This has been a significant event for calling out misaligned incentives (and sometimes outright corruption) in US public works projects. They can happen much faster. Media and voters should hold decision-makers to account for expensive and slow taxpayer projects.
#poptwitter & #demography friends - come join us for the first event of our new @IUSSP panel on #FP Measurement. We'll be diving into our current demand-side family planning measures and their limitations. Part 2 in June will explore new measurement directions!
@mushfiq_econ We have been through this with the @epw_in for a paper published as a working paper by our institution. So how will this affect the discipline? a. We stop sharing preliminary work in public interest. b. stop supporting journals that adopt this policy.
Each year more than 1 in 10 women worldwide who want to avoid pregnancy experience an unintended one. @jonathanbearak@LeontineAlkema et al introduce a new indicator to better capture women’s ability to avoid unintended pregnancy. #SFPjournal#specialissue
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I want to clarify that I did *NOT* tell my staff to tweet this out, or to put it at the top of our divisional newsletter! They went rogue on me. But it hardly seems appropriate to reprimand them for the nice gesture.
President Biden coaxed President Yoon Suk Yeol of South Korea to sing Don McLean’s “American Pie” during a state dinner on Wednesday. Yoon did not look like he needed much convincing.
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“Not since Germany in the '30s have I witnessed antisemitism, no longer lurking but standing proud with hands on hips like Hitler and Mussolini — kind of daring us to defy it. I’ve never experienced this in my entire life. Especially in this country.” — Steven Spielberg #Colbert
You’re probably hearing a lot about the abortion pill lately so let me explain: It’s a safe, effective way to end a pregnancy in the privacy of your own home. You deserve that access: to privacy, to autonomy, to freedom.
@Anne_red_head We have a paper coming out in this journal in a week or so about this—comparing rates of unintended pregnancy in countries and regions per woman at risk of unintended pregnancy instead of the usual per women of repro age
Average list price for a unit of insulin:
Australia: $6.94
UK: $7.52
France: $9.08
Germany: $11
Canada: $12
Japan: $14.40
US: $98.70
Isn't it time America hold Big Pharma accountable for its extortion?
BREAKING: The South Carolina Supreme Court just struck down the state's 6-week abortion ban, restoring access in the state up to 22 weeks of pregnancy.
Putin had no qualms about sending bombs and missiles to kill Ukrainians during their Christmas and New Year's celebrations, but now he wants to unilaterally declare some kind of a pretend ceasefire to honor the Orthodox holidays. Cynical, revolting, theatrical hypocrisy.