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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 19/03/2025

The new Trump administration is now making an unprecedented effort to PREVENT science from informing policy. For many years, these committees of outside, independent scientists advised federal statistical agencies on best methods. Administration says we don't want that. bsky.app/profile/eric...

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Good to see the FT editorial draw attention to this less well known casualty of the US regime - official statistics on.ft.com/43Tejhn

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The White House war on federal statistics

Economists and scientists worry over disappearing data and advisory groups

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The Hamilton Project @hamiltonproject.org · 11/02/2025

Hi Bluesky! We’re The Hamilton Project. We produce research and proposals on some of our nation’s most pressing economic policy challenges, from economic security and growth to climate and health care. #EconSky @brookings.edu

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The Hamilton Project

The Hamilton Project produces evidence-based policy proposals and analyses to promote broad-based economic growth.

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Gopi Shah Goda @gsgoda.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Hi #EconSky! 🚨New working paper alert!🚨 One way the U.S. gov’t subsidizes medical spending is by allowing certain expenses to be deducted on tax returns. But who is eligible, who claims it and why, and what are the implications? www.nber.org/papers/w33213 Keep reading to learn more...! 1/

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Subsidizing Medical Spending through the Tax Code: Take-Up, Targeting and the Cost of Claiming

Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...

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Gopi Shah Goda @gsgoda.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Follow my Brookings Economist colleagues! go.bsky.app/7vNczgp

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Kevin Rinz @kevinrinz.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

There are way more people around here these days, so this might be a good time to reintroduce @briefingbook.bsky.social. We want to give you the kind of analysis we did as economic policy staffers at the White House. Here's our first post from last September. www.briefingbook.info/p/welcome-to...

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Welcome to Briefing Book

The kind of analysis policymakers get, right in your inbox

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Gopi Shah Goda @gsgoda.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

It was great to write this post with my wonderful collaborator @chvanhoutven.bsky.social -- my first piece for Brookings!

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Courtney Van Houtven @chvanhoutven.bsky.social · 16/09/2024

I seek an incoming PhD Student to work with me & 2 other Duke faculty on aging, disability, equity, complex care, long-term care-full funding. A tailored program that builds rigorous causal inference skills and multiple research opportunities. #healthpolicy populationhealth.duke.edu/education/ph...

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PhD in Population Health Sciences | Duke Department of Population Health Sciences

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Gopi Shah Goda @gsgoda.bsky.social · 16/09/2024

It's been great to be a part of @briefingbook.bsky.social and watch it grow over the last year! Thanks to all of our readers and contributors for helping us bring economic policy analysis to a broader audience. #EconSky

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Kevin Rinz @kevinrinz.bsky.social · 19/08/2024

Lots of new followers here since last week - you should also subscribe to @briefingbook.bsky.social, the economic policy newsletter I run with @gsgoda.bsky.social, Jeff Zhang, and Wes Yin. It’s good, I promise! www.briefingbook.info

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Briefing Book | Kevin Rinz | Substack

The economic analysis policymakers get, from their expert former staffers. Click to read Briefing Book, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

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Kevin Rinz @kevinrinz.bsky.social · 18/12/2023

Today in Briefing Book, @aaronsojourner.org's debut, with @gsgoda.bsky.social, on how to strengthen the direct care workforce www.briefingbook.info/p/how-can-we...

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How can we strengthen the direct care workforce?

Policymakers have a wide range of policy levers available to address direct care worker shortages.

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Kevin Rinz @kevinrinz.bsky.social · 21/11/2023

Noah Kaufman makes his Briefing Book debut today, highlighting important ways in which updated guidance from OMB will improve our understanding of the effects of climate-related regulations 📈📉 www.briefingbook.info/p/the-new-ci...

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The new Circular A-4 will avoid biased climate economic analysis

An update to the influential US government guidelines encourages economic analysis tailored to the unique aspects of climate change and the energy transition

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Heidi L. Williams @heidiwilliams.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

Update to this thread: Thanks to generous support from multiple donors, fellowships will be (competitively) available to support PhD students interested in participating in CBO’s dissertation fellows program or similar programs at other Congressional support agencies.

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Kevin Rinz @kevinrinz.bsky.social · 13/11/2023

More bonus Briefing Book content this morning from Ryan Cummings and @nealemahoney.bsky.social: excessively harsh assessment of the economy by Republicans accounts for 30% of the gap between current consumer sentiment and what fundamentals would predict www.briefingbook.info/p/asymmetric...

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Asymmetric amplification and the consumer sentiment gap

How excess Republican partisanship contributes to the gap between economic fundamentals and consumer views on the economy

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Gopi Shah Goda @gsgoda.bsky.social · 12/11/2023

It was a lot of fun sitting down with @marthagimbel.bsky.social and Cardiff Garcia to chat about the Council of Economic Advisers on the New Bazaar! shows.acast.com/the-new-baza...

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A glimpse inside Biden’s CEA | The New Bazaar

A weekly conversation on how the economy shapes our lives

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 30/10/2023

The White House Council of Economic Advisers is hiring for multiple roles. GREAT GREAT opportunities for U.S. citizens interested in economic policy. Can't recommend them strongly enough. 📉📈 - Staff economists, PhD students on leave from PhD for a year... www.whitehouse.gov/cea/work-for...

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Staff Economist | CEA | The White House

The Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) is currently recruiting Staff Economists for the upcoming academic year (starting in summer of 2024). The CEA provides the President with objective economic anal...

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Heidi L. Williams @heidiwilliams.bsky.social · 30/10/2023

If you are a PhD student who is passionate about applying economic policy research to make the world a better place, please consider applying to this CBO dissertation fellows program for academic year 2024-25: phg.tbe.taleo.net/phg03/ats/ca...

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Kevin Rinz @kevinrinz.bsky.social · 26/10/2023

I’m back in Briefing Book this morning, talking about the data we need to make good labor policy and hours to get it open.substack.com/pub/briefing...

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Limiting abusive employment practices requires new data

Understanding who does what at work is critical for effective overtime, worker classification policy

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Gopi Shah Goda @gsgoda.bsky.social · 12/10/2023

Proud to share my first Briefing Book post, out today. @kevinrinz.bsky.social summarizes it nicely here 👇

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Gopi Shah Goda @gsgoda.bsky.social · 28/09/2023

Check out the latest post in Briefing Book, a collaboration among economists with research and policy experience that aims to help its readers develop informed views about economic policy issues. And: subscribe now to get regular posts in your inbox! www.briefingbook.info

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Gopi Shah Goda @gsgoda.bsky.social · 25/09/2023

Thanks for the warm welcome! Glad to be here.

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