David Brady
LightNews LightNews
davebrady72.bsky.social
David Brady
@davebrady72.bsky.social
5.1K followers 2K following 1.1K posts

Public policy professor, Price School USC @priceschool.usc.edu, father, poverty/social policy/racial inequality/immigration/policymakers, posts do not speak for employer, https://bradydave.wordpress.com

Videos
Political science 63%
Sociology 13%
Posts Replies Media Videos
Pinned
davebrady72.bsky.social
David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · Oct 26
More than 1 million refugees migrated to Germany in 2015-2016.

How did this affect Germans’ exclusionary beliefs & behaviors?

New at American Journal of Sociology w/Giesselmann & @tabeanaujoks.bsky.social

www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
The Increase in Refugees to Germany and Exclusionary Beliefs and Behaviors1 | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 130, No 3
In 2015–16, Germany experienced a rapid and controversial increase in refugees that varied substantially across German districts. This increase provides unique leverage for analyzing how fractionaliza...
www.journals.uchicago.edu

Reposted by Joanna Bryson, Anna O. Law, Lisa W. Fazio , and 4 more

adambonica.bsky.social
Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 9h
1/ I recently wrote about Frances Perkins—FDR’s Labor Secretary and first woman cabinet member. She is best known as the architect of the New Deal but she had a lesser-known achievement:

She dismantled her era’s version of ICE.🧵
President Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act into law on August 14, 1935, with Perkins among those witnessing the signing (third from right) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/28/Signing_Of_The_Social_Security_Act.jpg

davebrady72.bsky.social
David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 2d
Eminent development economist Lant Pritchett makes the case against one of the classic absolute poverty measures.

open.substack.com/pub/lantprit...
Low-bar poverty lines: Ending the reign of error (Part I)
...the adoption of 'dollar a day' as "the" global poverty line was a massive mistake for development
open.substack.com

davebrady72.bsky.social
David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 3d
I had a thread about this book last week that was the seeds of this, but now that I've written it up, I've deleted that thread.

davebrady72.bsky.social
David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 3d
New Substack post: open.substack.com/pub/davebrad...

Reposted by David Brady, Suzanne Conklin Akbari

jfallows.bsky.social
James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 5d
In case you haven't seen the Jesse Ventura video, see it now:

www.youtube.com/shorts/cnF-D...

These Minnesota people — Frey, Walz, Sens Smith + Klobuchar, Keith Ellison, now Ventura — are not fooling around.
Jesse Ventura reacts to Minneapolis ICE shooting
YouTube video by FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul
www.youtube.com

davebrady72.bsky.social
David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 5d
Whoa. Big news in water policy.
ianjames.bsky.social Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social · 5d
In a decision that could complicate Gov. Gavin Newsom’s push to build a giant water tunnel and remake California’s water system, a state appeals court has rejected the state’s plan for financing the project. www.latimes.com/environment/...
Newsom's signature water tunnel is set back by California court ruling
An appeals court has rejected a California agency's plan to issue bonds to pay for a proposed water tunnel in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.
www.latimes.com

Reposted by David Brady

ianjames.bsky.social
Ian James @ianjames.bsky.social · 5d
In a decision that could complicate Gov. Gavin Newsom’s push to build a giant water tunnel and remake California’s water system, a state appeals court has rejected the state’s plan for financing the project. www.latimes.com/environment/...
Newsom's signature water tunnel is set back by California court ruling
An appeals court has rejected a California agency's plan to issue bonds to pay for a proposed water tunnel in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.
www.latimes.com

davebrady72.bsky.social
David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 6d
Homicides fell to 230 in LA last year. Fewest killings in a year since 1966 & lowest per capita homicide rate since 1959.

Striking no credit is given to Mayor Bass….

davebrady72.bsky.social
David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 6d
Giving talk to European Social Policy Emeriti Forum on recent U.S. social policy.

I'm proud of title :):

"THE ABSOLUTELY BEST SOCIAL POLICY REFORMS IN THE HISTORY OF THE ENTIRE WORLD: Everyone is Saying Trump is Incredible, People Are Gonna Be Blown Away About How Good His Social Policy Will Be"

Reposted by David Brady

ssreditorial.bsky.social
Social Science Research @ssreditorial.bsky.social · 6d
@tvanheuvelen.bsky.social, Natasha Quadlin, and Jordyn Wald investigate regret amongst women with computer science and engineering degrees. They find that these fields are defined by a uniquely large unexplained amount of regret among women. Read more here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

davebrady72.bsky.social
David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 6d
open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...
The Real Story Behind the Minnesota Welfare Fraud Scandal
You don’t have to buy the MAGA narrative to worry about how government failed here.
open.substack.com

davebrady72.bsky.social
David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 8d
Very pleased to see @dylanmatt.bsky.social blogging. I’d read anything this guy writes.

davebrady72.bsky.social
David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 8d
open.substack.com/pub/dylanmat...
So It's Come to This: A Dylan Matthews Substack
The blog is back.
open.substack.com

davebrady72.bsky.social
David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 8d
Excellent piece by @agpines.bsky.social & @lizananat.bsky.social !

davebrady72.bsky.social
David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 8d
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
When Volatile Work Schedules Meet SNAP Work Requirements
New policies put low income workers in jeopardy of losing vital supports
open.substack.com

davebrady72.bsky.social
David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 8d
I can speculate, but I honestly don’t know & haven’t seen definitive studies. Am I wrong to suggest that if there’s substantial fraud in administrative data, it really calls into question the quality of admin data? Maybe some of the “survey misreporting” is because the admin data is wrong?

davebrady72.bsky.social
David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 8d
We keep hearing that administrative data are better. Administrative data certainly mean a bigger N. But I’ve also heard administrative data called “truth”.

But what does FRAUD do to administrative data? Tons of evidence of fraud esp during COVID & many people DO lie on their taxes.

davebrady72.bsky.social
David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 8d
In this Substack, I address one of the more frequent criticisms of relative poverty - that the line follows the business cycle too closely. I also show absolute poverty has far bigger problems in failing to adjust with economic development.

davebrady72.bsky.social
David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 8d
open.substack.com/pub/davebrad...
Relative Poverty Has Small Problems with Short-Term Business Cycles, But Absolute Poverty Has Large Problems with Long-Term Economic Development
A prominent critique of relative poverty measures isn’t a very big problem. However, a related concern with absolute poverty measures is a much bigger problem.
open.substack.com