James Manley
@jmanley32.bsky.social
Research interests: social protection & nutrition Personal interests: racial justice; environment & food economics Professor of Economics at Towson University, Maryland, USA Home page: https://sites.google.com/view/jmanley/home
Americans are having to adapt to the biggest price jump on groceries in 50 years thanks to Donald Trump. And instead of helping you, he’s adding more tariffs, more gas price hikes, and more chaos at home.
Americans rewire their grocery shopping routines while digesting the biggest price jump in 50 years
Living through the biggest jump in grocery prices in a half-century has many Americans changing their eating and food shopping habits.
apnews.com
Recently in Italy I was asked, "Where are you from?" When I said "USA," amusingly he fell silent. Today the President is bent on maximum grift, but I'm still proud to be American. Thanks to @zackbeauchamp.bsky.social for a historian's vision of the country's founding.
The late historian who rekindled my hope for America’s future
Gordon Wood’s argument for the “radicalism” of the Revolution reveals something profound — and hopeful — about America.
vox.com
Today is a good day to (re-)read Lincoln's Gettysburg address. Go on. It isn't that long.
Forthcoming in AEJ: Applied Economics: "Luck of the Draw: The Causal Effect of Physicians on Birth Outcomes" by Christian Posso, Jorge Tamayo, Arlen Guarin, and Estefania Saravia.
Luck of the Draw: The Causal Effect of Physicians on Birth Outcomes
(Forthcoming Article) - This paper studies whether more skilled physicians improve birth outcomes. We exploit a natural experiment in Colombia, where newly graduated physicians were randomly assigned to Local Health Centers (LHCs), to estimate the causal effect of being treated by a more skilled physician—measured using medical graduation exam scores—on newborn health. We find that mothers treated at LHCs assigned physicians with exam scores one standard deviation higher were 9.14 percent less likely to give birth to an unhealthy newborn. Suggestive evidence indicates that more skilled physicians achieve these results by better targeting prenatal care toward high-risk mothers without reducing care for others.
aeaweb.org
I think this could be a really important research study as we economists figure out how to do our craft in this new AI era. I'm excited by what Seth is doing, and wanna encourage folks to get involved.
srgitter@sethgitter.bsky.social · 4mo agoIf you teach intro to Econ and would be interested in being part of an RCT on AI homework tutor I have a good lead on funding. Participating faculty will get $500 to $1000. DM me or email sgitter@towson.edu Please repost! Repost and I'll buy you a drink at ASSA 2027 or future conference
That's just one of many great chapters in the new open access volume, including one on social protection and child health by myself with Lia Fernald, Paul Gertler, and Eleanor Tsai direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edi...
Effects of Cash Transfers on Child Health and Development
CC BY-NC-NDThe open access edition of this book was made possible by generous funding and support from MIT Press Direct to Open
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CSAE@oxfordcsae.bsky.social · 5mo ago🌟NEW chapter 'Psychology & Cash Transfers' by the CSAE's Kate Orkin, @blavatnikschool.bsky.social & Matthew Ridley @warwickecon.bsky.social in The Handbook of Social Protection: Evidence & New Directions for LMICs @mitpress.bsky.social Read it now #openaccess 👇 direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edi...
We’re proud to be participating in the 3rd @wfp.org Global Impact Evaluation Forum 2025! Join the live stream tomorrow for a panel session featuring a presentation from our President, @tiapalermo.bsky.social: wfp-org-conference.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Some closing thoughts for my students this semester on LLMs and learning #rstats datavizf25.classes.andrewheiss.com/news/2025-12...
Stay tuned for follow-up, where we conduct an RCT involving vulnerable women in this area - half abducted as children - to assess the impact of: 1) cash only 2) cash+group life-skill training 3) cash+group mental health counseling W/ @eeshani.bsky.social & @mirandainez.bsky.social
David Evans@daveevansphd.bsky.social · 9mo agoWhat's the long-term impact of being abducted during an armed conflict? editorialexpress.com/cgi-bin/conf... In Uganda, 20 years after the conflict: "Formerly abducted women still exhibit significantly higher rates of depression and perceived stress, heightened stress responses..."
I spent October traveling to schools throughout the South talking to students about American history. What I found were young people who understand we can tell a story that includes both the positive and the negative. As one 8th grader in Memphis said, “Doesn’t seem that hard, just say both things.”
Tell Students the Truth About American History
We owe it to Americans of all ages to be honest about the country’s past, including its contradictions.
theatlantic.com
In the past few weeks, a series of developments has revealed a disturbingly credible policy pathway to power consolidation. We now know what a Trump-led authoritarian state in America would look like — and how we would get there from here.
This is how Trump ends democracy
The past week has revealed Trump’s policy road map to veto one-party rule. Will Americans let him follow it?
vox.com
As a former student said to me recently: “Mouth full Scripture, Heart full of Hate.”
The most important idea in all of economics is not competition, but cooperation.
What can you do about the assault on USAID? Share this far and wide. Do your part! Please do retweet 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Just spitballing, but things that could happen today: *Court injunction protecting USAID *Dems demand hearings on Musk's role *Someone introduce articles of impeachment *Dem officeholders go to USAID offices with USAID workers *Refuse to conduct any more Senate confirmations until this is resolved
On 21 March 1933 Adolf Hitler was officially sworn in as chancellor of Germany. The same day he pardoned 8,000 Nazis, who had committed violent acts, starting with the failed Hitler coup on 8 November 1923. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/u...
Only a Handful of Republicans in Congress Object to Trump’s Jan. 6 Pardons
Even Republicans who once said violent rioters should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law declined to criticize the presidential clemency for violent offenders, saying it was time to move o...
nytimes.com
I'm teaching a new Master's level class that's an introduction to empirical research in Econ & first step toward writing a thesis. I have a thick folder of research to share and "concepts of a plan" to talk about using AI, but does anyone have a syllabus or ideas about teaching a class like this?
