Jeff Spross
@jeffspross.bsky.social
The jobs recovery from the COVID recession really was a near-miracle of macroeconomic policy. open.substack.com/pub/theworkb...
September 5, 2023 at 7:09 PM
The jobs recovery from the COVID recession really was a near-miracle of macroeconomic policy. open.substack.com/pub/theworkb...
Real wages fell for roughly two years under Biden. Americans got poorer, and the bleeding only just stopped. So again, it shouldn’t surprise that Biden’s econ approval is low. But! Real wage growth is finally positive again, and likely to remain so. open.substack.com/pub/theworkb...
September 5, 2023 at 5:16 PM
Real wages fell for roughly two years under Biden. Americans got poorer, and the bleeding only just stopped. So again, it shouldn’t surprise that Biden’s econ approval is low. But! Real wage growth is finally positive again, and likely to remain so. open.substack.com/pub/theworkb...
Dems really should read the political science work on "policy feedback." It's not enough to provide voters w/ material benefits. The policies need to have specific characteristics if voters are to recognize the benefits and reward politicians accordingly. open.substack.com/pub/theworkb...
September 5, 2023 at 4:20 PM
Dems really should read the political science work on "policy feedback." It's not enough to provide voters w/ material benefits. The policies need to have specific characteristics if voters are to recognize the benefits and reward politicians accordingly. open.substack.com/pub/theworkb...
A useful mental exercise is to imagine technological innovations entering an economy w/ a much different political order: say, one w/ a genuine soc dem welfare state, & in which every company was a worker-owned democracy. https://open.substack.com/pub/theworkbench/p/every-technological-change-is-an
August 9, 2023 at 6:32 PM
A useful mental exercise is to imagine technological innovations entering an economy w/ a much different political order: say, one w/ a genuine soc dem welfare state, & in which every company was a worker-owned democracy. https://open.substack.com/pub/theworkbench/p/every-technological-change-is-an