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Latest Issues

weekly link roundup (August 25, 2026)

  • This week in , we decided to make economists angry by pointing out that they should do more qualitative work.

    • There’s a new $100k fee on H-1Bs.1 I’m so tired.

    • GovAI is looking for entrepreneurs in residence. The “AI Bellingcat”...

8 days ago
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weekly link roundup (August 19, 2026)

  • ’s story this week focuses on disaster data - and how it is probably worse than you think.

    • gave a TED talk! I was privileged to be on the trial audiences for this talk, and it is indeed excellent.

    • Some of USAID’s data was saved...

14 days ago
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weekly link roundup (August 12, 2026)

  • Our essay of the week is by Dan Honig, on the management practices that make governments work better.

    • The blockbuster essay of the week is clearly ’s piece on catch-up growth in developing countries and how AI could increase the gap...
21 days ago
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weekly link roundup (August 4, 2026)

  • This week’s story is by , on the mystery of short Indian children.

    • The Trump administration is considering adding a $100,000 fee to OPT. OPT is the program that allows non-citizen graduates of US universities to stay and work in the...
a month ago
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weekly link roundup (July 28, 2026)

A friend told me this week that he thinks my weekly links would still go out if the apocalypse were happening… and yes, maybe.

  • is back! This week, we have on the two Robert McNamaras - escalator of the Vietnam War and general of the...
a month ago
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    Caroline is an Associate Professor at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa. Her research explores the cause and consequence of scientific capacity in low- and middle-income countries.

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