Trying to write a book on it! And yes one problem is that funders are big fans of the polarization framing - the Koch foundation is investing heavily in it and the news media loves it because it blames no one. 1/2

Thanks, Gulf War III www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

The Trump administration is closing the office responsible for investigating misconduct and abuse in the immigration detention system, per an email obtained by HuffPost

Interesting paper by @peterenns.bsky.social on a severe methodological artifact in policy responsiveness research sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13...

Incredible chart (from otherwise depressing news story about bad advice being given to new parents) showing how cot deaths fell by 50% in the first year after the 'Back to Sleep' campaign was launched, and have continued to fall since. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

DC friends — mark your calendars. On 5/19, @groundwork.bsky.social and @epi.org are hosting a book talk & happy hour to celebrate the release of my new book, The Wage Standard: What's Wrong in the Labor Market and How to Fix It. Free book! Free drinks! RSVP now👇

While the world’s eyes are on fashion’s biggest night, we’re turning ours to the garment, retail, and warehouse workers who keep the industry running. From true love found on the picket line to a free tailoring school out of a Brooklyn basement — meet the New Yorkers who make it all possible.

If you’re on Polymarket and you’re not profiting off of insider information, you’re simply funneling money to people who are.

I’ll be damned. The Pulitzer board did it. Good on them

Gulf War III: Epic FAFO

Chinese AI may be an important tool for attacking inequality cepr.net/publications...

It's a very odd feeling to read that the cost of your firing was $20 billion to the US economy. Studies like this are so important. It's hard to put a value on a public service. Trustworthy economic data is vital to so much economic activity in a $29 trillion economy. Worth your time to read.

2-3% clearance rate ?! Meaning 98% of car theft go unsolved?! With record budgets year after year?! MPD chief should be embarrassed to show his face in public. But nooooo

2 other points: 1st, clearance rates by police deter crime. The HCAO isn’t seeing chargeable cases on vandalism. Second, the HCAO has an effective program when police can’t bring us a chargeable case. Hear about the Youth Auto Theft Initiative below. There have been NO referrals from LE this year.

Hugely important paper here ⬇️ #EconSky #PolicySky

New paper (w @elizabethacox.bsky.social ): Labor Market Impacts of ICE Activity in Trump 2.0 ICE activity reduced employment for undocumented immigrants in US, did NOT increase employment for U.S.-born workers & generated negative spillovers in immigrant-intensive sectors bit.ly/3QZWbxW

Connecting job seekers in occupations with poor prospects with volunteer "buddies" who have recently exited unemployment and found jobs in new occupations can meaningfully improve employment and earnings outcomes. Bart de Koning et al. cepr.org/voxeu/column... #EconSky

"...far more young voters than expected backed Donald Trump in 2024... many 18- to 29-year-olds have soured on Trump – his approval rating... has sunk from 48% in January 2025 to between just 25% and 33% in recent months..." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The point of Uno of course being that you win by having NO cards

Use the SHED and want an easier way to see all the survey questions over time? Now you can! I've built a new question tracker to show the questions asked in each year of the survey at shed.jefflarrimore.com (1/2)

Minneapolis celebrates spring with a parade of giant handmade socialist puppets and a festival where people row the sun across the lake. This year's Mayday festival was today, and I'm going to try to share some photos and videos (many taken by others) to try to explain it for my non-local friends.

back the blue (usps)

Nothing has ever been more For Me than the National Association of Letter Carriers marching in the Mayday parade with anti-war banners

Brass Solidarity kicking off the May Day Parade in Minneapolis!

This is Minneapolis:

amazing piece by @jearica.bsky.social

"The Impact of Marijuana Decriminalization on Crime: Evidence from Atlanta" link.springer.com/article/10.1... "a reduction in violent crime and violent crime clearances, likely due to police reallocating resources from marijuana enforcement to violent crime prevention" 😲

Horrifying story of financial mismanagement and an open criminal investigation at Minneapolis Public Schools. "District, already in crisis, allowed problem employee to run the department for months after facts were known"

Before or after the parade, add Mercado Central to your day. They’ve been through hell and need our support. Tacos, empanadas, and delicious strawberry milkshakes!

The new and improved Ole Olson Park is such a cool spot. Really exciting stuff happening on the Northside riverfront.

Over the past 14 years, Antofagasta has attracted significant fines and sanctions from the country’s environmental watchdog.

Science works!

I wanna see folks start throwing Ms Rachel into presidential polls

This smacks of “moral treatment” which was the state of the art form of treatment in the … mid-1800s.

This product should not exist. www.wsj.com/us-news/chat...

The correct read on inflation: Trump import tax hikes and war making is the major driver of price pressures right now, and both of those were choices.

This statement by the President of the United States calls for several leaders of the opposition party to be executed. It declares that they are trying to destabilize the country as part of a war. This poison injected into our country’s veins would be equally vile from a Liberal or Conservative.

Had a great time at #SOLE2026 in Denver. Reuniting with friends and meeting so many excellent emerging scholars: sharp, curious and producing great research. And love to see surges in work on topics close to my ♥️, unions and worker information problems about job quality. #EconSky

The kids are all right

Courtesy of Pete Hegseth, American taxpayers are now footing the bill for Kid Rock advertisements.

Gulf war casualty

A Chinese court ruled that companies cannot terminate employees just to replace them with artificial intelligence systems, as authorities juggle the need to stabilize the domestic labor market with a global race to develop AI technologies

Come join our team!

Every time I have a chance to collaborate with folks from @upjohninstitute.bsky.social it's been fantastic. Great opportunity!

The Upjohn Institute is sending four economists to the Society of Labor Economists (SOLE) conference in Denver, Colorado this weekend. Our own Aaron Sojourner, Brad Hershbein, chloe gibbs, and Yuci Chen will all present their work. Be sure to attend! #econsky, #econconf

Next was a compelling talk by @chloergibbs.bsky.social and Maria Rosales-Rueda on how the expansion of government supported early childcare programs impacts maternal employment at @nber.org www.youtube.com/live/g1v9_ed... (5/9)

Love employment research and policy? We do too! @upjohninstitute.bsky.social is hiring a full-time research analyst. Our current RAs' degrees range from BA to PhD, so give the opening a look. #econ_ra #EconSky #sociology #policysky