Lucas Kaplan
lucaskap.bsky.social
Lucas Kaplan
@lucaskap.bsky.social
Economist and Educator
Reposted by Lucas Kaplan
From city on a cill to pariah state
Playing around with CBP airport processing data this morning to see how much air travel by non-US passengers is cratering.
April 6, 2025 at 10:46 AM
I for one am so excited for the coffee growers to come rushing back to the USA. Thank @god and @djt for SMART #tariffs
April 4, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Anyone with research on natural disaster response looking to form a panel @appam.bsky.social this year? if you're looking for another paper (on evacuation orders) for your panel or want to combine forces, reach out!
April 3, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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It seems almost unavoidable at this point that we are headed for a deep, deep recession. Just based on 200K+ federal firings & pullback of contracts, the March employment report (to be released April 4) seems certain to show bigger job losses than any month ever outside of a few in 2008-9 and 2020.
February 19, 2025 at 1:37 AM
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The last quarter of 2024 saw a resilient labor market with persistent, but diminishing, racial disparities in employment:
🔹 US Black-white unemployment ratio: 1.9-to-1 (slight ⬇️! rarely falls below 2-to-1)
🔹 US Hispanic-white unemployment ratio: 1.6-to-1 (steady ↔️ )

www.epi.org/indicators/s...
2024 Q4 | State Unemployment by Race and Ethnicity
Labor market resilience, well-managed inflation, and hard-won progress on racial inequality 2024 Q4 • Updated February 2025 The fourth quarter of 2024 saw a resilient labor market with persistent, but...
www.epi.org
February 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
In an unexpected turn, MAGA killing Christmas
February 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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It’s fun starting a new hobby with ADHD because I never know if I’ve found a new lifelong passion or if I’m going to spend $2000 on stuff and immediately lose all interest
February 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM