iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

PERI Umass Amherst @periumass.bsky.social · 23h

We cannot bail out billionaire tech oligarchs while working people struggle to get by. Join us today to discuss the risks and ways to fight back against the AI and crypto power grab. TODAY OCT. 8 / 4:30-5:30PM ET Register: bit.ly/GCWebinarLabor @ourfinancialsecurity.org

014

PERI Umass Amherst @periumass.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Join weekly Game Changers policy webinars through the end of the month. Register: bit.ly/GCWebinarLabor

bit.ly

Game Changers Webinar Series

000

PERI Umass Amherst @periumass.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The U.S. underinvests in care, treating it as a personal rather than shared responsibility. But universal child care, paid family and medical leave, and a monthly child allowance would transform life for families.

131

PERI Umass Amherst @periumass.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

bit.ly

Game Changers Webinar Series

000

PERI Umass Amherst @periumass.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Sam Altman says we should regulate AI with a “lighter touch” and accept that “bad things” will happen. But insufficient regulation means more financial risk, and taxpayers shouldn’t foot the bill when the AI bubble bursts, notes @gamechangerspolicy.bsky.social. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

theguardian.com

Accept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman

Boss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff’ the technology can deliver

111

PERI Umass Amherst @periumass.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Join weekly Game Changers webinars all through October. Register: bit.ly/GCWebinarLabor

bit.ly

Game Changers Webinar Series

010

PERI Umass Amherst @periumass.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Socialism for the rich and austerity for the poor, that's the financial system we've built in the United States. Now Crypto and AI companies want even more control, but we have a plan to put power back in the hands of working people.

132

PERI Umass Amherst @periumass.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Speakers: @tonantzin-tlc.bsky.social @profhilaryallen.bsky.social Gerald Epstein, Marc Jarsulic, and Maya Jenkins Co-Sponsor: @ourfinancialsecurity.org Register for free: bit.ly/GCWebinarLabor

bit.ly

Game Changers Webinar Series

010

PERI Umass Amherst @periumass.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Billionaire tech oligarchs are taking control of our financial system at the cost of our democracy. We cannot bail out crypto and AI companies on the backs of working Americans. Join the next Game Changers webinar to learn more: bit.ly/GCWebinarLabor THURSDAY OCT. 8 / 4:30-5:30PM ET

142

PERI Umass Amherst @periumass.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Join us for the next Game Changers policy webinar: Cutting the Military Budget While Improving Real Security TODAY SEPT. 30 / 4-5PM ET Register: bit.ly/GCWebinarLabor

bit.ly

Game Changers Webinar Series

000

PERI Umass Amherst @periumass.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The Iran War is the most recent example of American military policy making us less safe while costing billions. By reining in military spending and taxing the wealthy to pay their fair share, we can fund critical services like universal preschool, infrastructure investments, and medicare for all.

111

PERI Umass Amherst @periumass.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The U.S. military budget has dwarfed that of all other countries for decades, enriching defense contractors through ill-begotten wars. TODAY @ 4pm ET! Join us for the Game Changers policy webinar: Cutting the Military Budget While Improving Real Security Free registration: bit.ly/GCWebinarLabor

000

PERI Umass Amherst @periumass.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Working Americans do not benefit from Trump's pro-corporate trade policy. Join our weekly policy webinars through October. Register: bit.ly/GCWebinarLabor Featured: @jimbostanford.bsky.social @theameilee.bsky.social

021

PERI Umass Amherst @periumass.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

This week, the Macroeconomics team will discuss how we can reorient our economy away from militarization and improve real security. Speakers: @sunjeevbery.bsky.social @lindsaykosh.bsky.social Heidi Peltier, and Hanna Homestead Co-sponsored by @ips-dc.org & @costsofwar.bsky.social

bit.ly

Game Changers Webinar Series

001

PERI Umass Amherst @periumass.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The U.S. military budget has dwarfed all others for decades, enriching defense contractors through ill-begotten wars. Join us for the fourth Game Changers policy webinar: Cutting the Military Budget While Improving Real Security WEDNESDAY SEPT. 30 / 4-5PM ET Register: bit.ly/GCWebinarLabor

211

PERI Umass Amherst @periumass.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Tomorrow, join the @gamechangerspolicy.bsky.social webinar, “Cutting the Military Budget While Improving Real Security” Date: Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026 4 p.m./5 p.m. ET Register for the webinar: bit.ly/GCWebinarLabor @ips-dc.org @nationalpriorities.bsky.social @costsofwar.bsky.social

