Guest Post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. If you’re going to be traveling, or just want something to listen to, we’ve put
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. I’m taking a wild guess there will be a spike in researchers looking at elections
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. Through Nov 20, an anonymous donor is doubling donations to my employer, Innovations for Poverty
We live in a strange world: Cubs World Series celebration ranks as 7th largest gathering in human history (less than the funeral of Ayatollah Khomeini but
Some weeks ago I began compiling job market advice for U of Chicago Harris PhD students, who go on a combination of economics, political science,
From Benjamin Lauderdale and Doug Rivers writing at YouGov: We believe that most of the bounces seen in surveys this year represent sampling noise that
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. So when we moved to Cincinnati, we got the cheapest apartment we could find. It
I reprint Pam Jakiela’s advice in full. She was the first person I sat next to in grad school. Read it and you will see
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. A profile of a former Bucknell professor of African development economics who now leads an
That is David Wong’s title, not mine, and he offers the most vivid, relatable account of the Trump phenomenon I’ve seen. It is hard to pick excerpts
A list of some of the most spectacular Reddit posts of all time (with emphasis on the word spectacle) The New York Times giving us the
Political scientists have worried that fewer women enter politics because they are subtly or overtly discouraged. One study suggests this might not be the problem.
Or maybe we need the Tindr version. From @PhDComics
Fascinating article by James Ball, who used to work for Assange at Wikileaks: There are few limits to how far Assange will go to try
Guest post by Jeff Mosenkis of Innovations for Poverty Action. I’m going to pitch Netflix a superhero show based loosely on David Evans, whose superpower is
I learned a lot about the art of politics by listening to three podcasts this week: Ezra Klein interviewing Francis Fukuyama, his interview with journalist
My rapist was not Mr. Z but a member of his innermost circle — his “money collector.” I hardly knew my rapist; I did not
I’m putting together a set of resources for Harris PhDs, and I know some of the good stuff out there, but probably not as much
Every now and then, we remember that there are poor people in the world, and sweatshops become news. Jonah Peretti — the click-accumulating mastermind behind
Available in India: Right now, a farmer can use the app to specify what is needed and when, and the company will send the requested
Sunday marked 9 years of blogging. This year, more than any other, I blogged in fits and starts. Every year I post this Asher Sarlin
