Samuel Hammond   

@hamandcheese

Director of Poverty and Welfare Policy. Pluralist. The world is second-best, at best. shammond [at] niskanencenter [dot] org

Washington, DC
strugglingregions.com
Joined April 2007
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    Oct 5

    . and I began outlining our agenda paper before the pandemic hit, not knowing how relevant its core themes — building state capacity, modernizing social insurance, reviving technological progress — were about to become. Read it here:

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  2. 13 minutes ago

    The knowledge problem and the socialist calculation program are not the same thing. The former says something about the hardness of collecting relevant information while the latter refers to the hardness of performing relevant computations even with complete information.

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    18 Jan 2019

    A bit of field research: Assume I have a device that doesn't connect to your body but can send speech in an inaudible way using sine-wave speech. 1) Listen to this 1st: 2) Listen to this 2nd: Listen to 1 again. Observations?

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    Nov 20

    My most interesting podcast to date. I interview Scott Aaronson about quantum computing, the link between complexity, creativity, and economics, the busy beaver function, and the history and future of new fundamental ideas in the field.

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    2 hours ago

    This interview is so good. In a sane world she’d be everywhere talking about this.

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  6. 3 hours ago

    Love this talk on the economic applications of gauge theory. As she notes, "the term 'Marginal Revolution' refers to the introduction of the differential calculus into economic theory." But why stop there? Math didn't stop in the 19th century.

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    4 hours ago

    NY did not reach herd immunity

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    7 hours ago

    The pandemic has been especially hard on families with children. Relief payments to households with children would be particularly valuable. They should be part of any Covid bill, argues Niskanen Center's Sam Hammond

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    7 hours ago

    Patreon Exclusive: Part 2 with discussing the safety net. Why did the US develop a different social insurance system than Europe? Which policies can actually pass the Senate? What's the difference between bipartisan & transpartisan policy?

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    17 hours ago

    "The recent and unprecedented impact of women in [the COVID-19 vaccine effort] means that there are other endeavors which society cares about that would greatly benefit from more involvement by women." - Excellent and important column.

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  11. 17 hours ago

    Full segment: Testing Milton Friedman," a discussion featuring Walter E Williams, Shikha Dalmia, Matthew Yglesias, John Bouman hosted by Emily Rooney.

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  12. 17 hours ago

    Short clip of the late, great Walter Williams debating on whether America is a free society circa 2012. (6m33)

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    21 hours ago

    I can't believe I only just learned about Desmos. It is awesome.

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  14. Dec 4

    These people have been lied to so thoroughly and for so long that paranoid delusions like this are required to maintain internal epistemic coherence.

    Imagine the level of crazy it takes not to be the person writing this affidavit, but to be the attorney who thinks submitting it is a good idea - let alone as new matter on appeal
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  15. Dec 4

    My aunt and uncle recently returned to Nova Scotia from an overseas trip. They self-isolated for 14 days with regular SMS check-ins, per the law. About a week into it they had an unannounced visit from the RCMP, who stopped by just to make sure. That's how it's done.

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  16. Dec 4

    V-shaped recovery in Canada. NL, NS and NB all have strictly enforced provincial quarantines in place. When will America learn that freedom isn't free?

    With today's jobs report, here's how the employment recovery is proceeding across provinces. NL now exceeds its pre-COVID level while AB is furthest behind with 5% lower employment.
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    Dec 4

    Horseshoe theory is the most important and powerful of all political theories. Russian rightists argue that far-left Italian radical feminists were Basically Correct, and that domestic labor must be compensated!

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    Dec 4

    I know it's been a tough year, so if you want a long, deep laugh, read this. Make sure you're sitting down, though.

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    Dec 4

    Dear Republicans—Listen to ⁦⁩ (and to ⁦⁩’s ⁦⁩). Ambitious stimulus is your friend.

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    Dec 4

    In the latest episode of Model Citizen, I chat with the brilliant about the failures of U.S. Covid-19 policy, how to fix our democracy, and why she loves the Constitution.

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    Dec 4

    Saul Griffith & Bill Gates seem to be saying something pretty similar: to decarbonize, govt. funded energy innovation should 5x & be *split out of the DOE per se*, to a new org, & gov should fund energy/climate startups all over — I’d add FROs to that!

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