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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Universal health care built on Medicare is the baseline for serious health reform. How to get there is the question that @bobkuttner.bsky.social explores in "The Road to Universal Medicare." (Spoiler: He likes my plan for Medicare Part E (for everyone)). prospect.org/2026/09/30/o...

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The Road to Universal Medicare - The American Prospect

The apparent split between advocates of Medicare for All and a more incremental approach is misleading and easily remedied.

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

So excited about and grateful for this new partnership with @economicsecurityproject.org

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Great piece by @timothynoah.bsky.social on how "The Great Risk Shift" I first wrote about two decades ago is playing out in homeowners' insurance today. Always nice to be told you wrote a "classic" (even if it signals you're long in the tooth)! newrepublic.com/article/2142... via @newrepublic.com

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The Enshittification of Private Insurance

This is why regulating insurers at the state level turns out to be a really bad idea.

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

We tracked the preferences of 500,000+ voters against their members' votes over 20 years. Outside the South, Black voters need to make up 7% of a district to get equal representation. In the South: 40%. The South can now keep Black voters below that. @apsrjournal.bsky.social

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The conservative SCOTUS majority just gutted the VRA. The obvious consequence: fewer Black legislators. The less obvious one: Black voters in the South losing the mechanism that made Congress actually vote their way. @prospect.org with Zoli Hajnal @markarianga.bsky.social @maclockhart.bsky.social

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Consortium on the American Political Economy (CAPE) @cape-team.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

The 6th Annual CAPE Research Conference program is live! Join us virtually July 27-29 at 12:00 PM ET for the latest (and greatest) in American Political Economy (APE) research. Free registration and full schedule: americanpoliticaleconomy.org/events/annual-conference 👇

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Annual Conference | Consortium on the American Political Economy

The annual CAPE research conference is a forum for APE-oriented scholars to present work in progress and receive feedback from the broader APE community.

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Yale ISPS @ispsyale.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

So thrilled to share this overview of a timely new book from @vanessawilliamson.bsky.social, as she talks with APEX about "The Price of Democracy" and how battles over taxes define who belongs in 'We the People' bit.ly/4aXIBSj @jacobhacker.bsky.social

Vanessa Williamson speaks in a classroom

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Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung (MPIfG) @mpifg.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

In case you missed Jacob S. Hacker’s lecture on the crisis of the Democratic Party and the future of American democracy, you can find an audio transcript on our website: www.mpifg.de/1445466/2025... @jacobhacker.bsky.social @americanacademy.bsky.social

Jacob S. Hacker, Yale Law School, Americals Democratic Party and the Future of American Democracy

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Yale ISPS @ispsyale.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

NEW STUDY shows party control shapes racial representation in U.S. Lawmaking: bit.ly/4rKdKQB @maclockhart.bsky.social @jacobhacker.bsky.social @markarianga.bsky.social

U.S. Capitol Building reflecting in the Reflecting Pool

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Anyway, please read it, and huge thanks to my brilliant coauthors and @apsrjournal.bsky.social.

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Perhaps most striking, we find an inverse relationship between a state's Black population share and how well represented Black constituents are by Senators -- the opposite of expectations. This seems to reflect white racial resentment in these states, consistent with theories of "racial threat."

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

To investigate the sources of these disparities, we look at the roll-call votes of members of Congress. We find huge differences between Republican and Democratic MCs, with Republicans favoring white voters' preferences. We even find this when we look at split-party Senate delegations.

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

When Democrats control the presidency and/or the Senate, there's no disparity in favor of white voters. We base these conclusions on survey questions about specific bills that encompass a half million voters over nearly twenty years.

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Is national policy more responsive to the preferences of white Americans than to those of people of color? When Republicans control the presidency and/or the Senate, yes. White voters are more likely to see legislation they support become law than are Black, Latino, or Asian American voters.

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

A very special day! Happy Birthday, congratulations, and thank you for the wonderful book.

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

6/ The key is organized efforts focused on getting and keeping the unpopular parts of the bill -- especially the Medicaid cuts -- on the agenda and mobilizing voters against them. While this will be harder today than in 2017-18, our survey suggests voters will be VERY receptive.

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

5/ And big unpopular policies like those cuts can break through -- even without going into effect. Think the failed ACA repeal and replace effort in 2017, which devastated Republicans in 2018. Our survey shows Senators who voted for this bill are vulnerable:

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

4/ This is consistent with a larger problem: the voters who need to be mobilized are generally less attentive to politics, and Republicans have proved much more adept than Democrats at dominating the kinds of media that reach less attentive voters. Even so, the Medicaid cuts have gotten attention!

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

3/ Now for the bad news: most voters know surprisingly little about the bill. They've heard about "no tax on tips" and "no tax on overtime"--small provisions relative to the big tax cuts for the rich (and not very helpful to most working folks).

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

2/ This is particularly true of Republicans--who go from 54% support of the bill to 61% opposition when they are shown how it will change the average after-tax income of households in the top 1% vs. bottom 20% of the income distribution.

