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Labor econ @upjohninstitute.bsky.social & @IZA.org. Formerly senior economist for labor at White House CEA, UMinn prof, union organizer, bike courier, house painter, dishwasher... Minneapolis. Views mine.

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Aaron Sojourner is an American economist and senior researcher at the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. He was formerly an associate professor of economics at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management and senior economist for the Council of Economic Advisers. His work has been widely covered by the media, particularly on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the labor market in the United States. .. more

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For Bluesky-Curious Econ Lovers, a Quick Start guide to plugging into the economics community here.

It aims to lower the costs & boost the benefits for folks to engage here.

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For Bluesky-Curious Econ Lovers - Aaron Sojourner
This Quick Start guide aims to help econ lovers easily join Bluesky’s growing economics community. The Bluesky User FAQ covers generic basics, like how to start an account. This guide orients you to e...
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Bad management at DOJ leading to staff exit & trouble hiring.

Synchronized withdrawal of labor. Collapse of labor supply.

Reduced administration's capacity.

Not a strike but also not not a strike.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

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#Stats friends who do Social Statistics: Would you like to be an officer in the Social Statistics Section of the ASA in 2027? We're looking for people interested in serving as Program Chair, as well as some other positions. If you're interested, let me know ASAP. Thanks!

Trump: "I want the money to go into an account for people where they buy their own health insurance. It's so good. The insurance will be better. It'll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They're gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They're actually able to go out & negotiate their own insurance"

Rather than empower you, I prefer to leave you trapped in bad circumstances so you are dependent on me.

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The Mississippi Free Press is looking for new Voices writers. Submit opinion columns to the MFP at voices@mississippifreepress.org.

Abuser behavior

As the self-proclaimed champions of free speech and opponents of cancel culture take power, a golden age of free expression dawns...
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Immediately after he releases his healthcare plan.

2020: "Trump has promised an Obamacare replacement plan five times so far this year. And the plan is always said to be just a few weeks away."
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Fossil fuel pollution here = NOₓ, SOₓ, and PM₂.₅

And yes, CO₂ is another key fossil fuel pollutant, which heats the planet, which further hurts (elite) athlete performance.

Almost as if we really do need to get off fossil fuels, fast.
Startling new research finds marathon times go up when there's more fossil fuel pollution in the air. Los Angeles Marathon has it worst. Even elite runners suffer. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/c...
Take a Deep Breath? How Bad Air Affects Your Marathon Finish Time
www.nytimes.com

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While a 50 year mortgage might lower monthly payments, it drastically increases total interest and slows equity growth. Stimulating demand without fixing supply would likely raise prices. The core issue in the housing market isn't financing; it's the lack of supply.

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A man on the sidewalk offered to a passerby this COMPACT:

She was to give him her purse, and in exchange, he agreed not to maim her with a weapon.

Vocabulary is not neutral. Choose yours thoughtfully.

In parenting, days are long and years are short.
Startling new research finds marathon times go up when there's more fossil fuel pollution in the air. Los Angeles Marathon has it worst. Even elite runners suffer. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/c...
Take a Deep Breath? How Bad Air Affects Your Marathon Finish Time
www.nytimes.com

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While the president's Solicitor General argues to the Supreme Court that the cornerstone of the president's power to impose tariffs is that they are not revenue raising...
Buried inside the deal to reopen government is a provision that would give Senators private right of action to sue for millions in damages over their phone records being analyzed by Jack Smith's team.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
Shutdown Deal Would Let Senators Sue Over Jack Smith Searches
Senators whose phone records were sought by Special Counsel Jack Smith would gain authority to sue for millions in damages under a provision buried in the Senate-advanced deal to reopen the government...
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Brownshirts assemble.
Redeemers ride. bsky.app/profile/alka...
New:

On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers

He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...

This guy voted for Trump believing he was planning to go after undocumented immigrants who had since committed crimes in the U.S., not all undocumented immigrants. This is the kind of case I have in mind.
www.npr.org/2025/11/06/n...

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Fellow Mark Erlich comments for @npr.org on declining unionization and the impact of America's current immigration policy: "There's tension between the political imperative of deportations and the interests of contractors who want certainty in planning their business."
www.npr.org/2025/11/06/n...
ICE is sending a chill through the construction industry
The construction industry, where more than a quarter of workers are foreign-born, has long struggled to find enough workers. Now, industry officials say Trump's immigration crackdown is making it wors...
www.npr.org

Anyone interested in attending the LERA May 2026 conference in Minneapolis & doing work on homecare? I'm maybe putting together a panel proposal.
www.leraweb.org/call-2026-minn

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New from HCEO member Janet Currie et al: use of an affordable housing tax credit program improves long-term health outcomes for women and their children. www.nber.org/papers/w34464
Affordable Housing During Childhood Improves Long-term Outcomes of Women and their Children
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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Waiting for an economic disaster to bring comeuppance is magical thinking of the worst kind, bc the absence of a "disaster" will be seen as evidence that the critics were wrong.
BREAKING: We won!

Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.

pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...

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Tune in this Thursday for the Institute's annual research conference with a keynote from Nobel prize winner David Card followed by presentations on access to credit, migration from poor neighborhoods, how workers keep up with inflation, and more. https://bit.ly/4gSFopm #EconSky
2025 Institute Research Conference | Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
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Updated chart:

Lotta 0s
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On The Gateway Pundit's podcast yesterday, Stewart Rhodes announced he's relaunching the Oath Keepers

He also urged Trump to “call us up as a militia" & "order us all to come together in our counties under his command."
www.mediamatters.org/oath-keepers...

We've all been there! You should check the $ price too.