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This is a great paper and provides insights on the role of gig work in India, Indonesia and Kenya Overall, gig work definitely acts as a vehicle for upward mobility (along with a ton of caveats) There's a significant heterogeneity across the 3 markets nber.org/system/files/w…

Liam Ramos is just a baby. He should be at home with his family, not used as bait by ICE and held in a Texas detention center. I am outraged, and you should be too.

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

They shot Renee Good in the face. They kidnapped Liam Ramos. They just executed a man on the street. Unmask them. Prosecute them. No more secret police.

Alex Jeffrey Pretti was an ICU nurse at a VA hospital. His life, through his profession, was dedicated to serving his community and our country. As so many have now seen on video, his final act before he was killed by federal agents was doing everything in his power to protect

1/ Economists: I’ve launched a small project to make AI coding tools actually useful for your day‑to‑day work. Awesome Econ AI Stuff – a growing collection of reusable AI “skills” for Claude Code, Cursor and Gemini CLI, tailored to empirical + theoretical economics.

Every time I post about fertility decline, someone in the comments asks: why don’t you talk about contraception? Isn’t that the obvious explanation? This has nothing to do with contraception being a taboo topic. There are plenty of papers in top economics journals studying the

What has unfolded in Minneapolis this past month betrays our most basic values as Americans. We are not a nation that guns down our citizens in the street. We are not a nation that allows our citizens to be brutalized for exercising their constitutional rights. We are not a

I’m ok. I’m a survivor so this small agitator isn’t going to intimidate me from doing my work. I don’t let bullies win. Grateful to my incredible constituents who rallied behind me. Minnesota strong.

2025: @Chicago's safest year in 60 years.

The largest randomized trial of medical A.I. —Over 100,000 women in Sweden —radiologist + AI vs 2 radiologists, in follow-up —AI added led to 29% more cancer detected, 44% reduced workload, and —Less cancer dx in subsequent 2 years, and, when found, less aggressive

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Can someone put a community note on this ? This video is clearly Ai .

Throughout our decades of friendship and partnership, I've known Reverend Jackson as history will remember him: a man of God and of the people. Determined and tenacious. Unafraid of the work to redeem the soul of our Nation. I've seen how Reverend Jackson has helped lead our

Michelle and I were deeply saddened to hear about the passing of a true giant, the Reverend Jesse Jackson. We will always be grateful for Jesse's lifetime of service, and the friendship our families share. We stood on his shoulders. We send our deepest condolences to the Jackson

This video is circulating in black church circles, warning people about Trump-supporting evangelicals. It features Joel Webbon, who certainly would have led a Citizens’ Council chapter in the 1950s. Today’s Christian Nationalism reflects 1950s racist Christian Nationalism.

just trained AI to remember all of my friends' birthdays, send an automated AI-generated email saying "happy birthday," call them using an AI-generated video of me, scan all of their online info so i buy the perfect gift, which i'll deliver using an AGI robot that looks like me

This morning I called James and congratulated him on becoming the Senate nominee. Texas is primed to turn blue and we must remain united because this is bigger than any one person. This is about the future of all 30 million Texans and getting America back on track. With the

When AI first arrived on the scene, I worried it would make economists, or even critical thinkers more broadly, less valuable. In my travels in the past 6 months to work with non-profits, for profits, and government agencies, I have observed how people are actually using AI. I