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Alex Hertel-Fernandez
@awhf.bsky.social
Columbia SIPA professor studying labor policy, politics of policy design, and political economy. Co-director of Consortium on American Political Economy & Columbia Labor Lab. Former Biden-Harris Department of Labor and Office of Management and Budget.
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How do we rebuild trust in government to achieve equitable economic growth? 
 
Panelists @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, @dongravesjr.bsky.social, Sheri Berman of @columbiauniversity.bsky.social, and @matt-tuerk.bsky.social discuss alongside NYT reporter and moderator @lydiadepillis.bsky.social.
November 10, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Lots more to say, but CONGRATS to @rooseveltinstitute.org and the authors on a really comprehensive and sober stock taking! 7/7
October 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The second lesson is about the lack of grappling with a radicalized conservative / MAGA movement. If there had been more preparation for the challenges policies were likely more face, the administration might have designed policies differently, with faster implementation less reliant on courts. 6/
October 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
One ex from labor: union members who reported deeper engagement with their local about the federal government were more aware of the Biden labor agenda and more likely to feel they benefited from the agenda, and to support Harris. But many members weren’t engaged by their locals. 5/
October 28, 2025 at 12:07 PM