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Breaking News: José Mujica, the leftist former president of Uruguay known for his humility, has died at 89. Known as Pepe, he had a reputation as a savvy leader of the country's progressive coalition, his informal governing style baffled the establishment. nyti.ms/45cnutZ

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Congestion pricing was designed to finance more than $15 billion in critical transit upgrades in New York City. Those investments will take years. But the parallel changes at street level are already apparent. Here’s what we know so far. nyti.ms/4mbuGg0

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Congestion pricing works.

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CEGA research has spurred progress to save lives. As we recalibrate to reduced foreign aid, one thing is clear: we must continue to invest in evidence. Explore how CEGA improves policy and practice through innovative, inclusive, and rigorous evidence in our new Impact Report. go.cega.org/impact2025

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Bill Gates announced that he will close his foundation decades earlier than planned so that he can spend down the endowment more rapidly. “It allows us to do a lot more because we’re not trying to steward our money for some weird legacy thing.” More of this! www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/m...

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Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉 Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace. You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.

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O-Lab is excited to announce that we’ve received renewed funding from the Smith Richardson Foundation, and new support from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, for our work on Regional Economic Development! 👉 Berkeley PhD students, apply for funding by May 23: www.olab.berkeley.edu/initiative-o...

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Amazing work by the Lead Exposure Elimination Project

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The average ages of authors, the fraction female, and the number of authors per paper have increased. There has been a sharp shift to articles using newly generated data, from Daniel S. Hamermesh https://www.nber.org/papers/w33731

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Thrilled to see new @nber.org affiliates announce today, including education/child-focused folks like: @chloergibbs.bsky.social @caroartc.bsky.social @richpatterson.bsky.social @jacobbastian.bsky.social Josh Hyman Congrats to these impressive researchers! www.nber.org/news/nber-ap...

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The effects of Medicaid expansion under the ACA from Wyse and Meyer (Dartmouth): 1. Lives saved: 21% reduction in the mortality hazard of new enrollees. 2. Cost-effective: $179,000 per life-year saved.

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You've heard of the many analysts projects, right? Scholars give the same dataset/question to a bunch of researchers & they still get different answers. Why is that? Data cleaning! This is consistent with Gelman's "garden of forking paths." Small coding decisions often drive results.

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On CBC's The Sunday Magazine, Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with science journalist @laurainparis.bsky.social about her new book "Proto," which looks at the ancient #language that gave rise to today's Indo-European #languages. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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The short article "When health data go dark" about the DHS (Demographic and Health Surveys) is online at BMC Medicine: bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

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Very excited to share this new working paper, joint with @sdellavi.bsky.social, Guido Imbens, and Woojin Kim bsky.app/profile/nber...

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It was great to present my work with Jacobus Cilliers and Nour Elashmawy on PDS Lasso in field experiments at BREAD this weekend. Several people requested the slides afterwards, so I have put them up on my webpage - glad people found the talk useful: drive.google.com/file/d/1NFly...

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timeless

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The Ohio State University Faculty Council voted 35-11 on April 24, 2025 to join the Big Ten "mutual defense compact" that would support the defense of academic freedom. They join universities of IL, IN, IA, MD, MN, NE, OR, WA, WI, Michigan State, Northwestern, Penn State, Purdue, Rutgers, UCLA, USC.

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Grateful to @voxdev.bsky.social for featuring our paper with @fscoamodio.bsky.social and Serafin! What’s it about? The surprising domestic economic ripple effects of this image… 🧵Full thread in the comments.

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The key chart right now: Usually US economic pain is cushioned by falling bond yields and a strengthening dollar, which mean lower interest rates and more spending power for consumers. This time we’re seeing the opposite, meaning the pain will be amplified.

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Previous to the FDA, folks would put chalk and plaster of Paris in milk to make it appear white. They could also add formaldehyde to cover the smell and taste of spoiled milk.

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Van Hollen on Fox News Sunday: "I'm not vouching for the man. I'm vouching for the man's rights. His constitutional rights to due process."

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This is getting out of control #econsky

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Per source, NIH has been instructed to hold off from issuing ALL awards to Harvard, Cornell, Columbia, Brown, and Northwestern (including med schools) Agency staff have also been instructed to not speak about this funding freeze to grantees and applicants

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I don't really care what the "political consequences" are of fighting for the proposition that everyone is entitled to due process before they are removed from the United States and sent to a Salvadoran prison. It's not really a principle if you only adhere to it when it's politically expedient.

