Christian E. Weller

Christian Weller

@profcew.bsky.social

9.9K followers 2.6K following 2.6K posts

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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Christian Weller @profcew.bsky.social · 1d

He's a fan

Christian Weller @profcew.bsky.social · 1d

There probably is a woman in marketing who thought "let's see how much I can mock the men around me without losing my job". This has to be trolling

Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 1d

@cwolbrecht.bsky.social bat signal

Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 2d

what fresh hell is this on the streets of brooklyn?

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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 1d

@cwolbrecht.bsky.social bat signal

Philip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 2d

what fresh hell is this on the streets of brooklyn?

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, Christian E. Weller, Jacob T. Levy

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d

This is sad on so many levels — about something that was intended to celebrate the best in people.

@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...

Reposted by Christian E. Weller, Anders Nilsson, Kevin Carey

Toussaint Egan @thesaintoftous.bsky.social · 2d

I saw this video of a Vietnam vet in the fur coat yelling at ICE and thought to myself, "this is missing something," before I realized, "Ah, of course, the Ether instrumental. It's so obvious."

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 2d

US construction job growth has ground to a practical halt over the last year, with the country losing jobs in homebuilding as the number of units under construction declines, while nonresidential job growth slowed significantly

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 5d

“.. The president’s desire is different than the industry’s. And the White House would have known that if they had communicated with the industry prior to the operation on Saturday.”

@cnn.com 🇻🇪 #OOTT
www.cnn.com/2026/01/05/b...

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 6d

#FundSocSci

Steven Klein @stevenklein.bsky.social · 6d

Want to come spend two years in the UK working on a research project? Come to KCL on British Academy International Fellowship. Guidance for our internal selection process available here: www.kcl.ac.uk/research/fun... happy to chat about it

Fellowships for Early Career Researchers | King's College London

Join a vibrant, dynamic community of postdoctoral and early career researchers

www.kcl.ac.uk

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Kate Aronoff @katearonoff.bsky.social · 8d

The US produces >13 mn barrels of oil per day. Venezuela produces <1 million bpd

There's a global oil glut i.e. lower prices. That's bad for US producers, who need higher prices to break even. Hard to imagine they're eager to make big new investments in an unstable place w/ decrepit infrastructure

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Ken Caldeira, Tom Clark , and 12 more Brendan Nyhan, Ken Caldeira, Tom Clark, Iain Davidson, Rosemary A. Joyce, Christian E. Weller, Alison Phipps, Sanford F. Schram, W. Andy Knight, Gerald Friedman, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Bessma Momani, Els Torreele, Federico Finchelstein, Ann Bartow

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 8d

Moulton: "When we had briefings on Venezuela, we asked, 'Are you going to invade the country?' We were told no. 'Do you plan to put troops on the ground?' We were told no. 'Do you intend regime change in VZ?' We were told no. So in a sense, we have been briefed, we've just been completely lied to"

Christian Weller @profcew.bsky.social · 8d

@sethmoulton.bsky.social, when will you condemn the attacks on Venezuela? What actions will you take to hold the admin accountable?

Christian Weller @profcew.bsky.social · 8d

Solidarity

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Brett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 8d

Alright I'm gonna post an obnoxiously cute duck, given the news.

Then put my phone in another room and listen to calm music till I fall asleep. Solidarity ♥️ 🪶

A duckling flapping their wings in a lake

Christian Weller @profcew.bsky.social · 9d

You rock! Happy New Year to you. Wishing you all the best for the future (not just 2026).

Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Christian E. Weller, Joshua Goodman , and 8 more Caroline Krafft, Christian E. Weller, Joshua Goodman, Miles Corak, Trevon D. Logan, Robert C. Richards, Aaron Sojourner, Scott A. Imberman, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Georg Weizsäcker, Peter Bergman

Ben Casselman @bencasselman.bsky.social · 9d

Heading to Philadelphia for the #ASSA2026. Presenting research you think our readers would be interested in? Working on something you think I should know about? Reach out here or by any of the ways linked in my bio: www.nytimes.com/by/ben-casse... #EconSky

Ben Casselman

Ben Casselman is the chief economics correspondent for The Times. He has reported on the economy for nearly 20 years.

www.nytimes.com

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 9d

Trump is golfing and literally shopping for marble today while nearly two weeks in to vacationing at his private club but okay

Fox News chyron: "WH KICKS OF 2026 W/ FOCUS ON AMERICANS' FINANCES"

Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 9d

What does it mean when your doctors keep insisting you redo the cognitive exam

Christian Weller @profcew.bsky.social · 10d

My city‘s elementary schools have rates between 92% and 100%— pretty reassuring. Can’t imagine living in a community without herd immunity.

Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 10d

5 million-plus kindergartners now live in counties where schools don’t have “herd immunity” for measles, Washington Post reporters found.

WaPo also built a tool to look up your own county.

Exceptional, and alarming work by @laurenweberhp.bsky.social @caitlingilbert.bsky.social et al.

(Gift link.)

U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.

Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.

wapo.st

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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 10d

OPINION: "True to form, Vice President JD Vance—whose disdain for his Appalachian roots is hard to miss—described a court ruling ordering the Trump administration to restore SNAP funding 'absurd,'" Kevin Howley writes.

buff.ly/6yJY4zd

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 10d

Every one of these deals exceeds the severity of the Clinton Foundation and Hunter Biden controversies by orders of magnitude. And there are already dozens, probably hundreds.

Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 10d

Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches

An illustrated guide of the first year of profiteering.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches (Gift Article)

The president, his family and some of their closest associates have engaged in a sprawling campaign of deals that stretches across industries and the globe.

www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Christian E. Weller, Nathan P. Kalmoe

Celeste Headlee @celesteheadlee.bsky.social · 10d

Whitehouse: "They’re being given a benefit and those benefits seem only to be going towards groups that are affiliated with Trump and Maga. It’s basically a direct way to use this public facility to put money into the pockets of groups that are allied.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

‘Their first instinct was to loot’: how Trump’s acolytes are plundering the Kennedy Center

Sheldon Whitehouse, an ex officio member of the Kennedy Center board, remains undeterred and determined to press on with his investigation

www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Brendan Nyhan, Christian E. Weller, Robert C. Richards , and 5 more Brendan Nyhan, Christian E. Weller, Robert C. Richards, Aaron Sojourner, Els Torreele, David C. Kimball, Dana R. Fisher, Susan Strasser

Eric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 10d

Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches

An illustrated guide of the first year of profiteering.

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Trump’s Tangled Web of Deal-Making, Policy and Riches (Gift Article)

The president, his family and some of their closest associates have engaged in a sprawling campaign of deals that stretches across industries and the globe.

www.nytimes.com

Reposted by Peter Thorne, Brendan Nyhan, Andrew Yool , and 10 more Peter Thorne, Brendan Nyhan, Andrew Yool, Rosemary A. Joyce, Simon Otjes, Christian E. Weller, Andrew Jacobs, Amy W. Ando, Jack Stilgoe, Simon Lester, Aviel Roshwald, Jesse D. Berman, François Guesnet

Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 10d

A List of Predictions Made in 1926 About 2026

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Reposted by Nicholas A. Christakis, Christian E. Weller, Trevon D. Logan , and 4 more Nicholas A. Christakis, Christian E. Weller, Trevon D. Logan, Scott A. Imberman, Daryl Adair, Mark Rice, David Darmofal

Dan Diamond @ddiamond.bsky.social · 10d

U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands.

Take a look to see what the kindergarten measles vaccination rates are in your area.

wapo.st

Christian Weller @profcew.bsky.social · 11d

Very cool

Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 11d

As 2026 approaches a happy new year's toast to you all with this marvellous 4th century Roman cage-cup, which bears an inscription, a toast that reads:

BIBE MULTIS ANNIS - Drink for many years!

Cheers and here's to a far better year in 2026! 🥂

#NewYear2026 🍀

A close-up of a cage cup. It comprises an inner, translucent glass beaker and an outer decorative shell. The shell, affixed to the beaker via short stems or shanks, features circles at its body and an inscription at its top.

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Larry Levitt @larrylevitt.bsky.social · 11d

The end of ACA enhanced premium tax credits, and an average out-of-pocket premium increase of 114% for 22 million people, has been hypothetical. Now it is real.

Christian Weller @profcew.bsky.social · 11d

But at lest billionaires got a tax cut paid for with health care cuts and tariffs.

NPR @npr.org · 11d

Tariffs, inflation, and other federal policies have battered U.S. farmers' bottom lines. Now many farmers say the expiration of federal health care subsidies will make their coverage unaffordable. n.pr/44SZfA5