For personal and professional reasons, I haven't been vocal about Palestine on this platform. But after yesterday, I want to make a few things clear for the record. (1/6)

PhD students: “I’ve come into some money as of late.”

The money:

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Hey #EconTwitter : Does anyone have a favorite paper combining mechanism design and public finance to share? Trying to map what I'm learning (with much pain) in game theory to the joys of research

Figuring out how to file taxes on fellowship income is literally like the IRS is hazing me

I had a stress dream about travel reimbursements, so you could say my life is riveting these days

On the heels of California’s new $20 minimum wage for fast-food workers, my co-author Max Risch of Carnegie Mellon University and I are posting our new working paper on the impact of minimum wage increases on independent businesses. [1/14]
nirupamarao.org/_files/ugd/ed3…

this professor would go on for days about how much he hates me and i was like brother you need to solve POVERTY

We’re hiring a research assistant/associate for our awesome econ team - particularly looking for someone w/ quant skills!

Our econ team covers hard econ, poverty, tax, budget, trade, labor, and more.

Our team is very strong, and I encourage you to apply.
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Enjoyed joining Marc Goldwein and others CRFB.org event to dig into the future of tax post 2025. Video here.

c-span.org/video/?534549-…

Today, we are releasing a subset of the findings from the (unofficial) 2024 U-M Community Survey on Anti-Palestinian Bias and Islamophobia. Full report here: tinyurl.com/5n89yrwm

A🧵on the survey, some highlights, and what the findings mean
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🧵(1/7) In today’s Hill op-ed, Catherine Wolfram and I argue that: while no politician will run on increasing taxes, a carbon fee is something that should be on the table in 2025, for a few key reasons.

thehill.com/opinion/energy…

Hard to explain the reality of pre-ACA unless you lived through it, but:

Before the ACA, if you got sick, health insurers could decide to just not cover you. Many people could not get health instance. An estimated 25-50% of America had pre-existing conditions. Obama fixed that.

When your brilliant sister and the greatest future doctah passes step 🎉

(1/2) Happy Greenbook day for those who celebrate! And congrats to the OTA/OTP staff Treasury Department. Putting this together is no small feat! Looking forward to reading the details, and to talking tax tomorrow at a Joint Economic Committee Hearing.

jec.senate.gov/public/index.c…

You’ve heard of the invisible hand. Presenting…

Public Finance people, consider this great workshop if coming to Australia is an option for you! The talks are great. More than that though, it is a lot of fun, with an unusual mix of academics and economists in government.
taxpolicy.crawford.anu.edu.au/news-events/ev…

Got so tunnelled in to work brain that I saw the word 'lesbian' and read 'lebesgue'

DC bike Twitter: what do you consider the safest route between 15th & U NW and Georgia & Upshur NW? I don’t love 14th (esp around DCUSA), but maybe 11th isn’t great either…