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Econ 101- you cannot legislate tax incidence. This lesson, with all the implications that flow from it, are powerful! And if you want tarrifs to raise domestic production, prices MUST go up.

My advice for Bangladesh 🇧🇩 Strong public protests forced the long-serving Prime Minister of Bangladesh to resign and flee. The natural question is, what comes next? atifmian.com/p/my-advice-fo…

Want to End Poverty? Focus on One Thing. nytimes.com/2024/09/22/opi… Great stuff here on centrality of energy to flourishing. It does seem like the job creation goals are modest. Let's not have goals of just "connection", but that as 1st step to energy abundance. @vijramachandran

The NYT discovers food culture outside of the Acela corridor: In New Mexico, Sopapillas Do It All nytimes.com/2024/09/26/din… DougJBalloon

(1/3) Oren Cass had a piece recently in the Atlantic (theatlantic.com/politics/archi…) that mischaracterizes what we know (and don’t know) about tariffs. Maurice Obstfeld and I respond here (the Atlantic declined to publish). piie.com/blogs/realtime…

Made it to the big time! Duke climate experts attend Climate Week NYC, share climate resilience insights in panels dukechronicle.com/article/2024/1…

+1, amen etc. I'd add: let's end the cringey habit of referring to grown adults only by their first names. #developmentstyleguide Here are 6 expressions to stop using in global development devex.com/news/opinion-h… #Devex via @Devex

DC next week? Join me and Lisa Willems at Duke in DC for Impact for Breakfast on 11/20 at 8:00. We will focus on the intersection of social impact and #AI in conversation with thought leaders from @OmidyarNetwork and IDinsight. Nicholas Institute RSVP at lnkd.in/eTFAdvZ9 📷

It's that time of year again for my 20th Annual Winter Outlook, which will be officially released next Thursday, November 21, 2024. First thought: I have to share my annual honest-for-fun forecast. 😜 #snOMG #winter #cltwx #ncwx #scwx #wcnc

Footage of the overnight passage of the RFK Stadium bill by the Senate.

Wow! I guess it is a coordination challenge to solve this. No province wants to be "first mover"

From chalkboards to chatbots: Transforming learning in Nigeria, one prompt at a time blogs.worldbank.org/en/education/F… via World Bank AI + teachers = #TARL on steroids

12 African countries commit to transformative reforms and actions to expand electricity access— crucial for powering economies, creating jobs and unlocking opportunities for people to build bright futures. wrld.bg/Xy9g50UNQp5 #PoweringAfrica

Measured and thougthtful from the wise George Inghram: Why merging USAID into State would undermine U.S. strategic interests brookings.edu/articles/why-m…

In this critical moment for U.S. foreign assistance, the Foreign Aid Bridge Fund is stepping up to keep life-saving programs running. Honored to be part of the investment committee. Join me in making a difference today! #ForeignAidFreeze #AidBridgeFund foreignaidbridgefund.org

You are not alone. Join us to strategize, share ideas and take action devex.com/events/what-to…

Thrilled to have spoken at IFC & University of Chicago’s Innovation Commission & Market Shaping Accelerator (MSA)'s ‘Catalyzing Innovation: Scaling Solutions for Climate and Agriculture’ event, talking AMCs, paying for outcomes and hope. #IFCAgribusiness

War refugee turned Nobel prize winning scientist in the US posts about Trump administration cuts to funding for his biomedical research "Within hours" he gets an email from China offering to move his lab to any Chinese city with guaranteed funding for 20 years