Steven Pressman
@stevenpressman.bsky.social
Economics Professor, New School for Social Research; Emeritus Professor of Economics & Finance, Monmouth University; contributor to Washington Spectator; former editor, Review of Political Economy; author/editor of many books, including 50 Major Economists
He also doesn't understand the basic idea of insurance. Hard to believe that @rogermarshall.bsky.social is doctor and that he got to be a Senator.
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 11:49 PM
He also doesn't understand the basic idea of insurance. Hard to believe that @rogermarshall.bsky.social is doctor and that he got to be a Senator.
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Will Trump achieve the REP DREAM AND FINALLY KILL SS?
"Social Security is clearly in Trump’s crosshairs. He is not just breaking a campaign promise not 2 touch Social Security, he seems 2 be engineering its funeral"
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Will Trump achieve the REP DREAM AND FINALLY KILL SS?
"Social Security is clearly in Trump’s crosshairs. He is not just breaking a campaign promise not 2 touch Social Security, he seems 2 be engineering its funeral"
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Signs of Danger Ahead for Social Security | Washington Spectator
George Bernard Shaw quipped that if you lined up every economist, they would never reach a conclusion. Pshaw has always been my response to this. In August Donald Trump decisively proved Shaw wrong.
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October 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Will Trump achieve the REP DREAM AND FINALLY KILL SS?
"Social Security is clearly in Trump’s crosshairs. He is not just breaking a campaign promise not 2 touch Social Security, he seems 2 be engineering its funeral"
@washspectator.bsky.social
@stevenpressman.bsky.social
Will Trump achieve the REP DREAM AND FINALLY KILL SS?
"Social Security is clearly in Trump’s crosshairs. He is not just breaking a campaign promise not 2 touch Social Security, he seems 2 be engineering its funeral"
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@orion thanks for sharing my @washspectator.bsky.social piece on #socialsecurity
My most recent publication in the @washspectator.bsky.social on how #Trump is seeking to kill #SocialSecurity by destroying data and accumulating power over independent institutions. Enjoy. washingtonspectator.org/signs-of-dan...
Signs of Danger Ahead for Social Security | Washington Spectator
George Bernard Shaw quipped that if you lined up every economist, they would never reach a conclusion. Pshaw has always been my response to this. In August Donald Trump decisively proved Shaw wrong.
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November 1, 2025 at 1:39 AM
@orion thanks for sharing my @washspectator.bsky.social piece on #socialsecurity
My most recent publication in the @washspectator.bsky.social on how #Trump is seeking to kill #SocialSecurity by destroying data and accumulating power over independent institutions. Enjoy. washingtonspectator.org/signs-of-dan...
Signs of Danger Ahead for Social Security | Washington Spectator
George Bernard Shaw quipped that if you lined up every economist, they would never reach a conclusion. Pshaw has always been my response to this. In August Donald Trump decisively proved Shaw wrong.
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October 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
My most recent publication in the @washspectator.bsky.social on how #Trump is seeking to kill #SocialSecurity by destroying data and accumulating power over independent institutions. Enjoy. washingtonspectator.org/signs-of-dan...
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Read Websters is adding thousands of new words
If it doesn't, it should include:
Trump Appointed Judge
Definition: NOT BOUND TO ANY LAWS - APPOINTED TO CONFIRM WHATEVER TRUMP'S WHIMS ARE
Read Websters is adding thousands of new words
If it doesn't, it should include:
Trump Appointed Judge
Definition: NOT BOUND TO ANY LAWS - APPOINTED TO CONFIRM WHATEVER TRUMP'S WHIMS ARE
Stephen Miller Says Judge's Decision To Stop Deployment of Troops Is 'Legal Insurrection'
Protests against ICE raids have escalated in Portland over the last few weeks, but a federal judge said they're not enough to deploy the National Guard.
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October 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Read Websters is adding thousands of new words
If it doesn't, it should include:
Trump Appointed Judge
Definition: NOT BOUND TO ANY LAWS - APPOINTED TO CONFIRM WHATEVER TRUMP'S WHIMS ARE
Read Websters is adding thousands of new words
If it doesn't, it should include:
Trump Appointed Judge
Definition: NOT BOUND TO ANY LAWS - APPOINTED TO CONFIRM WHATEVER TRUMP'S WHIMS ARE
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Call for papers from Erasmus Journal of Philosophy and Economics: Special Issue on the 250th Anniversary of The Wealth of Nations www.ejpe.org/journal/anno...
