Libgen, Sci-Hub, and Z-library had millions of pirated academic books and papers. So, they were shut down. We shouldn't use them anyway. We should help billion-dollar academic publishers get richer. Anyway, here's how to access these libraries: Don't do this!

BREAKING: MIT just completed the first brain scan study of ChatGPT users & the results are terrifying. Turns out, AI isn't making us more productive. It's making us cognitively bankrupt. Here's what 4 months of data revealed: (hint: we've been measuring productivity all wrong)

The gap for social protection coverage is most profound in regions affected by fragility & conflict—across Africa, South Asia & the Middle East—where the poorest bear the brunt of poverty & inequality. How do we better support these communities? Read more. https://t.co/Obs7BTbddm

I am working on a guide to all possible scenarios that someone who wants to implement DiD might face, like "what estimator should I use?". Questions to ask include: timing of treatment, nature of a) treatment effect & b) treatment variable, data structure, assumptions/violations

How we "guessed" the Pope using network science: inside the cardinal network. A study by me, Beppe Soda and Alessandro Iorio. Article: https://t.co/xQ0fTmpVxb @Unibocconi

Me coming back to R after bravely venturing into Python.

Big thanks to my co-authors, Yuko and Colin, and the entire World Bank’s ASPIRE team.

📢Are you wondering about the State of Social Assistance in 2025? Our latest paper highlights the progress made and the challenges that remain in expanding social assistance in terms of spending, coverage, benefit size, incidence, and poverty reduction. https://t.co/v4uRJWrVUZ.

NEW REPORT LAUNCH! The 2-Billion-Person Challenge. Despite major progress in social protection, 2 billion people still lack coverage. What policies can change this? 📅 April 7, 2025 | 🕙 10:30-11:30 a.m. GMT-5 🔗 Secure your spot now! https://t.co/MuK55nFCmK #InvestInPeople

🚨 📑 New Working Paper 📊 From Conflict to Compromise: Experimental Evidence on Occupational Downgrading in Migration from Myanmar @IZAWorldofLabor Exposure to conflict in Myanmar makes graduates more amenable to take on lower-skilled work at migration destinations.

What's working in the fight against poverty? Our new @WorldBank State of #EconomicInclusion 2024 report shows combining cash transfers, skills training & market access gives people tools to build lasting livelihoods. Learn more: https://t.co/pgooRWt2uH

Join us for Blue Social Protection webinar, "Supporting Countries in Leveraging Social Protection for Sustainable Fisheries," aiming to promote sustainable fisheries and reduce human vulnerability. 📅 Date: February 25, 2025 🕰️ Time: 8:00 - 9:00 AM EST 📍 https://t.co/n84mLxddQL

I think about this almost every day

Our new World Economic Outlook Update shows global growth holding steady at 3.3% in 2025-26, but with significant divergence & high uncertainty around policies. US growth is revised up while euro area growth is revised down. Emerging markets show varied resilience. Managing

A summary of my thinking on shared prosperity, work and AI in ten bullet points. This is partly motivated by the fact that I have received questions from several people on these issues, and I feel like it may be useful to lay out my thinking in simple terms in one place. We are

In today's Dev Impact blog, Katherine Theiss (an econ JM candidate from Fordham) highlights a new source of reporting bias in survey-based estimates of IPV prevalence: women surveyed in the evening are less likely to report IPV. https://t.co/dx8JX5rIt2

Fascinating paper on where 6000 global elites went to college. Billionaires, CEOs, heads of state, central bankers, etc. In a word: Harvard. Fully 10% of global elites went to Harvard. Elite US schools are over-represented (23% IvyPlus), but nobody comes close to Harvard. 🧵

Houses across 40 countries are less affordable now than at any time since 2008. This includes in the US, UK & Canada. Policies needed to address this include removing regulatory barriers to improve the supply of housing. Read more here: https://t.co/20g6z0PRVq

Got 30 minutes & looking for a podcast? Here is the deal, check out what happened with #cashtransfers over the past 2500 years! Tune in for a converation with the great Tim Phillips about my book #TimelyCash out today: https://t.co/ssdHL5LwG3 Thanks for having me @vox_dev 🙏