10 Excellent Books for Policy Minded Progressives (2)
1) Inequality - Tony Atkinson
Absolutely THE book on inequality and what can be done about it. Atkinson was a giant in the profession and this book reflects this, covering everything from tech to tax.

One big lesson from humanity's history is that pandemics happen all the time.

Our ancestors couldn't do much about them, but our situation today is different — and so I think we should learn this history lesson and reduce the risk of pandemics.

This chart is from Saloni's

'... obstinate ignorance is usually a manifestation of underlying political motives.” — Michal Kalecki, 1943.

On recent critiques of rising inequalities The Indian Express

Lancet cover in this week's issue
Linked editorial:
India's elections: why data and transparency matter
thelancet.com/journals/lance…

cc. Rachana Sharma Veena Bandyopadhyay Sid Shrestha Dr. Purnima Menon

What’s the leading cause of death in each country?

Our Data Insight today — by my colleagues Saloni and Fiona Spooner — answers the question.

Does behavioral science have anything to say about the effects of a solar eclipse? If you witness today's eclipse, you're almost certain to experience awe. Here's what you should know...
Awe is 'the feeling of being in the presence of something vast.' How can awe change you?🧵

Covid-19 disrupted education around the world, with more extended school closures in LMICs

In a new paper with Abhijeet Singh & Mauricio Romero, we present evidence on learning loss, recovery, and impacts of remediation in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu

riseprogramme.org/publications/c…

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Colin Cameron, econometrician and author with Trivedi of a fantastic econometrics textbook, has a deck of slides on causal inference for those interested.

cameron.econ.ucdavis.edu/causal/

A list of Danny Kahneman's papers on Google Scholar. Includes numerous hidden gems. My personal favorite, I think, remains Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases (short, action-packed).
scholar.google.com/citations?user…

Pleased to share that my JMP is now forthcoming at The Review of Economics and Statistics (REStat)! My findings shed light on a troubling reality🚨 A $3 billion investment in sewerage infrastructure went amiss: poorly implemented works increased child mortality [1/6]

This is an important and compelling special issue of The JHR focused on child mental health and edited by Janet Currie.

jhr.uwpress.org/page/child-men…

Kudos to author for posting code and to replicators for digging into it.

I'm sure there are dozens of old papers with this error and nobody will ever know.

It's great for knowledge that these kinds of replications are happening.

It’s such a joy to be part of this team.

Inspired by all that’s being tested and achieved by the Ethiopia team to further strengthen a community health system that has global lessons for rest of us.

Last week our global team in Ghana hosted our Partnerships & Communications team--which advances our mission by building transformative partnerships--for a retreat in Accra. We're energized to keep working with our partners to bring care within reach of patients at the last mile!

'We must close the diagnostic gaps that leave too many women and girls suffering from conditions that remain undiagnosed and untreated'

Soumya Swaminathan (Board member of FIND & Chair MSSRF) on PLOS Global Public Health blog

speakingofmedicine.plos.org/2024/03/21/clo…

✨ Applications for the Keshav Desiraju Memorial Award for Outstanding Public Service in Mental Health, 2024, are open till 17 March.

Individuals may nominate themselves or others if they meet the eligibility criteria.

Apply here: cmhlp.org/keshav-desiraj…

#KeshavDesiraju

This is a really good summary of research on how gender influences health care and health outcomes in India #IWD

Socio-emotional skills training in primary school boosts educational careers. To find out more, check out this new paper from Giuseppe Sorrenti, Ulf Zölitz, dribeaud and Eisner (@zproso, Jacobs Center for Productive Youth Development):

restud.com/the-causal-imp…