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A magnificent 2nd edition of the Handbook of New Institutional Economics is now published at
doi.org/10.1007/978-...
I am proud that my "Local politics in nations and empires" is included as chapter 9, next to Egorov & Sonin's "Authoritarian institutions" as chapter 10.

NEW: The Census Bureau hasn't been recruiting and retaining enough interviewers for three key surveys, including the source of the monthly job report, and lacks a plan for building up a field representative staff, the bureau's internal watchdog, Commerce OIG, finds
www.oig.doc.gov/wp-content/O...

18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org

I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.

18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.

We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org

768 people & 90 orgs signed a letter to alert WH & Congress to risks of inaction to modernize federal stats.
Now, please amplify:
-Repost
-Share w/your Senators & House Reps & networks
Letter: www.amstat.org/docs/default...
Release: www.amstat.org/news-listing...
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A guide to using Signal for government workers. a.wholelottanothing.org

American citizens should not have to enter into a contract with a private company (that’s an X account signup!) to receive government communications

kottke.org/25/01/usps-a... 💛🌕

Good: ECB @ecb.europa.eu, BOE @bankofengland.bsky.social, BoC @bankofcanada.bsky.social, Bundesbank @bundesbank.de and other CBs on Bluesky. When will Fed join?

The California Policy Lab (@capolicylab.bsky.social) is hiring a researcher who works on consumer finance or related topics to work with the UC-Consumer Credit Panel. capolicylab.org/careers/rese...
Come work with us!

One of our most important articles of the year:

A look at the environmental impact of Nespresso and Keurig. Learn how single-serve coffee pods are harming the environment and draining our wallets.

Share with your friends and family who use nespresso or k-cup systems.

#CoffeeFeed #EspressoFeed

Cheap EVs require smaller batteries.

Smaller batteries require a culture shift in which we talk much less about “range anxiety” and more about how only ~2% of trips are >50 miles.

Donald Trump has vowed to deport millions and jail his enemies. To carry out that agenda, his administration will exploit America’s digital surveillance machine. Here are some steps you can take to evade it.

120 CEA alumni urge congressional action to support the Current Population Survey.

Grateful to Bernanke, Boskin, Furman, Heckman, Hubbard, Stiglitz & so many others for speaking up.
📉📈 #️⃣#️⃣
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“We estimate the supply-side value of widely-used [Open Source Software] is $4.15 billion, but that the demand-side value is much larger at $8.8 trillion. We find that firms would need to spend 3.5 times more on software than they currently do if OSS did not exist.”
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