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Law, but for rich people.
Law, but for rich people.
Treasury recovers $1.3 billion in unpaid taxes from high-wealth tax dodgers
The IRS has collected $1.3 billion from high-wealth tax dodgers since last fall, the agency says, crediting spending that has ramped up collection enforcement through President Joe Biden's signature…
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December 26, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Today @donmoyn.bsky.social reveals the secret to making Switzerland's public transit system run like a Swiss watch - probably a lot of Swiss watches. Simplicity by design:
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/has-switze...
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Has Switzerland Built the Best Public Transportation System in the World?
The joy of when governments works
donmoynihan.substack.com
December 18, 2024 at 2:21 PM
Thanks to all for participating in our joint workshop on #PublicAdministration and #StateCapacity @unihohenheim.bsky.social. Frederico Finan from @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social and @hjortj.bsky.social from @ucl.ac.uk gave great keynote lectures.
June 25, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Thanks to all for participating in our joint workshop on #PublicAdministration and #StateCapacity @unihohenheim.bsky.social. Frederico Finan from @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social and @hjortj.bsky.social from @ucl.ac.uk gave great keynote lectures.
I wrote a piece on literacy, human capital formation, state capacity & development in South Africa. Link in the comments. #econsky #publicgoods #statecapacity #southafrica #stateformation #democracy #Education
November 6, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I wrote a piece on literacy, human capital formation, state capacity & development in South Africa. Link in the comments. #econsky #publicgoods #statecapacity #southafrica #stateformation #democracy #Education
OnlineFirst - "Epistemic derisking: Knowledge infrastructures in energy finance" by Rosie Collington and Jacob Hasselbalch:
#energyplanning #climategovernance #decarbonisation #finance #energymodelling #statecapacity
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#energyplanning #climategovernance #decarbonisation #finance #energymodelling #statecapacity
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May 22, 2026 at 5:31 PM
OnlineFirst - "Epistemic derisking: Knowledge infrastructures in energy finance" by Rosie Collington and Jacob Hasselbalch:
#energyplanning #climategovernance #decarbonisation #finance #energymodelling #statecapacity
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
#energyplanning #climategovernance #decarbonisation #finance #energymodelling #statecapacity
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Military lawyers filling prosecutorial gaps signals distress, not strength. Great institutions attract mastery; politicized ones repel it. If the sharpest prosecutors keep leaving, the question isn’t abstract—it’s visceral: who answers for the crimes never tried? #ProtectJustice #StateCapacity
Military lawyers filling prosecutorial gaps signals distress, not strength. Great institutions attract mastery; politicized ones repel it. If the sharpest prosecutors keep leaving, the question isn’t abstract—it’s visceral: who answers for the crimes never tried? #ProtectJustice #StateCapacity
February 12, 2026 at 12:45 AM
3/3
Military lawyers filling prosecutorial gaps signals distress, not strength. Great institutions attract mastery; politicized ones repel it. If the sharpest prosecutors keep leaving, the question isn’t abstract—it’s visceral: who answers for the crimes never tried? #ProtectJustice #StateCapacity
Military lawyers filling prosecutorial gaps signals distress, not strength. Great institutions attract mastery; politicized ones repel it. If the sharpest prosecutors keep leaving, the question isn’t abstract—it’s visceral: who answers for the crimes never tried? #ProtectJustice #StateCapacity
Got Theory? @chknutsen.bsky.social and @palinakolvani.bsky.social do. In their WP article they theorize how #regime type and #statecapacity shape the abilities and incentives of #political #leaders to respond to #COVID-19. Read their full article here: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
June 11, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Got Theory? @chknutsen.bsky.social and @palinakolvani.bsky.social do. In their WP article they theorize how #regime type and #statecapacity shape the abilities and incentives of #political #leaders to respond to #COVID-19. Read their full article here: doi.org/10.1353/wp.2...
How did telegraphy strengthen state capacity?
Yıldırım, Akyıldız and Cosgel show that in the nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire, it did so by linking physical infrastructure with internal labor markets and personnel mobility. #StateCapacity #EconomicHistory
Yıldırım, Akyıldız and Cosgel show that in the nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire, it did so by linking physical infrastructure with internal labor markets and personnel mobility. #StateCapacity #EconomicHistory
January 9, 2026 at 4:10 PM
How did telegraphy strengthen state capacity?