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I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

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New preprint finding that eliminating US global health funding over the next fifteen years would cause: - 15.2m deaths from AIDS - 2.2m deaths from TB - 7.9 additional child deaths

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A couple thoughts on this: 1. It violates the law. In 1998, Congress explicitly provided that the President could not, directly or indirectly, request that the IRS start or end an audit or other investigation of a taxpayer. www.taxnotes.com/research/fed... 1/

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Steve Kerr wore a Harvard basketball shirt after the Warriors’ win tonight: “Yes, this is me supporting Harvard. Way to go. Way to stand up to the bully.”

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“Terrible things are happening outside. Poor helpless people are being dragged out of their homes. Families are torn apart. Men, women, and children are separated. Children come home from school to find that their parents have disappeared.” Diary of Anne Frank January 13, 1943

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The possibility of abduction by a sovereign and imprisonment abroad is one criterion that separates democracies from dictatorships. The Declaration of Independence called the British king tyrannical for transporting Americans, “beyond Seas to be tried for pretended Offenses.”

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Before the election, I warned that there is no safe haven under authoritarianism. If they can ship Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a foreign prison—accused of no crime, with no trial—they can do it to anyone. Americans of conscience must stand against this now.

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Today is tax day 🤓 Did you know that undocumented immigrant workers pay $100 billion/yr in taxes? This money goes toward social safety net programs like Social Security & Medicare—programs they can't even benefit from. Learn more in @dcosta.bsky.social's new FAQ: www.epi.org/publication/...

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Even if you (wrongly) believe that some immigrants lack due process rights, what’s to stop the government from claiming that you are an undocumented immigrant; removing you to El Salvador; citing an “administrative error”; and refusing to do anything to bring you back? The answer is due process.

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bloomberg: ~90% of deported migrants to el salvador had no criminal record

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Thank you President Garber. “No government—regardless of which party is in power—should dictate what private universities can teach, whom they can admit and hire, and which areas of study and inquiry they can pursue.” view.hu.harvard.edu?qs=351b45ebf...

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In defiance of the Supreme Court & without any evidence, the White House claims that Kilmar Abrego Garcia is a “terrorist,” who was “sent to the right place.” This is a blatant LIE. He is innocent. He cannot be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail. He must be brought home.

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Harvard has set an example for other higher-ed institutions - rejecting an unlawful and ham-handed attempt to stifle academic freedom, while taking steps to make sure students can benefit from an environment of intellectual inquiry, rigorous debate and mutual respect. Let’s hope others follow suit.

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Resplendent Quetzal #CostaRica #birds #nature 🌿

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🌍 CEGA Fellows are scholars from LMICs trained at UC Berkeley, leading policy-relevant research and promoting evidence-based change in their home countries. 🖥️ Explore our new Fellows page: cega.berkeley.edu/our-network/... #EconSky #PoliSky

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Dozens of USAID contracts were canceled last weekend, including all humanitarian aid to Yemen and Afghanistan.

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NYC Health Econ Day is coming May 9 @ NYU Wagner! We'll have 6 great papers + lots of time to chat. Folks in the greater NYC area are invited! RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... More info: www.stern.nyu.edu/experience-s... Organizers: @ambond.bsky.social, Mike Dickstein, Jessica Van Parys + me

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On World Parkinson’s Day, I’m thinking of all who’ve struggled with the condition. I’m glad that last year President Biden signed into law a bill I cosponsored that combats Parkinson’s and related conditions. I’ll keep working to support research efforts to end Parkinson’s for good.

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Very informative chart from Washington Post

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Regarding trade -- our research shows that only 25% of Americans disagree with the idea that international trade is zero-sum — that if one country gains, another must lose. Most people either believe it is zero-sum or aren’t sure. socialeconomicslab.org/research/wor...

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Some good news from NIH - they have restarted the intramural training programs for postbacs and postdocs. www.training.nih.gov/research-tra...

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The UCSD backstory podcast interviews me about doing applied methods work in development, whether there are private returns from producing public goods, how to select research problems, what a grad student could do in their second year summer, and more... open.spotify.com/episode/2i70...

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Protest in San Clemente #HandsOff

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