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If growth advocates can't win this fight, they won't win any harder ones

Lessons from every Anglosphere government's fumbled migration restart.

A practical guide for social scientists who want their work to be read.

Or why I was wrong about viewpoint diversity.

Due process lacks legitimacy when losing never has consequences.

How I learned to love my country, and the future of Popular by Design.

From parachutes and drugs to asylum bans, and the virtue of honest judgment.

A year after “In Our Interest,” the book’s favorite case became its hardest test.

On the ethics of AI writing, disclosure, and detection.

Rebuilding a public square on the platform you least expect.

Most of us do not contribute to human knowledge—AI just made it obvious.

It doesn't change minds, but it might get a few people off the couch.

The case for social scientists who talk to people outside of the ivory tower.

Why advocates should spend less time on persuasion and more on improving policies.

Reflections on a thousand angry responses.

Ten theses for folks who haven't noticed the ground shifting under their feet.

But it may still be a good idea to have it.

Student migration is popular until governments stop caring how it works.

What I learned, what I got wrong, and answers to the most common questions.

On highbrow pro-immigration misinformation & what the elites don't want you to know.

Deliberate policy changes, not varied abstractions, drive outcomes we care about.

And how living in Tokyo changed my views on immigration and policy design.

A simple question that our best research still hasn't settled.

The political promise and limits of private refugee sponsorship.

It's not what you think.

A newsletter about immigration policies that work.