Gopi Shah Goda
@gsgoda.bsky.social
Senior Fellow and Director, Retirement Security Project @Brookings. Previously: Research Associate @NBER, Senior Fellow @SIEPR, Biden-Harris Council of Economic Advisers. Passionate about connecting research to policy.
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· Dec 2
Subsidizing Medical Spending through the Tax Code: Take-Up, Targeting and the Cost of Claiming
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Hi #EconSky! 🚨New working paper alert!🚨
One way the U.S. gov’t subsidizes medical spending is by allowing certain expenses to be deducted on tax returns. But who is eligible, who claims it and why, and what are the implications?
www.nber.org/papers/w33213
Keep reading to learn more...! 1/
One way the U.S. gov’t subsidizes medical spending is by allowing certain expenses to be deducted on tax returns. But who is eligible, who claims it and why, and what are the implications?
www.nber.org/papers/w33213
Keep reading to learn more...! 1/
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The new Trump administration is now making an unprecedented effort to PREVENT science from informing policy.
For many years, these committees of outside, independent scientists advised federal statistical agencies on best methods.
Administration says we don't want that.
bsky.app/profile/eric...
For many years, these committees of outside, independent scientists advised federal statistical agencies on best methods.
Administration says we don't want that.
bsky.app/profile/eric...
R.I.P. #DUAC & #BLSTAC. The Labor Sec. just terminated BLS’s 2 remaining advisory committees. Members got notice today (3/19/25). See attached text.
#FESAC, which served #BLS, BEA & Census jointly, was axed on 3/4/25.
@stevepierson123.bsky.social @aaronsojourner.org
#FESAC, which served #BLS, BEA & Census jointly, was axed on 3/4/25.
@stevepierson123.bsky.social @aaronsojourner.org
March 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The new Trump administration is now making an unprecedented effort to PREVENT science from informing policy.
For many years, these committees of outside, independent scientists advised federal statistical agencies on best methods.
Administration says we don't want that.
bsky.app/profile/eric...
For many years, these committees of outside, independent scientists advised federal statistical agencies on best methods.
Administration says we don't want that.
bsky.app/profile/eric...
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Good to see the FT editorial draw attention to this less well known casualty of the US regime - official statistics
on.ft.com/43Tejhn
on.ft.com/43Tejhn
The White House war on federal statistics
Economists and scientists worry over disappearing data and advisory groups
on.ft.com
March 19, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Good to see the FT editorial draw attention to this less well known casualty of the US regime - official statistics
on.ft.com/43Tejhn
on.ft.com/43Tejhn
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Hi Bluesky! We’re The Hamilton Project.
We produce research and proposals on some of our nation’s most pressing economic policy challenges, from economic security and growth to climate and health care.
#EconSky @brookings.edu
We produce research and proposals on some of our nation’s most pressing economic policy challenges, from economic security and growth to climate and health care.
#EconSky @brookings.edu
The Hamilton Project
The Hamilton Project produces evidence-based policy proposals and analyses to promote broad-based economic growth.
www.hamiltonproject.org
February 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Hi Bluesky! We’re The Hamilton Project.
We produce research and proposals on some of our nation’s most pressing economic policy challenges, from economic security and growth to climate and health care.
#EconSky @brookings.edu
We produce research and proposals on some of our nation’s most pressing economic policy challenges, from economic security and growth to climate and health care.
#EconSky @brookings.edu
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Happy ERP day! The 2025 Economic Report of the President is out now! Chapters cover a wide range of topics incl. remote work and K-12 ed - be sure to check it out. I'm presenting the health policy chapter at Brookings next Wed, links below #econsky #healthpolicy
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The 2025 Economic Report of the President | CEA | The White House
Today, the Council of Economic Advisers under the leadership of Chair Jared Bernstein released the 2025 Economic Report of the President, the 79th report since the establishment of CEA in 1946. The 20...
www.whitehouse.gov
January 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Happy ERP day! The 2025 Economic Report of the President is out now! Chapters cover a wide range of topics incl. remote work and K-12 ed - be sure to check it out. I'm presenting the health policy chapter at Brookings next Wed, links below #econsky #healthpolicy
www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-...
www.whitehouse.gov/cea/written-...
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Thanks @bencasselman.bsky.social for this thoughtful examination of the relationship between economists & policymaking today, including voices of @jasonfurman.bsky.social @kclausing.bsky.social @imarinescu.bsky.social @jrothst.bsky.social me & many others.
#EconSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/b...
#EconSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/b...
Economists Are in the Wilderness. Can They Find a Way Back to Influence?
Economists have long helped to shape policy on issues like taxes and health care. But flawed forecasts and arcane language have cost them credibility.
