Sam Bowman

RT @WorksInProgMag: Lead poisoning causes 5.5 million premature deaths a year through heart disease alone - more than die from unsafe water…

Awesome! The UK has more potential energy than anywhere else on earth right now, IMO, in terms of the gap between what it is and what it could be in a short space of time.

Marginal Revolution @MargRev

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Good call by the PM - and hugely admirable work by @CDP1882 with the right result here. Let justice be done. https://t.co/K7e0xcL1YN

RT @s8mb: Almost every major central bank now does "inflation targeting". This was invented in New Zealand in the 1980s – but not by econom…

RT @s8mb: Lead poisoning is one of the worst public health problems in the world. We've eliminated it in most countries, but in many places…

Nice, though I don’t believe 9+ months from now is really the soonest we could start this.

Department for Transport @transportgovuk

This week we announced that self-driving vehicle pilots could be introduced on England's roads from Spring 2026. Transport Secretary @Heidi_Labour  joined @wayve_ai CEO @alexgkendall on a ride in Wayve's self-driving vehicle to experience how this technology can make our roads a https://t.co/5OietV5eSH

RT @OscarSykes7: New article from me in Works in Progress on the history of inflation targeting. Works in Progress is my favourite magazine…

RT @s8mb: Japan has "solved" holdout problems for infrastructure, and it even works in built-up urban areas – it's one reason they keep bui…

RT @WorksInProgMag: Dataviz from Issue 19 of Works In Progress 🧵 https://t.co/M8keWVxADb https://t.co/M44kCHW2lR

RT @judgeglock: A typically fascinating piece from @WorksInProgMag that shows how Japan, and much of the world, created local orgs of prope…

RT @ravi_sola: A beautiful piece on the value and nuance of through-running, unifying suburban and metro rail systems - and a special secti…

Japan has "solved" holdout problems for infrastructure, and it even works in built-up urban areas – it's one reason they keep building railways. The solution uses democracy to overcome vetocracy – almost like "Street Votes for infrastructure".

Sam Bowman @s8mb

How can Japan build new infrastructure so well when the rest of us struggle so much? The secret is "Land Readjustment". Landowners can pool their plots, sell off a share, and profit from the uplift from the new infrastructure near them. It's genius! https://t.co/I0WRqhVYED https://t.co/1r0MYC4VHs

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RT @carto_graph: The Central Line was London’s original Crossrail. In the 1930s, it took over two commuter lines to Epping/Hainault, and to…

The surprising thing to me here is that banning lead products doesn't seem to face opposition by vested interests, etc. The main reason some countries haven't done it is prioritisation – they don't necessarily realise that they have a problem. That makes this very solvable.

Sam Bowman @s8mb

Lead poisoning is one of the worst public health problems in the world. We've eliminated it in most countries, but in many places lead persists, causing brain damage and heart disease. The good news? Eliminating lead poisoning might be *shockingly easy*. https://t.co/DuTV2HSGaW https://t.co/L5xXls3iYB