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Economist at the Center for Economic Research. Father to two dogs.

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It's Fed rate cut time! cepr.net/time-for-the...

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thanks

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Why economists are important 😑

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I'd also wager that that atypically low paid southern airport worker doesn't have a union.

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The terrible economy story #32706: Multiple jobholders edition. Looks like the problem is teleworking gives people the opportunity to work multiple jobs cepr.net/the-economy-...

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Again: I am not saying she is some perfect vessel. I have read the articles about her dysfunctional management style, and I know she says loopy things that become memes (that isn't always a bad thing!). I am just saying that you could do a whole lot worse.

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Trump is unpopular. His policies are unpopular. He has never won the popular vote. His preferred candidates down ballot go down in flames. Democrats are on the right side of a highly motivating issue swing voters: abortion. Biden has struggled to take that fight to Trump. Harris won't.

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We can all debate whether America will elect a Black woman as president in the abstract, but will this electorate choose a sane, competent and centrist politician who is under the age of 60 instead of a convicted felon and chaos agent? I will take those odds.

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Seems less likely that they'll =all= vote against their better interests =this time=. Here's hoping, at any rate. /2

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Fortunately, there has also been an educational push in KY & TN to demonstrate how simple it is for coal workers to find clean/green energy-sector jobs, there's work to go around, and it's safer and healthier for the workers =and= their families. /1

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The coal mining jobs at stake due to environmental regulation are probably not enough to swing the election, but if the media can convince voters that environmental policy reflects the candidates' attitudes towards workers, they could cepr.net/donald-trump...

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The coal mining jobs at stake due to environmental regulation are probably not enough to swing the election, but if the media can convince voters that environmental policy reflects the candidates' attitudes towards workers, they could cepr.net/donald-trump...

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Israel is trying to depopulate Gaza and annex the West Bank, and Joe Biden looks feckless or complicit. It will be a stain on his record if he lets our ostensible "ally" continue to get away with it.

www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/w...

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It was infuriating to see this piece at the top of the WaPo's list of most widely clicked articles since the premise is a complete lie. The labor market for recent college grads is actually very good.

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It was infuriating to see this piece at the top of the WaPo's list of most widely clicked articles since the premise is a complete lie. The labor market for recent college grads is actually very good.

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When someone starts talking about "free-market fundamentalism" they are telling you they don't understand the economy without telling you they don't understand the economy cepr.net/we-cant-have...

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When someone starts talking about "free-market fundamentalism" they are telling you they don't understand the economy without telling you they don't understand the economy cepr.net/we-cant-have...

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In the cheap fun department, the CPI, excluding owners' equivalent rent, which no one pays, has been pretty much at the Fed's 2.0 percent target for almost a year
cepr.net/cpi-without-...

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Was curious what this looked like for core. OER is one-third of core, actual rent paid is 10%. Core CPI ex OER has been below 2% YoY for the past 10 months and was just 0.2% annualized MoM in May. Chart shows annualized rates of change.

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In the cheap fun department, the CPI, excluding owners' equivalent rent, which no one pays, has been pretty much at the Fed's 2.0 percent target for almost a year
cepr.net/cpi-without-...

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This is a huge deal -- good the WaPo is writing on it

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Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow's avatar Your Internet Friend Tom Tomorrow @tomtomorrow.bsky.social
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they're not planning shit like this with any expectation of ever relinquishing power once they have it

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wow, the right-wing gets so upset at the idea that the law applies to them too

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“This would be a great win-win story, but of course that would only be true if we cared about the future of the planet, something apparently not on the agenda at the G-7 meeting.”

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Since Biden became President outlets like @washingtonpost.com has consistently zeroed in on every piece of negative news while often reporting good econ news w a negative frame. @deanbaker13.bsky.social is tired of the nonsense w question re motivation of Post owners.

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CNN invents a position for Trump on the pandemic cepr.net/cnn-invents-... Periodic reminder: the people who own and control CNN will pay lower taxes with Donald Trump back in the White House

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As the media discuss Biden-Trump tariffs, government-granted patent and copyright monopolies are the forms of protectionism that cannot be discussed cepr.net/the-media-is...

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It is incredibly irresponsible for the NYT to be writing news articles that lead readers to think it is a plausible story that the Social Security program will be ended. Here was my write-up cepr.net/tell-the-new...

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