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Tariffs: An Economist's POV
Tariffs: An Economist's POV

Spoiler Alert:
Economists don’t like tariffs. Economists tend not to like taxes in general; they distort incentives. If you only take home 50% of your paycheck, there’s less incentive to show up at work, and more incentive to hit the beach. But tariffs are particularly disliked as their distortions, in theory, come at a higher cost.

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Pampers vs. PlayStations: The Changing Spending Habits of Expectant Parents
Pampers vs. PlayStations: The Changing Spending Habits of Expectant Parents

Inspired by a recent birth in the System2 family, we decided to see who the retail winners and losers were when families prepping for a new baby took out their wallets.

Note: Some names of specific companies have been redacted in the following analysis. If you would like a free copy of the unredacted report, please email info@sstm2.com.

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Web Scraping vs. Hacking: Understanding the Difference Between Data Collection and Digital Mayhem
Web Scraping vs. Hacking: Understanding the Difference Between Data Collection and Digital Mayhem

Web scraping and hacking are not the same. Read this quick primer, learn the difference, and enjoy being more informed. This adorable little kitten sure does!

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MEFA (Make Earth Flat Again!)
MEFA (Make Earth Flat Again!)

Life must have been simpler when everyone thought the Earth was flat. Unfortunately back then, data science didn’t exist as a profession. But assuming we could achieve a flat Earth, how would things be better for data science (or anyone)?

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So You Wanna Keep Your Job in Data Science… Part 3
So You Wanna Keep Your Job in Data Science… Part 3

At System2, we love feedback; it drives improvement. We know that 20% of client projects will be deemed "a waste of time," but that doesn't mean the overall initiative isn't a success. Let us explain.

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How to Win Friends and Influence Economists: Thoughts on Nowcasting with Random Forests
How to Win Friends and Influence Economists: Thoughts on Nowcasting with Random Forests

One of our own recently attended two economic conferences in Europe and presented a paper on nowcasting with random forests at one of them. Here, we’ll take a look at the four points the paper focuses one: Data Quality, Mixed Frequency, Missing Observations, and Regression Leaves.

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So You Wanna Keep Your Job in Data Science… Part 2
So You Wanna Keep Your Job in Data Science… Part 2

We’ve landed on five things that must happen to manage and develop a data science department effectively. In this post in an ongoing series, we look at #2 — Tracking Time.

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Why AI Writing Code Will Require More People Coding
Why AI Writing Code Will Require More People Coding

Trying to explain to college students or big corporate types that GPT doesn’t “solve” the need for engineers feels like swimming upstream. I’m sure the next 5 years will be met with broken expectations and using GenAI to create a pile of terrible systems at a scale that wasn’t humanly possible before. After that, engineers will be in high demand to maintain and build upon the mess.

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How to Utilize Large Language Models (LLMs) in Your Next Data Analysis Project
How to Utilize Large Language Models (LLMs) in Your Next Data Analysis Project

In this post, get insights into the remarkable accessibility and user-friendliness of large language models (LLMs). One key takeaway is the simplicity of integrating this technology into our analytical processes; it takes about 10 lines of code to incorporate the power behind ChatGPT into an analysis.

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