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Lily Roberts @lilyroberts.bsky.social · 7h

Made my WSJ debut calling for more guardrails on Trump Accounts. Treasury says kids will be auto-enrolled (great!), but will still have to claim the money (bad!), and they're overruling Congress's intent by allowing contributions of individual stocks (bad AND weird!). www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Trump Accounts’ Extraordinary Expansion Puts Individual Stocks Into Kids’ Holdings

Millions of kids will receive donated stocks in individual companies that they can’t reject and can’t sell for five years.

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 05/10/2026

A new IWPR report confirms that college-educated Black women are more likely to lead in government than in companies. Which is why the DOGE cuts that slashed federal jobs have been particularly devastating for college-educated Black women. #blacksky

Figure 3. College-Educated Black Women Are More Likely to Be Hired for Management Positions in the Public Sector than the Private Sector
All women and Black women (bachelor's degree or higher) as a share of total managers in the public and private sectors, 2024

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5.0%
15.0%
25.0%
35.0%
Women's share of all managers
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24.3%
Black women as a share of all college-educated women
15.9%
10.8%
Black women as a share of women managers
19.8%
9.2%
Black women as a share of all managers
8.2%
2.2%
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Source: Author's analysis of Current Population Survey microdata, EPI Current Population Survey Extracts, Version 2026.7.8, https://microdata.epi.org
Note: Race and ethnicity are mutually exclusive; Black women are all non-Hispanic.

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Gbenga Ajilore @gbenga-ajilore.bsky.social · 21h

My 9 albums. www.my9albums.com

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Gbenga Ajilore @gbenga-ajilore.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Does this executive order include resolving the conflict in the Middle East? 🤔

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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

September jobs data is out today, and CBPP's @gbenga-ajilore.bsky.social has the latest insights and analysis.

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Gbenga Ajilore @gbenga-ajilore.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

September #JobsDay numbers show job growth has slowed with payrolls rising by only 29,000. Unemployment rose slightly to 4.2%, and payrolls were revised down by 60,000 for the months of July and August. (1/7)

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Belinda Archibong @belindaarch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy Nigeria Freedom Day to all who celebrate 🇳🇬

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Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.blacksky.app · 30/09/2026

Despite life's chaos, happy belated one-year anniversary to the FIRST book I ever wrote: #TheDoubleTax. This book changed my life, earned global recognition, and arrived at the exact right time. Grateful for life, the readers, and the journey. Onwards. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/734115...

Anna Gifty and Chelsea Clinton pictured at 92Y in front of a big board with our names on it

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Gbenga Ajilore @gbenga-ajilore.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is something the Abundance folks should be all over. Can't only be focused on housing issues in LA and NY, rural communities matter, too.

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Jeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

New post -- this week I take a step back and chronicle how crime data has improved dramatically over the last decade to the point where national crime trends are known with strong precision far faster than they used to be. jasher.substack.com/p/how-the-cr...

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How The Crime Data Battle Was Won

And what can happen next.

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Andrew Robbins @robbinsa.me · 28/09/2026

they very much succeeded at nuking state capacity

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Center for American Progress @americanprogress.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

@centeronbudget.bsky.social Chief Economist @gbenga-ajilore.bsky.social details the consequences of the One Big Beautiful Bill's cuts to SNAP: "That's going to be devastating for communities."

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Keith Law @keithlaw.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

i admit it, that's a pretty good ending for Verlander's last game

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 25/09/2026

"I crank through ten indicators where we might expect to see that payoff. But there is no employment or wage-growth boom for native-born workers in this data. I can’t find it." newsletter.mikekonczal.com/p/can-we-fin...

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Can We Find Literally Any Sign Deportations Are Helping Native-Born Workers?

Shoot the moon! Ten hypotheses, ten charts, and no payoff for native-born workers.

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Katie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🚨New: With data added from more states, we now estimate that about 2 million fewer kids are receiving SNAP in the wake of deep cuts enacted in last year’s Republican reconciliation law. Overall, more than 5 million people have lost SNAP since July 2025. www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

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SNAP Tracker: People Are Losing Food Assistance as the Harmful 2025 Republican Reconciliation Law Is Implemented

SNAP participation nationwide fell by roughly 5 million people (12 percent) between the law’s July 2025 enactment and May 2026, based on the latest month of data.

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Whitney Zahnd @whitneyzahnd.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

"[Marketplace] Enrollment fell more than twice as much in rural areas — by 10 percent (roughly 300,000 people) — as in non-rural areas, which declined by 4 percent."

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Joe Brusuelas @joebrusuelas.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Good afternoon. My brief research note on the folly of a diesel export ban that after a short period will result in a supply shortage and higher prices both domestically & globally. #Econ #EconSky #Energy #Diesel realeconomy.rsmus.com/the-folly-of...