024

PERI Umass Amherst @periumass.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

For an economy that works for working America, it’s time to shift away from spending for “endless wars” abroad to refocus on true defense at home, diplomacy, and limiting nuclear weapons and foreign weapons sales. [5/6] peri.umass.edu/publication/...

peri.umass.edu

A Smaller, Safer Military

This policy brief complements the Game Changers policy brief by Heidi Peltier: “De-Militarizing the Federal Budget and Recalibrating the Labor Market.” The Problem U.S. military strategy is driven by…

100

PERI Umass Amherst @periumass.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

High military spending makes it politically difficult to spend funds on non-military purposes or requires cuts in non-military programs to prevent debt increases. [4/6]

100

PERI Umass Amherst @periumass.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

It includes eliminating inefficient contracting practices, particularly the non-competitive, cost-type, and monopolistic contract vehicles that currently account for nearly half of all DoD procurement dollars. [3/6]

100

PERI Umass Amherst @periumass.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

@gamechangerspolicy.bsky.social proposes reducing the military budget by 10% and directing that spending towards clean energy, infrastructure, and a just transition. This 10% cut could be achieved entirely by reforming the procurement system for the Pentagon. [2/6] peri.umass.edu/publication/...

peri.umass.edu

De-Militarizing the Federal Budget and Recalibrating the Labor Market

THE PROBLEM: AN OVERLY MILITARIZED FEDERAL BUDGET Nearly half of all U.S. discretionary spending — 48 percent as of May 2026 — flows to the Department of Defense. Adding the Department of…

100

PERI Umass Amherst @periumass.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The U.S. military budget has dwarfed that of all other countries for decades, enabling a thriving ecosystem of weapons contractors and a quarter-century of ill-begotten wars. But if we want a different future, what are the steps we must take to tame the beast? [THREAD]

112

PERI Umass Amherst @periumass.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Trump administration plans to take money from childcare subsidies that primarily benefit single parents to pay parents married to a full-time wage earner to stay home. @nancyfolbre.bsky.social explains why this is a terrible idea in The Boston Globe: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/25/o...

bostonglobe.com

Trump’s child-care plan could punish single parents - The Boston Globe

The plan could take money from working single parents to subsidize married couples.

101

PERI Umass Amherst @periumass.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

TODAY @ 4pmET- Live webinar on universal childcare, paid family leave, support for the elderly and disabled, a guaranteed minimum income for children. Free registration here: bit.ly/GCWebinarLabor @nancyfolbre.bsky.social @lipstickecon.bsky.social @pgonalon.bsky.social @jaimieworker.bsky.social

102

Reposted by PERI Umass Amherst

Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working America @gamechangerspolicy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

In the face of AI job loss, the 32-hour, four-day work week is a real solution that will help working people. Join our weekly policy webinars from now through October. Register here: bit.ly/GCWebinarLabor

001

Reposted by PERI Umass Amherst

Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working America @gamechangerspolicy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This week, the Care Economy team will discuss the necessity and wide-ranging benefits of policies that support care workers and the care economy. Speakers: @nancyfolbre.bsky.social @lipstickecon.bsky.social @pgonalon.bsky.social @jaimieworker.bsky.social

012

Reposted by PERI Umass Amherst

Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working America @gamechangerspolicy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

International trade is broken. American multinational corporations evade $100 billion in taxes each year while workers don't see benefits. It's time for a new system that puts workers across North America first.

101

PERI Umass Amherst @periumass.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Join us TODAY at 4pm ET! Register: bit.ly/GCWebinarLabor

000

Reposted by PERI Umass Amherst

Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working America @gamechangerspolicy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

TOMORROW: Join us for the second Game Changers webinar, "Oh Canada: Trump Vs. North American Workers". THURSDAY, SEPT. 17 / 4-5PM ET Register: bit.ly/GCWebinarLabor

123

PERI Umass Amherst @periumass.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Live-streaming now! Joe Uehlein performance and book talk: www.youtube.com/@PERIeconomi...

