The world’s triumph over AIDS puts a new spin on the foreign aid debate. This would not have happened without the generosity of the American people. When we were arguing about aid dependence decades ago it wasn’t obvious that this would be true.

RT @MaxGhenis: Parasite babies dying of AIDS

@Jon_Hartley_

RT @dmckenzie001: The World Bank wants to to hire a consultant to write a systematic review of A/B tests/nimble evaluations of intervention…

@MobyDickSpoiler @ryancbriggs That would probably be a net negative for Canada, and therefore the world

@SEAsheltie @ryancbriggs Seems likely to me. House prices in Seattle and other near-border towns would probably rise.

@ryancbriggs Both!

RT @JohnHolbein1: #RDDers: check it out. "When Can We Trust Regression Discontinuity Design Estimates from Close Elections? Evidence from…

@CJHandmer It seems like the financial controls are the problem here. There’s a better supplier that supposedly offers the best combination of service and price and then everyone is locked into using it.

RT @RobbieGramer: USAID employee outlines their escape with their family from the Congo as Trump admin dismantles USAID structure in DC htt…

RT @mattyglesias: @daveweigel I feel like the larger problem is that there’s a group of leftist influencers like Klippenstein who just rele…

@dawgietreats Seems totally consistent with a pure neurological / pain tolerance mechanism rather than higher physical flexibility

@dawgietreats How? I did not see that in the first paper I looked at

RT @mattkahn1966: I like it! A first cousin point related to risk complementarities. If AI poses an existential threat to our future, th…

@Afinetheorem @Josh_Merfeld That’s indeed what’s going on.

@dawgietreats Do either of these measure changes in physical flexibility (muscle/tendon/ligament length) as opposed to higher pain tolerance?

RT @benryanwriter: The Musk-Trump regime is decimating the Department of Education, including research that would help address the nation’s…

I’ll never be able to touch my toes and decades of coaches bullying me about that didn’t improve it one bit