Zoned capacity just measures the upper limit of the supply curve: it's the quantity of new housing that developers will produce when prices are infinitely high. I, for one, am not interested in paying $∞ for housing. 1/
The number of organs available for donation has risen massively in the past five years. It seems to be the result of technological advances in preserving organs after circulatory death. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
You'll understand our campaign more from this launch video than anything else. We gave it our heart and soul. Give it a watch.
New and Competitive Renewals Only 803 grants have been made compared to ~2650 in fiscal years 2023 and 2024 through February 20. All institutes and centers (include OD now) have made awards except NIAAA, NLM, NCCIH, and FIC. 3/4
Grumpy opinion: Too many young development economists are working on behavioral econ questions that are unimportant for development. The topics are amenable to small experiments that can nail mechanisms and demonstrate smarts via a clever design. The profession over-rewards those attributes.
First up, Nolan Pope presents (with @jeffdenning.com, Rachel Nesbit, and Merrill Warnick): "Easy A's, Less Pay: The Long-Term Effects of Grade Inflation" The paper explores the labor market effects on students of being assigned high school teachers that are more lenient graders.
Elie is awesome and the Givewell story is a huge part of why we built Good Ventures to do leveraged philanthropy at scale.
Alexander Berger@albrgr.bsky.social · 8mo agoThis @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social episode is great! www.nytimes.com/2025/12/16/...
Some amazing jobs here! Our science and global health R&D team works on funding breakthroughs for neglected, high mortality/morbidity diseases and does a ton of great and interesting work -- see job links in Jacob's thread!
jacobtref.bsky.social@jacobtref.bsky.social · 9mo ago🚨 Hiring scientists to help give away money 🚨 At Open Philanthropy, we have given away $600M in biomedical research since 2016. Now, we're expanding the team to do more. We're hiring: * Up to 3 Senior Program Associates * Program Officer in strep A Remote OK, salaries in links! (Thread below)
🚨 Hiring scientists to help give away money 🚨 At Open Philanthropy, we have given away $600M in biomedical research since 2016. Now, we're expanding the team to do more. We're hiring: * Up to 3 Senior Program Associates * Program Officer in strep A Remote OK, salaries in links! (Thread below)
Hiring scientists to give away money
At Open Philanthropy, we have given away $600 million in biomedical research since 2016. That funding has supported the work of thousands of scientists across hundreds of universities, nonprofits, and...
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Challenge accepted. No models: simple over-performance (House - pres) by caucus. This way we don't have to argue over the definition of "moderate". In sum: Blue Dog > Blue Collar > New Dems > The Squad Candidates who want to win in tough districts would do well to mimic over-performers.
Adam Bonica@adambonica.bsky.social · last yr.Exactly right. WAR models let you get whatever answer you want based on your modeling choices—which is why they’re not standard in polisci. We have 40+ years of rigorous methods for measuring electoral effects. ST’s WAR throws all that out for a proprietary black box that happens to confirm priors.
Deadline to apply to these positions is today! Big opportunity to accelerate growth and progress in housing, energy, clinical trials, and more.
Matt Clancy@mattsclancy.bsky.social · last yr.The Abundance and Growth Fund at Open Philanthropy is hiring! We’re looking for 2-4 people to help expand this new $120+ million program to accelerate economic growth and reduce the cost of living through strategic grantmaking and research. (1/4) www.openphilanthropy.org/research/ann...
The Abundance and Growth Fund at Open Philanthropy is hiring! We’re looking for 2-4 people to help expand this new $120+ million program to accelerate economic growth and reduce the cost of living through strategic grantmaking and research. (1/4) www.openphilanthropy.org/research/ann...
Announcing Our New $120M Abundance And Growth Fund | Open Philanthropy
We are excited to announce the launch of our new Abundance and Growth Fund, which will spend at least $120 million over the next three years to accelerate economic growth and boost scientific and tech...
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What’s the return on government support for R&D? To try to get a credible answer, Open Philanthropy and the Sloan Foundation are committing up to $1 million to trying something new: we call it a Pop-Up Journal.
Exciting update: @open_phil is doubling down on our YIMBY, innovation, and metascience success by launching a >$120m Abundance & Growth Fund to accelerate economic growth and boost scientific & technological progress. Funding from @goodventures.bsky.social, Patrick Collison, and others. Why now? 🧵
It’s the last day to apply to this very cool position!
Rossa O'Keeffe-O'Donovan@rossaokod.bsky.social · 2y agoOpen Phil is hiring a Program Officer to lead new program on economic growth in LMICs Deadline 1 Dec - keen to get range of applicants with experience working on growth. Can be based anywhere! JD: bit.ly/lmicgrowth Rationale: bit.ly/lmicgrowth-research Referrals: bit.ly/openphil-referrals 1/n