010

Reposted by PERI Umass Amherst

Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working America @gamechangerspolicy.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Trump's trade war with Canada is heating up, stretching American wallets even thinner. Join us for the second Game Changers webinar: Oh Canada: Trump Vs. North American Workers THURSDAY, SEPT. 17 / 4-5PM ET Register: bit.ly/GCWebinarLabor

122

PERI Umass Amherst @periumass.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

TODAY AT 5PM ET: Join us for a live performance and book discussion with JOE UEHLEIN from 5-7pm ET / Gordon Hall, UMass Amherst. Free registration: forms.gle/VUkYmFR8povy.... Or live stream at youtube.com/@PERIeconomi...

000

PERI Umass Amherst @periumass.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Join us for a live performance and book discussion with JOE UEHLEIN. Monday, Sept. 14 from 5-7pm ET / Gordon Hall, UMass Amherst. Free registration: forms.gle/VUkYmFR8povy.... Or live stream at youtube.com/@PERIeconomi... @sbs-umass.bsky.social @ln4s.bsky.social

011

PERI Umass Amherst @periumass.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Join us TOMORROW at 4pm ET for the first event in the Game Changers Webinar Series: Changing the Game for Labor on wages, job protections, and 4-day week. Speakers: @julietschor.bsky.social, @paulsonn.bsky.social, @profsheenalives.bsky.social, Gerald Epstein Register: bit.ly/GCWebinarLabor

000

Reposted by PERI Umass Amherst

Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working America @gamechangerspolicy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The Game Changers Work and Jobs team will be discussing three new policies that will strengthen labor and improve workers' lives. THURSDAY, SEPT. 10 / 4-5PM ET Register: bit.ly/GCWebinarLabor Co-sponsors: @periumass.bsky.social y.social, The Action Lab, Work Four, @nelp.org

bit.ly

Game Changers Webinar Series

001

Reposted by PERI Umass Amherst

geraldmcgrew @geraldmcgrew.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

* @deanbaker13.bsky.social welcomed Gerald Epstein, @periumass.bsky.social Professor of Economics, to discuss the innovative collection of policy essays titled Game Changers: Economic Policies for Working America* Aug 27, 2026 #Economics #Unions #WorkerPower 1/2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMUd...

youtube.com

Mostly Economics Podcast #49: The Economy We Deserve with Gerald Epstein

YouTube video by Center for Economic and Policy Research

194

PERI Umass Amherst @periumass.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Game Changers launches the final wave of policy proposals! This week's proposals examine how we can reshape the rules governing finance, housing, taxation, defense spending, and public investment to build a more stable, equitable, and democratic economy. gamechangerspolicy.org

054

Reposted by PERI Umass Amherst

Tonantzin Carmona @tonantzin-tlc.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Having served as Director of Chicago’s Office of New Americans early in my career, I saw firsthand how thoughtful immigrant inclusion policies can strengthen communities. That’s why I appreciate the vision behind this Game Changers proposal, “The Wealth of Welcome.”

035

Reposted by PERI Umass Amherst

Moira Birss @moira.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Climate change-fueled disasters threaten the safety of our homes & insurance provides a financial safety net to help us recover. But current insurance systems are failing, leaving households high (& not dry). What can the federal government do? I've got a proposal: peri.umass.edu/publication/...

peri.umass.edu

National Disaster Insurance for All: Single-Payer Disaster Insurance and Community Resilience Investments for Safer and More Affordable Housing

The Problem The climate crisis is fueling extreme weather and increasing disaster risk for households and housing providers across the country, representing collectives risks that no individual househ...

23118

Reposted by PERI Umass Amherst

Juliet Schor @julietschor.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

More gamechangers! Shout out to Work&Labor team. Alexander Hertel-Fernandez' great work on Solidarity Insurance, Irene Tung&Paul Sonn on "Just Cause" Job Protections & Ellora Derenoncourt & @profsheenalives.bsky.social on raising wages. @gamechangerspolicy.bsky.social gamechangerspolicy.org

gamechangerspolicy.org

Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working America

Game Changers presents policymakers with bold, new ideas to build a stronger, fairer, greener, and more inclusive economy for all Americans.

054

Reposted by PERI Umass Amherst

Game Changers: Economic Policies for a Working America @gamechangerspolicy.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

What would it take to build a healthcare system that puts patients before profits? Watch our latest video, then explore two Game Changers proposals: 📄Medicare for All: peri.umass.edu/publication/... 📄End Profiteering in Health Care: peri.umass.edu/publication/...

131