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Three logicians walk into a bar...

Em 24hs, Bolsonaro disse que: - a ANCINE não faria mais filmes como os da Bruna Surfistinha - governadores nordestinos eram “paraíbas” - Miriam Leitão não foi torturada - ninguém passa fome no Brasil Foda isso de ser nepotista, ter filho investigado e precisar mudar o assunto.

Em pouco mais de 2 anos a Argentina foi de emitir um título de 100 anos (cnbc.com/2017/06/20/arg…) a um calote. Seria inacreditável se não fosse Argentina.

By recognizing work on randomized controlled trials in development economics, Yao Yang of Peking University believes the The Nobel Prize has once again overlooked the most obvious and consequential development story of the past half-century: China bit.ly/32yTIfT

"A vantagem do extremismo é que te faz sentir bem, pois te dá inimigos. Inimigos te permitem fingir que todo o mal do mundo vem deles e todo o bem, de você! "

We announced AI and Shared Prosperity Initiative, an effort to practically shift the path of AI from racing to do things as well as or better than humans & leaving many of them behind to instead expanding workers' economic opportunities w/o asking them to continuously "upskill".

Major step forward for the AI and Shared Prosperity Initiative: today, we are proud to announce this luminary Steering Committee that will work to shape the Initiative's Research Agenda. Sign up to stay updated on the progress: partnershiponai.org/shared-prosper…

Watch John McCain’s notable concession speech from the 2008 election

The Covid-19 recession is the strangest recession in living memory For starters, it is the most unequal recession - like the virus, decimating some and untouching others.

Which public policies have the biggest bang for the buck? Nathaniel Hendren (Harvard University, Opportunity Insights) and Ben Sprung-Keyser (Harvard University) on a unified welfare analysis of government policies: youtu.be/qtl6RvuFlWs

Today, Ben Sprung-Keyser and I launched Policy Impacts. Policy Impacts promotes and supports the use of the Marginal Value of Public Funds (MVPF), a methodology for comparing the cost effectiveness of a wide range of public policies. [1/8]

Join us for the Policy Impacts conference, tomorrow (Aug 12) from 1PM-5PM ET. The conference will feature presentations from Hilary Hoynes, Lawrence Katz, @elisajacome, Josh Angrist, Christopher Walters, and Amy Finkelstein. Schedule and registration are available here: policyimpacts.org/events/35/poli…

"I wish I had written this paper" is what I thought when I read Fabio's. It is a beautiful example of how to combine carefully identified micro evidence with a powerful macro model. And it addresses such an important q: How can we design IP so that it fosters long-term growth?

Thoughts and lessons for american politics after #Brazilelections yesterday: 1/ We need better tech. Better voting tech shrinks the window for losers to question results. The humble urna eletrônica counted 100M+ votes in less than 3 hours x.com/TRESCjusbr/sta…

From Departamento de Economia PUC-Rio and UBC Economics, a great JMP on economic development and economic history looking at the role of railways to foster technology adoption and industrialization in Brazil early to mid 20th century by Pedro Américo

Come work with me at Open Philanthropy! We are looking for a Lead Researcher to manage researchers on the cause prioritization team -- help us find the best program areas to spend hundreds of millions in the next several years! jobs.ashbyhq.com/openphilanthro…

This from Carla_Zoe_C has aged very well. forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/DxfpGi9h…

come work with me =) x.com/albrgr/status/…

🚨 🚨 🚨 We are looking for someone great to lead a new program focused on accelerating economic growth in developing countries.🚨 🚨 🚨 If we find the right person, they'll oversee at least $30M of spending over the next few years. Here's why we think this is a great bet: