Abhik Kumar Pramanik
@PramanikAbhik@UNC Public Policy PhD Student & @UNC_Royster Fellow. Political economy of foreign aid & international development. Proud @Cal, @FulbrightPrgrm, & @USGLC alum.
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Over/Under: Do you think I'm the first McSweeney's contributor to cite the Freedom House Index?
"Yesterday, an attempted coup d’état was thwarted in Washington D.C. Once considered the shining beacon of free and fair elections, the United States’ veneer as the world’s greatest democracy has long lost its shine." mcsweeneys.net/articles/if-wa…
This photo shows a person of interest in today’s armed and dangerous person situation. If you see this person, keep your distance, put your safety first and call 911.
Asian parents when you win your second election. 🤣
Also - A source on campus close to the Sigma Nu fraternity says all but two members living in the Frat Court house have tested positive for #COVID. There’s a risk the few clusters at #UNC could already lead to an outbreak on campus.
!Alert Carolina! Emergency Notification: Clusters of COVID-19 cases in Ehringhaus and Granville Towers. See link for more information. alertcarolina.unc.edu/notifications/…
What could #BlackLivesMatter mean for writers & scholars? I’ve been thinking about this over the last three days since @NathanJRobinson critiqued my study on the political consequences of 1960s protests as “bad research.” 1/ cambridge.org/core/journals/…
Black Lives Matter. As a (so-so) student of international security disgusted with domestic police brutality, I am extremely excited to share this (satirical) piece I wrote for McSweeney's.
"Complicating matters, President Donald J. Trump, America’s populist, authoritarian leader, hails from the country’s majority racial group and has fanned the flames of ethnic and religious tension throughout his presidency." mcsweeneys.net/articles/if-wa…
8/12 We find some real-world evidence of “flattening the curve” in the province of Lodi where harsh movement restrictions were enacted quickly (Feb 23rd) vs later in Bergamo (March 8th). #flatteningthecurve
1/12 How does #Demography impact #COVID19 deaths? In new pre-print, we illustrate how older population age structure can interact with high mortality rates at older ages to produce a large # of fatalities, as in Italy. osf.io/se6wy/?view_on… #poptwitter #epitwitter
From the former President of Estonia:
“Great! No more tedious US lectures on rule of law, fair trials, evidence, equality before the law, transparency, corruption, free and fair elections” — some 130 governments around the world right now.
in the online appendix we conduct the following robustness checks
Next we’ll find out that Walmart and CVS put their most profitable products at eye level.
Amazon.com has adjusted its product-search system to more prominently feature listings that are more profitable for the company.
6-Lastly, a key difference btw RCTs and most other studies is that RCTs require a lot more "fieldwork"-direct involvement with people's lives.This provides opportunity for great insights but also can highlight harmful effects of power imbalances.Let's steward them with care!11/11
4-I think the other core issue is that we cannot randomize our way out of poverty.I think it's clear that if u don't have a handle on key macro variables,a country is going nowhere. At the same time,there are many qxns on improving welfare that RCTs can help answer.8/n
Great! Thank you @HillaryClinton You, the queen of warmongers, embodiment of corruption, and personification of the rot that has sickened the Democratic Party for so long, have finally come out from behind the curtain. From the day I announced my candidacy, there has been a ...
"A lot of people go into economics because they care about poverty." In our telephone interview with new laureate Michael Kremer, he talks of the hopeful, practical steps that are being taken to alleviate poverty. youtube.com/watch?v=Rj1clf…
This is a great way to get the USA to patrol every nook and cranny around the world, exhausting our resources, creating enemies where we don’t have them and incentivizing foreign powers to counterbalance against us.
Bret Stephens, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for the New York Times, explains how the NYPD's "broken windows" policy--swiftly and forcefully punishing even petty crimes--can be applied by the United States on a global scale.
In most Western countries, only a minority of people pray every day. The US is the exception wef.ch/2LyfAnu #religion
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