David Weil
@profsheenalives.bsky.social
Professor of Social Policy and Economics, Heller School for Social Policy, Brandeis University and Visiting Professor, Harvard Kennedy School. Dum Spiro Spero.
Remember that the lowest quartile of the income distribution grew faster than the top quartile during the Biden administration (meaning decreased inequality)? Guess what is happening now? Yep. We are back to widening earnings gap. Just in time for the holidays...
October 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Remember that the lowest quartile of the income distribution grew faster than the top quartile during the Biden administration (meaning decreased inequality)? Guess what is happening now? Yep. We are back to widening earnings gap. Just in time for the holidays...
This analysis by the Yale Budget Lab says it all: Here are the distributional effects of proposed Republican House budget bill. Can you say "regressive taxation" with me?
March 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
This analysis by the Yale Budget Lab says it all: Here are the distributional effects of proposed Republican House budget bill. Can you say "regressive taxation" with me?
And speaking of deliberately harming working people: Trump signs an Executive Order rescinding the $15 minimum wage requirement for federal contractors enacted by President Biden and upheld by the courts. Trump's mantra: Make Working People Poor Again.
March 18, 2025 at 3:11 PM
And speaking of deliberately harming working people: Trump signs an Executive Order rescinding the $15 minimum wage requirement for federal contractors enacted by President Biden and upheld by the courts. Trump's mantra: Make Working People Poor Again.
Eliminating the FMCS is yet another statement of contempt for worker voice and the law of the land. The Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) has it right:
March 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Eliminating the FMCS is yet another statement of contempt for worker voice and the law of the land. The Labor and Employment Relations Association (LERA) has it right:
This is the definition of a self-inflicted wound.
March 10, 2025 at 8:28 PM
This is the definition of a self-inflicted wound.
Same story: Someone could make a fortune off insider knowledge of tariff plans...Check out volatility from March 3 to March 5.
March 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Same story: Someone could make a fortune off insider knowledge of tariff plans...Check out volatility from March 3 to March 5.
Has anyone looked into whether billionaire insiders made a fortune taking positions on auto stock options knowing that the administration would impose 25% tariffs on March 3 with "no room for delay" and then same tariffs were delayed on March 5?
March 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Has anyone looked into whether billionaire insiders made a fortune taking positions on auto stock options knowing that the administration would impose 25% tariffs on March 3 with "no room for delay" and then same tariffs were delayed on March 5?