Dilek Sayedahmed
@dileksay2.substack.com
Market Design Economist gone rogue | Senior Economic Policy Advisor at WAGE & EIC ✨ One of those academic types who prefers books over people✌🏾 Elaine Benes of economics 🫡 une montréalaise économiste qui fait des choses.
https://dileksay2.substack.com
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Just some thoughts from an immigrant economist gal wrapping up this historic election season. It really shouldn’t come as a surprise. The rhetoric of the center-left in the U.S. has been, as usual, frustrating.
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
I am very proud of our new publication:
Nonprofit Funding Reimagined: Global Lessons for Driving Impact and Resilience
| Social Innovations Journal
socialinnovationsjournal.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I am very proud of our new publication:
When Power Confuses Equity for a Threat
When Power Confuses Equity for a Threat
Last week, I was in New York City sitting with two Jewish leaders, talking through the polarization tearing through the Jewish community.
open.substack.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:00 AM
When Power Confuses Equity for a Threat
So proud of this paper, folks!
We did it!
🥳
In this paper, Maryam and I traverse examples from five countries across the Global South and North that our social finance ecosystem in Canada can learn from and tweak for our local context, particularly financing nonprofits and the social economy.
We did it!
🥳
In this paper, Maryam and I traverse examples from five countries across the Global South and North that our social finance ecosystem in Canada can learn from and tweak for our local context, particularly financing nonprofits and the social economy.
View of Nonprofit Funding Reimagined: Global Lessons for Driving Impact and Resilience
socialinnovationsjournal.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:55 PM
So proud of this paper, folks!
We did it!
🥳
In this paper, Maryam and I traverse examples from five countries across the Global South and North that our social finance ecosystem in Canada can learn from and tweak for our local context, particularly financing nonprofits and the social economy.
We did it!
🥳
In this paper, Maryam and I traverse examples from five countries across the Global South and North that our social finance ecosystem in Canada can learn from and tweak for our local context, particularly financing nonprofits and the social economy.
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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There is a whole underworld of exploited workers who make up the foundation of digital tech. We talk about content moderators, but content farms are also very exploitative industries where moderately educated people with reasonable English skills in the global majority are used to push content.
It may be hard to believe, but Twitter was once a useful public space instead of a weird monetization scheme for racist ragebait chatbots.
the last 24 hours on X, summed up:
November 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
There is a whole underworld of exploited workers who make up the foundation of digital tech. We talk about content moderators, but content farms are also very exploitative industries where moderately educated people with reasonable English skills in the global majority are used to push content.
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we are going to win
Today there was an attempted ICE raid in Bensonhurst & community members showed up. Even though NYPD collaborated with ICE by trying to disburse the crowd; community members stood their ground & ICE left without kidnapping a single person per the rapid response groups I'm on. We protect us!
November 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
we are going to win
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Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Remember: The richest 1% evade over $160 billion in taxes every year.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
That amount would fund SNAP for a year with money to spare.
Ask yourself who the real freeloaders are.
This was a spectacular read centered on a super vital question.
'Instead of “How are our attitudes being reflected in TV and film?” I think the better question is “How is pop culture attempting to shape and mold attitudes?”' -- @ninametz.bsky.social
The hollowness of Hollywood’s rich people stories
TV and film of the moment aren't going to galvanize anyone. But stories closer to home just might.
buttondown.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
This was a spectacular read centered on a super vital question.
Alright, folks, I admit, I am one of those women who ruined the workplace.
You're welcome?
You're welcome?
November 14, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Alright, folks, I admit, I am one of those women who ruined the workplace.
You're welcome?
You're welcome?
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This is imperative. Required. These young girls were lured, trafficked and raped to be passed around as sex slaves to wealthy and powerful men and silenced in terror
But what alarms me in all this is how the girls who were victimized by these men are largely forgotten. I want us to find ways of centering them in the discourse.
November 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
This is imperative. Required. These young girls were lured, trafficked and raped to be passed around as sex slaves to wealthy and powerful men and silenced in terror
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More than a dozen Israeli soldiers spoke to ITV for their new documentary Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War, about how their army’s two-year campaign in Gaza involved shooting unarmed Palestinians en masse, using teenagers as human shields, and flattening entire neighborhoods without pretext of...
November 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
More than a dozen Israeli soldiers spoke to ITV for their new documentary Breaking Ranks: Inside Israel’s War, about how their army’s two-year campaign in Gaza involved shooting unarmed Palestinians en masse, using teenagers as human shields, and flattening entire neighborhoods without pretext of...
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South Africa's military occupation and effective colonization of "southwest Africa" (contemporary Namibia) also has some parallels with the current situation in the West Bank
November 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
South Africa's military occupation and effective colonization of "southwest Africa" (contemporary Namibia) also has some parallels with the current situation in the West Bank
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“Israel exists. Palestine doesn’t. And so I always wonder why nobody asks me why Palestine doesn’t have a right to exist.” - Abdul el-Sayed, candidate for Senate in Michigan.
