Insights Personal observations, insights and analysis. Subscribe for updates Get new posts directly in your inbox Please leave this field empty Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. Search Search Filter by category Data Analytics and AI Economic Analysis and Research Perspectives Public policy All Insights Going solo: things to think about before becoming an independent consultant 15-02-2025 Perspectives In this post I outline some of the things I wish I'd known about becoming an independent consultant before taking the plunge. Read more From code to conversation: Localized AI fun with LM Studio and the ellmer package 20-01-2025 Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics and AI, R-Programming Summary: in this post I demonstrate how you can interact with locally hosted LLM models in R using the ellmer package and LM Studio. Read more How I ChatGPT: Utilizing ChatGPT as a Public Policy Professional 18-01-2024 Artificial Intelligence, Public policy In this post I provide some of my insights into using AI tools, such as ChatGPT, as a public policy professional and applied economist. Read more Enrollments open: An Introduction to R for Policy Analysis 07-08-2023 Data Analytics and AI, Public policy, R-Programming Read more The Replication Crisis: Thinking Fast and Slow 30-03-2023 Economic Analysis and Research, Perspectives, Public policy This post provides a brief summary of potential research replication issues for papers cited in Kahneman's 'Thinking Fast and Slow'. A ranking of chapter reliability is provided based on R-Index scores of each chapter's citations. Read more Page1 Page2 Page3 Page4 Page5