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The folly of a diesel export ban

An export ban would further strain a segmented U.S. energy market, send prices higher and harm the people the policy is intended to help.

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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities @centeronbudget.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

People in rural communities are being hit hard by cuts to SNAP and health coverage, higher costs from tariffs, and other policies adopted by the Trump Administration and congressional Republicans. @gbenga-ajilore.bsky.social breaks down the impact: www.cbpp.org/research/eco...

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Trump, Congressional Republican Agenda Has Harmed Rural Communities

Policies adopted by the Trump Administration and Republicans in Congress have adversely impacted individuals and families living in rural communities.

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Josh Spiegel @mousterpiece.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Rogen, I see, is one of the producers of this new show. Gee, if only he was involved in a revival of a *different* Disney TV show. One that aired on ABC this spring. And won multiple Emmys.

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Chloe N East (she/her) @chloeneast.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

New from me @jasonbcook.bsky.social & @elizabethacox.bsky.social with CBPP on SNAP Administrative burdens can lead to procedural denials, where applicants are rejected not due to ineligibility, but because they are unable to navigate the complex processes www.cbpp.org/research/foo...

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Administrative Burden and Procedural Denials in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

The effectiveness of the SNAP program is hampered by complex administrative processes that create significant barriers for potential participants.

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026

Americans: oh, look, a systemic issue. I will solve it individually

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Gbenga Ajilore @gbenga-ajilore.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Finisher x27. DC Half Pt. 2 runkeeper.com/cardio/3556d...

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Gbenga Ajilore @gbenga-ajilore.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

All this talk of gas prices is recalling life in the 70s. "Superfly" - Curtis Mayfield #QuarantineHobby

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Gbenga Ajilore @gbenga-ajilore.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"I'm beautiful in my way 'Cause God makes no mistakes I'm on the right track, baby I was born this way Don't hide yourself in regret Just love yourself, and you're set I'm on the right track, baby I was born this way" "Born This Way" - Lady Gaga #QuarantineHobby

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Gbenga Ajilore @gbenga-ajilore.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I don't even care now if we win or lose, I just want to see a goal... #COYS

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Sad Mario

ALT: Sad Mario

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Katie Bergh @katiebergh.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Tomorrow, the Senate Ag Committee will reconvene for another vote on Chair Boozman’s farm bill proposal, which fails to adequately address the growing hunger crisis as millions of people lose SNAP. While the bill text is the same, here's what's changed over the last few weeks.🧵

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Elise Gould @elisegould.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Household income at the 90th percentile and the 50th percentile rose 2.8% and 2.6%, respectively, while household income at the 10th percentile saw no improvements (-0.8%). As a result, key measures of inequality: the 90/10 and 50/10 income ratios both increased. #NumbersDay

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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Yesterday, the yield on the 10-year Treasury hit 5 percent for the first time since 2023. Today, I'm on The Daily explaining why yields are rising, and why you should care. Give it a listen! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/p... #EconSky

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The Bond Market Is Flipping Out. Here’s Why You Should Care. (Gift Article)

Just about everybody is affected by the rising interest rates caused by the turmoil. Our economics correspondent explains what’s happening.

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 14/09/2026

I am so fucking tired of the daily ‘should trans people be allowed to exist’ argument. The vast majority of society dgaf about us until democrats and republicans alike decided to turn us into their niche culture war issue after people like Jesse Singal and JKR decided we needed to be eradicated.

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Stan Veuger @stanveuger.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Pleased to present the economist amicus brief we filed yesterday in support of plaintiffs in litigation against the administration’s latest round of worldwide tariffs, imposed under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.

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Mike Madowitz @mikemadowitz.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

If you think the AI backlash is strong now, just wait til we default to monetary policy punishing the housing and job markets as collateral damage

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Stan Veuger @stanveuger.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I organized an economist amicus brief in support of affirmance of the Court of International Trade's ruling in Oregon v. Trump and Burlap and Barrel v. Donald J. Trump that the administration exceeded its authority when it imposed 10% worldwide tariffs under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Two examples of politicization today: 1/ Political appointees putting out reports under the Census banner that is bunk. There is a reason the authors won't stand behind their work. Any serious data researcher would be embarrassed. Creates doubts both about the election and the integrity of Census.

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Stan Veuger @stanveuger.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

@graemeblair.com, David Hausman, and I organized an amicus brief in Genalo v . G.M., a case the Supreme Court will hear in October. The case revolves around the question of whether due process requires bond hearings for those subject to prolonged immigration detention under Section 1226(c).

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 09/09/2026

I am proud to join this new amicus brief for the Supreme Court, together with 13 brilliant colleagues —>

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