Yıldırım, Akyıldız and Cosgel show that in the nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire, it did so by linking physical infrastructure with internal labor markets and personnel mobility. #StateCapacity #EconomicHistory
Yıldırım, Akyıldız and Cosgel show that in the nineteenth-century Ottoman Empire, it did so by linking physical infrastructure with internal labor markets and personnel mobility. #StateCapacity #EconomicHistory
GDP per capita & economic growth in Venezuela (which one day was a democracy) & in Chile (which one day was a dictatorship). #Venezuela #econsky #democracy #economicgrowth #statecapacity
January 5, 2026 at 8:30 PM
GDP per capita & economic growth in Venezuela (which one day was a democracy) & in Chile (which one day was a dictatorship). #Venezuela #econsky #democracy #economicgrowth #statecapacity
Care about #effectivegovernment? Really excellent presentation on best practices for procuring and developing government software projects by @waldo.net to Michigan state legislature. Very insightful, digestible, and entertaining. (Starts at 8 min mark.) #statecapacity
Michigan did not invite *me* to testify the other day. They invited 18F! But 18F ceased to exist several days after they were invited, so I became the emergency backup option.
The private sector cannot backfill government. This does not and cannot work beyond these light-touch occasions.
The private sector cannot backfill government. This does not and cannot work beyond these light-touch occasions.
Great testimony from 18F alum @waldo.net about procuring digital service teams.
This is the stuff that 18F feds were doing prior to getting fired.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=olm9...
This is the stuff that 18F feds were doing prior to getting fired.
m.youtube.com/watch?v=olm9...
March 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Care about #effectivegovernment? Really excellent presentation on best practices for procuring and developing government software projects by @waldo.net to Michigan state legislature. Very insightful, digestible, and entertaining. (Starts at 8 min mark.) #statecapacity
Important reminders for building democratic #StateCapacity:
🔷 It's not just a matter of having “more” or “less” gov't—it’s about making gov't work better
🔷 Not all state capacity is made equal—some capacities directly conflict with democratic principles rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
🔷 It's not just a matter of having “more” or “less” gov't—it’s about making gov't work better
🔷 Not all state capacity is made equal—some capacities directly conflict with democratic principles rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
November 19, 2024 at 7:16 PM
Important reminders for building democratic #StateCapacity:
🔷 It's not just a matter of having “more” or “less” gov't—it’s about making gov't work better
🔷 Not all state capacity is made equal—some capacities directly conflict with democratic principles rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
🔷 It's not just a matter of having “more” or “less” gov't—it’s about making gov't work better
🔷 Not all state capacity is made equal—some capacities directly conflict with democratic principles rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
Do you follow WP author @kchriswell.bsky.social? While you are checking out her posts, have a read of her April issue article in which she uses the case of #Mexico to explore when and how #citizens organize to #resist #criminal group presence. doi.org/10.1353/wp.2... #StateCapacity #CivilSociety
May 22, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Do you follow WP author @kchriswell.bsky.social? While you are checking out her posts, have a read of her April issue article in which she uses the case of #Mexico to explore when and how #citizens organize to #resist #criminal group presence. doi.org/10.1353/wp.2... #StateCapacity #CivilSociety
- Redesigning the Federation: Administrative Federalism and the Future of Governance in Pakistan
www.yumpu.com/en/document/...
#SSACPakistan #PolicyBrief #AdministrativeFederalism #GovernanceReform #Pakistan #PublicPolicy #StateCapacity #FutureOfPakistan
www.yumpu.com/en/document/...
#SSACPakistan #PolicyBrief #AdministrativeFederalism #GovernanceReform #Pakistan #PublicPolicy #StateCapacity #FutureOfPakistan
Redesigning the Federation: Administrative Federalism and the Future of Governance in Pakistan
Redesigning the Federation: Administrative Federalism and the Future of Governance in Pakistan is the first Policy Brief of the Strategic Science Advisory Council (SSAC) – Pakistan. The paper examines...
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September 19, 2026 at 8:54 PM
- Redesigning the Federation: Administrative Federalism and the Future of Governance in Pakistan
www.yumpu.com/en/document/...
#SSACPakistan #PolicyBrief #AdministrativeFederalism #GovernanceReform #Pakistan #PublicPolicy #StateCapacity #FutureOfPakistan
www.yumpu.com/en/document/...
#SSACPakistan #PolicyBrief #AdministrativeFederalism #GovernanceReform #Pakistan #PublicPolicy #StateCapacity #FutureOfPakistan
A sustainable foreign policy requires more than strategic vision—it requires economic resilience, institutional strength, and policy consistency.
#Diplomacy #StateCapacity #GlobalAffairs
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#Diplomacy #StateCapacity #GlobalAffairs
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Between Ambition and Capacity! - Stratheia
Pakistan's foreign policy faces strategic overstretch as external ambitions exceed domestic economic and institutional capacity.
stratheia.com
June 28, 2026 at 6:00 AM
A sustainable foreign policy requires more than strategic vision—it requires economic resilience, institutional strength, and policy consistency.
#Diplomacy #StateCapacity #GlobalAffairs
stratheia.com/between-ambi...
#Diplomacy #StateCapacity #GlobalAffairs
stratheia.com/between-ambi...