Special Issue: 250th Anniversary of The Wealth of Nations
| Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics
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September 15, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Call for papers from Erasmus Journal of Philosophy and Economics: Special Issue on the 250th Anniversary of The Wealth of Nations www.ejpe.org/journal/anno...
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An incredible philosophy/political economy faculty job opening at Tulane! philjobs.org/job/show/29538
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Political Economy, Tulane University
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Political Economy, Tulane University
An international database of jobs for philosophers
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September 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
An incredible philosophy/political economy faculty job opening at Tulane! philjobs.org/job/show/29538
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Eichengreen: "I was Lisa Cook's PhD dissertation supervisor here at UC Berkeley in 1997. I know nothing about mortgage documentation. But I think I do know quite a bit about the character of the individual here. I know Lisa to be careful and ethical."
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Talking With Barry Eichengreen
Crises, the dollar and more
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August 31, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Eichengreen: "I was Lisa Cook's PhD dissertation supervisor here at UC Berkeley in 1997. I know nothing about mortgage documentation. But I think I do know quite a bit about the character of the individual here. I know Lisa to be careful and ethical."
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My latest piece in @washspectator.bsky.social on Trump's tax bill. #bigbadbill #biguglybill #econsky @fayhallam.bsky.social @nssrnews.bsky.social @hamiltonfish.com
My latest piece in @washspectator.bsky.social on Trump's tax bill. #bigbadbill #biguglybill #econsky @fayhallam.bsky.social @nssrnews.bsky.social @hamiltonfish.com
One Big Bad Bill | Washington Spectator
In only 6 months, Trump 2.0 has done more damage than in all four years of his first term. Besides his Gestapo-like ICE raids, followed by illegal incarcerations and deportations…
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August 21, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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My latest piece in @washspectator.bsky.social on Trump's tax bill. #bigbadbill #biguglybill #econsky @fayhallam.bsky.social @nssrnews.bsky.social @hamiltonfish.com
My latest piece in @washspectator.bsky.social on Trump's tax bill. #bigbadbill #biguglybill #econsky @fayhallam.bsky.social @nssrnews.bsky.social @hamiltonfish.com
My latest piece in the @washspectator.bsky.social on Trump's #bigbadbill or #biguglybill. It is available without a firewall. Enjoy!
One Big Bad Bill | Washington Spectator
In only 6 months, Trump 2.0 has done more damage than in all four years of his first term. Besides his Gestapo-like ICE raids, followed by illegal incarcerations and deportations…
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August 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
My latest piece in the @washspectator.bsky.social on Trump's #bigbadbill or #biguglybill. It is available without a firewall. Enjoy!
You will be greatly missed! Hope you keep on writing about economics. You excel at making economic ideas understandable to a general audience.
Some professional news: After more than a decade of columnizing at The Washington Post, I'm taking the buyout.
This is my last column. It is my advice to any other lucky pundits who land a perch like this -- with 11 principles I've aspired to, even if I haven't always achieved them:
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This is my last column. It is my advice to any other lucky pundits who land a perch like this -- with 11 principles I've aspired to, even if I haven't always achieved them:
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Opinion | 11 tips for becoming a columnist
Here’s my advice for handling the awesome responsibility of this job.
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July 23, 2025 at 10:25 PM
You will be greatly missed! Hope you keep on writing about economics. You excel at making economic ideas understandable to a general audience.
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JOB AD: @fbk-irvapp.bsky.social in #Trento (Italy) is looking for a #Researcher in Quantitative Public #Policy Evaluation to conduct (quasi)experimental evaluation research across different policy areas. 2Y+ contract - apply by 18/08 - Please, REPOST #EconSky LINK: jobs.fbk.eu/Annunci/Offe...
July 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
JOB AD: @fbk-irvapp.bsky.social in #Trento (Italy) is looking for a #Researcher in Quantitative Public #Policy Evaluation to conduct (quasi)experimental evaluation research across different policy areas. 2Y+ contract - apply by 18/08 - Please, REPOST #EconSky LINK: jobs.fbk.eu/Annunci/Offe...
The show can go on. If people boycott other CBS shows, and write letters of complaint, CBS may decide to recompute whether it makes sense to get rid of #Colbert
Remember Stephen Colbert, who looked at corruption and called it what it was, right up until they took his microphone away.
