Miles Corak

@milescorak.com

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Professor of economics
The Graduate Center,
City University of New York

Senior Scholar
The Stone Center on
Socio-Economic Inequality

#socialmobility #childrights #inequality #jobs #poverty #socialpolicy #cdnecon #EconSky

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Miles Corak @milescorak.com · Nov 9

If you are interested in #inequality, how it shapes economic opportunities, and the implications for both public policy and economic research, then listen to this engaging conversation I had with Steven Durlauf, director of @ucstonecenter.bsky.social

podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

#econsky

Miles Corak on the Great Gatsby Curve and Cross-Country Comparisons of Inequality and Mobility

Podcast Episode · The Inequality Podcast · 2024-10-07 · 50m

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

"Economic data never tells a perfectly clear story, but lately the contradictions have been especially jarring," Jason Furman writes in a guest essay.

Opinion | 3 Theories for Why G.D.P. Is Up but Job Growth Is Slowing

There are some possible explanations for what’s happening with seemingly conflicting macroeconomic data.

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Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 10d

U.S. employers added 64k jobs in November but the unemployment rate rose to 4.6 percent.
Payroll employment fell by 105k in October, mostly as a result of the federal government's deferred-resignation program.
Data: www.bls.gov/news.release...
Live coverage: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...

Employment Situation Summary - 2025 M11 Results

www.bls.gov

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Russell Sage Foundation @russellsagefdn.bsky.social · 15d

RSF grantee/author Harry Holzer cited in NY Times on how Trump calling the affordability issue a “hoax” may backfire on him.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...

Opinion | Why the ‘Affordability Hoax’ Is a Trap for Trump

www.nytimes.com

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Zanny Minton Beddoes @zannymb.economist.com · 15d

On this week’s Insider show, Ed Carr and I are joined by @dsorennie.bsky.social and @aliceysu.bsky.social to assess China’s economic and geopolitical power and probe the country’s strengths and weaknesses. I hope you will join us on Thursday at 6pm London time

Is China the new superpower? | The Economist Insider

It has been a good year for China. The country is winning its trade war with America. China is mastering new technologies and becoming an even more fearsome competitor in global markets. But it faces problems, from youth unemployment and repeated purges at home, to growing resentment over its vast trade surplus abroad. Zanny Minton Beddoes, The Economist’s editor-in-chief, and Edward Carr, our deputy editor, sit down with David Rennie, our geopolitics editor, and senior international correspondent Alice Su to assess China’s economic and geopolitical power, probing the country’s strengths and weaknesses.

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MIT Stone Center on Inequality and Shaping the Future of Work @mitshapingwork.bsky.social · 15d

On the @stlouisfed.bsky.social Teach Economics Podcast with @scwolla.bsky.social, co-director @davidautor.bsky.social discusses his personal career trajectory in economics, his research on AI and expertise, and his advice for students and educators.

www.stlouisfed.org/education/te...

David Autor: The Human Side of AI

MIT economist David Autor joins the St. Louis Fed’s Scott Wolla to explore how AI is reshaping the labor market and technology as a collaborator in the classroom.

www.stlouisfed.org

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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · 15d

"The point is really to have more democratic control over the digital infrastructure. Part of what helps our control over that is not to have one corporate entity with total market power."

@clementnocos.bsky.social in today's @thestar.com: www.thestar.com/business/mic...

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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 16d

Congratulations to alumnus Aman Desai, who recovered from a setback to land a tenure-track position in economics and data science at Quinnipiac University! www.gc.cuny.edu/news/tough-j... @stone-lis.bsky.social

From a Tough Job Market to the Tenure Track at Quinnipiac University

Economics alumnus Aman Desai recovered from a setback to land a role that allows him to teach and pursue his research on how childhood inequality affects both individuals and society.

www.gc.cuny.edu

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Diane Coyle @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social · 16d

We are hiring a Professor of Public Policy @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/profess...

