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Professor of economics The Graduate Center, City University of New York Senior Scholar The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality #socialmobility #childrights #inequality #jobs #poverty #socialpolicy #cdnecon #EconSky https://milescorak.com/ .. more

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Miles Corak @milescorak.com · Nov 9

If you are interested in #inequality, how it shapes economic opportunities, and the implications for both public policy and economic research, then listen to this engaging conversation I had with Steven Durlauf, director of @ucstonecenter.bsky.social

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Miles Corak on the Great Gatsby Curve and Cross-Country Comparisons of Inequality and Mobility

Podcast Episode · The Inequality Podcast · 2024-10-07 · 50m

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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · 1d

If profits shape the energy transition we need to understand the biggest profit event this century: the 2022 oil and gas price spike.

Very happy our paper is now out in Energy Research & Social Science. Thread by lead-author @gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social 👇

Gregor Semieniuk @gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social · 1d

🚨NEW PAPER🚨
We all know the 2022 energy price shock fueled the cost of living crisis. It also caused a profit bonanza for the very rich. We show the US reaped the largest profits ($377bn) of any country. 50% went to the richest 1%, only 1% to the bottom 50%. A🧵 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

River or sankey diagram showing the allocation of profits from global oil and gas companies to quantiles of the US wealth size distribution via financial system intermediaries, such as asset managers, and categories of ultimate beneficiaries, such as business owners, pension funds and shareholders in listed companies. The scale is hundreds of billions of US dollars, and ultimately 50.4% of profits reaching the US personal wealth distribution go to the richest 1% of households.

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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 1d

Join us tonight @ 6:30p for a discussion of Mike Wallace’s acclaimed new book & his career chronicling Gotham. Res link in comments. Read the NYT review of Gotham at War: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/b...

These New Yorkers Hated Fascists Before It Was Cool

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

I'm on the slowest bus line in the city with the slowest buses in the nation to talk to New Yorkers about what it would mean for their lives if we made them fast and free.

Zohran sits on a bus talking to a rider sitting behind him.

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · 3d

In Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World, @drodrik.bsky.social presents new, practical approaches to confronting today’s most daunting global issues.

Publishing November 4. Learn more and preorder yours: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Shared Prosperity in a Fractured World: A New Economics for the Middle Class, the Global Poor, and Our Climate by Dani Rodrik. New, practical approaches to confronting today’s most daunting global issues.

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Kathryn Paige Harden @kph3k.bsky.social · 3d

My friend @lkatfield.bsky.social has a book coming out that I think is essential reading for everyone. A starred review in Publisher's Weekly called it a "formidable debut ... a meticulous and unsettling revelation of a right-wing plan for a 'new old-fashioned world.'"

Furious Minds

The story of the radical conservative intellectual movement shaping Donald Trump’s agenda—and how it threatens American freedoms, values, and democracy

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Eduardo Porter @eduardoelreportero.bsky.social · 6d

My first column for The Guardian: On Trump's attempt to take over the Fed. He's taking a page out of Nixon's playbook: www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Trump looks to Nixon’s playbook - good for him, bad for the economy?

History suggests that bullying the Fed for political gain can have serious consequences for the rest of us

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Nate Erskine-Smith @beynate.bsky.social · 8d

Double header for the #uncommonspod today, joined by Kate Robertson (senior researcher at @citizenlab.ca U of T) and Adam Sadinsky (immigration & refugee lawyer) discussing Bill C-2's implications on surveillance, cross-border data sharing, and our asylum process.

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Miles Corak @milescorak.com · 9d

Probably the best use to which a degree in economics was ever put!

Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 9d

On Sept. 30, 1958, Canadian children were treated to a new show.
It featured a giant who told them to "look up!...waaaaaay up!"
For the next 27 years, the show was a fixture on CBC and is beloved to this day.
This is the story of The Friendly Giant!

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Bob Homme as The Friendly Giant, wearing a rustic, beige tunic with brown accents, holding a small xylophone and two violins, with a colorful giraffe puppet with a harmonica and a chicken puppet on his shoulders, set against a plain blue background.

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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 9d

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The Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 10d

For many Zohran Mamdani supporters and others on the far left, the misery of the 2008 financial crisis left a lasting impression on.wsj.com/46HXLbZ

The Rise of America’s Young Socialists—From the 2008 Financial Crisis to Mamdani

For many on the forefront of the far left, the misery of the economic meltdown left a lasting impression.

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Miles Corak @milescorak.com · 10d

“… the government could devise a points system — similar to Canada’s — that would capture other desirable characteristics”

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High-Skilled Visas Have Problems. Trump’s $100,000 Fee Won’t Fix Them.

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Miles Corak @milescorak.com · 16d

This is David Leonhardt interview of Elizabeth Warren is worth a read

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/o...

