This is great. We don't celebrate bipartisan legislation enough and it's even better when it's in favor of evidence based policy AND on a critical issue like drug abuse. It's not a bill yet, so support really matters. Bipartisan Policy Center bipartisanpolicy.org/blog/congress-…

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Haha. How the Trump administration deals with it's ideological contradictions: "Embrace cognitive dissonance so severe, your defenses of the free market gradually become attacks on reason itself."

Live tweeting form #sioe2019! Lots of great papers here. Institutional and organizational economics is basically everything!

For those who are interested in research-based solutions to stop police violence, here’s what you need to know - based on the facts and data. A thread. (1/x)

Since 2017, millions of Ugandan farmers have been affected by the Fall Army Worm. How can govs increase spread of preventative practices? In her #JMP, Benedetta Lerva shows that contagion and info externalities slow adoption of good practices. Learn more: bit.ly/36x6tKl

The #laborshare is falling, why? Because of #capital or #profits? To answer this, we need estimates of the cost of capital. In his #JMP, Has van Vlokhoven derives a new strategy for estimating this, and finds profits have doubled since 1970. Learn more: bit.ly/34D8GSR

Lol. I am cartoonishly sunburnt for my AEA presentation today. #SwedenGoesToSanDiego

Brilliant! Someone smart like Vox should make sure this gets lots of attention.

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This might be the most important thing to happen to media in a decade. Or maybe not. We’ll see. slowboring.com/?utm_medium=we…

Come hang out with us!!! I can guarantee you at least one game of football against Per Krusell, and can absolutely guarantee that he will cheat during that game. Good luck.

My paper on weak African states and the failures of Bush foreign policy is out in Journal of Dev Econ! Thanks Political Violence At A Glance for years of inspiration and ACLED for data! Did the war on terror deter ungoverned spaces? Not in Africa sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Everyday I hear someone say "I hate the filibuster. All this gridlock isn't worth while just to moderate policy." But does it even moderate policy? Are you sure? I'm skeptical that it does much now, and more skeptical that it will in 4 years. New paper. drive.google.com/file/d/1-LQlYr…

Just got desk rejected by American Political Science Review after 7 WEEKS with no feedback (other than “We are also committed to respecting our authors' and reviewers' time by reviewing papers in a timely fashion”). Desk reject is fine, but 7 weeks? Is this common? Any way to get editor explanation?

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Republican leaders said if they get their way, they're going to extend the Trump tax cuts and repeal the minimum corporate tax of 15% that I just signed into law. They would allow the many largest corporations in America to go back to paying zero in federal income tax.

To fix American democracy, the left should commit to these four steps | Arlie Hochschild theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

BREAKING: Black men arrested at Starbucks settle with Philadelphia for $1 each and a city pledge of $200K for young entrepreneurs.

The new policy highlights the failures of elected officials and the emergent power of digital platforms over U.S. elections. huffp.st/bd79lN7