Can participatory budgeting build government legitimacy and increase tax revenues in weak states?
Evidence from Sierra Leone shows that digital participatory budgeting can increase government legitimacy in weak states but only increases tax compliance for supporters of the incumbent government.
Governments in low-income countries often struggle to raise enough taxes to fund development.
In this @voxdev.bsky.social article @nmeriggi.bsky.social & co-authors explore if getting citizens involved in budget decisions can help in Sierra Leone.
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We really need to stop talking about this as some kind of looming threat rather than a process well underway. Itβs not βclose.β You have arrived at your destination. The order has been delivered.
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We are Nobel laureates, scientists, writers and artists. The threat of fascism is back | Open letter
As in 1925, when Mussolini was in power, we must openly defy the brutal imposition of the fascist ideology
Although not happy with the use of the "F-word", and a skeptic of "open letters" and "petitions," I decided to sign this particular open letter, as I do think it has an important message.
16.06.2025 09:43 β π 71 π 24 π¬ 0 π 3
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15.06.2025 14:58 β π 572 π 113 π¬ 7 π 2
This looks like an 80s comedy where John Belushi & some stoners steal a tank for shits & giggles
14.06.2025 23:36 β π 4306 π 639 π¬ 16 π 114
The squeaky tanks driving past quiet, empty stands is amazing
15.06.2025 02:00 β π 2262 π 425 π¬ 187 π 71
Turns out my talk at @renner-institut.at on the situation in the U.S., and the lessons for Europe, is also online. π
13.06.2025 09:10 β π 40 π 15 π¬ 1 π 0
Rethinking the Far Right
Date: Tue, 10.06.2025 18:00
You can now watch my lecture "Rethinking the Far Right" on the @iwm.at YouTube channel. Hope it explains and empowers.
13.06.2025 08:15 β π 49 π 12 π¬ 0 π 0
Today they have crossed a deep red line.
We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.
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Sign: IS THIS THE REAL LIFE?
Books include: Erasing History, Autocracy, Inc, Fascism: A Warning, How Democracies Die
Sign: IS THIS JUST FANTASY?
Books include; It Canβt Happen Here, 1984, Fahrenheit 451, The Handmaidβs Tale
Barnes & Noble in Georgetown with a stark βBohemian Rhapsodyβ-referencing book display this weekend.
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Careless People by Sarah Wynn Williams book cover
This is already a fascinating read. Pick up a copy.
13.04.2025 21:44 β π 627 π 72 π¬ 34 π 10
Thank you Gerry!
12.03.2025 04:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Let this sink in.
05.03.2025 01:11 β π 64826 π 17414 π¬ 927 π 634
Are you a scientist β or do you know someone β with federal funding who is making serious plans to leave the US so you can continue your research?
I'd love to talk with you for a story I'm working on.
I can guarantee you anonymity. Contact me securely on Signal: 3162958947
05.03.2025 23:52 β π 825 π 364 π¬ 23 π 6
Rightβwing extremism analyzed
Abstract. The so-called βthird waveβ of right-wing extremism has taken both society and social science by storm. In contrast to the many studies that look for possible explanations for the success o....
Almost 30 years to the day, I published my first "major" academic article. It was an English language summary of my Dutch language M.A. thesis.
A short thread on how it came about. π§΅
05.03.2025 16:02 β π 140 π 19 π¬ 5 π 3
Steve Levitsky gives the canonical answer about whether defending democracy is the right answer electorally for Democrats - that can't be the question. *Society* has to defend democracy and the Constitution, or they could cease to exist. nymag.com/intelligence...
04.03.2025 16:37 β π 497 π 143 π¬ 20 π 11
Steve Levitsky on how unprecedented the concentration of power in Musk is - "at least in democracies, Iβve never seen a concentration of political, economic, and media power as vast as this," only comparison is "old-fashioned dictatorships"
04.03.2025 16:35 β π 179 π 64 π¬ 9 π 2
These business leaders are the economic equivalent of the fools who promised everything would be fine when Trump tried to overturn an election he lost
03.03.2025 16:43 β π 109 π 20 π¬ 5 π 1
WTF. Weather prediction is essential to aviation, agriculture, emergency/disaster management, and so many other vital activities. Insanely reckless.
04.03.2025 01:40 β π 159 π 47 π¬ 10 π 1
And it is *possible* for the opposition to win in competitive authoritarian systems, particularly unconsolidated and semi-consolidated ones.
02.03.2025 16:23 β π 10 π 5 π¬ 1 π 1
Ominously plausible warnings from @filipecampante.bsky.social of what our descent into competitive authoritarianism could look like
03.03.2025 01:43 β π 793 π 259 π¬ 33 π 35
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