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Look at this graph.
The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.
This is why we must build back union power.
The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.
This is why we must build back union power.
August 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Look at this graph.
The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.
This is why we must build back union power.
The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.
This is why we must build back union power.
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Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
August 31, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
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New rule. A parent may only propose removing a book from the school library only after reading it in its entirety and delivering a book report to the librarian. Until then no discussion shall be entered into.
August 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
New rule. A parent may only propose removing a book from the school library only after reading it in its entirety and delivering a book report to the librarian. Until then no discussion shall be entered into.
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Just a random reminder that trickle-down economics was invented by conservatives in the 1980s to justify massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It’s been nothing short of a disaster.
August 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Just a random reminder that trickle-down economics was invented by conservatives in the 1980s to justify massive tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations. It’s been nothing short of a disaster.
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Recently accepted by #QJE, “Investor Memory and Biased Beliefs: Evidence from the Field,” by Jiang, Liu, Peng, and Yan: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Investor Memory and Biased Beliefs: Evidence from the Field*
Abstract. We survey a large, representative sample of retail investors in China to elicit their memories of stock market investments and their return expec
doi.org
August 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Investor Memory and Biased Beliefs: Evidence from the Field,” by Jiang, Liu, Peng, and Yan: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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Recently accepted by #QJE, “Insurance Versus Moral Hazard in Income-Contingent Student Loan Repayment,” by Tim de Silva (@timdesilva.me): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Insurance Versus Moral Hazard in Income-Contingent Student Loan Repayment*
Abstract. Student loans with income-contingent repayment insure borrowers against income risk but can reduce their incentives to earn more. Using a change
doi.org
August 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Insurance Versus Moral Hazard in Income-Contingent Student Loan Repayment,” by Tim de Silva (@timdesilva.me): doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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They do this cause they know the bill is terrible for their states & districts. So they post a tweet opposing it, then fold right after. That way, come election time, they can claim they “fought it.”
99% of the time, that fight was complete BS.
99% of the time, that fight was complete BS.
June 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM
They do this cause they know the bill is terrible for their states & districts. So they post a tweet opposing it, then fold right after. That way, come election time, they can claim they “fought it.”
99% of the time, that fight was complete BS.
99% of the time, that fight was complete BS.
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Merkley had a pretty effective day.
Or will have, if you make this go viral.
Or will have, if you make this go viral.
MERKLEY: How do you feel about being responsible for hundreds of thousands of kids dying because of your sudden interruption in these key programs?
VOUGHT: I reject the assertion
MERKLEY: I find your response both ignorant & callous. Few Americans have had a more devastating & disastrous impact
VOUGHT: I reject the assertion
MERKLEY: I find your response both ignorant & callous. Few Americans have had a more devastating & disastrous impact
June 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Merkley had a pretty effective day.
Or will have, if you make this go viral.
Or will have, if you make this go viral.
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Copyrighted books are fair use for AI training, federal judge rules in Anthropic case
Copyrighted books are fair use for AI training, federal judge rules in Anthropic case
Copyrighted books can be used to train artificial intelligence models without authors’ consent, a federal judge ruled Monday — a major victory for Anthropic.
www.latimes.com
June 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Copyrighted books are fair use for AI training, federal judge rules in Anthropic case
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There it is, in a nutshell.
April 29, 2025 at 12:10 AM
There it is, in a nutshell.
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There was a flurry of news about tariffs. It passed. The real consequences will hit US consumers around Memorial Day. Important then to remind everyone of cause and effect.
April 28, 2025 at 7:23 PM
There was a flurry of news about tariffs. It passed. The real consequences will hit US consumers around Memorial Day. Important then to remind everyone of cause and effect.
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For a sincere Catholic, having the frail, elderly Pope drag himself back from the brink of death to summon you to his office for remedial catechism would result in guilt so powerful that they would have to invent new physics to sound its depths.
April 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
For a sincere Catholic, having the frail, elderly Pope drag himself back from the brink of death to summon you to his office for remedial catechism would result in guilt so powerful that they would have to invent new physics to sound its depths.
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To prevent deer from being hit by cars Finland has tried using reflective paint. (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/avoid-deer-strikes-finland-painting-deer-antlers-reflective-paint-180949792/)
File this under "solutions to modern problems that summon the old gods."
File this under "solutions to modern problems that summon the old gods."
April 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
To prevent deer from being hit by cars Finland has tried using reflective paint. (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/avoid-deer-strikes-finland-painting-deer-antlers-reflective-paint-180949792/)
File this under "solutions to modern problems that summon the old gods."
File this under "solutions to modern problems that summon the old gods."
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going to start calling myself a centrist and then listing all my leftist views as proof, just going to start moving the overton window by force
March 31, 2025 at 12:37 PM
going to start calling myself a centrist and then listing all my leftist views as proof, just going to start moving the overton window by force
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Hey, so it's National Library Week. You're going to see a lot of calls to get a library card and check out books. All well and good. But I'm going to ask you to do something a little more supportive: speak up.
April 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Hey, so it's National Library Week. You're going to see a lot of calls to get a library card and check out books. All well and good. But I'm going to ask you to do something a little more supportive: speak up.
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Next thing you know Jewish physicists will be leaving Germany well before 1939
When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.
March 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Next thing you know Jewish physicists will be leaving Germany well before 1939
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Because of the pay gap, women have lost out on more than $60 trillion in wages since 1967.
Yes, trillion.
On an hourly basis, women were paid 18.0% less on average than men in 2024.
We must ensure fair wages for all.
Yes, trillion.
On an hourly basis, women were paid 18.0% less on average than men in 2024.
We must ensure fair wages for all.
March 25, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Because of the pay gap, women have lost out on more than $60 trillion in wages since 1967.
Yes, trillion.
On an hourly basis, women were paid 18.0% less on average than men in 2024.
We must ensure fair wages for all.
Yes, trillion.
On an hourly basis, women were paid 18.0% less on average than men in 2024.
We must ensure fair wages for all.
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Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
March 22, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Tucson, Arizona today.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
Original projected attendance was 3,000 people.
23,000 showed up.
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"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” —FDR, 1944
March 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
"True individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.” —FDR, 1944
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We just wanted to take a moment to thank all our new supporters! Tomorrow, there will be more of us!
March 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
We just wanted to take a moment to thank all our new supporters! Tomorrow, there will be more of us!
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I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.
March 17, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I know this first hand. When I was a child, my entire community was branded as spies and sabateurs, justifying our internment inside barbed wire camps for years without due process, trial or charge.
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The Brexit campaign was a great example of how stupid the false equivalency nonsense of the BBC is. An economist with decades of experience in his field explaining the possible economic consequences of Brexit, put up against some rambling drunkard picked from a random pub.
March 17, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The Brexit campaign was a great example of how stupid the false equivalency nonsense of the BBC is. An economist with decades of experience in his field explaining the possible economic consequences of Brexit, put up against some rambling drunkard picked from a random pub.
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Once you establish that people can be punished because the administration doesn't like their speech, expanding the bounds of who can be treated that way becomes inevitable.
March 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Once you establish that people can be punished because the administration doesn't like their speech, expanding the bounds of who can be treated that way becomes inevitable.