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Thanks @bencasselman.bsky.social for this thoughtful examination of the relationship between economists & policymaking today, including voices of @jasonfurman.bsky.social @kclausing.bsky.social @imarinescu.bsky.social @jrothst.bsky.social me & many others.
#EconSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/b...
#EconSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/b...
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Today in @briefingbook.bsky.social, @fkamal.bsky.social, Erica Groshen, @jrothst.bsky.social, @victoriaudalova.bsky.social, @jedkolko.bsky.social, @gsgoda.bsky.social, @awhf.bsky.social, @chloergibbs.bsky.social, and I flag issues to watch as the admin changes www.briefingbook.info/p/quick-hits...
Quick hits: Policies to think about as the administration changes
Trade, civil service protections, Medicaid waivers, retirement security, the Paperwork Reduction Act, and more
www.briefingbook.info
December 2, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Today in @briefingbook.bsky.social, @fkamal.bsky.social, Erica Groshen, @jrothst.bsky.social, @victoriaudalova.bsky.social, @jedkolko.bsky.social, @gsgoda.bsky.social, @awhf.bsky.social, @chloergibbs.bsky.social, and I flag issues to watch as the admin changes www.briefingbook.info/p/quick-hits...
Hi #EconSky! 🚨New working paper alert!🚨
One way the U.S. gov’t subsidizes medical spending is by allowing certain expenses to be deducted on tax returns. But who is eligible, who claims it and why, and what are the implications?
www.nber.org/papers/w33213
Keep reading to learn more...! 1/
One way the U.S. gov’t subsidizes medical spending is by allowing certain expenses to be deducted on tax returns. But who is eligible, who claims it and why, and what are the implications?
www.nber.org/papers/w33213
Keep reading to learn more...! 1/
Subsidizing Medical Spending through the Tax Code: Take-Up, Targeting and the Cost of Claiming
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
www.nber.org
December 2, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Hi #EconSky! 🚨New working paper alert!🚨
One way the U.S. gov’t subsidizes medical spending is by allowing certain expenses to be deducted on tax returns. But who is eligible, who claims it and why, and what are the implications?
www.nber.org/papers/w33213
Keep reading to learn more...! 1/
One way the U.S. gov’t subsidizes medical spending is by allowing certain expenses to be deducted on tax returns. But who is eligible, who claims it and why, and what are the implications?
www.nber.org/papers/w33213
Keep reading to learn more...! 1/
Follow my Brookings Economist colleagues! go.bsky.app/7vNczgp
November 20, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Follow my Brookings Economist colleagues! go.bsky.app/7vNczgp
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There are way more people around here these days, so this might be a good time to reintroduce @briefingbook.bsky.social. We want to give you the kind of analysis we did as economic policy staffers at the White House. Here's our first post from last September. www.briefingbook.info/p/welcome-to...
Welcome to Briefing Book
The kind of analysis policymakers get, right in your inbox
www.briefingbook.info
November 18, 2024 at 2:55 PM
There are way more people around here these days, so this might be a good time to reintroduce @briefingbook.bsky.social. We want to give you the kind of analysis we did as economic policy staffers at the White House. Here's our first post from last September. www.briefingbook.info/p/welcome-to...
It was great to write this post with my wonderful collaborator @chvanhoutven.bsky.social -- my first piece for Brookings!
The brilliant @gsgoda.bsky.social and I wrote a piece evaluating the Harris-Walz proposal to expand Medicare home care coverage.
www.brookings.edu/articles/exp...
#EconSky #HealthPolicy
Tell us what you think!
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#EconSky #HealthPolicy
Tell us what you think!
Expanding in-home care coverage is a needed evolution of Medicare
www.brookings.edu
October 28, 2024 at 8:04 PM
It was great to write this post with my wonderful collaborator @chvanhoutven.bsky.social -- my first piece for Brookings!
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The effect of online interviews in the University of Michigan Survey of Consumer Sentiment open.substack.com/pub/briefing...
The effect of online interviews on the University of Michigan Survey of Consumer Sentiment
Negativity among online respondents is dragging sentiment down by nearly 9 index points
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October 22, 2024 at 11:20 AM
The effect of online interviews in the University of Michigan Survey of Consumer Sentiment open.substack.com/pub/briefing...
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I seek an incoming PhD Student to work with me & 2 other Duke faculty on aging, disability, equity, complex care, long-term care-full funding. A tailored program that builds rigorous causal inference skills and multiple research opportunities. #healthpolicy populationhealth.duke.edu/education/ph...
