Hello! I'm starting a new blog/newsletter thing. First post is about aid and growth, and what I think is missing from the renewed enthusiasm in DC to subsidize private investment in developing countries: i.e., export discipline. 1/

Krankheitsbedingt eine karte in der Allianz über. Zahl was du kannst. Hauptsache sie geht weg. #fcsp

I know everyone is consumed with other news, but this is a big fucking deal: The Trump administration says that IUDs and the Pill are actually abortions. Here's what USAID told the NYT about the $10m in birth control they plan to destroy. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...

Interesting. Another story I’ll raise here is smtg @hayleypring.bsky.social @hannahsalamon.bsky.social and I have seen in our working age UK survey (N=1.5k): men (non-grad&grad) seek higher paid jobs and would rather have high-pay in fossil fuels (dying sector) than midpay in green jobs (growing).

I’ve seen a lot of fucked up shit in my day, but this might just take the cake.

The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.

For Europe to defend itself, two fiscal policy decisions could make a difference: A clear defense exemption in the fiscal rules and a big EU programme to pay for common projects from military mobility to missile defense, funded by joint debt. The rest is financial alchemy and/or symbolic noise.

Great data journalism: people report “best times” is when they were 10-15 yo www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

I'm at the National Assembly building. The army is here. And I just saw two soldiers in fatigues getting pushed around by belligerent ajusshis. and they looked legit scared.

Dean Karlan of USAID highlights when to do an impact evaluation versus when to simply monitor versus when to do A/B testing.

🇧🇷’s cash transfer program (Bolsa Família) boosts women's labor force participation by 7.6% over 2 years, especially for mothers. No effect on men. Cash transfers + education funding can support both immediate poverty relief and long-term economic engagement! Gabriel’s on the JM! gleitemariante.com

Beim Heimspiel gegen Mainz werden wir eine Gutscheintauschaktion im und am Stadion durchführen. Kommt zu den genannte Ständen & tauscht Bargeld gegen Supermarktgutscheine, um der rechten Symbolpolitik eine solidarische Antwort entgegenzusetzen. Mehr Infos: bezahlkarte-nein.de

Tymofiy Mylovanov on the International Monetary Fund threadreaderapp.com/thread/18310...

INCOMING: Me and a wee tumbler of whiskeyrocks are going to tune into this White Dudes for Harris call and liveskeet it

Buried in this piece on Germany's totally self-fabricated debt crisis is a reminder that former Finance Minister, Wolfgang Schäuble (along w/ others), was wildly irresponsible in 2015 in broaching EZ exit for Greece, despite the fact that it had broken no rules & EMU has no clause/criteria for exit.

The open letter from 400+ IZA fellows to the Deutsche Post Foundation in response to the new leadership announcement at IZA is online: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Oh. My. God. www.iza.org/wc/files/pre...