#Bureaucracy

Indian History

IndianHistory0

One thing I never understood as a kid was why no one questioned the sheer gall of western nations(who had industrialized using mercantilism & generous use of protectionist policy/monopolies via

Aditya Dasgupta

_adasgupta

Got proofs for new paper (w/ Devesh Kapur) coming out at the APSR on "The Political Economy of Bureaucratic Overload: Evidence from Rural Development Officials in India"! Short thread below

Alec Karakatsanis

equalityAlec

THREAD: This is another very bad NYT article by the metro desk. Almost everything in here is worth criticizing, include the idea to write the story. But a few high-level

DHH

dhh

Following this doctors appointment, I needed an X-ray. Again, referral was in the system. Open choice of 6 facilities to get it done. Booked next-day appointment. In’and’out in 14 fucking

Ole Ryborg

OleRyborg

In todays @Telegraph @CitySamuel write about Brexit and the difference between the purchase of vaccines in the EU and the U.K. Thread 1/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/01/15/britains-nimble-vaccine-taskforce-puts-eu-bureaucracy-shame/

Nichard

Suburbanuat

(Thread I’ll probably regret)Trump has a lightning rod personality but policy wise has been a continuation of his predecessors, outside of W who is easily the worst president in my

Ryan Wain

ryan_wain

We're in lockdown until those at risk are vaccinated. Administering a first dose to 30 million has to become a single-minded national mission. The Govt may have ambition but lack

Josh Shahryar (they/them) #BLM

JShahryar

I have been through coups so I can tell you two things. 1. This is indeed a coup attempt. 2. The attempt is doomed to fail.3. We're all gonna be

Robert Peston

Peston

As I mentioned yesterday, in a fortnight AstraZeneca will be putting 2m doses of the vaccine into vials. At that point the limiting factor on how many people can be

emptywheel

emptywheel

I'm honestly most worried abt what becomes of Stephen Miller. I think people are minimizing this question.I've often thought about which person has least damaged their career by association with

Nicholas J. Fuentes

NickJFuentes

The biggest lesson of the Trump Presidency is that we have to wield state power effectively to reward our allies, punish our enemies, consolidate power, and shape the society. Almost

Adrian Yalland

AdrianYalland

I’ve not yet read the text of the new agreement between the UK and the EU, but from what has been discussed in the media, it seems for large parts

Chris Vickery

VickerySec

Speed of thought while crunching through a complex problem-Inside my own head: 100gb/s (lan)However, when a solution is found and it must be *explained* to someone who spent 20 years

Jordan Schachtel

JordanSchachtel

Fauci is not the nation's foremost infectious disease expert. Not even close. Gov't bureaucrats are nowhere near the top of the food chain in matters of expertise. That's like saying

John Hayward

Doc_0

That post-9/11 "moment of national unity" was a LOT shorter than we like to remember.We didn't really "come together as a nation." We learned we have common enemies. It didn't

Michael G. Miller

michaelgmiller

This fall I shamelessly borrowed @DPolisciprof 's great idea to have students make memes about something they learned in the course. So, here is Pt. 1 of Intro to American

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