#Policy

Recently, Dr. @GretchenSneegas asked me how I manage multiple projects and push them forward. As you may know, on my blog (which will be soon reorganized!) I have a couple
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it staggers me that we're still having this argument. the truth is utterly simple and perfectly clear:anyone who still speaks of "cases" as "proven" by a positive PCR test at
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Without end-to-end thinking it will fail @rahuldewan.To revive #IndianLanguages need to tackle entire structure of discrimination and #EnglishApartheid created by the government—competitive exams, courts, IIT, IIMs, AIIMS, job interviews,
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Working with a Japanese professor these days. He is not much proficient in English but that didn't stop him from becoming the best in his field. And research has shown
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In 2014, the ECB started an unprecedented monetary experiments with catastrophic side effects. Time to sum up what happened & the impact on various aspects of the economy, especially in
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The incendiary nature of such a move for relations with the EU and US can hardly be overstated. But that this is even considered suggests the UK government to be
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Happy Saturday. It’s 169 days since the CARES Act passed. As Congress dithers on another relief package, I want to show you what the stimulus has done for people, from
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Not that accuracy matters to Mr. Greenwald, but this is not what I said. On the segment, which he clearly did not watch, I specifically talked about how there are
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This is, of course, the key question. And one of the reasons I've not abandoned Starmer yet - I've just grown more and more critical - is there is a
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3 reports on philanthropy this week:(1) Total giving increased 2%, from $450 to $459 bln. -@blackbaud (2) DAF accounts increased from $112 to $142 bln over 2 yrs. -@AEI(3) Fidelity
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The single most destructive thing the Boomers did was tell my generation to wait "until we were ready" to get married or have children. Everything else they did can be
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So @EFF released a series of tech policy recommendations to the incoming Biden administration. Most of the principles seem good, but the one I know the most about, namely disinformation,
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New CA Policy Lab report by @alexbellecon, @TJ_Hedin, @TillvonWachter, Geoff Schnorr: 4.4 million Californians are currently receiving unemployment benefits, but by end of the year, about 750k will be
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ELECTION & THE GOOD LIFE THOUGHTS Why does this election seem more contentious than ever?And what does it mean?This election was very important for some policy reasons...But also because it
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What did the US Supreme Court do last night? A thread for non-lawyers. One of the things non-lawyers often get wrong about constitutional rights is that they think of them
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As we wait for election returns, let me tell you about something you might see on your medical bill soon: a COVID fee.It's new, it tells you a lot about
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