Beth Truesdale
@truesdale.bsky.social
Sociologist studying work, aging, and inequality at @upjohninstitute. Opinions mine.
Editor of Overtime: America's Aging Workforce and the Future of Working Longer.
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Editor of Overtime: America's Aging Workforce and the Future of Working Longer.
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Big new U.S. job quality survey just dropped.
From Gallup, my @upjohninstitute.bsky.social colleagues Sue Houseman & @truesdale.bsky.social & others.
Data will be public & longitudinal.
finance.yahoo.com/news/landmar...
From Gallup, my @upjohninstitute.bsky.social colleagues Sue Houseman & @truesdale.bsky.social & others.
Data will be public & longitudinal.
finance.yahoo.com/news/landmar...
October 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Big new U.S. job quality survey just dropped.
From Gallup, my @upjohninstitute.bsky.social colleagues Sue Houseman & @truesdale.bsky.social & others.
Data will be public & longitudinal.
finance.yahoo.com/news/landmar...
From Gallup, my @upjohninstitute.bsky.social colleagues Sue Houseman & @truesdale.bsky.social & others.
Data will be public & longitudinal.
finance.yahoo.com/news/landmar...
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Less than half of U.S. workers hold a quality job with predictable schedules, safety & respect, a voice at work, and room for advancement. The Upjohn Institute partnered on a new survey revealing critical gaps in job quality and why they matter.
Read more:
#Jobs #Workforce #econsky #JobQuality
Read more:
#Jobs #Workforce #econsky #JobQuality
Landmark study shows less than half of U.S. workers have a quality job
www.upjohn.org
October 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Less than half of U.S. workers hold a quality job with predictable schedules, safety & respect, a voice at work, and room for advancement. The Upjohn Institute partnered on a new survey revealing critical gaps in job quality and why they matter.
Read more:
#Jobs #Workforce #econsky #JobQuality
Read more:
#Jobs #Workforce #econsky #JobQuality
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New from me: Russ Vought is using federal employees as hostages in federal shutdown negotiations, threatening mass firings if Dems do not accept Trump's terms.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court just allowed Vought to impose a de facto impoundment of foreign aid.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/shutdown-h...
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court just allowed Vought to impose a de facto impoundment of foreign aid.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/shutdown-h...
Shutdown hostage taking
Russ Vought's threatens more mass firings; SCOTUS blesses his de facto impoundment
donmoynihan.substack.com
September 27, 2025 at 12:28 AM
New from me: Russ Vought is using federal employees as hostages in federal shutdown negotiations, threatening mass firings if Dems do not accept Trump's terms.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court just allowed Vought to impose a de facto impoundment of foreign aid.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/shutdown-h...
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court just allowed Vought to impose a de facto impoundment of foreign aid.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/shutdown-h...
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🧵 Big changes may be coming to disability benefits. The Social Security Administration (SSA) is preparing a rule that could reshape how eligibility is determined for SSDI and SSI. Here’s what you need to know—and why it matters. www.urban.org/research/pub...
September 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
🧵 Big changes may be coming to disability benefits. The Social Security Administration (SSA) is preparing a rule that could reshape how eligibility is determined for SSDI and SSI. Here’s what you need to know—and why it matters. www.urban.org/research/pub...
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Thanks to the National Association of Business Economists for this important statement.
#NumbersDay #StandWithBLS #EconSky
www.linkedin.com/posts/nation...
#NumbersDay #StandWithBLS #EconSky
www.linkedin.com/posts/nation...
September 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Thanks to the National Association of Business Economists for this important statement.
#NumbersDay #StandWithBLS #EconSky
www.linkedin.com/posts/nation...
#NumbersDay #StandWithBLS #EconSky
www.linkedin.com/posts/nation...
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A quick bit of journalism reveals that at least three members of Trump's cabinet claimed more than one property as their primary residence, and I'm starting to wonder whether Trump's attacks on Lisa Cook reflect a sincere concern about mortgage fraud.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
September 4, 2025 at 11:19 PM
A quick bit of journalism reveals that at least three members of Trump's cabinet claimed more than one property as their primary residence, and I'm starting to wonder whether Trump's attacks on Lisa Cook reflect a sincere concern about mortgage fraud.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Critical reading for #JobsDay.