Opinion | ‘The Game Is Rigged’: Elizabeth Warren on America’s Next Story

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AEA Journals @aeajournals.bsky.social · 17d

Forthcoming in the AER: "The Opportunity Atlas: Mapping the Childhood Roots of Social Mobility" by Raj Chetty, John N. Friedman, Nathaniel Hendren, Maggie R. Jones, and Sonya R. Porter. www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

The Opportunity Atlas: Mapping the Childhood Roots of Social Mobility

(Forthcoming Article) - We construct a public atlas of mean outcomes in adulthood by childhood Census tract. Outcomes vary sharply across neighborhoods: for children whose parents earn $27,000, the st...

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David Wessel @davidmwessel.bsky.social · 19d

No need to distort the data. Just don't collect it: Trump administration cancels an annual USDA survey on food insecurity. “This nonstatutory report became overly politicized ...was unnecessary to carry out the work of the Department,” a USDA spokesman said.
www.wsj.com/economy/trum...

Exclusive | Trump Administration Cancels Annual Hunger Survey

The government has been measuring food insecurity since the mid-1990s, but now says the report has become “overly politicized.”

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Miles Corak @milescorak.com · 19d

Yup, it will impact a lot of Canadians … I know that personally.

Miles Corak @milescorak.com · 23d

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/b...

The Wealth Tax Plans That Are Roiling New York and Paris

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Miles Corak @milescorak.com · 23d

“The idea that an entity as powerful as the Fed could become an arm of the current president — or frankly, any president — is terrifying.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/o...

Opinion | Here’s How Trump Takes Over the Fed

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David Wessel @davidmwessel.bsky.social · 23d

The importance of credible government economic data to business. @brookings.edu Sept. 18. 2:30 PM EDT. In-person (registration required) and livestreamed. www.brookings.edu/events/the-i...

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Miles Corak @milescorak.com · 24d

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The Newest Face of Long-Term Unemployment? The College Educated.

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Miles Corak @milescorak.com · 24d

“Leo XIV questioned the disproportionate difference in the incomes of modern CEOs and those of their workers, and challenged the extreme wealth of billionaires”

NPR @npr.org · 24d

Pope Leo XIV reflected on the legacy of Pope Francis and whether he sees himself as more U.S. American or Peruvian.

In first interview, Pope Leo XIV takes on billionaires, polarization and war

Pope Leo XIV reflected on the legacy of Pope Francis and whether he sees himself as more U.S. American or Peruvian.

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NPR @npr.org · 24d

Pope Leo XIV reflected on the legacy of Pope Francis and whether he sees himself as more U.S. American or Peruvian.

In first interview, Pope Leo XIV takes on billionaires, polarization and war

Pope Leo XIV reflected on the legacy of Pope Francis and whether he sees himself as more U.S. American or Peruvian.

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 25d

#econ_ra
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Research Assistant (Job ID: 2025-3711) in Washington, Washington, DC | Careers at 1. Resident Employee (Hybrid)

Join one of the most influential, most quoted and most trusted think tanks The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC. Our mission is to conduct in-dep...

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C. Kirabo Jackson @kirabojackson.bsky.social · 25d

It's really important to base one's conclusions on facts. Yes, data are imperfect, but they provide information that cannot simply be ignored.

Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 25d

From @economist.com

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Panel Study of Income Dynamics @umpsid.bsky.social · 25d

Did you know that, despite the pandemic, American families reported less food insecurity from 2019-2021 – even for socially disadvantaged groups? Learn more in the new publication by Elise Sheinberg, our own @ninsolera.bsky.social, & Nour Hammad, out now from @jamahealthforum.com: myumi.ch/z9yy2

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 26d

A useful (radio!) interview with Marketplace, digging into the value of economic statistics, why we know they're imperfect, that no-one has come up with less imperfect measures, the nature of the attacks on the BLS, and how bad data leads to bad outcomes.
www.marketplace.org/story/2025/0...

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Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · Sep 9

Applications are open for our postdoctoral scholars program! These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2026 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center. One is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Apply by Nov. 3!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
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Applications Are Open for Two Postdoctoral Positions at the GC CUNY Stone Center - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality

The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for an eighth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2026.

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Joshua Gans @joshgans.bsky.social · Aug 30

If AI and workers were strong complements, what would we see?, by @joshgans open.substack.com/pub/joshuaga... Does the latest data tell us AI is a substitute for human work? Nope. Is that comforting? Also nope. My comments on @erikbryn and co. (and @Noahpinion

If AI and workers were strong complements, what would we see?

The answer is pretty much what the initial data is showing

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Miles Corak @milescorak.com · Aug 29

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/n...

It’s the End of ‘Big City.’ New York Will Be Fine.

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Miles Corak @milescorak.com · Aug 29

The autumn public program series of talks organized by @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social is notable for its relevance and quality, ... certainly worth a look, whether or not you are based in #NewYorkCity

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