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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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Christian Weller @profcew.bsky.social · 1h
Already had dinner but this made me hungry again.
hockeybroad.bsky.social HockeyBroad @hockeybroad.bsky.social · 2h
Italian cuisine, photographed by me, October 2025.

In December 2025, Italian cuisine was put in UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list. 🏆
Venice, Italy: a plate of "cicchetti" (bar snacks), little sandwiches that cost €2-5/each, arranged on a wooden plate Sorrento, Italy: a display case full of classic lush pastries Taormina, Sicily, Italy: a plate of bruchetta, chicken rolls with side salad, side of roasted potatoes Firenze (Florence), Italy: local market displaying a variety of cold cuts and cheeses

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Christian Weller @profcew.bsky.social · 1h
We have the better music.
lethalityjane.bsky.social ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 10h
The Boston Ballet accepted the challenge!

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2h
> @thehill.com
@brucespringsteen.net 🎸

thehill.com/blogs/in-the...

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Christian Weller @profcew.bsky.social · 2h
Hope you stay safe and warm. Love the pics.

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Christian Weller @profcew.bsky.social · 2h
That's going to be my mantra as I fall to sleep.

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Christian Weller @profcew.bsky.social · 2h
And now I am going to awake all night.
tashasev.bsky.social TashasEv @tashasev.bsky.social · 21h
For entirely relevant reasons @pseudochamp.bsky.social sent me this picture today and I’m sorry but this is Gritty
A closeup of an emu face with giant wild orange eyes and an open beak that appears to be twisted into a smile which conveys in no uncertain terms how this bird will fucking end you

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Christian Weller @profcew.bsky.social · 2h
The Corgi would have disappeared in the snow on Boston's north shore. Wild how much it differed today

Reposted by Christian E. Weller, Aaron Sojourner

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HockeyBroad @hockeybroad.bsky.social · 2h
Italian cuisine, photographed by me, October 2025.

In December 2025, Italian cuisine was put in UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity list. 🏆
Venice, Italy: a plate of "cicchetti" (bar snacks), little sandwiches that cost €2-5/each, arranged on a wooden plate Sorrento, Italy: a display case full of classic lush pastries Taormina, Sicily, Italy: a plate of bruchetta, chicken rolls with side salad, side of roasted potatoes Firenze (Florence), Italy: local market displaying a variety of cold cuts and cheeses

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ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 10h
The Boston Ballet accepted the challenge!

Reposted by Christian E. Weller

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TashasEv @tashasev.bsky.social · 21h
For entirely relevant reasons @pseudochamp.bsky.social sent me this picture today and I’m sorry but this is Gritty
A closeup of an emu face with giant wild orange eyes and an open beak that appears to be twisted into a smile which conveys in no uncertain terms how this bird will fucking end you

Reposted by Christian E. Weller

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Center for Economic and Policy Research @ceprdc.bsky.social · 2d
The AI boom is starting to look a lot like past tech bubbles.

@deanbaker13.bsky.social warns that consumption is growing increasingly unstable and outpacing wage growth, raising major recession risks if the bubble bursts. 
https://bit.ly/4q2FaPH

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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 2d
Not obvious why this is happening now. Such fundamentals as there are - demand for use in crime and tax evasion, support from US authorities and elites, widespread use as a speculative asset - haven't weakened. [see also @weisenthal.bsky.social newsletter]

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d
WEISENTHAL: “.. if #Bitcoin can’t thrive during a period where every rich government and fiat currency is perceived to be under stress, what’s the environment for it?”

@weisenthal.bsky.social @opinion.bloomberg.com

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 2d
“.. Our BTC price target is 0.0. That’s not just for shock factor. It’s where the math takes us,” the strategist said, noting that Bitcoin has failed to function as a dollar hedge and instead operates as “a speculative instrument correlated to the Nasdaq.”

#Bitcoin
seekingalpha.com/news/4547997...

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Edwin Park @edwincpark.bsky.social · 2d
New MACPAC data show the highly effective Medicaid Drug Rebate Program reducing gross Medicaid drug costs by 54.9% in FY 2024. Earlier Congressional Budget Office research found that Medicaid gets the lowest net prices of other federal programs/agencies even the VA: www.macpac.gov/publication/...
MACPAC table showing how much rebates reduce Medicaid prescription drug costs.

