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Christian Weller
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Economist at UMass Boston and Center for American Progress; focus on racial wealth inequality, retirement savings and economic policy. Center on data driven policy development. Skeets are all my own opinions.

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Brett "Solidarity 2025" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 55m
Most of my life has been rage, bitterness, and exhaustion. It's good to have been able to find a place near the end of the Earth to slow down and chill.

I hope you can find that near the end of wherever you are.

In the meantime, enjoy tonight's pelican festival 🪶

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Elizabeth Neswald @octobeth.bsky.social · 1d
Today in marine invertebrates
a nativity scene made up of little lobsters in a lobster trap. The three wise men are lobsters, the shepherds are lobsters, Mary, Joseph and the baby Jesus in the cradle are lobsters, the cow and donkey are lobsters. Well, lobster-like. No legs or anything. Pretty rough lobster renderings. Also bright red.

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 1d
David J. Bier: Just 5% of people detained by ICE since Oct 1 have had violent criminal convictions, 3/4 had no criminal convictions at all. Most "criminals" had immigration, traffic, and vice offenses. Not the "worst of the worst"...

Reposted by Christian E. Weller, Miles Corak, Aaron Sojourner

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Daron Acemoglu @dacemoglumit.bsky.social · 1d
I joined @utopiaspodcast.bsky.social for a conversation on Ramesh's podcast Utopias with Dr. Ramesh Srinivasan. We discussed the power of Big Tech, the dangers and opportunities of AI, and much more. Listen to our full conversation here: www.buzzsprout.com/2272465/epis....
25. Daron Acemoglu - Utopias with Dr. Ramesh Srinivasan
Daron Acemoglu is an acclaimed economist, author, and professor at MIT. In 2024, he received the Nobel Prize in Economics and the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences. His research focuses on ...
www.buzzsprout.com

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Adam Bonin @adambonin.bsky.social · 2d
Wanna know how bad the Arizona legislator's petition forgeries were? Here's the examples from the Austin Smith indictment.

s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...

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Frankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.social · 2d
I just bookmarked the Cheetah Cub Cam, this is the fucking cutest
Cheetah Cub Cam
The Cheetah Cub Cam streams live from the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia.
nationalzoo.si.edu

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 2d
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*

The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
carlquintanilla.bsky.social Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d
Bye bye, “DOGE”.

It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.

@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 3d
Coincidentally just saw this
Elizabeth Warren on Instagram: "Private equity is looting our malls, doctors' offices, and nursing homes. Heck, you name it, and private equity has probably already bought it. Their scheme spares...
Private equity firms have a history of buying out small businesses, loading them with debt, and stripping their assets. This leaves thousands of workers without jobs and communities devastated. In thi...
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Christian Weller @profcew.bsky.social · 3d
The labor market slowdown is real, showing up in declining manufacturing hiring, struggling older workers, among others.
dianeswonk.bsky.social Diane Swonk @dianeswonk.bsky.social · 5d
Payrolls jump more than expected 119,000 in September, but hiring over the summer was revised down even further. Gains in the service sector - healthcare and social assistance and leisure and hospitality accounted for nearly all of those gains. Construction also added jobs to build data centers.

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 3d
Affordability whiplash
Political cartoons of the week /1

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Guy Berger @econberger.bsky.social · 4d
The Indeed job postings data shows no acceleration in the pace of job market cooling through mid-November - if anything, there's a very small ongoing deceleration (i.e. cooling more slowly)

[Consistent with the claims data]

Reposted by Christian E. Weller, Edgar Morgenroth, Valerie Mueller

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Tatyana Deryugina @tderyugina.bsky.social · 4d
Hey, #EconSky job candidates & their advisors! My group at the UofI is hiring, looking for an environmental/public applied economist.

If you haven't applied already, now is a great time to do so!

www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....
American Economic Association: JOE Listings - August 1, 2025 - January 31, 2026
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Christian Weller @profcew.bsky.social · 5d
Making morning coffee, BBQ beef and candy a lot more expensive will do that. (Those are the food items with the three highest inflation rates).

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Christian Weller @profcew.bsky.social · 5d
The cold and dreary days and holidays are coming. My need for coffee and chocolate is going up. But, not at these prices. Coffee is up by about 20% and candy by about 10% from a year earlier (in September). Happy holidays, I guess.