Professorship of Public Policy

The Board of Electors to the Professorship of Public Policy invite applications from candidates whose work falls within the field of public policy. We are looking for a successful and dynamic leader

www.cam.ac.uk

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Thomas Piketty @thomaspiketty.bsky.social · 16d

Today, we are publishing our World Inequality Report, which reviews the most recent #inequalitydata and exposes the magnitude of #inequality across time, space and all its dimensions.

👇Share this thread, share the report!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R67u...

World Inequality Report 2026

YouTube video by World Inequality Lab

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The Economist @economist.com · 21d

“The fragility of the post-cold-war system has been revealed,” writes Mark Carney in a guest essay. “To re-establish resilience, a new web of ad hoc co-operation is beginning to emerge”

The world is in a new age of variable geometry, says Mark Carney

Canada’s prime minister argues that countries that build new networks and pragmatic alliances will be best placed to thrive in this new age

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Justin C. Wiltshire @jcwetcoast.bsky.social · 21d

I was disappointed with several elements of The @economist.com recent articles on minimum wages. To their credit, they've published my response.

Here are some links to the research I reference and to some other research which had to be cut from the published letter

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Ian G. Williams @igraywill.bsky.social · 21d

Proposals for the 10th NYC Open Data Week & NYC School of Data in March 2026 are accepted through 12/15/25. This is an excellent example of public scholarship & civic data literacy. @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @cunygcdi.bsky.social @cunygcps2.bsky.social @cunypitlab.bsky.social

opendataweek.nyc

Miles Corak @milescorak.com · 22d

This is a helpful discussion of AI for #TeachEcon

“An A.I.-resistant English course has three main elements: pen-and-paper and oral testing; teaching the process of writing rather than just assigning papers; and greater emphasis on what happens in the classroom.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/m...

I’m a Professor. A.I. Has Changed My Classroom, but Not for the Worse.

www.nytimes.com

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Eduardo Porter @eduardoelreportero.bsky.social · 22d

The Artificial Intelligence gold rush could leave a lot of bad stuff in its wake. Just look at what happened after the last bubble burst. My latest on "Being There" 👇 eduardoelreportero.substack.com/p/the-unimag...

The Unimaginable Cost of a Bursting Bubble

The last one arguably led to the presidency of Donald Trump

eduardoelreportero.substack.com

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Alex Usher @alexusherhesa.bsky.social · 22d

Here it is, folks: The World of Higher Education - Year in Review 2025.

Everything you need to know about where the sector is going across the globe right now in one convenient package.

There will be a quiz.

The World of Higher Education – Year in Review 2025 | HESA

Morning all. Today, HESA is releasing The World of Higher Education – Year in Review 2025, the first in our to-be-annual series chronicling how the world’s higher education systems have fared over the...

higheredstrategy.com

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 23d

Hard disagree. The official BLS jobs numbers are still the most reliable data we have, and it's not close. And there's no way the Administration has (yet) fiddled with its data. I promise to let you know at the first whiff of interference.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23d

The only reliable data we are going to get on this stuff now comes from the private sector. bsky.app/profile/atru...

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23d

🚨 CNBC on latest jobs numbers: "A big miss on ADP payrolls. The private payroll company saying private payrolls shed 32,000 workers in Nov. That's the 4th negative number in past 6 months. The estimate was for +40,000, so the street was off ... this may be coming from being hammered by the tariffs"

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Binyamin Appelbaum @bcappelbaum.bsky.social · 23d

Or here's a crazy thought. Maybe instead of relying on philanthropy we could collect taxes from rich people.

www.wsj.com/us-news/mich...

Michael and Susan Dell Donate $6.25 Billion to ‘Trump Accounts’ for Children

The donation will seed tax-deferred investment accounts for roughly 25 million American children.

www.wsj.com

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 24d

Entirely remote work means less training and opportunity for advancement, especially for younger workers, new research suggests. Here's what economists say.