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Sorry, @Patrick-sullivan.bsky.social also (not surprisingly) pointed this out!

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

I said he should do my graphics in the future; now I’m thinking he should also do all my TV appearances!

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

@justinwolfers.bsky.social discussing how unbelievably unpopular the Big Beautiful Bill becomes among REPUBLICANS when you show them how much it takes from ordinary Americans to pad the pockets of the rich, based on the survey @basicmountain.bsky.social and I did. Grateful he’s spreading the word!

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Republicans recoil when they learn about the the reserve-Robin Hood effects of their own party's signature policy bill. Honestly, @basicmountain.bsky.social and I were gobsmacked by how large these effects were in our survey experiment. Also, @justinwolfers.bsky.social should create all our figures!

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Opinion Today @opiniontoday.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

How Awful Is the Republican Megabill? Here Are Four of the Worst Parts. (@jacobhacker.bsky.social‬ and @patrick-sullivan.bsky.social, New York Times-unlocked) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...

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Opinion | How Awful Is the Republican Megabill? Here Are Four of the Worst Parts.

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Patrick Sullivan @patrick-sullivan.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

I don’t typically post much, but I’m excited to share a guest essay co-authored with @jacobhacker.bsky.social which was published today in the @nytimes.com, as well as two reports we just published at the @equitablegrowth.bsky.social on Republican’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”

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Washington Center for Equitable Growth @equitablegrowth.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

"It would shift more resources up the income ladder than any bill passed since scorekeepers started keeping track." In this opinion piece, @jacobhacker.bsky.social and @patrick-sullivan.bsky.social highlight four most regressive aspects of the 'Big Beautiful Bill.' www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...

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Opinion | The Four Ugliest Points About the Big Beautiful Bill

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Yale ISPS @ispsyale.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

It's the economy, stupid. Right? A new tool, now at Yale, seeks to rethink how we measure economic success: bit.ly/44fqeon @jacobhacker.bsky.social

A map of the United States showing the CORE Score for each county, colored on a scale from 0 to 10, with 0 being red and 10 being blue.

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Day 2 of "The Promises and challenges of Governance in Blue Trifectas" starts at noon ET today. Day 1 was revelatory, and today we have an amazing group of experts, advocates, and policymakers discussing housing affordability and decarbonization. Sign up below! 👇

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Really excited about this online convening May 19-20 to better understand the contemporary challenges and opportunities of Democratic governance in blue trifectas. Important for housing, climate, inflation, and so much more -- especially today! Register: t.co/Pm4bIJHn1O

Title of the convening with an image of a donkey superimposed over maps of Massachusetts and California

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

So grateful to be joining a truly amazing set of fellow fellows at the American Academy in Berlin (@americanacademy.bsky.social)--including @oonahathaway.bsky.social. @cape-team.bsky.social is doubly represented with @chloethurston.bsky.social joining, too! www.americanacademy.de/announcing-t...

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Presented by BESI & the American Political Economy eXchange @ispsyale.bsky.social Organizers: Paul Pierson @jacobhacker.bsky.social @samtrachtman.bsky.social @cselmendorf.bsky.social Libby Murphy

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Washington Center for Equitable Growth @equitablegrowth.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

The event will showcase speakers, including @jamiemccallum.bsky.social @adamdean.bsky.social @jacobhacker.bsky.social, along with moderators @jerusalem.bsky.social and Jia Lynn Yang, with more to come! 🚨 Also feat. former Sen. Sherrod Brown as a keynote speaker RSVP ➡️ web.cvent.com/event/a88d72...

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The rise of populism and the future of economic policy

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

How do we reduce the appeal of right-wing populism in the U.S. through economic policy? Such a privilege to be part of this important effort tackling this fundamental question!

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Once again credit to Patrick Sullivan (and Drake)

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

This is what the American Political Economy eXchange (APEX) at Yale ISPS is all about!

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Shared credit with my amazing postdoc Patrick Sullivan, who is much more meme-savvy than me.

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Every day the Trump-Musk attack on America’s most popular and successful program is in the news is a good day for American democracy. No issue is more capable of mobilizing both Democratic and Republican voters. Nobody voted in November to kill Social Security. And that’s what’s happening.

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Jacob Hacker @jacobhacker.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Trump's nominated SSA commissioner, Frank Bisignano, a self-described “DOGE guy,” engineered the appointment of SSA CIO “wreck-it Mike” Russo. At his confirmation hearings, he’ll make the Acting Commissioner the fall guy. Democrats MUST push him to say he’s against the assault on Social Security!

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Amelia Malpas @malpas.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

The CR is obvs different, but Senate Democrats' behavior is reminiscent of the fact that on ave 48% of D senators voted for bills pertaining to GOP agenda (as IDed by Curry & Lee) each Congress w R trifecta, 2003-2022. The inverse for Rs is 12% (from WIP w @jacobhacker.bsky.social & Paul Pierson)

percent of Ds and Rs voting for party agendas in House and Senate

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