Hannah Groch-Begley
@grouchybagels.bsky.social
Think Tank Director at the Roosevelt Institute and Roosevelt Forward. I also volunteer to do people's taxes for the IRS VITA program. History PhD mostly working with economists and political scientists. I've lived in DC longer than I lived anywhere else
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Universal childcare isn’t just an aspiration—it’s possible. New Mexico is leading the way as the first state to make it real for all residents. 🧵 1/3 www.governor.state.nm.us/2025/09/08/n...
New Mexico is first state in nation to offer universal child care - Office of the Governor - Michelle Lujan Grisham
www.governor.state.nm.us
September 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Universal childcare isn’t just an aspiration—it’s possible. New Mexico is leading the way as the first state to make it real for all residents. 🧵 1/3 www.governor.state.nm.us/2025/09/08/n...
Are you currently in a humanities graduate degree program, or know someone who is? Are you/they interested in learning about public policy as a post-grad career path? Then check out the new internship program Roosevelt is launching!! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Roosevelt Institute Graduate Humanities Internship
The Roosevelt Institute is pleased to announce the first annual Roosevelt Institute Graduate Humanities Internship. This paid, remote, two-semester internship offers current graduate students in the h...
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September 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Are you currently in a humanities graduate degree program, or know someone who is? Are you/they interested in learning about public policy as a post-grad career path? Then check out the new internship program Roosevelt is launching!! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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They’re just in DC to do something about all the crime
As if this week were not bizarre enough: Mount Pleasant residents tell me a group of federal agents gathered for a photo-op near a pro-immigrant banner, pictured below, then tore it down.
In its place, they left a dildo. A neighbor's Ring camera captured the whole thing...
In its place, they left a dildo. A neighbor's Ring camera captured the whole thing...
August 15, 2025 at 6:49 PM
They’re just in DC to do something about all the crime
On the 90th anniversary of Social Security, FDR's grandson and former associate commissioner for retirement Jim Roosevelt writes about the legacy of the program and the attacks it faces today www.firesidestacks.com/p/social-sec...
Celebrate Today but Fight Tomorrow: Social Security’s Anniversary Is a Call to Action
This should be a moment of celebration. But instead, on Social Security’s 90th anniversary, I find myself sounding an alarm. The program my grandfather signed into law on this day in 1935 is under att...
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August 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
On the 90th anniversary of Social Security, FDR's grandson and former associate commissioner for retirement Jim Roosevelt writes about the legacy of the program and the attacks it faces today www.firesidestacks.com/p/social-sec...
So much is terrible in the world and in DC specifically but I managed to get my "emails that need follow up" list down to just 17 so I am clinging to that today
August 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
So much is terrible in the world and in DC specifically but I managed to get my "emails that need follow up" list down to just 17 so I am clinging to that today
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on the left, clinton's 1993 deficit reduction bill. goated, peak performance. absolutely enormous tax increases on the rich while helping the poor
on the right, trump's "big beautiful bill." terrible, poor get poorer while rich get richer, significantly worsens fiscal outlook. garbage-tier bill
on the right, trump's "big beautiful bill." terrible, poor get poorer while rich get richer, significantly worsens fiscal outlook. garbage-tier bill
August 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
on the left, clinton's 1993 deficit reduction bill. goated, peak performance. absolutely enormous tax increases on the rich while helping the poor
on the right, trump's "big beautiful bill." terrible, poor get poorer while rich get richer, significantly worsens fiscal outlook. garbage-tier bill
on the right, trump's "big beautiful bill." terrible, poor get poorer while rich get richer, significantly worsens fiscal outlook. garbage-tier bill
TODAY! Come join me as I talk to two much smarter people, @lipstickecon.bsky.social and @rebouche.bsky.social, about how Dobbs has reshaped our economy and democracy! Abortion is so much more than healthcare--it's a key market where power is negotiated. Register here: events.zoom.us/ev/AqLMLGhcv...