The show must go on, they say. But sometimes, the show just ends.
https://trib.al/UJxNi1E
The show must go on, they say. But sometimes, the show just ends.
https://trib.al/UJxNi1E
July 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The show can go on. If people boycott other CBS shows, and write letters of complaint, CBS may decide to recompute whether it makes sense to get rid of #Colbert
And journalism, like that of @nathantankus.bsky.social is a public good, something that benefits everyone and that it is cheaper and easier to provide with public support.
People who say this stuff have no idea what its like to build a media outlet from scratch. Journalism needs public money to exist in the quantities and quality that the public needs.
As more journalists are driven out of their jobs, I keep hearing this drumbeat of "it's ok -- they can start their own newsletter or publication." Some can. But becoming your own business is a huge job, and will eliminate many talented reporters from the public sphere. Here's why. (1/5)
July 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
And journalism, like that of @nathantankus.bsky.social is a public good, something that benefits everyone and that it is cheaper and easier to provide with public support.
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why did this make me laugh
July 3, 2025 at 11:31 AM
why did this make me laugh
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In the July issue of @ReviewofPE
June 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
In the July issue of @ReviewofPE
Is there a published work/paper? This looks fascinating.
Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality.
A thread on the new study written with @gatonievas.bsky.social
[A thread 1/8🧵]
A thread on the new study written with @gatonievas.bsky.social
[A thread 1/8🧵]
🚨Global economic relations have long been defined by imbalances and unequal power, not by self-correcting market forces, NEW STUDY finds.
@thomaspiketty.bsky.social & @gatonievas.bsky.social call for structural reforms to the international monetary and exchange system.
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@thomaspiketty.bsky.social & @gatonievas.bsky.social call for structural reforms to the international monetary and exchange system.
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June 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Is there a published work/paper? This looks fascinating.
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I want an alternative to Twitter to survive and thrive I think it’s important for BS to grow as a way to offset or diminish the cultural and political impact that Twitter has.
This is why I care.
This is why I care.
June 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I want an alternative to Twitter to survive and thrive I think it’s important for BS to grow as a way to offset or diminish the cultural and political impact that Twitter has.
This is why I care.
This is why I care.
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NEW PIECE: the recent court of International Trade case provides a rich history of the President's executive control of tariffs. So rich in fact, that this is just about that fascinating legal history. This is essentially a history of 20th century economic policy
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Incantations of National Emergency: The U.S. Court of International Trade Provides Crucial Historical Context
This is a free piece of Notes on the Crises. I will not be paywalling any coverage of this crisis for as long as it persists, so please take out a paid subscription to facilitate performing that publi...
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June 5, 2025 at 3:40 PM
NEW PIECE: the recent court of International Trade case provides a rich history of the President's executive control of tariffs. So rich in fact, that this is just about that fascinating legal history. This is essentially a history of 20th century economic policy
www.crisesnotes.com/incantations...
www.crisesnotes.com/incantations...
My latest paper (on #secularstagnation #piketty and #keynes) has been published online. There are 50 free views-- first come, first served. Enjoy! url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/_hSpC82rw7...
Secular Stagnation After Piketty and Keynes
Secular stagnation has a long history in economics, beginning with Quesnay and Ricardo, and followed by Mill’s argument that a stationary state was not all bad. This notion then disappeared until H...
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June 3, 2025 at 10:09 PM
My latest paper (on #secularstagnation #piketty and #keynes) has been published online. There are 50 free views-- first come, first served. Enjoy! url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/_hSpC82rw7...
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An outright lie from OMB Director Russell Vought.
June 1, 2025 at 5:59 PM
An outright lie from OMB Director Russell Vought.
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A long long time ago, in a far away galaxy... the US used to tax the rich
May 23, 2025 at 8:19 PM
A long long time ago, in a far away galaxy... the US used to tax the rich
thanks for sharing this piece of mine from the Washington Spectator
LET'S NOTSTOP TALKIING ABOUT SS!
EVERY REPUBLICAN president has tried to limit/elimate it
Remember the history....and fight for our future
Good article
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EVERY REPUBLICAN president has tried to limit/elimate it
Remember the history....and fight for our future
Good article
washingtonspectator.org/retirement-i...
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Retirement Is Up for Grabs in November | Washington Spectator
It is hard to overstate what rests on the outcome of the 2024 election. Democracy probably; reproductive rights certainly. Also at stake is the well-being of the US economy…
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May 21, 2025 at 12:25 AM
thanks for sharing this piece of mine from the Washington Spectator