emily murphy eisner (they/them)
emmurpheis.bsky.social
emily murphy eisner (they/them)
@emmurpheis.bsky.social
phd economist, currently working for the Fiscal Policy Institute in NY
these things are called bloops and that's final

www.emilymurphyeisner.com
This is Chuck Schumer's fault
October 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
disappointing update
September 29, 2025 at 7:27 PM
sometimes neoclassical theory gets your ass
September 17, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Importantly, our estimates of the funding cuts are *much* higher than the State has announced. We explain why in the two reports.

Report 1: fiscalpolicy.org/the-state-is...

Report 2: fiscalpolicy.org/making-sense...
July 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Today, @nyfiscalpolicy.bsky.social is releasing two reports on how to understand the impact of federal funding cuts in New York.

Key points: 1) the cuts amount to over $20bn annually by 2030, 2) 1.5 million NYers will lose healthcare, 3) FPI advises a special session to remedy (1) and (2).
July 25, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Analysis from me and Michael Kinnucan at @nyfiscalpolicy.bsky.social showed that New York could lose 215k jobs due to medicaid cuts coming from the house bill... the senate bill is an even more severe cut for NY ie. more jobs lost.

fiscalpolicy.org/new-york-emp...
July 1, 2025 at 7:27 PM
New York stand stands to lose a lot in this budget bill. @nyfiscalpolicy.bsky.social has written about job loss, healthcare access, food assistance, and economic harm.
July 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
New York enacted budget reallocates school funding away from NYC and towards rest of state. Research from @asperry.bsky.social at @nyfiscalpolicy.bsky.social .
May 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
caption contest:
May 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
wtf
May 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Immediately when I saw this headline from @nytimes.com I said to myself "there is no way this is an actual deal" and of course it isn't but that doesn't stop NYT from consistently putting out idiotic headlines that mis-convey trump as doing actual policy
May 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
An earlier article has this line about expiring grants and covid funding. i don't really understand the "flat enrollment" issue? would be nice to understand the public financing that's going on, especially as it relates to housing in the area

@berkeleyside.org

www.berkeleyside.org/2025/02/28/b...
May 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
I wrote a little post about how NY's economy might already be in stagflation due to the unreasonably and increasing cost of housing.

fiscalpolicy.org/has-new-york...
May 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Looks like NY will pay off its UI debt!
May 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Okay, but I need to just say that this quote is quite wrong. A rent freeze would be more like putting $600 per YEAR back in tenant's pockets. You would have to pay $6,000/month and experience a 10% increase in rent for the freeze to create a $600 monthly benefit.

@gothamist.com
May 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
New Op-Ed for me and Nathan Gusdorf of @nyfiscalpolicy.bsky.social in the NY Daily News today:

"Albany Must Prep for Federal Cuts"

NY policymakers must reject tax cuts and the irresponsible "inflation refund" and instead invest in real affordability for New Yorkers.
April 27, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Loving the snarky reporting by @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social
April 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
This is an ad I saw for the gym Equinox. I feel like i'm in a nightmare society -- futurist version of the stepford wives. Equinox brainwashing me to commit to being a hot robot woman.

is this appealing to people? it looks fucking scary.
April 24, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Ummm.. what? This is an insane interpretation of this piece. It is very clearly comparing Trump to Hitler. Any other interpretation makes it unfunny.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
April 23, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New York Public Library asking for funding support from public.
April 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
update: she might know actually
April 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Interesting perspective from Dudley -- dose of realism maybe?

www.ft.com/content/7329...
April 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
ignorance is bliss
April 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Maybe this is wishful thinking, but I really hope people start to realize that politics and policy is not all vibes.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...
April 16, 2025 at 6:12 PM
We need a close reading of this text. Is the white space symbolic of land use? Or is he trying simply trying to reach the level of detail and specificity demonstrated in Klein and Thompson's "Abundance"?
April 15, 2025 at 7:44 PM