Why letting real people hold corporations accountable in court is essential for #StateCapacity (w/ Ben Kaufman, Harvard Civil Rights - Civil Liberties Law Review)
journals.law.harvard.edu/crcl/want-st...
journals.law.harvard.edu/crcl/want-st...
Want “State Capacity”? That Means Private Rights of Action. – Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review
journals.law.harvard.edu
July 27, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Why letting real people hold corporations accountable in court is essential for #StateCapacity (w/ Ben Kaufman, Harvard Civil Rights - Civil Liberties Law Review)
journals.law.harvard.edu/crcl/want-st...
journals.law.harvard.edu/crcl/want-st...
Wonderful joint class today between Centro de Estudios Internationales, El Colegio de México and the Brandt School
today on #StateCapacity and #StateFailure. Thanks to Prof. José Luis Mendez and all the students.
today on #StateCapacity and #StateFailure. Thanks to Prof. José Luis Mendez and all the students.
January 23, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Wonderful joint class today between Centro de Estudios Internationales, El Colegio de México and the Brandt School
today on #StateCapacity and #StateFailure. Thanks to Prof. José Luis Mendez and all the students.
today on #StateCapacity and #StateFailure. Thanks to Prof. José Luis Mendez and all the students.
🎥 VoxDev posted a video
🏷️ https://unjobs.org/themes/economic-growth
🏷️ https://unjobs.org/themes/economic-growth
Accelerating economic growth
Can small, focused teams inside government really drive economic growth?
Check out the full episode on the nuts and bolts of growth in our new podcast, Ideas in Development: https://youtu.be/gI7UFJvgyfs
#growth #statecapacity #development
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January 16, 2026 at 9:28 AM
🎥 VoxDev posted a video
🏷️ https://unjobs.org/themes/economic-growth
🏷️ https://unjobs.org/themes/economic-growth
Democracies are associated with economic growth & prosperity. Democracies tend to be associated with better governance. Venezuela decided to go the opposite way, no democracy, no growth, no prosperity, no governance, hyperinflation.. #venezuela #economicgrowth #statecapacity #democracy #econsky
What's going on in Venezuela?
No real idea, but looking at the data might help
heterogeneousagents.substack.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Democracies are associated with economic growth & prosperity. Democracies tend to be associated with better governance. Venezuela decided to go the opposite way, no democracy, no growth, no prosperity, no governance, hyperinflation.. #venezuela #economicgrowth #statecapacity #democracy #econsky
www.noemamag.com/government-w... “The citizens’ assembly has become part of Paris’s democratic architecture..While one-off assemblies depend on political will.. an institutionalized citizens’ assembly..helps to set the foundation for a new institution that can endure.” #democracy #statecapacity
Government ‘With’ The People | NOEMA
Closing the gap between citizens’ deliberation and binding action.
www.noemamag.com
May 18, 2025 at 3:43 AM
www.noemamag.com/government-w... “The citizens’ assembly has become part of Paris’s democratic architecture..While one-off assemblies depend on political will.. an institutionalized citizens’ assembly..helps to set the foundation for a new institution that can endure.” #democracy #statecapacity
State capacity, taxation, public goods, allocation of resources, employment, bandits, states, Brazil, Rio #econsky👇👇
www.linkedin.com/posts/manoel...
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#brazil #brasil #statecapacity #politicaleconomics #publicgoods #inequality #crime #violence #rio | Manoel Bittencourt
📉 State capacity, public goods, inequality, violence, all in Rio: last May Lady Gaga did a gig in Copacabana beach, for approximately two million people. Apart from the artistic effort, the whole thin...
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November 3, 2025 at 9:29 AM
State capacity, taxation, public goods, allocation of resources, employment, bandits, states, Brazil, Rio #econsky👇👇
www.linkedin.com/posts/manoel...
www.linkedin.com/posts/manoel...
#ProjectOntario (First Story ⬇️)
Why IS #TVO giving airspace to EIGHT (to mere “dozens” of) Tories? They are welcome to seek their myth of Fi$cal Re$pon$ibility AND
🇺🇸 #StateCapacity AND subsidization of private schools IN the U$A! 🔚 #MatthewSpoke #RealEstate Developer #onpoli #theHub
Why IS #TVO giving airspace to EIGHT (to mere “dozens” of) Tories? They are welcome to seek their myth of Fi$cal Re$pon$ibility AND
🇺🇸 #StateCapacity AND subsidization of private schools IN the U$A! 🔚 #MatthewSpoke #RealEstate Developer #onpoli #theHub
Project Ontario, Greenbelt Code Words, and the Eglinton LRT | #onpoli
YouTube video by TVO Today
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June 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
#ProjectOntario (First Story ⬇️)
Why IS #TVO giving airspace to EIGHT (to mere “dozens” of) Tories? They are welcome to seek their myth of Fi$cal Re$pon$ibility AND
🇺🇸 #StateCapacity AND subsidization of private schools IN the U$A! 🔚 #MatthewSpoke #RealEstate Developer #onpoli #theHub
Why IS #TVO giving airspace to EIGHT (to mere “dozens” of) Tories? They are welcome to seek their myth of Fi$cal Re$pon$ibility AND
🇺🇸 #StateCapacity AND subsidization of private schools IN the U$A! 🔚 #MatthewSpoke #RealEstate Developer #onpoli #theHub
Québec's latest language report raises a question that extends beyond francization: How do governments know whether their programs are actually working?