Young Workers Learn to Embrace the Office

Remote work means less training and opportunity for advancement, especially for younger workers, research suggests. Some are getting the message.

nyti.ms

Miles Corak @milescorak.com · 27d

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/28/o...

Opinion | Goodbye, Price Tags. Hello, Dynamic Pricing.

www.nytimes.com

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Jennie Coughlin @jenniecoughlin.bsky.social · Nov 26

Sandy produced a deadly storm surge, and in 2021, the remnants of Hurricane Ida introduced the damage of extreme rainfall. The next hurricane could bring both to New York City. A model of the damage such a storm could cause put 25% of the city underwater.

See Which New York City Neighborhoods Could Get Hit By the Next Hurricane (Gift Article)

Heavy rain would make a hurricane catastrophic. See the neighborhoods that could face the worst flooding.

www.nytimes.com

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · Nov 25

If you are in Cambridge, MA on December 10, join us at a panel on Rebuilding State Capacity with Don Moynihan, Jen Pahlka, and Elizabeth Linos www.hks.harvard.edu/events/rebui...

Rebuilding State Capacity for Inclusive Economic Transformation

Join us for the fourth "Economics in Beyond" event, featuring experts Don Moynihan and Jennifer Pahlka in conversation with Elizabeth Linos. This year’s focus: how state capacity can help build an economy that works for everyone.

www.hks.harvard.edu

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Dan Cohen @dancohen.org · Nov 25

New issue of my newsletter: "The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition" — One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved, and it's a good use of AI newsletter.dancohen.org/archive/the-...

The Writing Is on the Wall for Handwriting Recognition

One of the hardest problems in digital humanities has finally been solved

newsletter.dancohen.org

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Daron Acemoglu @dacemoglumit.bsky.social · Nov 24

I joined @utopiaspodcast.bsky.social for a conversation on Ramesh's podcast Utopias with Dr. Ramesh Srinivasan. We discussed the power of Big Tech, the dangers and opportunities of AI, and much more. Listen to our full conversation here: www.buzzsprout.com/2272465/epis....

25. Daron Acemoglu - Utopias with Dr. Ramesh Srinivasan

Daron Acemoglu is an acclaimed economist, author, and professor at MIT. In 2024, he received the Nobel Prize in Economics and the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences. His research focuses on ...

www.buzzsprout.com

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Brian Highsmith @bhighsmith.bsky.social · Nov 24

🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]

Miles Corak @milescorak.com · Nov 24

“I kind of yearn,” Mr. Nassirian said, “for the gilded age when billionaires satisfied their extracurricular interests by collecting Fabergé eggs and prized ponies.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...

Wealthy People Have Always Shaped Universities. This Time Is Different.

www.nytimes.com

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The Economist @economist.com · Nov 24

The minimum wage is a crude and wasteful tool for redistribution. After a decade of aggressive increases, the responsible option is not to go higher still. We explain why econ.st/4iiQULn

Illustration:

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The Economist @economist.com · Nov 24

“We are the jolly boxes.” Richard Thaler discusses behavioural economics in undergraduate education. Listen to this week’s episode of “Money Talks”

Nudge, nudge: an interview with Richard Thaler

Our podcast on markets, the economy and business. This week, we hear from the Nobel-winning behavioural economist

econ.st

Reposted by Miles Corak, Aaron Sojourner, Florencia Torche

Gernot Wagner @gwagner.com · Nov 23

3 factors at play: (1) legacy admissions, (2) non-academic credentials, (3) athletes

Start from the top, get rid of legacy preferences gwagner.com/legacy

@oppinsights.bsky.social

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Eduardo Porter @eduardoelreportero.bsky.social · Nov 23

The U.S. is the world's most dynamic economy, right? Innovative and productive, it defines the technological frontier. So how come it has so many poor people? My latest in The Guardian www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

China has brought millions out of poverty. The US has not – by choice

Despite the US’s economic success, income inequality remains breathtaking. But this is no glitch – it’s the system

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