Ahead of #JobsDay tomorrow, Friends of BLS published a FAQ answering pressing questions like:
Can the public trust BLS products?
What's up with the firing of Dr. McEntarfer & nomination of Dr. Antoni?
Why and how does the BLS revise jobs estimates?
#EconSky
www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...
Can the public trust BLS products?
What's up with the firing of Dr. McEntarfer & nomination of Dr. Antoni?
Why and how does the BLS revise jobs estimates?
#EconSky
www.friendsofbls.org/updates/2025...
Background Information for Jobs Day – Sept 5 — The Friends of the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Click Background Information for Jobs Day – Sept 5 to read the entire PDF document.
www.friendsofbls.org
September 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Critical reading for #JobsDay.
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The lies' laughable implausibility is a feature, not a bug.
They're not trying to convince discerning, skeptical, fact-based people. They're trying to give supporters a fantasy that validates their feelings and creates a sort of loyalty test, while flaunting the absurdity in everyone else's faces.
They're not trying to convince discerning, skeptical, fact-based people. They're trying to give supporters a fantasy that validates their feelings and creates a sort of loyalty test, while flaunting the absurdity in everyone else's faces.
Kristi Noem: "I do know that LA wouldn't be standing today if President Trump hadn't taken action."
August 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The lies' laughable implausibility is a feature, not a bug.
They're not trying to convince discerning, skeptical, fact-based people. They're trying to give supporters a fantasy that validates their feelings and creates a sort of loyalty test, while flaunting the absurdity in everyone else's faces.
They're not trying to convince discerning, skeptical, fact-based people. They're trying to give supporters a fantasy that validates their feelings and creates a sort of loyalty test, while flaunting the absurdity in everyone else's faces.
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Please comment: Some source material to draw from here: donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-death-...
August 29, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Please comment: Some source material to draw from here: donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-death-...
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Update:
Appeals court overturns 90-years-settled law to make American employees' legal rights to speak up & act together to improve their jobs subject to presidential veto.
Huge victory handed to Musk, Bezos, & other bosses. Big loss for labor. SCOTUS likely upholds
prospect.org/justice/2025...
Appeals court overturns 90-years-settled law to make American employees' legal rights to speak up & act together to improve their jobs subject to presidential veto.
Huge victory handed to Musk, Bezos, & other bosses. Big loss for labor. SCOTUS likely upholds
prospect.org/justice/2025...
August 28, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Update:
Appeals court overturns 90-years-settled law to make American employees' legal rights to speak up & act together to improve their jobs subject to presidential veto.
Huge victory handed to Musk, Bezos, & other bosses. Big loss for labor. SCOTUS likely upholds
prospect.org/justice/2025...
Appeals court overturns 90-years-settled law to make American employees' legal rights to speak up & act together to improve their jobs subject to presidential veto.
Huge victory handed to Musk, Bezos, & other bosses. Big loss for labor. SCOTUS likely upholds
prospect.org/justice/2025...
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They specifically uploaded the 'NUMIDENT' file. This record includes your name, social security number, your birth date, your birth place, your parents' names and social security numbers, gender, and immigration status. The security threat is profound.
DOGE put at risk *every person with a Social Security Number* for identify theft.
DOGE's treatment of these data is extraordinary-the level of protection that has long been applied to these data is rigid. But they just uploaded it all to the cloud! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
DOGE's treatment of these data is extraordinary-the level of protection that has long been applied to these data is rigid. But they just uploaded it all to the cloud! www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
DOGE Put Critical Social Security Data at Risk, Whistle-Blower Says
www.nytimes.com
August 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
They specifically uploaded the 'NUMIDENT' file. This record includes your name, social security number, your birth date, your birth place, your parents' names and social security numbers, gender, and immigration status. The security threat is profound.
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What to make of POTUS's attempt to fire the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)?
Let's run down what knowledgable people are saying...
Let's run down what knowledgable people are saying...
August 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
What to make of POTUS's attempt to fire the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)?
Let's run down what knowledgable people are saying...
