James Manley

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Klein is often this way: he invites someone for an "interview" so that he can speak. To be fair, occasionally he make good points; and then of course there are many times he needs to learn to be quiet.

This is how Trump ends democracy The past week has revealed Trump’s policy road map to veto one-party rule. Will Americans let him follow it?

In the past few weeks, a series of developments has revealed a disturbingly credible policy pathway to power consolidation.

We now know what a Trump-led authoritarian state in America would look like — and how we would get there from here.

There it is, sorry! And thanks for sending the quote; hopefully social scientists can figure out how to make the most of cash transfers in diverse contexts.

Thanks for your thoughtful post! Let's not forget the recent work in developing countries, though, showing unexpectedly large impacts on child health bsky.app/profile/matt...

I saw a wp dated 2012, so I was envisioning a 13 year process... glad to hear it's not quite that bad!

Congratulations again on the paper! Just out of curiosity, I think I see versions online that date back quite a while. How long did it take for this very cool experiment to get accepted? Was there substantial change to the paper? Looking for a story to tell my Master's students about the process...

I'm looking at agricultural productivity in Cambodia and everyone is pretending financial inclusion will increase productivity....

Is your published version quite different from the 2021 working paper? I hope not since I don't have access to REStat!

Regardless congratulations on a huge success!

As a former student said to me recently: “Mouth full Scripture, Heart full of Hate.”

The most important idea in all of economics is not competition, but cooperation.

Texts of Terror by Phyllis Trible is a little book that works through several of them. Unfortunately I have heard that Trible herself was rather terrible, stealing the work of many of her students; still, the work covers many rough passages so it might be an easy way to organize your study

My system administrators don't allow access to this website, or I'd love to support both iPUMS and DHS, who make my teaching and research possible...

Not to mention that the grain was probably provided by US farmers who lost that contract to DOGE

Thanks for sending this! Every once in awhile I'm tempted to go back to the NYT but pieces like this remind me what a ridiculous organization this is.

13 of my papers! At least a citation would have been nice.

She makes good points but the fix isn't simple: I think she says to include demographic and earnings profiles of hh members "as done in [the two attached articles]" documents1.worldbank.org/curated/en/1... openknowledge.worldbank.org/server/api/c...

And as always call your representatives! The 5 calls app is so easy to use- I made 3 calls in about 10 minutes.

All I read is how Kendrick destroyed Drake, calling him a pedophile in front of 100 million people on the Super Bowl stage, but when I ask my students for music requests I get all kinds of Drake and no Kendrick. What am I missing? Kendrick's artistry is astounding, but I guess Drake is still catchy!

Thanks for your thoughts, and I'm glad to know the data is out there somewhere. My main concern is how much potential there is for the data to be abused: I know they always nominally randomize but if household level info can be backed out, I second your desire to impose restrictions....

It's almost like he's not very concerned about egg prices. Imagine!

USAID What’s Happening & Why it Matters

What can you do about the assault on USAID?

Share this far and wide. Do your part! Please do retweet 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

Crimes in state law lie beyond the pardon power of the US President.

Just spitballing, but things that could happen today:
*Court injunction protecting USAID
*Dems demand hearings on Musk's role
*Someone introduce articles of impeachment
*Dem officeholders go to USAID offices with USAID workers
*Refuse to conduct any more Senate confirmations until this is resolved

Only a Handful of Republicans in Congress Object to Trump’s Jan. 6 Pardons Even Republicans who once said violent rioters should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law declined to criticize the presidential clemency for violent offenders, saying it was time to move o...

On 21 March 1933 Adolf Hitler was officially sworn in as chancellor of Germany. The same day he pardoned 8,000 Nazis, who had committed violent acts, starting with the failed Hitler coup on 8 November 1923.

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/u...

One issue is the study is just saying that if you are already in bad shape, you are more likely to die- no surprise.
"Compared with patients with poor muscle strength and low levels of cardiorespiratory fitness ... other[s]... were 31-46% less likely to die from any cause, the researchers said."

Medicaid and Mortality: New Evidence From Linked Survey and Administrative Data* Abstract. We use large-scale federal survey data linked to administrative death records to investigate the relationship between Medicaid enrollment and mor

Maybe Miller et al. QJE 2021 doi.org/10.1093/qje/... and Goodman-Bacon JPE 2018 www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...?

I'm teaching a new Master's level class that's an introduction to empirical research in Econ & first step toward writing a thesis. I have a thick folder of research to share and "concepts of a plan" to talk about using AI, but does anyone have a syllabus or ideas about teaching a class like this?

Kites fly at sunset over Gwangju on Chuseok festival, 2023. Pink heather is in the foreground in front of a partial view of a traditional Korean building behind a grassy hill. Mountains are in the distance.