I like this from Center for Global Development incoming president Rachel Glennerster : ". . .and helping make sure that evidence gets incorporated into policy.”

This paper makes me happy. It's a new reaction to a paper in @REstat (!)

"For example, what’s the point of trying to tally up the potential economic costs of tariffs based on models that assume an even global playing field, when no country, certainly not a rich one with decent environmental and labour standards, could compete on price with China in

Honored to be invited to the @NBERpubs Summer Institute to present work with Ethan G. Lewis nber.org/conferences/si… We just updated our study of randomized work visas, doubling the original sample size under the same pre-analysis plan —> nber.org/papers/w30589

Lower employment of US scientists and engineers in the chip industry, fewer domestic students taking science and engineering courses, more offshoring to countries with better immigration rules… (caveat: d in d).

Great! But really you have to ask why it took so long: Where was the resistance? Just IMF board bureaucracy? (maybe gated) devex.com/news/imf-green…

Nice to see Michael Clemens quoted in front page Washington Post today: "Job Market could suffer with Trump's migrant plans."

Reminds me to ask: Fewer medical students in obstetrics applying to residencies in Texas & Florida & other red states?

Getting whiplash when it comes to the Administration’s behavior toward refugees/asylum seekers but yay to this.

G20 recent & future hosts Indonesia, India, Brazil, South Africa are key to forging a 21st century Bretton Woods II model: cgdev.org/blog/financing… Brian Webster Brian Webster Nancy Lee

In sum, Biden should align his policy and his rhetoric. A firm commitment to ethics reform would focus attention on the ethical blunders of Thomas and Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. It would also put Republicans on defense and build consensus for the idea. With public opinion

"Women's good financial behavior is penalized rather than prized." Terrific analysis of unusual data -- in Colombia but probably universal -- read and see why. cgdev.org/blog/undoing-g… Mayra Buvinic Center for Global Development

Congratulations to Amanda Glassman on the 10th anniversary of your "baby" ISDI cgdev.org/event/celebrat…

This sound right to me, though macro not my thing. View of @lhsummers? nytimes.com/2024/07/29/opi…

Nancy M. Birdsall Brian Deese And Ruth E Levine is on Substack suggesting in 2004 that "A commitment to pay for an effective malaria vaccine would spur fresh research into neglected possibilities, as companies compete for the rewards of success." Wish we'd done that. cgdev.org/blog/solving-r…

Send to Kamala before tonight!

I have tried to stay off X since Musk bought it, but can't resist congratulating @mollykinder on this report on AI's effects on US workers (looks like plenty of Harris voters, few construction workers):brookings.edu/articles/gener…

I have left X. Too had. Twitter was great. Please find me Nic Birdsall.bsky.social.

Oh we will miss you @cgdev Justin! ….while looking to you for another stream of insights on what we can do to make a more just and kinder world, bringing micro intelligence to your new macro challenges.

Justin Sandefur Center for Global Development Nancy M. Birdsall The humility in this thread is in character. But the simple fact is that you took CGD to a new level and you’ve been a treasure for it and us. Thank you.