Alexis Akira Toda

Alexis Akira Toda

Mathematical economist

GPIF Award

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It is a great honor to announce that I have been awarded the 4th Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF) Finance Award under the auspices of Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in Japan. I am very happy that my research has been recognized.

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On illegal immigrants

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If a person enters my house without my permission, I suppose I have the right to ask the person to leave, and if they refuse, I may force them to do so. By analogy, if a person crosses the border into a country without permission from the government of that country, I suppose the government has the right to ask the person to leave, and if they refuse, they may force them to do so. Therefore, I see no problem that some government cracks down illegal immigration and attempts to deport illegal immigrants (although there may be exceptions on an individual basis, for example children that were taken to the country by their illegal immigrant parents and grew up for quite some time, losing tie to their country of birth). It is just common sense that follows from the fundamental principle of a liberal society that honors property rights. A corollary of this argument is that I do not understand why some people (typically the radical left or whatever they are called) organize protests against the crack down of illegal immigration.

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だいぶ前の話になるけど、アトランタへの通勤の時間を有効に使おうと思って、Amazon Kindleで夏目漱石全集を2ドルだか3ドルで買った。主要作品は文庫本で持っているけど、マイナーな作品も読めてとてもよかった。

Is WTN necessary?

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Among amateur tennis players, including high school and college players, I think it is fair to say that UTR (Universal Tennis Rating) is the number that we look at to measure the skill level. UTR rates tennis players by a number between 1 and 16 something, with a higher number indicating higher skill level. According to the Wikipedia page, UTR was developed by a private company in 2008 to evaluate junior players.

The case for flat tax

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My tax situation in 2024 was very complicated due to job change, moving, and Roth conversion, among others. While filing for taxes, I studied part of the tax code. I discuss my thoughts here.