November 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
“Israel exists. Palestine doesn’t. And so I always wonder why nobody asks me why Palestine doesn’t have a right to exist.” - Abdul el-Sayed, candidate for Senate in Michigan.
Today I’m reminded yet again that it’s not what you write, but how you write it, that makes the difference. That how part tho drains my sweet little scarce precious brain power.
Hot damn, communication is hard.
Anywho, bon mercredi tout le monde from my pile of journal deadlines!
Hot damn, communication is hard.
Anywho, bon mercredi tout le monde from my pile of journal deadlines!
a woman sitting at a desk with her hands on her head and the words seinfeld hulu on the bottom right
ALT: a woman sitting at a desk with her hands on her head and the words seinfeld hulu on the bottom right
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Today I’m reminded yet again that it’s not what you write, but how you write it, that makes the difference. That how part tho drains my sweet little scarce precious brain power.
Hot damn, communication is hard.
Anywho, bon mercredi tout le monde from my pile of journal deadlines!
Hot damn, communication is hard.
Anywho, bon mercredi tout le monde from my pile of journal deadlines!
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Gavazzeni claimed “many, many, many Italians” were alleged to have been involved, without providing a figure. “There were Germans, French, English … people from all western countries who paid large sums of money to be taken there to shoot civilians.”
“There were no political or religious motivations. They were rich people who went there for fun and personal satisfaction. We are talking about people who love guns who perhaps go to shooting ranges or on safari in Africa.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
November 12, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Gavazzeni claimed “many, many, many Italians” were alleged to have been involved, without providing a figure. “There were Germans, French, English … people from all western countries who paid large sums of money to be taken there to shoot civilians.”
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Whistleblower Israeli soldiers describe killing unarmed Palestinians as they ‘demolish’ Gaza www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
Whistleblower Israeli soldiers describe killing unarmed Palestinians in Gaza
IDF soldiers tell how they use teenage Palestinians as human shields in Gaza and have left the enclave a ‘zombie apocalypse’
www.independent.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Whistleblower Israeli soldiers describe killing unarmed Palestinians as they ‘demolish’ Gaza www.independent.co.uk/news/world/m...
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In the name of "fighting antisemitism," Indiana University appointed a Christian scholar to tell Jewish scholars what they can and cannot say - all while they invited Tucker Carlson to speak on campus. www.jta.org/2025/11/07/u...
In Indiana, a vaunted Jewish studies program is upended by red-state politics over Israel and speech - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
A leadership shakeup, a defunded graduate student and political pressure from above have turned a storied program into a flashpoint for Trump-era campus politics.
www.jta.org
November 8, 2025 at 3:22 AM
In the name of "fighting antisemitism," Indiana University appointed a Christian scholar to tell Jewish scholars what they can and cannot say - all while they invited Tucker Carlson to speak on campus. www.jta.org/2025/11/07/u...
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November 12, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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The days of thanking veterans today and forgetting them tomorrow has to come to an end.
November 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
The days of thanking veterans today and forgetting them tomorrow has to come to an end.
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Bari Weiss is literally eliminating standards at CBS. If there was a unit called "Actual Journalism" she would cut that too.
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Bari Weiss is literally eliminating standards at CBS. If there was a unit called "Actual Journalism" she would cut that too.
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"But one fact remains and that’s if you're dead, it doesn't matter which leader 6,000 miles away never knew your name, never knew your story."
www.thedial.world/articles/new...
I wrote this last year during the worst days of the war. Much of it still applies.
www.thedial.world/articles/new...
I wrote this last year during the worst days of the war. Much of it still applies.
“They Are Liars” — The Dial
Israel’s attacks in Beirut, and American complicity in them, has confirmed for many Lebanese how little they matter to the United States.
www.thedial.world
November 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
"But one fact remains and that’s if you're dead, it doesn't matter which leader 6,000 miles away never knew your name, never knew your story."
www.thedial.world/articles/new...
I wrote this last year during the worst days of the war. Much of it still applies.
www.thedial.world/articles/new...
I wrote this last year during the worst days of the war. Much of it still applies.
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reading Mary Oliver is like a hug.
I hope this one finds you gently, dear reader.
I hope this one finds you gently, dear reader.
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
reading Mary Oliver is like a hug.
I hope this one finds you gently, dear reader.
I hope this one finds you gently, dear reader.
America gets way too much attention on this. Canada deserves some too. Since the budget mtgs took place recently & I'm still lividly boiling. Plus, I'm moody today for other reasons. Voilà. It is good to have this around. A fun little activity: compare these net worths to the recent budget figures
The Rich List - Macleans.ca
There's a new billionaire topping our list this year. Here are Canada's 40 wealthiest people—and how they made their money.
macleans.ca
November 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
America gets way too much attention on this. Canada deserves some too. Since the budget mtgs took place recently & I'm still lividly boiling. Plus, I'm moody today for other reasons. Voilà. It is good to have this around. A fun little activity: compare these net worths to the recent budget figures