Michael Clemens
Fellow @CGDev+@IZA_bonn. My views only. Assoc. Editor @JPopEcon & @WorldDevJournal. Author of the forthcoming @WallsofNations. YouTube: bit.ly/1JWpML8
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18 U.S. Code § 208 - Acts affecting a personal financial interest
Michael Clemens
Here is the federal law that the US President is breaking by shamelessly awarding himself an eight-figure government contract:
law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18…
It is time for action by anyone who claims to honor the Rule of Law.
The “illegals” are in the White House.
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School resource officer fired after accidentally discharging weapon in cafeteria
It concluded a months-long investigation that began when his service pistol accidentally discharged.
American Economic Association
Michael Clemens
Nobel laureate Esther Duflo this week has rightly highlighted the continuing lack of women and URM in economics.
The American Economic Association just released a set of *draft* guidelines on how departments could partially address that
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Supporting Policy Reform from the Outside
Abstract. Sound economic and social policies are important if countries wish to prosper and achieve sustainable development. It is far from guaranteed, however
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Michael Clemens
How donors can (and can't) influence developing-country policy from outside. An up-to-the-minute review of the literature on effects of lending conditionality and other tools of external influence.
New by @Lodewijk_Smets in World Bank Research Observer—> doi.org/10.1093/wbro/l… pic.twitter.com/RwW4wX01oZ
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Our Republic Is Under Attack From the President
If President Trump doesn’t demonstrate the leadership that America needs, then it is time for a new person in the Oval Office.
Trump official: Birthright citizenship can end without amending Constitution
At a Monitor Breakfast, acting USCIS Director Ken Cuccinelli said, 'The question is, do you need congressional action or can the executive act on their own?'
Michael Clemens
Birthright citizenship was introduced by the Supreme Court in 1898 (US v. Wong Kim Ark) as a decisive blow against a movement seeking to define US citizenship by race.
From day one this Administration has fought to take us back to 1897.
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Migration and household finances: How a different framing can improve thinking about migration
Motivation
It is time to reframe fundamentally the research agenda on migration, remittances, payments and development. Many policy‐makers in the developing world, and researchers, tend to view migr...
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Michael Clemens
What questions would social scientists ask about remittances if they thought of remittances not as a windfall, but as a return on investment?
@timothyogden and I offer 12 answers in our new paper in Development Policy Review--> doi.org/10.1111/dpr.12… pic.twitter.com/QWpF7SPWDV
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Stray Thoughts: Nobel Laureate Robert Solow’s Predictions for the Next Century
A leading economist considers such topics as the effects of climate change on economic growth, the rise of income inequality, and the shifting work year.
African migration to the United States is the fastest-rising—in spite of Trump
Cameroon has the fastest-growing population
Trump’s Impeachment Blockade Crumbles as Witnesses Agree to Talk
After vowing not to cooperate with a “kangaroo court,” the president has largely failed to prevent current and former administration members from spending hours with Democrats seeking to impeach him.
COMPAS Director's Welcome to the new academic year
Carlos Vargas-Silva has taken the role of COMPAS Director starting this academic year. Here he explains why he is looking forward to working with colleagues and students to ensure that COMPAS maintains its global standing as a leading...
Turkish president 'threw Trump letter in bin'
The letter told Mr Erdogan not to be 'a fool' by launching a military offensive in northern Syria.
I'm a former Assistant Secretary of State. Yesterday, I was arrested protesting Secretary Pompeo's policies on refugees | Opinion
The Trump Administration is trying to destroy an American tradition of serving as a sanctuary for the threatened and persecuted that stretches back to the Pilgrims. I can't stand by.
Never-Before-Seen Trump Tax Documents Show Major Inconsistencies
The president’s businesses made themselves appear more profitable to lenders and less profitable to tax officials. One expert calls the differing numbers “versions of fraud.”
Book Launch: Good Economics For Hard Times by Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo
Event Program: 5:30PM - 6:00PM: Doors Open, Guest Arrival 6:00PM - 6:05PM: NYU Development Research Institute Welcome Remarks by Rajeev Dehejia 6:05PM - 6:45PM: A Conversation between Esther Duflo and Debraj Ray 6:45PM - 7:15PM: Q&A 7:15PM -...
2019 DRI Annual Conference
From Local to Global: The External Validity Challenge of Experiments
Giuliani says he won't comply with a congressional subpoena
Rudy Giuliani, the president's personal lawyer, told ABC News on Tuesday that he will not comply with a congressional subpoena.
Who Needs Financing More Than Businesses? Refugees
Finance exists to solve certain basic problems. The world’s displaced confront more of them than anyone.
Trump’s ‘China Muse’ Has an Imaginary Friend
Who is Ron Vara? He seems to exist only in the books of Peter Navarro.