Ah, this is amazing, Kate Bahn 👏👏👏

Such a great story about how people really think about race. It would be nice if it we could talk about it more, together. I will devour Michele Norris’ book!

After a big jump in the unemployment rate for Black men up to 6.3% in November data, it has come back down to 4.6% in December data. These changes are not statistically significant and shows how volatile data on minority groups can be. (We need more data by race.) #JobsReport

A year ago, the strongly held consensus (which didn’t include me) expected a recession dead ahead. This view was rooted in history - in times past when inflation was high and the Fed jacking up rates, recession followed. But the consensus has been wrong, this time is different.

The American Rescue Plan was the best economic policy in forty years.

Two types of dogs.. 😂

House Republicans would slash IRS budget and ban CBO from reporting how much reduced enforcement would increase the deficit. ($90 billion according to IRS Commissioner) wapo.st/3QjKHBA

The Nobel Prize in economics was awarded to Claudia Goldin for her work on gender gaps in the workplace on.wsj.com/3RRx8vs

So great! ❤️👏👏👏❤️

After calls to resign, Senator Menendez said “I am not going anywhere.” As a result, I feel compelled to run against him. Not something I expected to do, but NJ deserves better. We cannot jeopardize the Senate or compromise our integrity. Please join me:
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NEW: As the next step of its enforcement reset, the IRS is rebalancing priorities to do fewer audits of working Americans who receive EITC. The IRS had become overly reliant on audits of working Americans due to lack of resources for high-end enforcement. nytimes.com/2023/09/18/us/…

Child poverty is a policy choice and nothing illustrates that better than this years doubling of the child poverty rate following the expiration of the expanded CTC.

CHILD POVERTY IS A POLICY CHOICE. Child poverty more than doubled in 2022, largely due to the expiration of the expanded #ChildTaxCredit . This is a disaster that didn't have to happen. epi.org/273488 via @economicpolicy

From Catherine Rampell: We let child poverty soar last year. We could choose differently. wapo.st/45P6kQB

Any time I see #monopsony (especially hashtag version) I immediately think of Kate Bahn (and realize we need to catch up)! But also, great paper Ioana Marinescu!!

Oh hello, my first piece published with my new position at WorkRise!

TL;DR: unions are good, actually.

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Woah, news: Powell says the Fed staff are no longer forecasting a recession. They had been for the last several meetings.

One of these days the typo that I make in every single template is going to slip past the defenses and make it into print, and you all will learn from the pages of the NYT that Fed officials raise rats.

Awesome news for Brookings Econ and congrats to both Ben Harris and The Brookings Institution— though I’m sad he left Treasury Department before I started… he gives hubby Bill Gale the win this time.😉

'What percent of economists are schmucks?' is one of the most important questions ever posed in an econ paper presentation.

Whoever that person was at #NBERSI , perfect phrasing.