Let's run down what knowledgable people are saying...
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If you had a sense that kicking people off of Medicaid would be bad for their health, that is only scratching the surface of how bad Trump's policies will be for public health in America.
@jbarofsky.bsky.social & @pamherd.bsky.social do a deep dive. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-trumps...
@jbarofsky.bsky.social & @pamherd.bsky.social do a deep dive. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-trumps...
How Trump’s Big Bad Bill Will Kill Americans
What research tells us about how Trump policies are bad for your health
donmoynihan.substack.com
July 21, 2025 at 2:37 PM
If you had a sense that kicking people off of Medicaid would be bad for their health, that is only scratching the surface of how bad Trump's policies will be for public health in America.
@jbarofsky.bsky.social & @pamherd.bsky.social do a deep dive. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-trumps...
@jbarofsky.bsky.social & @pamherd.bsky.social do a deep dive. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-trumps...
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@truesdale.bsky.social and I were happy to have @washingtonpost.com highlight our thoughts on Medicaid work requirements. There is even more cause for concern now the bill has become law. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Analysis | Democrats try to flip the script on red tape
In today’s edition … Trump’s new fiction about gas prices ... Democrats are already publicly angling in the 2028 presidential fight.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 10, 2025 at 8:21 PM
@truesdale.bsky.social and I were happy to have @washingtonpost.com highlight our thoughts on Medicaid work requirements. There is even more cause for concern now the bill has become law. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
If you've written a dissertation about work, employment, unemployment, social insurance, or labor markets, you've already done the work -- now submit to the Upjohn Institute Dissertation Award! Open to all disciplines.
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSky #PolicySky
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSky #PolicySky
We welcome submissions for the 2025 Dissertation Award, given to the best Ph.D. dissertation on employment-related issues. The award furthers the Upjohn Institute mission to support and conduct policy-relevant research on issues related to employment, unemployment and social insurance programs.
Dissertation Award | Upjohn Institute
www.upjohn.org
July 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
If you've written a dissertation about work, employment, unemployment, social insurance, or labor markets, you've already done the work -- now submit to the Upjohn Institute Dissertation Award! Open to all disciplines.
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSky #PolicySky
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSky #PolicySky
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I see a lot of room for optimism here.
Not even the majority of Republicans are in favor of this bill. Opposition to the bill rises the more people learn about it. Tax cuts for people making above $200k have scant support, same with money for immigrant detention centers.
wapo.st/4efAykY
Not even the majority of Republicans are in favor of this bill. Opposition to the bill rises the more people learn about it. Tax cuts for people making above $200k have scant support, same with money for immigrant detention centers.
wapo.st/4efAykY
GOP budget bill faces nearly 2-to-1 opposition with many unaware: Poll
A plurality of voters oppose the sweeping tax-and-spending legislation, with mixed opinions on specific provisions, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll conducted earlier this month.
wapo.st
June 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I see a lot of room for optimism here.
Not even the majority of Republicans are in favor of this bill. Opposition to the bill rises the more people learn about it. Tax cuts for people making above $200k have scant support, same with money for immigrant detention centers.
wapo.st/4efAykY
Not even the majority of Republicans are in favor of this bill. Opposition to the bill rises the more people learn about it. Tax cuts for people making above $200k have scant support, same with money for immigrant detention centers.
wapo.st/4efAykY
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This searchable map of No Kings marches to join on Saturday is impressively crowded:
www.nokings.org#map
www.nokings.org#map
June 13, 2025 at 1:21 AM
This searchable map of No Kings marches to join on Saturday is impressively crowded:
www.nokings.org#map
www.nokings.org#map
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On the left: Bill Clinton’s 1993 deficit reduction bill - taxed the rich and gave to the poor
On the right: Donald Trump’s 2025 deficit increase bill - takes from the poor and gives most to the rich
On the right: Donald Trump’s 2025 deficit increase bill - takes from the poor and gives most to the rich
June 13, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Savings from slashing science and medical research and firing government employees are not even detectable on the proposed budget compared to extending tax cuts and slashing Medicaid, food for the poor
June 4, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Savings from slashing science and medical research and firing government employees are not even detectable on the proposed budget compared to extending tax cuts and slashing Medicaid, food for the poor
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We're thrilled to announce three outstanding researchers are joining the Upjohn Institute:
Chloe Gibbs @chloergibbs.bsky.social and Monique Davis @monique-e-davis.bsky.social in August
and Ethan Jenkins June 2.
