• Best Python learning tutorials that I have found. Everything from Machine Learning, Visualizations, Data Analysis..: https://pythonprogramming.net/ 

REGULAR EXPRESIONS:

• • Check your regular expressions for free: http://regexr.com/ 

PERSONAL WEBSITES:

• Judson Caskey:  https://sites.google.com/site/judsoncaskey/data

  • Fama-French Industry classifications in Stata

  • LaTeX table that computes mean comparison between groups.

  • Correlation Matrix with  Spearman above and Pearson below the main diagonal 

podtcasts:

On the value of Empirical work, Theory work and Case Studies:

1. Andrew Gelman on Social Science, Small Samples, and the Garden of the Forking Paths: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2017/03/andrew_gelman_o.html   - Monday March 20, 2017 –> Critical with Empirical archival work, p-hacking (the garden of the forking paths) and the perverse incentives generated by the publication process.

2. Luigi Zingales on Researcher Capture: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2014/10/luigi_zingales.html - October 20 - 2014 -> Critical with deep dives and case studies in which researchers have the potential to be "captured" by those that provide the datasets and thus researcher independence is jeopardized. 

3. "Excuse me, how many regressions did you run?" - http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2018/01/john_ioannidis.html

4. Cam Harvey on t-statistics: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2015/03/campbell_harvey.html

5. Angrist on causality: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2014/12/joshua_angrist.html

6. Heckman on econometrics: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2016/01/james_heckman_o.html

7. Nosek on replication: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2015/11/brian_nosek_on.html

8. Cifu on medical reversals: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2016/02/adam_cifu_on_en.html

9. Zingales (presidential address) on the value of Finance: http://www.afajof.org/details/video/7693561/2015-Presidential-Address.html 

10. Rubinstein on Game Theory and Behavioral Economics:  http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2011/04/rubinstein_on_g.html -> Critical with the usefulness of theory. 

11. Paul P. on cherry–picking theory: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2014/09/paul_pfleiderer.html

On credit default swaps:

1. Arnold Kling on Credit default swaps: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2008/11/kling_on_credit.html 

On markets and emergent order:

1. Emergent order and markets:  http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2017/06/don_boudreaux_m.html  / http://wonderfulloaf.org/ 

2. The often vilified middleman:  http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2008/10/munger_on_middl.html

3.  Munger on The role of incentives: http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2008/07/munger_on_the_p.html

4. Friedman on the Pencil.

5. Matt Ridley on The Evolution of Everything. 

6. Keith Smith on Free Market healthcare -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDas91T5esk&t=3s&ab_channel=EconTalk 

The case against EJMR:

1. Megan McArdle on Internet Shaming: http://www.econtalk.org/megan-mcardle-on-internet-shaming-and-online-mobs/ 

2. Paul Bloom on Cruelty: http://www.econtalk.org/paul-bloom-on-cruelty/

3. Troublemakers and Dissent : http://www.econtalk.org/charlan-nemeth-on-in-defense-of-troublemakers/.  

Religion, Science, Meaning and the Life Well Lived:

1. Alan Lightman on Stardust, Science, Religion and Meaning:  https://open.spotify.com/episode/3qrESWg9m6CTi71yF8u190?si=af77d14c69b04f06 

• "Don't let it be forgot, that once there was a spot, for one brief shining moment, that was known as Camelot." 

•  The ant colony. 

• “We are in the position of a little child, entering a huge library whose walls are covered to the ceiling with books in many different tongues. The child knows that someone must have written those books. It does not know who or how. It does not understand the languages in which they are written. The child notes a definite plan in the arrangement of the books, a mysterious order, which it does not comprehend, but only dimly suspects. That, it seems to me, is the attitude of the human mind, even the greatest and most cultured, toward God. We see a universe marvelously arranged, obeying certain laws, but we understand the laws only dimly. Our limited minds cannot grasp the mysterious force that sways the constellations.” Albert Einstein. 

2. Leon Kass on Human flourishing: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4QUBIux4sO246Sx93AmW6x?si=7ef2f53a7c2d4717 

   • the life well lived - Aristotle. 

3. Sandra Faber on the Future of the Earth: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6jFfrkuBXfhadMr4rUfE1h?si=58de063c417a43bf 

   • The uniqueness of the earth.  Entropy enclaves and morality. 

4. Alan Lightman on Science, Spirituality, and Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubuh4ZDmBVM&t=63s 

5. TED talk: Kahneman -> The battle between our Experiencing self and our Remembering self and the dilemma of who's utility we should be maximizing. https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_kahneman_the_riddle_of_experience_vs_memory

6. Paul Bloom on Happiness, Suffering and the Sweet Spot -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xAGwYZch-ys&ab_channel=EconTalk 

   • Chosen suffering. The bittersweetness of life. The choice of 

   • "Making the decision to have a child, it is momentous, it is to decide forever to have your heart go walking around, outside your body"

7. L.A. Paul on Vampires, Life Choices and transformation -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUuTsAssUyQ&ab_channel=EconTalk 

Re-potting, the home of the Transplant, the permanent foreigner

1.  Roya Hakakian - A beginner's Guide to America: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3O4r3Vz6xY7qGOZAF5ygis?si=de7ae80118fd43da 

talks:

1. Hans Rosling -> This guy deserves a section of his own. His Gapminder project and his ted talks provide some of the most convincing visualizations that I have ever seen. He steps away from exceedingly complex statistical analysis and focuses on simple graphs that tell a compelling story. I believe that we (academics in Finance and Accounting) would benefit from our own version of the "Gapminder" project in which we broadcast simple descriptive evidence to a broader propulation. https://www.ted.com/playlists/474/the_best_hans_rosling_talks_yo

2. Kahneman -> The battle between our Experiencing self and our Remembering self and the dilemma of who's utility we should be maximizing. https://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_kahneman_the_riddle_of_experience_vs_memory

3.  Martin Seligman -> https://www.ted.com/talks/martin_seligman_on_the_state_of_psychology#t-492406 

4. Dan Gilbert ->  https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_gilbert_asks_why_are_we_happy

5. Barry Schwartz on The Paradox of Choice -> https://www.ted.com/talks/barry_schwartz_on_the_paradox_of_choice  

6. Derek Sivers -> On the importance of rewarding early followers https://www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_how_to_start_a_movement 

7. Randy Pausch - The Last Lecture  on 'Achieving your childhood dreams' -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo&ab_channel=CarnegieMellonUniversity 

books:

A few books I'd recommend:

1. The Algebra of Wealth - Scott Galloway 

2. The Simple Path to Wealth - JL Collins

3. Playing with FIRE - Scott Rieckens

4. How to Know a Person - David Brooks

5. Peak Performance: Elevate Your Game, Avoid Burnout, and Thrive with the New Science of Success - Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness.

6. The Evolution of Everything - Matt Ridley. Followed by Econtalk conversation with the author (Econ talk: The Evolution of Everything).

7. A Little History of Economics - Niall Kishtainy. 

8. A Little History of the United States - James West Davidson. (in process)

European Integration:

1.  https://www.projects.aegee.org/suct/su2021/index.php 

Dance:

(Here are a few snippets of my dance journey)

1.  2022 Salsa Performance with Que Candela Dance Company 

2. 2022 Social Dancing at Elks Lodge (Phoenix).

3.  2017  Performance with the Cobo Brothers Dance Company during my doctoral program:  https://youtu.be/iK_c5WaDd1o