Probably one of the most interesting things that Elon Musk's super PAC is doing this cycle. It is running creative that uses voters's first names to encourage them to turn out. See this example for "Christopher."

Angrist-Diederichs-Ellison: MIT econ admissions committee ranks the top ~200 PhD applicants each year Students ranked #1-5 publish 3x as much as those ranked #6-25... ...who in turn publish 3x as much as those ranked #151-200

From the latest issue of the QJPS, "Electoral College and Electoral Fraud" by Georgy Egorov and @k_sonin. A thread.

"Five Columbia University political scientists offer their unofficial response to the Trump administration's demands on their university." - danieldrezner.substack.com/p…

🚨 NEW WORKING PAPER ALERT!!! 🚨 ADDING FUEL TO THE (GUN)FIRE How Politicians Polarize the Public Debate Link: gratton.org/papers/AddingFue… A short 🧵 👇1/6

Here’s about $2 trillion, if you did the most aggressive version of each policy: 1) prevent Medicare Advantage ‘upcoding’ 2) pay hospitals the same as doctors offices 3) prevent states and hospitals from colluding to inflate their federal Medicaid match 4) end Medicare Advantage quality bonuses that go to all plans, pretty much regardless of quality 5) reduce excess post-acute care reimbursements in Medicare 6) restrict Medigap wrap-around plans that charge seniors big premiums and encourage unnecessary care 7) End reimbursents for bad debts 8) build on recent drug pricing reforms 9) reduce LIS copays for generic drugs and increase for name brand 10) fund cost sharing reductions directly instead of through crazy-quilt “silver loading”