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Christian Weller @profcew.bsky.social · 2d
Not an urban planner, but making more room for pedestrians downtown is essential.
milesgrant.bsky.social Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 3d
Pedestrianize Beacon Street from Charles to Washington (the whole length seen here) as well as Park St

So many streets in downtown Boston have throngs people walking & biking crammed into a few feet of space, so a handful of cars can have lots of room to sit gridlocked & occasionally kill people

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Christian Weller @profcew.bsky.social · 2d
I tend to skip to reviewer 2 to get it over with. It only gets better after that. Congratulations

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Christian Weller @profcew.bsky.social · 3d
When you say it that way, it tastes so much better
joerglau.bsky.social Joerg Lau @joerglau.bsky.social · 3d
Le Vollkornbrot

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Joerg Lau @joerglau.bsky.social · 3d
Le Vollkornbrot

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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 3d
This pup found a stick shaped like an old timey pipe earlier today and has already solved three mysteries. 13/10
a brown wire-haired pup stands on a wooden deck in a grassy yard. he looks at us with golden eyes and his right ear flipped inside out. he has a pipe-shaped stick in his mouth, giving him the appearance of a sophisticated and dapper gentleman. just give him a deerstalker cap and a cloak, and he'd give Sherlock Holmes a run for his money.

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Miles Grant @milesgrant.bsky.social · 3d
Pedestrianize Beacon Street from Charles to Washington (the whole length seen here) as well as Park St

So many streets in downtown Boston have throngs people walking & biking crammed into a few feet of space, so a handful of cars can have lots of room to sit gridlocked & occasionally kill people
Google Maps shows Massachusetts State House, Boston Common & surrounding area

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Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT @mikezaccardi.bsky.social · 4d
BofA: The “K” is here to stay
Ratio of lower- and higher-income spending to middle-income discretionary spending

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Duke Sanford @dukesanford.bsky.social · 5d
Duke Sanford seeks to hire the inaugural Rosen Family Professor of the Practice, who will also serve as the Director of Sanford’s Polis: Center for Politics.

Applications submitted by Feb. 25 will be guaranteed full consideration.

Job announcement: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/31604
Exterior of the Sanford Building on Duke's campus.

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 5d
The idea that India is going to buy $500B in US exports over any short-run timeframe to be farcical by the way. Total US exports to India are like $40B a year at this point

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Monique Morrissey @moniquemorrissey.bsky.social · 5d
New rule on alternative investments in retirement accounts expected very soon. Here's an FAQ that provides background. This is all about enriching himself and his cronies, not "democratizing" investment options. And as taxpayers, we'll be subsidizing it. www.epi.org/publication/...
Trump is pushing to include risky assets like crypto and private equity in 401(k)s: Why this endangers retirement savers and the economy
Key takeaways  President Trump has veered away from the path that previous administrations have taken on 401(k) and other retirement plans. Instead of protecting the millions of workers with retiremen...
www.epi.org

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Menzie Chinn @mchinn.bsky.social · 6d
Exchange rate pass through (as the dollar falls), and tariff pass through (as they reach record highs) #EconSky

econbrowser.com/archives/202...

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Christian Weller @profcew.bsky.social · 8d
Good luck.

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ITEP @itep.org · 8d
The Trump administration now wants states to consider drastically raising sales taxes in order to eliminate corporate and personal income taxes.

Working-class families would face dramatic tax increases while the wealthiest families would see their state tax bills plummet. itep.org/trump-counci...
An Anti-Affordability Agenda: Trump’s Advisors Call on States to Raise Taxes on the Working Class and Drastically Cut Taxes for the Rich
The Trump administration’s Council of Economic Advisors suggests that states consider drastically raising sales taxes and using those new revenues to pay for repealing taxes on corporate and personal ...
itep.org

Reposted by Rosemary A. Joyce, Christian E. Weller, Manisha Sinha

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 9d
This is the CDC map for homicide rates by state for the most recent year on their website.

Gov. Landry, who leads one of the states in the nation with the highest murder rate, is on television chiding Minnesota, one of the states with the lowest murder rates.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/state-stats/deaths/homicide.html

Reposted by Christian E. Weller, Simon Lester

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 9d
Take a look at what tariffs have done to aluminum prices in the US (versus prices in Europe and Japan) — and you can almost understand why there’s been no manufacturing boom. 🤡

A good primer here from @scottlincicome.bsky.social

@bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...