JMLakin

Check out my new substack, tackling key themes of Just Dicta, such as the convoluted relationship between different forms of belief.

Read more about why I wrote a novel about the law. And get a copy of the book over at amzn.to/3Z4j1GO

Head over to Factotum, my Substack, to learn more about my new book, Just Dicta, and why I forgot to include an acknowledgement section. Find the book at amzn.to/3Z4j1GO

No politician should ever use the word vermin to refer to human beings. Or even to animals, for that matter.

Democracy is dying. Same old story. nytimes.com/2023/11/13/us/…

Excited to share the final paper in @opengovpart’s Justice Policy Series, “Accountability for Democratic Renewal”, released at the #WorldJusticeForum! Check out my chapter on tax and fiscal policy: bit.ly/justice-three

Changes in Supplementary Budget I for FY 2020/2021: What they say about #Kenya’s priorities amidst the #COVID19 pandemic. By @abrahamochieng and @jkinuthia08 #BudgetTransparency #OpenBudgets #SupplementaryBudget internationalbudget.org/publications/c…

@opengovpart @FiscalTrans @TAInitiative @anticorruption @GlobalIntegrity @ocdata @opencontracting @INTOSAI_IDI @CAREGlobal @IMFNews @wbg_gov @Planact_NGO @nazirkabiri @carorent @SofiaSprechmann

Simplifying budgets study: Informed participation of citizens has the ability to facilitate governments and taxpayers to get the best value out of scarce public funds. However, budget documents are inaccessible - technical and voluminous. We tested simplification of budgets 1/

What to expect when you're expecting tax changes in 2021: icij.org/inside-icij/20…

@LindseyGrahamSC I really wish I could take your concern for our institutions seriously, but unfortunately, you stopped caring about them years ago, and you think that a few lines from a president who cares about institutions even less than you do is worth something. It isn't. #TooLittleTooLate

President Trump will be leaving office next Tuesday, and impeachment in the House and trial in the Senate within a week would do great damage to our institutions and could insight further violence.

Very pleased for the nation to hear that Majority Leader McConnell will not consent to a snap impeachment trial of President Trump. apnews.com/article/joe-bi…

Income tax in Ireland did not collapse during the pandemic, because the people who lost their jobs are those who pay relatively little tax, notes @simoncoveney, Irish Minister of Foreign Affairs @ODIdev

Listening to @ODIdev conference on inequality: @fhgferreira notes that while inequality has risen, policy response (inc/ cash tranfers, etc.) in at least 6 countries may have led to a decrease in inequality during the pandemic @OpenBudgets

Say their names: nytimes.com/interactive/20…

Republicans must stand down and "stop the steal" when Congress returns to finalize the election results. The pro-Trump mob is fueled by the same lies as the suits inside.

“This violence was the inevitable and ugly outcome of the president’s addiction to constantly stoking division.”- Rep Sasse, Republican, Nebraska.

Check out my new paper with Paolo de Renzio on the role of civil society in tax reform: internationalbudget.org/publications/a… @TaxCompact @OpenBudgets @ICTDTax @TaxJusticeAfric @JKmuraguri @jkinuthia08 @abrahamrugo

They picked out how projects are distributed across the wards, how priorities are given and the level of public participation in budgeting discussions.

Is performance budgeting like Sisyphus rolling the rock up the hill? It might well be, at least as Albert Camus understood the myth: blog-pfm.imf.org/pfmblog/2020/1… @jkinuthia08 @KipronoTM @JKmuraguri @HeleneBarroy @OpenBudgets