Multiple Myeloma. 4-generations of pharma-driven drug discovery.

So on the same day that BLS reported the lowest household survey response rate on record, the White House is proposing further budget cuts. Pretty much every economist that I've talked to says that we should be investing more money in the statistical system right now, not less.

Oklahoma could raise the pay of 350,000 workers by passing a $15 minimum wage this summer. Women, who are disproportionately low-paid, are twice as likely to benefit.

The US is the only OECD country without a national paid family and medical leave program. Only 14 states have their own paid leave programs, and those cover just one third of private sector workers.

You deserve a raise! Exciting new book from my favorite economist. Go buy a copy!

Trump's birthright citizenship order seeks to literally end the American dream. Will people be able to work hard and make a life for themselves, judged by their own abilities? Or will they inherit a permanent second-class status from their parents? www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

A striking fact I learnt researching my book: For those in the bottom half, much of the real wage growth between 1979 and 2019 happened over just 7 "tight" years. For top wages, full employment wasn't a big deal. For bottom wages, it was the nearly the whole game.

Oklahoma could raise the pay of 350,000 workers by passing a $15 minimum wage this summer. Women, who are disproportionately low-paid, are twice as likely to benefit.

You deserve a raise! Exciting new book from my favorite economist. Go buy a copy!

Feb 2026 #JOLTS report shows a sharp slowdown, consistent w/ the weak Feb jobs report: -Hires rate tumbles to 3.1% vs 3.4% in Jan -Quits rate slows to 1.9% from 2.0% -Openings down to 6.88m from 7.24m (revised up from 6.95m) -Layoffs tick up slightly to 1.72m from 1.66m 1/

It's pub day!

This seems important: "... There is no evidence thus far that industries with higher levels of AI adoption are posting fewer jobs."

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Who did ICE arrest during its most recent surges in Minneapolis and Maine? People with no known criminal record ‼️you can't have mass deportations without targeting ordinary working people and their families‼️

@arindube.bsky.social has a new book. I'm sure it's brilliant and will be a standard citation for years. Look forward to reading.

Excellent resource from @deportationdata.org But ridiculous this needs to be FOIA'd instead of regularly published by ICE or DHS. DHS hasn't published monthly enforcement stats since Trump's inauguration. And ICE is ignoring Congressional requirements to publish its biweekly detention reports.

"there is no evidence of a reduction in job postings for industries or firms which have higher levels of AI adoption. The overall slowdown in national job postings...does not appear to be driven (even modestly) by AI." AI Adoption & Firms' Job-Posting Behavior by Liu and @dougwebberecon.bsky.social

The gender wage gap grew when Wisconsin let school districts negotiate pay individually with teachers instead of following union pay schedules based on seniority and credentials. Men's pay rose while women's pay fell.

Women with an advanced degree are paid the same as men with just a bachelor's. And at every education level, women's hourly wages are about 20% lower than men's

The gender wage gap grew when Wisconsin let school districts negotiate pay individually with teachers instead of following union pay schedules based on seniority and credentials. Men's pay rose while women's pay fell.

Come work at @epi.org! We're hiring a Development Director

Only 23% of government workers believe they “can report a suspected violation of a law, rule, or regulation without experiencing retaliation.” That's way down form the share the prior year (72%) who said they could report suspected illegal activity without fear www.thebulwark.com/p/two-more-g...

Women with an advanced degree are paid the same as men with just a bachelor's. And at every education level, women's hourly wages are about 20% lower than men's

Today is #EqualPayDay, but there's no cause for celebration. This is how far into 2026 women would have to work on top of the hours they worked in 2025 simply to match what men were paid in 2025. Emma Cohn and I detail changes in the pay gap and what we can do about it. www.epi.org/blog/the-gen...

NEW: New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill today signed three new bills strengthening protections against iCE . One codifies into law a prohibition on any sheriffs or local police having a 287(g) agreement with ICE: NJ is the 10th state with such a ban, after NM & MN last month.

The prefab package provides a theme system for setting up #RStats projects Here's an example setting up a bare bones data analysis project with some guidance for claude code

So far in 2026, Democrats have flipped legislative seats in: Arkansas New Hampshire Texas Florida (today) That adds to their 2025 gains: Dems flipped seats in Iowa, Mississippi, & Pennsylvania specials, plus in New Jersey and Virginia's regular elections. GOP has flipped 0 seats over that period.

Fast, super-useful tool for catching #RStats errors and suspicious code patterns. TIL one of my favorite bad habits is not spelling out TRUE/FALSE

NEW WORKING PAPER Minimum Wages and Vertical Restraints in Franchising joint with Swayam Sarangi, @stpinto.bsky.social, and Blake Eliason. marshallsteinbaum.org/wp-content/u... #EconSky /1

Employers: second-order problems for me, first-order consequences for thee

NEW from @epi.org's @benzipperer.org and @joshbivens-econ.bsky.social: adjusting minimum wages for inflation is a necessary and modest step to protect affordability for low wage workers, including in California’s fast food industry. #FastFoodCouncil

NEW: For the first time, ProPublica has been able to quantify how many U.S. citizen children have been directly affected by Trump’s immigration crackdown: more than 11,000 kids had a parent detained — and that’s an undercount. 1/ 🧵 www.propublica.org/article/trum...

we have essentially zero data on how many people ICE has arrested, detained, or deported over the past month ICE stopped releasing its congressionally mandated biweekly detention reports, and DHS hasn't published its monthly enforcement tables since Trump's inauguration

The “big beautiful bill” greatly expanded SNAP work requirements for parents In my paper with @jasonbcook.bsky.social, forthcoming at JPUBE, we ask what similar, existing requirements do SNAP work requirements for parents deny vulnerable parents SNAP benefits and do not increase their employment

Stuffing $50k into my carry-on for the new Tom Homan PreCheck line

Stuffing $50k into my carry-on for the new Tom Homan PreCheck line

“Tomorrow!” cried Toad. “I will do it all tomorrow!”

kids demanded biscuits for dinner

four years ago, a simpler time...

TIL Card and Krueger employed an undergrad's grandmother to carry out their survey. www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

end of winter lasagna

I talk about minimum wage and monopsony in this Wall Street Journal piece. www.wsj.com/economy/jobs...

Royer Perez-Jimenez was 19 years old. He died by suicide at 3am on March 16 at Glades County Detention Center in Florida. He is the 2nd person to die in ICE custody this week, the 13th this year, and the 42nd under Trump. 🧵

PSA for those not from Georgia or maybe Alabama: this is not the "pear salad" you're thinking of

Grateful to Governor Spanberger for trusting me to serve in this new post on the State Board of Elections — ensuring fair, secure, and accurate elections for all Virginia voters. Never to be taken for granted!

R-universe is indeed wonderful! And if you want repositories there to work seamlessly install.packages() and friends, add them to the "repos" option in your .Rprofile

Well this is horrible. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/u...

For the first time, Friends of BLS has some resources and is hiring. If this mission feels appealing, consider putting your skills and time towards it. www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=3...

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