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Brendan Duke @brendanvduke.bsky.social · 5d
The typical joke is that they don’t have a health care plan and they’ll never have one.

But they do and it passed last July: taking away four people’s health care to pay for a tax cut for one millionaire family.
Chart showing one $80k tax cut for a millionaire family is the equivalent of taking health insurance away from four people and reducing benefits from many others.

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Christian Weller @profcew.bsky.social · 5d
Yeah, he just asks others to carry out the violence.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d
JD Vance on the same morning Trump calls for execution of elected Democrats: "He's not a violent person:"

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Christian Weller @profcew.bsky.social · 5d
Coming out in two weeks.
volts.wtf David Roberts @volts.wtf · 5d
Aaaaaaaaalmost done ...
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d
JD Vance: "I think that we have a great healthcare plan coming together."

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 5d
Aaaaaaaaalmost done ...
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d
JD Vance: "I think that we have a great healthcare plan coming together."

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 5d
JD Vance on the same morning Trump calls for execution of elected Democrats: "He's not a violent person:"

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Diane Swonk @dianeswonk.bsky.social · 5d
Payrolls jump more than expected 119,000 in September, but hiring over the summer was revised down even further. Gains in the service sector - healthcare and social assistance and leisure and hospitality accounted for nearly all of those gains. Construction also added jobs to build data centers.

Reposted by Christian E. Weller, Christopher Peters

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 5d
The President has put tariffs on the whole economy in an effort to revive manufacturing.

It's not working.

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Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon) @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social · 6d
How awful. This is outright health disinformation, lying to the American people. Not only is there massive evidence showing no link between vaccines & autism, there’s not even a plausible mechanism based on what we’ve learned about the genetics of autism, some environmental exposures in pregnancy
sherylnyt.bsky.social Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 6d
HEADS UP: CDC website now officially asserts that vaccines may cause autism.“Studies supporting a link have been ignored by health authorities.” Also says the “vaccines do not cause autism” header remains b/c of an agreement with Cassidy.

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Christian Weller @profcew.bsky.social · 6d
Made me laugh.

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Christian Weller @profcew.bsky.social · 6d
I only know about Lake Havazu because the cop in "Falling Down" is about to retire there.

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Beau @runningsignal.com · 6d
Births + Immigration - Retirees - Deaths = Labor force growth.

Current status:

Births - 📉
immigration - 🔻
retirees - ↗️
Life expectancy - ↘️

Without immigrants we have a negative growth rate thru 2040

Another banger from the San Francisco Fed: www.frbsf.org/research-and...

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Christian Weller @profcew.bsky.social · 6d
Nice write up of our panel #GlobeSummit2025 at boston.com www.boston.com/news/busines...
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Christian Weller @profcew.bsky.social · 6d
Great event with a very inspiring discussion. Mass is doing well, but needs to prepare for future with more education, focus on growth industries and emphasis on equity.
amrithfp.bsky.social Amrith Fernandes Prabhu @amrithfp.bsky.social · 6d
@profcew.bsky.social at the #GlobeSummit2025: Reviving the middle class is a policy choice- through good jobs, high wages, and strong benefits. And expanding paths to wealth, savings, and homeownership. Protecting people from shocks is good policy. @bostonglobe.com @mccormackgradatumb.bsky.social

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Amrith Fernandes Prabhu @amrithfp.bsky.social · 6d
@profcew.bsky.social at the #GlobeSummit2025: Reviving the middle class is a policy choice- through good jobs, high wages, and strong benefits. And expanding paths to wealth, savings, and homeownership. Protecting people from shocks is good policy. @bostonglobe.com @mccormackgradatumb.bsky.social

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Amrith Fernandes Prabhu @amrithfp.bsky.social · 6d
We know that wealth is deeply unequal... by race, education, and region, and these gaps aren’t accidental. They’re the result of centuries of unequal policy choices. To truly build a middle class in, policy must center equity @bostonglobe.com #GlobeSummit2025 @mccormackgradatumb.bsky.social

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Amrith Fernandes Prabhu @amrithfp.bsky.social · 6d
Income pays the bills. Wealth creates security. @bostonglobe.com #GlobeSummit2025 @mccormackgradatumb.bsky.social