Eric Patashnik

When (if ever) do health services professionals believe it is OK to omit research information in their public communication? Alan Gerber, @maclockhart.bsky.social @haroldpollack.bsky.social & I conducted a survey to find out. See our new @healthaffairs.bsky.social article. Open access; link below.

Very excited about this talk on America's housing crisis with @jerusalem.bsky.social. Join us if you are in Providence on 10/27. Registration link below. events.brown.edu/event/337839...

Very excited about this talk on America's housing crisis with @jerusalem.bsky.social. Join us if you are in Providence on 10/27. Registration link below. events.brown.edu/event/337839...

Excellent conversation with @jillongovt.bsky.social and Michael Lewis on his new book on DOGE. Many interesting UK/US comparative insights. BBC Radio 4 - share.google/RY9jOyv7mTT9...

Looking forward to today's panel with Stephen Richer, former Maricopa County Recorder, who defended the 2020 election results against election-fraud narratives. We will discuss election administration in the 2026 midterm. @watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social events.brown.edu/watson/event...

.@watsonschoolbrown.bsky.social @taubmancenter.bsky.social Center for PPE @brown.edu was honored to host @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social for his John Hazen White Sr. Lecture, "I Know I’m Right: How Fundamentalism Perverts Politics and Religion." Video link below. www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg0D...

Sun Belt cities are building housing roughly three times as fast as blue state metropolises.

There are a *lot* of top priorities for Dems in the next Congress but forcing the administration to follow the law on spending is probably the top of the top priorities.

Bardach’s work showed generations of policymakers how analysis and political skill can help turn good ideas into workable public programs, writes @ericpatashnik.bsky.social of @brown.edu. www.theregreview.org/2026/09/29/p...

A series on Gene Bardach's enduring contributions to the study and improvement of public policy with essays by Michael Barzelay, Robert A. Kagan, John Mendeloff, and Eric M. Patashnik. @goldmanschool.bsky.social @appam.bsky.social

Districts would be well served to make decisions based on all 3 of these dimensions: 1️⃣ Effectiveness 2️⃣ Costs 3️⃣ Implementation Feasibility We're often seeking the BIG fix, when we need a collection of high-value ROIs where successful implementation is within reach. END

The Trump Administration appears to be strategically managing the current phase of its mass deportation program to minimize public backlash. A Quiet ICE Surge That Unfolded ‘Everywhere All at Once’ This Summer www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...

Just spotted. Harvard Book Store. @mirandayaver.bsky.social

This is a must-read for anyone interested in US politics, public law and public policy. Can't wait to dig into it.

"There are clear criteria for judging whether a particular path is the correct response to a social problem. Will it be effective if properly implemented? Can it be implemented in the existing political reality? Would it resolve...one problem without creating new ones?" Barney Frank (2026)

Excited for tomorrow's APSA roundtable on Miranda's great book.

New Georgetown University president announces a war on internal administrative burdens. Cool! (Sounds like I saved myself some service work by leaving).

Review of applications for our junior position in American Political Institutions begins September 15.

Review of applications for our junior position in American Political Institutions begins September 15.

A very illuminating interview with David Mayhew about his career, the political science discipline, American politics, and threats to the separation of power system, including an argument for filibuster reform.

We're hiring! Come work at either Brown economics or jointly in Econ + the new Watson public policy school at the (experienced) assistant, associate, or full professor level Target date for applications is Sep 7. EJM links: econjobmarket.org/positions/12... and econjobmarket.org/positions/12...

#ELB: Cain and Schneer: “Trump’s Redistricting Effort: A Smart Bet or Not?” https://electionlawblog.org/2026/cain-and-schneer-trumps-redistricting-effort-a-smart-bet-or-not/

New issue of @jhppl.bsky.social just dropped! (I unabashedly love the hard copy)! Special issue on “Health Politics and Democracy”, edited by Holly Jarman, @askellyphd.bsky.social, Herschel Nachlis, and @charleywillison.bsky.social.

Excellent conversation between my colleague @democracyprof.bsky.social and David French.

Sad news. Ted Marmor was one of the first editors of @jhppl.bsky.social and his legacy is vast. Read more from @oberlanderunc.bsky.social below.

Open access in QJE!📢 Using newly assembled archival data, we show how the AMA's nationwide campaign against national health insurance, labeling it "socialized medicine" and promoting private insurance, helped steer the U.S. away from universal health care academic.oup.com/qje/article/...

.@brownupolisci.bsky.social is hiring in American Political Institutions (assistant professor): jobs.chronicle.com/job/38015551...

Republicans EVEN with Democrats; the truly post-Reagan GOP is upon us

Roosevelt Institute Dems are planning (or wish-casting) a lot of liberal executive action under next Dem president, thinking Trump opens way. Some will be tried. But evidence from Biden admin suggests court enabling is asymmetric & efforts won't last or be effective www.notus.org/perspectives...

I will once again remind folks that a very sizable chunk of what looks like Congress not doing anything to push back against the president is in fact a consequence of the Court disabling/destroying all the ways Congress has tried to push back.

"If the proverbial man from Mars were to descend on Washington and wander around looking at what goes on in in the federal government, it might be weeks before he stumbled upon the Supreme Court." -- Ray Wolfinger, Martin Shaprio, Fred Greenstein, American politics textbook, published in 1976.

I've just posted a new (fairly short!) paper on unitary executive theory's impoverished theory of democratic accountability. Give it a read -- I'd love to hear any thoughts! papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Today at noon eastern www.appam.org/eugene-barda...

Interesting 🧵especially for those of us interested in backlash

Why the European left should always be pro-AC: - Ceding this popular issue to the right empowers them; in power they'll gut climate action far more than any AC "emissions." - AC runs on solar. Breaking news: The sun shines when it's hot. - AC saves lives. HEAT PUMPS FOR ALL! (AC is a heat pump...)

Five best things about my London trip: 5. Watching Queens Club tennis. 4. Seeing women's world cup cricket with my friend Jill Rutter. 3. British Library treasures. 2. Giving workshop at Institute for Government. 1. My better half Debbie Gordon had a chat with -- wait for it -- King Charles!!!

Honored to participate in this panel celebrating the life and scholarship of my mentor and friend Eugene Bardach. Mon, June 29th: 12pm EDT. The panel will be hosted on Zoom. www.appam.org/eugene-barda...

New, from me: The stakes of the Reflecting Pool debacle seem simultaneously low enough to laugh about, but significant enough to gin up outrage. The mismanagement reflects seven broader themes of the Trump administration: 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/what-the-r...

We invite the Brown community and our friends around the world to join together in observing a moment of silence to mark six months since the shooting that occurred on our campus on December 13, 2025.

Kindle version of my book Reforms at Risk is on sale for $2.99. www.amazon.com/Reforms-Risk...

Honored to participate in this panel celebrating the life and scholarship of my mentor and friend Eugene Bardach. Mon, June 29th: 12pm EDT. The panel will be hosted on Zoom. www.appam.org/eugene-barda...

So interesting to go back & watch the confirmation hearings of current Supreme Court justices. Here's a long segment in which Sen. Leahy presses Alito on his views on the unitary executive, independent agencies, presidential control of the Justice Department, etc. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNc0...

OMB is forcing “the Smithsonian to spend congressionally appropriated funding in a way that’s ‘consistent with the FY 2026 President’s Budget’ in order to receive it. The president’s budget differed widely from what Congress ultimately chose to fund.” www.notus.org/trump-white-...