The Fight for $15 started way back in Nov 2012. Simply adjusting for inflation (not including producitivty gains), would bring that wage up to $21.19 today.

CBO does great work, but they do not have a crystal ball here. Also, this is largely a policy choice.

"Four hours after his arrest, he was taken to a hospital emergency room in Edina with swelling and bruising around his right eye and bleeding. A CT scan revealed at least eight skull fractures and life-threatening hemorrhages in at least five areas of his brain..." apnews.com/article/immi...

Do not look away. It's time to organize. It's time to be furious. It's time to revolt.

My new piece about Resistance 2.0 is up at @theguardian.com! Give it a read to understand why we should expect much more confrontation and disruption this time around. Thanks for the suggestions @victorerikray.bsky.social @sociologistray.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

One of the best things I’ve read in a while:

Chicago. Now. Ice out of everywhere. Snow and cold not slowing folks.

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

Central planners can certainly make this transition happen as smoothly as possible. And yes, bankers are central planners. But the idea that they’ll facilitate a transition, unless forced to, is delusional

Teaching a new heterodox labor econ & policy course. Any suggestions and resources would be most appreciated.

Teaching a class this week on CBA and I have to say, this lovely symposium by @lpeblog.bsky.social is excellent. Particularly loved @marksilverman1.bsky.social's take. lpeproject.org/blog/the-val...

Coming this spring. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

No surprise, this is very good. pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...

I’m honestly surprised by how resilient the economy has been these last few months. Any good pieces trying to tease out how much of that is driven by AI hype/investment?

Couldn't imagine a better team to work with!

NEWS --> An internal Homeland Security memo suggests Trump's use of military for domestic enforcement is about to get worse. It details top-level talks between Defense Department and DHS on what this should look like. Experts say it's alarming. We obtained the memo: newrepublic.com/article/1987...

Today, @nealemahoney.bsky.social has a guest piece up on @jaredb-econ.bsky.social substack. It has some good insights on the affordability crisis. But then it notes "Q: how does rent control fit it here? A: it needs to be tightly targeted or it can discourage new construction". NUANCE plz.

"Unless Israel is stopped, Gaza will be bombed and starved until the entire population is either dead or shipped off somewhere. Then the West Bank will receive the same treatment." prospect.org/world/2025-0...

I wrote a thing on why economists are slowly starting to rethink their wrongheaded knee-jerk hatred of rent control. www.policylink.org/resources/pu...

"overconsumption of housing by tenants of rent controlled-apartments" is honestly a wild statement. We do have an "overconsumption of housing" problem, but tenants in rent-controlled apartments have absolutely nothing to do with it. For example, this 66k mansion owned by Gates is overconsumption

This is an excellent piece, per usual, by @jwmason.bsky.social. One crucial point, which is a massive departure from how modern econs/policymakers are trained, is: "Legibility, simplicity, and universality are underrated virtues in policymaking" www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...

Anyone teaching a heterodox labor econ course and have a syllabus they're willing to share?

My least favorite task is writing rejection letters for journals. People work so hard, and I get that. And being a kind, thoughtful, and constructive reviewer is crucial. But getting a paper that just isn't it is painful all around.

Average home sizes are falling, and I think that's a good thing.

Multifamily construction is 🆙 but low-rent units are dwindling. We're losing low-rent units faster than we're building. And new units are expensive Rent regulations are often pitted against supply. But as US hemorrhages affordable homes, rent regs are actually a path to *preserve* affordable supply

We need a part time Research Assistant to work on macroeconomic and distributional impacts of the UK’s Seventh Carbon Budget. Apply by 21 July.

“When analyzing a transition plan, we must ask: “Is it really a transition? Does it have a plan to phase out fossil fuels? If not, then it’s not a transition, let alone a just one.” @jmijin.bsky.social at amazing @cplusc.bsky.social book talk at @cornellilr.bsky.social’s Climate Jobs Institute.

Some of the best months of my life.

Times are troubling, but Zohran is a welcome light showing us what real leadership looks like. Can't wait for him to be the next Mayor of NYC.

I guess geriatric rent control is a thing. Patterson, NJ has a 5% rent cap unless the tenant is over 65, in which case it's 3.5%. Both caps are too high, to be clear, but an interesting approach that I can't say I'm sold on. www.patersonnj.gov/egov/documen...

New newsletter post highlights the important work of @markpaulecon.bsky.social on building economic rights. Free speech does not put food on the table for a family of five. The right to vote is not building a roof over the heads of our clients headed to sleep in shelters, cars, or the streets.

Well, it's official! I am now a TENURED associate professor of pub policy here at Rutgers! Couldn't have done it without my amazing family and my truly wonderful community of political economists. Let us continue to strive to not only interpret the world, but to change it. ✊

I always find it funny how people talk about the Dems as the party of "redistribution". I mean, this is some substantial redistribution of resources right here from the R's—it's just from the masses to the 1%

Very informative chart from Washington Post

The concentration of power continues.

Bee's home filled with ash during the wildfires. Holly pays $350/month to heat her studio apt. Desperate for safety & change, both turned to a trusted source: the tenant union. The climate crisis hits tenants hardest, but tenants are fighting back. I wrote about it in @shelterforce.bsky.social

Whiplash is excellent for consumer and business confidence.

The carnage won’t end without unprecedented resistance. We cannot hide from what is happening. We cannot ignore it. We can only confront it.

Gotta say, @jwmason.bsky.social told us to do nothing about the trade deficit back in 2016, and his words ring just as true today. jwmason.org/slackwire/wh...

Turns out consumers appreciate bananas and cheap consumer goods

Shock the economy into a depression is one way to potentially bring prices down as he promised?

“the body of one of the dead had been found with his hands tied”

Do economists focus on societies most pressing questions? Damning critique by Richard Arnott in the Journal of Economic Perspectives.

"They are abducting people off the streets because Marco Rubio or Donald Trump disagree with their speech. That's unAmerican, unconstitutional, and outrageous." – AAUP President Todd Wolfson

Historically low rates provided massive relief to tends of millions of homeowners who purchased/refinanced over past few yrs. That lock in will keep people in their homes for longer. Rent control similarly enhances neighborhood stability. Yes it's viewed as a negative by most econs. Craziness

Can’t think of a better way to undermine the health and safety of Americans. Beyond the setbacks for public health, this is terrible from an econ point of view. Sick people aren’t exactly the best workers or consumers.

I'm excited to share my latest publication on the post-pandemic inflation debate. In addition to offering an overview of the discussion, I introduce a classification of the different profiles of argumentation. Open access here: rosa.uniroma1.it/rosa04/psl_q...

A set of tools that local municipalities can use to accelerate the shift to electric mobility:

Why are minerals so central to geopolitics? How green are electric cars? Why is anti-mining protest increasing? Can the inequalities of the global economy be transformed? I tackle these topics in my book EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism 👀 September 2025 @wwnorton.bsky.social