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August 6, 2025 at 3:21 PM
TODAY! Come join me as I talk to two much smarter people, @lipstickecon.bsky.social and @rebouche.bsky.social, about how Dobbs has reshaped our economy and democracy! Abortion is so much more than healthcare--it's a key market where power is negotiated. Register here: events.zoom.us/ev/AqLMLGhcv...
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@rooseveltinstitute.org has produced a lot of great work on childcare recently including from @ehaspel.bsky.social and @kedseconomist.com. And there is more to come. We also have a a webinar on care this afternoon moderated by @jessicacalarco.com !! Don't forget to sign up.
NEW📃: The US childcare system is failing families. It's unaffordable, unsustainable, & susceptible to corporate interests.
Today, we offer a bold vision to build a public, universal ECE system that puts children, families, and workers first. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
Today, we offer a bold vision to build a public, universal ECE system that puts children, families, and workers first. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
July 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
@rooseveltinstitute.org has produced a lot of great work on childcare recently including from @ehaspel.bsky.social and @kedseconomist.com. And there is more to come. We also have a a webinar on care this afternoon moderated by @jessicacalarco.com !! Don't forget to sign up.
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New Roosevelt report out today! How AI is changing the jobs of the govt employees Americans interact with most: the folks who process your marriage license, unemployment insurance, driving tests. Upshot: new tech is just transferring more work onto citizens rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
AI and Government Workers: Use Cases in Public Administration - Roosevelt Institute
In a new analysis Samantha Shorey explores how AI tools in state and local government can burden public workers and undermine service quality—posing risks to equity, efficiency, and job stability.
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July 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
New Roosevelt report out today! How AI is changing the jobs of the govt employees Americans interact with most: the folks who process your marriage license, unemployment insurance, driving tests. Upshot: new tech is just transferring more work onto citizens rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
New Roosevelt report out today! How AI is changing the jobs of the govt employees Americans interact with most: the folks who process your marriage license, unemployment insurance, driving tests. Upshot: new tech is just transferring more work onto citizens rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
AI and Government Workers: Use Cases in Public Administration - Roosevelt Institute
In a new analysis Samantha Shorey explores how AI tools in state and local government can burden public workers and undermine service quality—posing risks to equity, efficiency, and job stability.
rooseveltinstitute.org
July 15, 2025 at 1:53 PM
New Roosevelt report out today! How AI is changing the jobs of the govt employees Americans interact with most: the folks who process your marriage license, unemployment insurance, driving tests. Upshot: new tech is just transferring more work onto citizens rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
The RIFs at State hit my family on Friday and I'm still mad about it. I grew up as a State Dept brat, watching both of my parents serve their country and the world through their work. I'm so proud of all they accomplished, and furious that one of them had their career totally obliterated by idiots
July 14, 2025 at 2:19 PM
The RIFs at State hit my family on Friday and I'm still mad about it. I grew up as a State Dept brat, watching both of my parents serve their country and the world through their work. I'm so proud of all they accomplished, and furious that one of them had their career totally obliterated by idiots
I've been enjoying Fed Lit, our newish project. The team takes academic articles or policy papers focused on climate and breakdown the findings for an audience mostly interested in monetary/macro policy. There's very few digests like this out there! fedlit.substack.com/p/issue-5-su...
Issue 5: Supply-Side Climate Inflation → Adaptive Inflation Targeting (Policy Proposal)
This month, we deviate from our academic reading list to discuss a policy paper that proposes a new monetary policy tool to address persistent climate-driven inflation—adaptive inflation targeting. Th...
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July 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I've been enjoying Fed Lit, our newish project. The team takes academic articles or policy papers focused on climate and breakdown the findings for an audience mostly interested in monetary/macro policy. There's very few digests like this out there! fedlit.substack.com/p/issue-5-su...
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So excited to see this book in the world! Folks on the left are shocked when I say this changed my mind about global depopulation—it’s a problem and we can’t let the right monopolize the solutions with creepy white nationalism. Fewer people will not solve any of our climate+social problems!