PhD in Population Health Sciences | Duke Department of Population Health Sciences
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September 16, 2024 at 3:29 PM
I seek an incoming PhD Student to work with me & 2 other Duke faculty on aging, disability, equity, complex care, long-term care-full funding. A tailored program that builds rigorous causal inference skills and multiple research opportunities. #healthpolicy populationhealth.duke.edu/education/ph...
It's been great to be a part of @briefingbook.bsky.social and watch it grow over the last year! Thanks to all of our readers and contributors for helping us bring economic policy analysis to a broader audience. #EconSky
Congrats to @kevinrinz.bsky.social, @gsgoda.bsky.social, Wes Yin, and Jeff Zhang on the one-year anniversary of Briefing Book.
Briefing Book is a tremendous public service and well deserving of its rapid subscriber growth.
(You should sign up if you haven't.)
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Briefing Book is a tremendous public service and well deserving of its rapid subscriber growth.
(You should sign up if you haven't.)
open.substack.com/pub/briefing...
Briefing Book is one year old!
Celebrating a year of posting
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September 16, 2024 at 12:24 PM
It's been great to be a part of @briefingbook.bsky.social and watch it grow over the last year! Thanks to all of our readers and contributors for helping us bring economic policy analysis to a broader audience. #EconSky
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Lots of new followers here since last week - you should also subscribe to @briefingbook.bsky.social, the economic policy newsletter I run with @gsgoda.bsky.social, Jeff Zhang, and Wes Yin. It’s good, I promise! www.briefingbook.info
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The economic analysis policymakers get, from their expert former staffers. Click to read Briefing Book, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.
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August 19, 2024 at 3:01 PM
Lots of new followers here since last week - you should also subscribe to @briefingbook.bsky.social, the economic policy newsletter I run with @gsgoda.bsky.social, Jeff Zhang, and Wes Yin. It’s good, I promise! www.briefingbook.info
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Today in Briefing Book, @aaronsojourner.org's debut, with @gsgoda.bsky.social, on how to strengthen the direct care workforce www.briefingbook.info/p/how-can-we...
How can we strengthen the direct care workforce?
Policymakers have a wide range of policy levers available to address direct care worker shortages.
www.briefingbook.info
December 18, 2023 at 1:52 PM
Today in Briefing Book, @aaronsojourner.org's debut, with @gsgoda.bsky.social, on how to strengthen the direct care workforce www.briefingbook.info/p/how-can-we...
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Noah Kaufman makes his Briefing Book debut today, highlighting important ways in which updated guidance from OMB will improve our understanding of the effects of climate-related regulations 📈📉 www.briefingbook.info/p/the-new-ci...
The new Circular A-4 will avoid biased climate economic analysis
An update to the influential US government guidelines encourages economic analysis tailored to the unique aspects of climate change and the energy transition
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November 21, 2023 at 1:26 PM
Noah Kaufman makes his Briefing Book debut today, highlighting important ways in which updated guidance from OMB will improve our understanding of the effects of climate-related regulations 📈📉 www.briefingbook.info/p/the-new-ci...
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Update to this thread:
Thanks to generous support from multiple donors, fellowships will be (competitively) available to support PhD students interested in participating in CBO’s dissertation fellows program or similar programs at other Congressional support agencies.
Thanks to generous support from multiple donors, fellowships will be (competitively) available to support PhD students interested in participating in CBO’s dissertation fellows program or similar programs at other Congressional support agencies.
If you are a PhD student who is passionate about applying economic policy research to make the world a better place, please consider applying to this CBO dissertation fellows program for academic year 2024-25: phg.tbe.taleo.net/phg03/ats/ca...
November 16, 2023 at 3:54 AM
Update to this thread:
Thanks to generous support from multiple donors, fellowships will be (competitively) available to support PhD students interested in participating in CBO’s dissertation fellows program or similar programs at other Congressional support agencies.
Thanks to generous support from multiple donors, fellowships will be (competitively) available to support PhD students interested in participating in CBO’s dissertation fellows program or similar programs at other Congressional support agencies.
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More bonus Briefing Book content this morning from Ryan Cummings and @nealemahoney.bsky.social: excessively harsh assessment of the economy by Republicans accounts for 30% of the gap between current consumer sentiment and what fundamentals would predict www.briefingbook.info/p/asymmetric...
Asymmetric amplification and the consumer sentiment gap
How excess Republican partisanship contributes to the gap between economic fundamentals and consumer views on the economy
www.briefingbook.info
November 13, 2023 at 2:45 PM
More bonus Briefing Book content this morning from Ryan Cummings and @nealemahoney.bsky.social: excessively harsh assessment of the economy by Republicans accounts for 30% of the gap between current consumer sentiment and what fundamentals would predict www.briefingbook.info/p/asymmetric...
