David Bradford

This is amazing.

www.getyourfuckingmoneyback.com

🎉Introducing Dr. David Powell as a new Senior Fellow at Penn LDI!

Dr. Powell is a health economist with research on the opioid crisis, population aging, working conditions, and end-of-life care.

Learn more about his work: https://ldi.upenn.edu/fellows/fellows-directory/david-powell-phd

Stricter abortion clinic regulations were associated with a 6.6% decline in OB/GYN supply — about 2 fewer doctors per 100,000 women of reproductive age.

New research in Health Economics. tinyurl.com/4v5xajtj

A tariff “refund” mostly goes to whoever wrote the tariff check: the importer of record. That’s not the same person who paid more at the register. So refunds -- if they're offered -- might sound like consumer relief, but in reality, they're corporate windfalls.

If you’re into field journals, @hec-wiley.bsky.social is very active on BlueSky.

Friends, I have created a Starter Pack of economics journals (and working paper series) active on Bluesky. Hope this is useful for academic, policy, and industry economists alike. #Econsky Please let me know if there are any that I missed!

You could live here too! A new Senior Lecturer/Reader position to teach in our new Master of Public Policy Programme. Come build something great with me in a beautiful place!

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“Trump Administration Erases the Government’s Power to Fight Climate Change” from @nytimes.com

Border Officials Are Said to Have Caused El Paso Closure by Firing Anti-Drone Laser

Who knew “99 Luftballoons” would prove prophetic in the stupidest possible way. Well, this *is* the Trump regime we’re talking about, I guess.

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/u...

Do free prescription drugs change behavior?

Evidence from Poland shows that removing out-of-pocket costs increased prescription use and reduced financial burden, with limited signs of offsetting overuse.

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Exactly!

Major news outlets: Please consider prominently reporting what this all-star team of researchers has found.
www.nber.org/papers/w34791

WaPo editorial board when TX imposes a legislative gerrymander: don't freak out guys! Not a threat to democracy!

When VA responds to TX with *referendum* on their own gerrymander: brass-knuckled hypocrisy, anti-democratic gamesmanship.

There is hypocrisy here, all right, but not from VA.

🚨 New Issue Alert 🚨

The March 2026 issue of Health Economics explores how policy, institutions, and early-life conditions shape health over the life course—from primary care access and income gradients to pandemics, tax credits, and intergenerational effects.

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The call for abstracts for the 2026 Highland Health Economics Symposium is out - see details below. Abstract deadline is March 15. This invitational conference emphasizes bringing junior and senior people together and promotes fun along the way. Hope to see you there!

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New research from Kenya: Giving a mother just 1 extra year of education reduces her child’s risk of stunting by 3.8% and underweight by 2.6%. 📚🇰🇪

It’s not just a correlation — it’s a causal "intergenerational lift." 📈

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They want us working earlier and til we die to pay for their tax cuts for the rich. Supervillains.

In fairness, a measurement system based on a standardized corgi would be pretty fucking awesome.

This is why Democrats need to compete EVERYWHERE.

We won’t win every race, but it’s stupid and irresponsible to simply forfeit certain races to incumbents. Always but especially now, we need competitive elections. And at the bare minimum, make them spend money defending seats they had won by 17 pts

This Epstein drop is HUGE and utterly disgusting. I don’t see how this man is allowed to remain in office. Where are the evangelical leaders, the soccer moms, the folks stocking up on eggs, the farmers, the small business owners.

Decide. Who are you?

every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds

Fine! Put my name, face and home address out there. I’ll print that shit out, frame it, and pass it down with pride to my grandkids. At least they won’t have to wonder what I did while nazis tried to take over our country.

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I cannot believe we’re at the point where *progressives* have to be the ones saying “but we do have a second amendment in this country.”

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Opinion | The Trump Administration Is Lying to Our Faces. Congress Must Act.

FINALLY the @nytimes.com is willing to plainly state the obvious: Donald Trump and all of the members of his now-illegitimate regime are liars, and they lie in the manner of authoritarian tyrants. The promise of this country will not be restored until this regime is ended.

Maybe ICE should try invading Philadelphia next. I’m sure that would go really well for them. Residents of that city are famous for being demure, restrained in expressing their views, and slow to respond to provocation.

That’s absolutely true. There’s nothing fair about the asymmetry in attention that a white ICE murder victim is getting compared to the many, many black ICE and LEO murder victims. Civilized, decent, people should be horrified by all of it. Maybe this current tyranny will serve as a wake up call.

That first sentence hits hard. And true.

And sufficient indictment to justify removing Trump and the rest of his tyrannical cabal from power.

Kerri Raissian at Yale always makes excellent points. Here’s another one.

They are shooting people on the streets. Do we still believe they will let people vote in November?

Memory is a fragile thing in this moment, so it is important to keep in mind that Hakeem Jeffries refused to whip his caucus against ICE funding earlier this week.