#Publications

Jill Filipovic

JillFilipovic

Just saw a book review on @ArcDigi co-authored by "a philosopher who prefers to remain anonymous." Seriously? What possible justification is there for publishing that anonymously? It's cowardly, unaccountable, unprofessional,

Daniel Tomlinson

dan_tomlinson_

Just published a short piece on what next for the Job Retention Scheme. @RishiSunak will be making three big decisions this week.First, on employer contributions... There's a strong case for

Tony Wilson

tonywilsonIES

So right in time to announce new help for long-term unemployed - evidence from @DWP that the Work Programme had pretty big positive impacts. H/T @AdamCoutts. Quick thread.https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-work-programme-impact-

Clive Peedell

cpeedell

THREAD on healthcare for US voters:Republicans repeatedly claim that “socialised” medicine means taking healthcare away from people. I come from the UK, the home of socialised medicine since 1948 in

Pascale Aebischer

PascaleExeter

Have your say about the future of Arts and Humanities funding for students in HE by responding to this Office for Students consultation here: https://www.officeforstudents.org.uk/publications/consultation-on-recurrent-funding-for-2021-22/Se

Doug Rand

doug_rand

There are now over 1 million people stuck in the green card queue for workers & their families. Not because of govt delays, but because of irrational limits that Congress

Paul Novosad

paulnovosad

As some econ researchers move toward a lab model, norms need to be updated. e.g. coauthor thresholds, author order.Should we just copy the sciences' model? If you were designing a

Elisabeth Bik 💉 💉

MicrobiomDigest

Five years ago I found three possibly Photoshopped images in a @ScienceMagazine paper by the lab of @RPlasterk Yesterday, the paper got retracted.Here is what happened, and what went wrong

John Hultquist

JohnHultquist

NEW INTEL: Ransomware attacks on US hospitals, during a pandemic, are probably the most dangerous cyberattacks in the US to date. This problem is out of control and people will

Paul Massaro

apmassaro3

Incorporation transparency is a MUST to begin finally to curb kleptocracy. @HelsinkiComm held a 2017 hearing where our leadership heard testimony from the EU, law enforcement, national security experts, and

Tobias Stöhr

tostoehr

The new Sustainable #Development Report (SDR) is out. Estimate: 71 million pushed back into extreme poverty this year while there was no net increase in poverty during the Great Financial

Peter Beinart

PeterBeinart

During quarantine I spent a lot of time reading Palestinian writing. And I prayed for the humility to hear truths that were sometimes hard to swallow. Since I enjoy an

Cat Macaulay 🏳️‍🌈

operanomad

Made a hash of a multi part response thread to reply just now so for those asking how do we get to c. 800k in Scotland digitally excluded... here we

Thomas Pope

tompope0

NEW PAPER How has the furlough scheme has been used? Is the chancellor's U-turn on the job support scheme sensible?Tl;dr: changes mean JSS will save viable jobs in affected sectors

Edward Burke

Edward__Burke

The excellent @CER_IanBond @CER_EU has prompted me to look back at my 2017 predictions and recommendations for Brexit/Northern Ireland and British-Irish relations. This can be a trying (squeaky bum) task

Kai Kupferschmidt

kakape

So, @WHO has published its new interim guidance on the use of #masks in fighting the #covid19 pandemic. No shockers here, it’s mostly what @WHO has said before, so I’ll