It was a lot of fun sitting down with @marthagimbel.bsky.social and Cardiff Garcia to chat about the Council of Economic Advisers on the New Bazaar!
shows.acast.com/the-new-baza...
shows.acast.com/the-new-baza...
A glimpse inside Biden’s CEA | The New Bazaar
A weekly conversation on how the economy shapes our lives
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November 12, 2023 at 10:32 PM
It was a lot of fun sitting down with @marthagimbel.bsky.social and Cardiff Garcia to chat about the Council of Economic Advisers on the New Bazaar!
shows.acast.com/the-new-baza...
shows.acast.com/the-new-baza...
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The White House Council of Economic Advisers is hiring for multiple roles.
GREAT GREAT opportunities for U.S. citizens interested in economic policy.
Can't recommend them strongly enough. 📉📈
- Staff economists, PhD students on leave from PhD for a year...
www.whitehouse.gov/cea/work-for...
GREAT GREAT opportunities for U.S. citizens interested in economic policy.
Can't recommend them strongly enough. 📉📈
- Staff economists, PhD students on leave from PhD for a year...
www.whitehouse.gov/cea/work-for...
Staff Economist | CEA | The White House
The Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) is currently recruiting Staff Economists for the upcoming academic year (starting in summer of 2024). The CEA provides the President with objective economic anal...
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October 30, 2023 at 4:39 PM
The White House Council of Economic Advisers is hiring for multiple roles.
GREAT GREAT opportunities for U.S. citizens interested in economic policy.
Can't recommend them strongly enough. 📉📈
- Staff economists, PhD students on leave from PhD for a year...
www.whitehouse.gov/cea/work-for...
GREAT GREAT opportunities for U.S. citizens interested in economic policy.
Can't recommend them strongly enough. 📉📈
- Staff economists, PhD students on leave from PhD for a year...
www.whitehouse.gov/cea/work-for...
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If you are a PhD student who is passionate about applying economic policy research to make the world a better place, please consider applying to this CBO dissertation fellows program for academic year 2024-25: phg.tbe.taleo.net/phg03/ats/ca...
October 30, 2023 at 10:04 PM
If you are a PhD student who is passionate about applying economic policy research to make the world a better place, please consider applying to this CBO dissertation fellows program for academic year 2024-25: phg.tbe.taleo.net/phg03/ats/ca...
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I’m back in Briefing Book this morning, talking about the data we need to make good labor policy and hours to get it open.substack.com/pub/briefing...
Limiting abusive employment practices requires new data
Understanding who does what at work is critical for effective overtime, worker classification policy
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October 26, 2023 at 12:23 PM
I’m back in Briefing Book this morning, talking about the data we need to make good labor policy and hours to get it open.substack.com/pub/briefing...
Proud to share my first Briefing Book post, out today. @kevinrinz.bsky.social summarizes it nicely here 👇
New from @gsgoda.bsky.social today in Briefing Book: an aging population presents several challenges, but there are things policymakers can do now to start addressing them 📈📉 www.briefingbook.info/p/how-can-so...
How can societies prepare for an aging population?
Actions now can help turn the tide and mitigate the economic impacts of population aging
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October 12, 2023 at 2:20 PM
Proud to share my first Briefing Book post, out today. @kevinrinz.bsky.social summarizes it nicely here 👇
Check out the latest post in Briefing Book, a collaboration among economists with research and policy experience that aims to help its readers develop informed views about economic policy issues.
And: subscribe now to get regular posts in your inbox!
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And: subscribe now to get regular posts in your inbox!
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Out this morning in Briefing Book, Jeff Zhang and Dan Awrey run down the systemic issues in bank regulation and supervision that were laid bare by the SVB failure www.briefingbook.info/p/anatomy-of...
Anatomy of a banking crisis
Silicon Valley Bank's failure highlighted weaknesses throughout the regulatory system
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September 28, 2023 at 4:05 PM
Check out the latest post in Briefing Book, a collaboration among economists with research and policy experience that aims to help its readers develop informed views about economic policy issues.
And: subscribe now to get regular posts in your inbox!
www.briefingbook.info
And: subscribe now to get regular posts in your inbox!
www.briefingbook.info
Thanks for the warm welcome! Glad to be here.
📉📈 Stanford Institute for Economic & Policy Research senior fellow, former CEA senior economist, my 4X coauthor, & all around econ superstar Gopi Shah Goda is here! Welcome, @gsgoda.bsky.social!
September 25, 2023 at 3:24 AM
Thanks for the warm welcome! Glad to be here.