Associate Prof. of Economics @utaustin. Director http://learningcollider.org. @NBERpubs affiliate. Co-Chair @mit @jpal edtech. Schmidt Futures Innovation Fellow. www.peter-bergman.com.
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Trump II systematically using "community arrests" (ICE arrests on the street, workplace, in the community, etc) and not targeting immigrants w/ criminal convictions
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Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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“How a $30 Billion Welfare Program Became a ‘Slush Fund’ for States”
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Dr. Sandy Darity is one the top experts on the racial wealth gap for Black Americans. Alongside Dr. Kristen Mullen, they find that giving every Black American a direct payment of $267,000 would help close the racial wealth gap. #blacksky
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A: The Bad Bunny concert kicks off around 8:00 or 8:30 p.m., but there will be pre-concert entertainment starting at 6:30 p.m. from one group called the “New England Patriots” and another called the “Seattle Seahawks.”
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While Trump is busy allying with Putin, Tymofiy is out in the cold working for his students and his country.
I will match all donations to KSE, up to $1K total (link below).
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Trump promises Schumer funding for NY tunnel project if Penn Station and Dulles Airport are renamed after him
The startling offer, which was described by two people familiar with the conversation, was swiftly rejected by Schumer.
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Thrilled to see EFP Takeaways' excellent summary of this, one of my best-titled papers ("Kumon In").
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I'm not a huge Don Lemon fan, but this is totalitarian nonsense meant to threaten anyone who reports on the regime's horrors.
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I review all of the studies and data that I can find and try to provide a synthesis.
A disagreement emerges: micro studies find positive benefits but these benefits are yet to show up in the macro data.
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