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I look forward to returning to Franklin & Marshall College to give the Will Lyons Memorial Lecture on Thursday, Oct 9.

Happy 62nd Bday to the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom!
The most pro worker policy is also the best alternative to the NAIRU. The Job Guarantee ends precarious work and unemployment, improves state budgets, controls demand driven inflation, &more share.google/1SaM1CqYkhCa...

Many of us rely on BLS data daily. Their frequency and methods are crucial for our work. I'm pleased to welcome ex-BLS Commissioner Erika McEntarfer (BardCollege alumna '95) to @levyecon.bsky.social for a discussion on why data and measurement matter—for policy, markets, & our own lives. 1/3

The surge in imports is not the main reason for the recent decline in GDP. The principal cause was a contraction in government spending.
An narrow focus on trade will miss the true magnitude of the incoming recession.
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I'm delighted to welcome Rep @rokhanna.bsky.social to the @levyecon.bsky.social conference, Jun 16. With his unique background in economics and public service, Ro will discuss what it would take to bring economic empowerment to American families.
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India's rural Job Guarantee continues to demonstrate that an open-ended program will behave countercyclically
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The country HAD turned red. Democrats are now losing suburban voters and getting smaller share of the urban vote. The Democratic presidents who had sweeping support across the nation had also offered ambitious vision and agenda for economic security: FDR’s New Deal & LBJ’s Great Society. 6/x

Yet, as I showed in my earlier Policy Note note and we elaborate on in this Policy Brief, voters are more progressive than either party gives them credit for. 5/x
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Trump was the beneficiary of a long-term retreat of the working classes from the Democratic party: a process that was accelerated during the neoliberal era & especially the economic devastation from the 2008 crisis.
We review the warning signs during Obama's reelection & thereafter 2/x

During #SOTU2025, Trump argued that the country had turned red (overwhelmingly voting Republican), as if he’d read the @levyecon.bsky.social Brief we issued yesterday, co-authored by myself and L. Randall Wray
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Except his win was narrow by historical standards🧵 1/x

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Are we all Keynesians again? Robert Skidelsky and I think not. Despite bold Covid-related fiscal measures, the most important lessons from Keynes have yet to be learned.

Stay tuned for our Levy Institute podcast release.

I'm delighted to welcome back my friend and colleague Lord Robert Skidelsky to Bard College.

Tune in tomorrow to hear his keynote on his most recent book The Machine Age
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My take on the economics behind the election.

New Levy Institute policy note
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