‘…today’s families are struggling with workplace norms and public policies designed for households in which one person is responsible for all the responsibilities of life outside of work-raising children, taking care of aging parents, etc…’ Betsey Stevenson

We need more professionalism in academic economics.

Economic majors earn a higher salary out of college than any other business related major. Why’s that? Economics gives you skills that employers are looking for because you can apply it to various different subjects and gives you a different perspective at the market.

Taking a break from my hiatus to share a new working paper that I have been working on.

I propose a new estimator that allows researchers to systematically choose the optimal number of fixed effects in their regression. Any comment is welcome!

government workers are ordinary hard working people who make the lives of ordinary hard working people better by doing their jobs professionally and competently as this thread lays out so nicely

I loved the article. Although I laughed at my quote—perhaps I was too honest.

She seems to forget how much joy a good coffee can provide to people's daily lives.

To find a point of agreement: Starbucks quality is too low for the prices and the United States does not do enough to foster the kinds of competitive markets that might get us better coffee.

Why should we care about a virus with a '99.8% survival rate'?

This thread highlights the actual impact a virus with a high survival rate can have on the population and why it is all the people who survive that we should be most worried about. 🧵1/

#covid #LongCovid #Health

Just saw Betsey Stevenson on CBS News explaining how immigration is good for the economy. More of this, please!

It is time to do something about social media, but making China the scapegoat risks not doing anything about the very real problems social media is causing for young people.

While Congress is taking on TikTok, an army of parents would like to see them doing something about SnapChat.

I was sad that Barbie didn't take home more Oscars because the movie is such a clever set of metaphors for the modern economy. Especially Ken who is as lost in Barbieland as many men are in our modern service based economy. bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

The good: Food inflation is at 0 for the month.
The bad: Inflation just came in a little hotter than expected reflecting rising energy costs and ongoing shelter inflation.

'Barbie' didn't have a great night at the Oscars, but Betsey Stevenson says that Ryan Gosling’s Ken is a good example for men looking for meaning as the economy shifts beneath their feet bloomberg.com/opinion/articl… via Bloomberg Opinion

My best friend called to tell me that I got my age wrong in this article. It's not the author or the IMF's fault, I am at the age in which you get your own age wrong. I am 52 not 53.
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It is time for Americans to embrace earned paid time off for all workers.

What I miss most about Australia when I leave is the coffee. After an 8 day trip back to the US, my local coffee shop said “you’re back, Strong cap?” It’s the good coffee and the professional, human-connecting baristas.

National workforce standards have changed little since the Fair Labor Standards Act was passed in 1938. Betsey Stevenson urges a modernization of the FLSA with an innovative approach to paid leave: hamiltonproject.org/publication/po…

Best part of Taylor Swift concert in Sydney: guy in the row in front of us proposed to his girlfriend during Love Story by screaming out the lyric Marry me, Juliet and opening a ring box.