Welcome!
#laboreconomics #econsky
Chloe Gibbs @chloergibbs.bsky.social and Monique Davis @monique-e-davis.bsky.social in August
and Ethan Jenkins June 2.
Welcome!
#laboreconomics #econsky
May 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
We're thrilled to announce three outstanding researchers are joining the Upjohn Institute:
Chloe Gibbs @chloergibbs.bsky.social and Monique Davis @monique-e-davis.bsky.social in August
and Ethan Jenkins June 2.
Welcome!
#laboreconomics #econsky
Chloe Gibbs @chloergibbs.bsky.social and Monique Davis @monique-e-davis.bsky.social in August
and Ethan Jenkins June 2.
Welcome!
#laboreconomics #econsky
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I wish journalists would stop framing political news as wins or losses for politicians or political parties. It’s an abrogation of our mission. Why do we keep doing this? Is the spending bill a win or loss for the American people? Who does it help? Who does it hurt? Is it sound policy? Fiscally?
May 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I wish journalists would stop framing political news as wins or losses for politicians or political parties. It’s an abrogation of our mission. Why do we keep doing this? Is the spending bill a win or loss for the American people? Who does it help? Who does it hurt? Is it sound policy? Fiscally?
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My argument is, in the absence of being able to perfectly retro-cast - let alone forecast! - Dems ought to aim for doing what they think is normatively good and right, which includes being pro-redistribution & pro-small-d-democracy and especially aiming to include more people in electoral politics.
May 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
My argument is, in the absence of being able to perfectly retro-cast - let alone forecast! - Dems ought to aim for doing what they think is normatively good and right, which includes being pro-redistribution & pro-small-d-democracy and especially aiming to include more people in electoral politics.
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A huge problem with the way we discuss politics is that polite society abhors words like “racist” as impolite slurs rather than viewing them as analytical terms - which is why we are constantly asked to please not call those pursuing a political project of re-segregation racists or segregationists.
When I wrote that these folks were segregationists, the response from some quarters was that I was exaggerating or missing the bigger picture.
But they are literally segregationists and increasingly open about that fact.
But they are literally segregationists and increasingly open about that fact.
Some Republicans Push to Put School Desegregation Officially in the Past
www.nytimes.com
May 16, 2025 at 2:49 PM
A huge problem with the way we discuss politics is that polite society abhors words like “racist” as impolite slurs rather than viewing them as analytical terms - which is why we are constantly asked to please not call those pursuing a political project of re-segregation racists or segregationists.
Because I study older workers, I had six months of phone calls from media asking if Biden was too old.
What I said then: this is about competence, not age. Biden's and Trump's previous actions in office tell you everything you need to know.
Maybe that's why none of those reporters quoted me 🤔
What I said then: this is about competence, not age. Biden's and Trump's previous actions in office tell you everything you need to know.
Maybe that's why none of those reporters quoted me 🤔
if a liberal fox existed this morning
"Questions swirl about Trump mental decline after unhinged attacks on Taylor Swift, and the Boss. Our panel up next."
"Trump grocery garble: Do we need the 25th amendment or is the president just an out of touch elitist? Special report after this."
"Questions swirl about Trump mental decline after unhinged attacks on Taylor Swift, and the Boss. Our panel up next."
"Trump grocery garble: Do we need the 25th amendment or is the president just an out of touch elitist? Special report after this."
May 16, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Because I study older workers, I had six months of phone calls from media asking if Biden was too old.
What I said then: this is about competence, not age. Biden's and Trump's previous actions in office tell you everything you need to know.
Maybe that's why none of those reporters quoted me 🤔
What I said then: this is about competence, not age. Biden's and Trump's previous actions in office tell you everything you need to know.
Maybe that's why none of those reporters quoted me 🤔