June 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
So excited to see this book in the world! Folks on the left are shocked when I say this changed my mind about global depopulation—it’s a problem and we can’t let the right monopolize the solutions with creepy white nationalism. Fewer people will not solve any of our climate+social problems!
So excited to see this book in the world! Folks on the left are shocked when I say this changed my mind about global depopulation—it’s a problem and we can’t let the right monopolize the solutions with creepy white nationalism. Fewer people will not solve any of our climate+social problems!
June 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
So excited to see this book in the world! Folks on the left are shocked when I say this changed my mind about global depopulation—it’s a problem and we can’t let the right monopolize the solutions with creepy white nationalism. Fewer people will not solve any of our climate+social problems!
It's childcare summer at Roosevelt! We'll be featuring a number of fresh ideas for how to rethink childcare policy to better meet family's needs, all of them different. First up is the great @kedseconomist.com with a proposal that wraps together summer and after-school care!
NEW: Too many families rely on a patchwork of care—unpaid, informal, unaffordable.
In a new report, @kedseconomist.com lays out federal, state, and local paths to a Child Development System that meets families’ real needs: whole child, whole day, whole year. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
In a new report, @kedseconomist.com lays out federal, state, and local paths to a Child Development System that meets families’ real needs: whole child, whole day, whole year. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
June 12, 2025 at 1:40 PM
It's childcare summer at Roosevelt! We'll be featuring a number of fresh ideas for how to rethink childcare policy to better meet family's needs, all of them different. First up is the great @kedseconomist.com with a proposal that wraps together summer and after-school care!
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Kudos to Anthropic CEO for admitting unregulated technology is bad for consumers - and potentially a threat.
He notes profit imperatives may well "change corporate incentives to provide [any] level of transparency" and why government regulation is needed
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/o...
He notes profit imperatives may well "change corporate incentives to provide [any] level of transparency" and why government regulation is needed
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/o...
Opinion | Anthropic C.E.O.: Don’t Let A.I. Companies off the Hook
www.nytimes.com
June 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Kudos to Anthropic CEO for admitting unregulated technology is bad for consumers - and potentially a threat.
He notes profit imperatives may well "change corporate incentives to provide [any] level of transparency" and why government regulation is needed
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/o...
He notes profit imperatives may well "change corporate incentives to provide [any] level of transparency" and why government regulation is needed
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/o...
I'm hiring! Entry-level researcher, great for those who love diving into economics data sets, reading across policy areas, and supporting the work of senior scholars. App deadline is June 13, salary range is $64,922 to $73,036, hybrid NYC or DC offices.
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Research Associate - Roosevelt Institute
Reporting to the Managing Director, Think Tank, the Research Associate, Think Tank supports the research and writing of both long- and short-term think tank research products. Working across research ...
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May 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I'm hiring! Entry-level researcher, great for those who love diving into economics data sets, reading across policy areas, and supporting the work of senior scholars. App deadline is June 13, salary range is $64,922 to $73,036, hybrid NYC or DC offices.
rooseveltinstitute.org/careers/rese...
rooseveltinstitute.org/careers/rese...
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📄 NEW: ~20M Americans have "significant" medical debt. This isn’t inevitable, it’s the result of policy choices.
A decade of gaps in Medicaid & market failures have crushed mobility for millions.
@socio-steve.bsky.social explores actions that can address it: rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
A decade of gaps in Medicaid & market failures have crushed mobility for millions.
@socio-steve.bsky.social explores actions that can address it: rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
May 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
📄 NEW: ~20M Americans have "significant" medical debt. This isn’t inevitable, it’s the result of policy choices.
A decade of gaps in Medicaid & market failures have crushed mobility for millions.
@socio-steve.bsky.social explores actions that can address it: rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
A decade of gaps in Medicaid & market failures have crushed mobility for millions.
@socio-steve.bsky.social explores actions that can address it: rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
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This year Roosevelt has 5 fellows focused on care and the economy working across think tank (a true bright spot in a tough year!). We'll be interviewing each of them on Fireside Stacks in the coming months. First up, today is @indivar.bsky.social.
www.firesidestacks.com/p/to-build-t...
www.firesidestacks.com/p/to-build-t...
To Build the Care Infrastructure We Need, Tax Credits Won’t Cut It
As we near the end of April, two things are happening: First, the IRS is processing the millions of tax returns Americans filed in 2025, and doling out credits and deductions that in many cases will s...
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April 24, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This year Roosevelt has 5 fellows focused on care and the economy working across think tank (a true bright spot in a tough year!). We'll be interviewing each of them on Fireside Stacks in the coming months. First up, today is @indivar.bsky.social.
www.firesidestacks.com/p/to-build-t...
www.firesidestacks.com/p/to-build-t...
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Roosevelt brought together 20+ authors (incl. Sen Murphy, AFL-CIO's Liz Shuler, Mariana Mazzucato, Cecilia Munoz, Ned Resnikoff, Arnab Datta...) to answer the question: what should progressive policy priorities look like in the coming months and years? (mini 🧵)
NEW: Americans need a government that delivers stability and security—not chaos.
Our new essay collection brings together great minds to imagine how democracy can better deliver the economy Americans need and want. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
Our new essay collection brings together great minds to imagine how democracy can better deliver the economy Americans need and want. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
April 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Roosevelt brought together 20+ authors (incl. Sen Murphy, AFL-CIO's Liz Shuler, Mariana Mazzucato, Cecilia Munoz, Ned Resnikoff, Arnab Datta...) to answer the question: what should progressive policy priorities look like in the coming months and years? (mini 🧵)
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I really love this @rooseveltinstitute.org piece by @bhighsmith.bsky.social—check it out!
rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/court-r...
rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/court-r...
April 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I really love this @rooseveltinstitute.org piece by @bhighsmith.bsky.social—check it out!
rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/court-r...
rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/court-r...
Roosevelt brought together 20+ authors (incl. Sen Murphy, AFL-CIO's Liz Shuler, Mariana Mazzucato, Cecilia Munoz, Ned Resnikoff, Arnab Datta...) to answer the question: what should progressive policy priorities look like in the coming months and years? (mini 🧵)
NEW: Americans need a government that delivers stability and security—not chaos.
Our new essay collection brings together great minds to imagine how democracy can better deliver the economy Americans need and want. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
Our new essay collection brings together great minds to imagine how democracy can better deliver the economy Americans need and want. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
April 29, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Roosevelt brought together 20+ authors (incl. Sen Murphy, AFL-CIO's Liz Shuler, Mariana Mazzucato, Cecilia Munoz, Ned Resnikoff, Arnab Datta...) to answer the question: what should progressive policy priorities look like in the coming months and years? (mini 🧵)
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Proud and a little intimidated to have an essay in this collection sit alongside offerings from so many important thinkers. Here's mine: rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/how-to-...
April 29, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Proud and a little intimidated to have an essay in this collection sit alongside offerings from so many important thinkers. Here's mine: rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/how-to-...
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I've written an essay for the Roosevelt Institute about economic democracy, an idea you'll be hearing much more about in the coming year with any luck!
By the Workers, for the Workers: Building Economic Democracy - Roosevelt Institute
One could spend a lifetime working through the complexities and contradictions of democratic theory, but democracy’s basic premise can be expressed simply: We are all fundamentally entitled to a measu...
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April 29, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I've written an essay for the Roosevelt Institute about economic democracy, an idea you'll be hearing much more about in the coming year with any luck!
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The chaos of the last 100 days is a policy choice. We could be making other choices. @rooseveltinstitute.org worked with a lot of brilliant people to present some alternatives.
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
Restoring Economic Democracy: Progressive Ideas for Stability and Prosperity - Roosevelt Institute
Our vital task in the coming years is to prove that democracy can deliver, better and more quickly than any alternative. We must renew and create institutions that empower people and ensure the materi...
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April 29, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The chaos of the last 100 days is a policy choice. We could be making other choices. @rooseveltinstitute.org worked with a lot of brilliant people to present some alternatives.
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...
rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...