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#Quebec #Canada #CanadianPolitics #PublicPolicy #StateCapacity #LanguagePolicy #Governance
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#Quebec #Canada #CanadianPolitics #PublicPolicy #StateCapacity #LanguagePolicy #Governance
When Government Can't Measure Success: The Limits of Francization
Québec is no longer merely concerned with whether newcomers can learn French. It is increasingly concerned with whether they choose to live their private lives in French.
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June 15, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Québec's latest language report raises a question that extends beyond francization: How do governments know whether their programs are actually working?
open.substack.com/pub/southof4...
#Quebec #Canada #CanadianPolitics #PublicPolicy #StateCapacity #LanguagePolicy #Governance
open.substack.com/pub/southof4...
#Quebec #Canada #CanadianPolitics #PublicPolicy #StateCapacity #LanguagePolicy #Governance
📘 New in Governance: Anna Persson, Frida Boräng & Ruth Carlitz introduce ideational reach—a fresh take on state capacity.
It’s not just about institutions, but about belief in the idea of the state as legitimate authority. 🧠🏛️🌍
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/gove...
#StateCapacity #Governance #PoliticalScience
It’s not just about institutions, but about belief in the idea of the state as legitimate authority. 🧠🏛️🌍
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/gove...
#StateCapacity #Governance #PoliticalScience
The Power of Ideational Reach: A New Approach to State Capacity
State capacity is widely recognized as a prerequisite for the successful fostering of economic and political development and is considered key to understanding change and enduring differences in deve...
doi.org
May 9, 2025 at 10:31 AM
📘 New in Governance: Anna Persson, Frida Boräng & Ruth Carlitz introduce ideational reach—a fresh take on state capacity.
It’s not just about institutions, but about belief in the idea of the state as legitimate authority. 🧠🏛️🌍
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/gove...
#StateCapacity #Governance #PoliticalScience
It’s not just about institutions, but about belief in the idea of the state as legitimate authority. 🧠🏛️🌍
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/gove...
#StateCapacity #Governance #PoliticalScience
ICYMI❕Industrial policy is back—how can we make it better? Our top stories of the week:
✅ An #EconomicSeaChage in labor & industry
✅ Building robust #StateCapacity
✅ Relying on courts to decide crypto's fate is risky
Our weekly #RooseveltRundown ⬇️ rooseveltinstitute.org/2024/03/15/s...
✅ An #EconomicSeaChage in labor & industry
✅ Building robust #StateCapacity
✅ Relying on courts to decide crypto's fate is risky
Our weekly #RooseveltRundown ⬇️ rooseveltinstitute.org/2024/03/15/s...
Shaping Markets, Empowering Workers - Roosevelt Institute
In this week's Roosevelt Rundown: A Sea Change in Labor and Industry, Building a Robust State, What We’re Talking About, and What We're Reading.
rooseveltinstitute.org
March 18, 2024 at 5:52 PM
ICYMI❕Industrial policy is back—how can we make it better? Our top stories of the week:
✅ An #EconomicSeaChage in labor & industry
✅ Building robust #StateCapacity
✅ Relying on courts to decide crypto's fate is risky
Our weekly #RooseveltRundown ⬇️ rooseveltinstitute.org/2024/03/15/s...
✅ An #EconomicSeaChage in labor & industry
✅ Building robust #StateCapacity
✅ Relying on courts to decide crypto's fate is risky
Our weekly #RooseveltRundown ⬇️ rooseveltinstitute.org/2024/03/15/s...
In order to build a new, more inclusive & dynamic political economy, we need to reimagine how state institutions are structured & optimized.
We’ll need to actively build democratic #StateCapacity.
@ksabeelrahman.bsky.social outlines a framework to do so rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
We’ll need to actively build democratic #StateCapacity.
@ksabeelrahman.bsky.social outlines a framework to do so rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
October 29, 2024 at 4:56 PM
In order to build a new, more inclusive & dynamic political economy, we need to reimagine how state institutions are structured & optimized.
We’ll need to actively build democratic #StateCapacity.
@ksabeelrahman.bsky.social outlines a framework to do so rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
We’ll need to actively build democratic #StateCapacity.
@ksabeelrahman.bsky.social outlines a framework to do so rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...