Professor of economics at George Mason University, fellow at the Peterson Institute of International Economics, IZA, CReAM/UCL, CEPR, CGD. Associate Editor JEP. USAID 2021–2024. Personal views exclusively.
Web: http://mclem.org
ORCID: 0000-0003-1354-0965 ..
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Professor of economics at George Mason University, fellow at the Peterson Institute of International Economics, IZA, CReAM/UCL, CEPR, CGD. Associate Editor JEP. USAID 2021–2024. Personal views exclusively.
Web: http://mclem.org
ORCID: 0000-0003-1354-0965
Michael Andrew Clemens is an American economist who studies international migration and global economic development.
Innovation can change what migration *is*—more orderly, skilled, integrated, & tangibly beneficial to everyone affected
In 2012 I proposed one way: Global Skill Partnerships
The World Bank just released a major GSP roadmap—> hdl.handle.net/10986/42780
@elizabethacox.bsky.social out!
We examine how ICE arrests differ in Trump 2.0 vs. 1.0
Key Findings 🧵
1) MANY more arrests in Trump 2.0 than 1.0
2) When arrests spike, % arrested w criminal conviction falls
www.nber.org/papers/w3479...
Reposted by Linda J. Skitka
Reposted by Ashish Arora, Aaron Sojourner
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
When public officials entrusted with the power to seize and imprison our family members are not accountable for flagrant abuses of that power, everyone in America loses. Every Conservative, every Liberal.
Reposted by Elizabeth Saunders, David Lazer, Will Jennings , and 23 more Elizabeth Saunders, David Lazer, Will Jennings, Ashish Arora, Gavin A. Schmidt, Ken Caldeira, John Horgan, Michael A. Clemens, Antje Wiener, David Rothschild, Eric Goldman, Daniel W. Drezner, James Grimmelmann, Melanie C. Green, Rebecca Tushnet, Aaron Sojourner, Jacob T. Levy, Henry Farrell, Samantha Brennan, Michael D. McDonald, David Rosnick, Brian Weatherson, Julie Novkov, Nathan P. Kalmoe, Dana Howard, Kristina McElheran
www.irishtimes.com/world/us/202...
— Thomas Paine
The Congress’s decision to cease enforcement its constitutional oversight duties, and of its own laws, will come to harm *all* Americans, Conservative and Liberal.
Reposted by Ashish Arora
Reposted by Michael A. Clemens, Karin Wulf
— Thomas Paine
Reposted by Richard E. Lenski, Michael A. Clemens, Nathan P. Kalmoe
JWST has confirmed this galaxy, MoM-z14, as the most distant one yet studied. We're seeing it as it was 13.5 billion years ago, 98% of the way back to the beginning of time.
(MoM stands for "miracle or mirage.") 🧪🔭
science.nasa.gov/missions/web...
Trump promises Schumer funding for NY tunnel project if Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed after him
The startling offer, which was described by two people familiar with the conversation, was swiftly rejected by Schumer.
www.cnn.com/2026/02/05/p...
Our tax dollars, which we give both by force and sense of duty, are exclusively for wise stewardship of the public good. They are not the playthings of old men’s pathetic cravings.
Reposted by Aaron Sojourner, Gerald Friedman
BESSENT: That's up to the president
W: You can't say he won't be criminally investigated? That's supposed to be the soft ball!
Prosecuting someone who has not broken a law is NOT AT ALL “up to the President”.
It is far past time for our flaccid Congress to act in defense of our Constitution. Its ongoing suspension harms *all* Americans, Conservative and Liberal.
Reposted by Michael A. Clemens, Peter Bergman
Trump promises Schumer funding for NY tunnel project if Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed after him
The startling offer, which was described by two people familiar with the conversation, was swiftly rejected by Schumer.
www.cnn.com/2026/02/05/p...
It is a cornerstone of the rule of law, requiring that criminal prosecution cannot & must not depend upon personal whims and connections.
Its evisceration harms all of us, on the Right and Left.
Reposted by Michael A. Clemens
Reposted by Michael A. Clemens, Aaron Sojourner
BESSENT: That's up to the president
W: You can't say he won't be criminally investigated? That's supposed to be the soft ball!
Reposted by Michael A. Clemens
Reposted by Michael A. Clemens, Arthur Charpentier
by Alex McPhee
pronghornmaps.com/toronto/
The new global divide is not 'developing' and 'developed', but people-poor vs. people-rich.
www.iza.org/publications...
In a new @iza.org paper, I argue that policy for the 21st century must discard four outdated ideas.
www.iza.org/publications...
🧵 thread—>
Reposted by Valerie Mueller
The brilliant Lant Pritchett spells out the implications for migration policy:
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
"On Friday I was teaching the young children at the Montessori school... And on Saturday, my own government was calling me a domestic terrorist, and I was in federal detention centers with the bullet holes all over my body"
Justice Brett Kavanaugh
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
Reposted by Michael A. Clemens
Reposted by Brendan Nyhan
"We're gonna have ICE surround the polls...We'll never again allow an election to be stolen."
This is what the conspiracy theories have been for. This moment.
Conservative and Liberal Americans reject fascism. We know it won't help any 'side'. It is time to act.
Reposted by Michael E. Mann, Michael A. Clemens, David R. Miller
"We're gonna have ICE surround the polls...We'll never again allow an election to be stolen."
Reposted by Michael A. Clemens
"On Friday I was teaching the young children at the Montessori school... And on Saturday, my own government was calling me a domestic terrorist, and I was in federal detention centers with the bullet holes all over my body"