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Martha Olney @marthaolney.bsky.social · 11d

Let me know what you think!! Quick read tip: start with chapter 6, which begins with a summary of 1-5, then circle back to chapters 1-5. Thanks for buying!!

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Martha Olney @marthaolney.bsky.social · 13d

If you like it, please recommend it to your family members, friends, colleagues, & dentist. There really isn’t any other book out there that addresses the topic of inflation from an apolitical, let me help you understand the news, sort of way. Great for clients of CFP too!

MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 14d

✨ New Essential Knowledge: From the obvious rise in the cost of living to the more discreet decrease in quality of goods and services, economist @marthaolney.bsky.social provides an introduction to the concept of inflation and what we can do to address its effects: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255315...

A copy of "Inflation" by Martha Olney on a plain background. Text along the bottom of the cover indicates this book is part of the MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series.

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 14d

✨ New Essential Knowledge: From the obvious rise in the cost of living to the more discreet decrease in quality of goods and services, economist @marthaolney.bsky.social provides an introduction to the concept of inflation and what we can do to address its effects: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255315...

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Martha Olney @marthaolney.bsky.social · 16d

Available today!!
Quick read hint: start with the last chapter (6) which begins with a summary of 1-5. Then circle back to the beginning.
Let me know what you think!!!

MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · 16d

From an award-winning professor of economics, @marthaolney.bsky.social, "Inflation" is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to what causes, and what can address, increases in the cost of living: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255315...

"Inflation" by Martha Olney on a plain background. Trim along the bottom cover indicates this book is part of the MIT Press Essential Knowledge Series. The cover includes and illustration of a green stock market arrow trending up.

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Martha Olney @marthaolney.bsky.social · Sep 6

Sign up to win a free copy of my forthcoming book Inflation (MIT press essential knowledge series, $20, release date Sept 23). Be one of the lucky five!!!
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Martha Olney @marthaolney.bsky.social · Aug 18

Preorder Inflation (by me!) today, delivers 9/23. “Written in accessible language with plenty of practical applications of economic theory, this book will appeal to readers seeking to understand inflation and the tools used by the Federal Reserve to manage it.” – Jennifer Michaelson for Booklist.

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Martha Olney @marthaolney.bsky.social · Aug 18

“Written in accessible language with plenty of practical applications of economic theory, this book will appeal to readers seeking to understand inflation and the tools used by the Federal Reserve to manage it.” – Jennifer Michaelson for Booklist.
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Martha Olney @marthaolney.bsky.social · Aug 18

My book Inflation (MIT Press, $20) will publish in just 5 weeks!! Pre-order it now from any bookseller for delivery on Sept 23!!! A review to be published Sept 4 in Booklist, a pub of the Amer. Library Assn, @ala-booklist.bsky.social‬ ends with this:
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Martha Olney @marthaolney.bsky.social · Jul 17

Preorder my forthcoming book, Inflation (out Sept 23) from your favorite bookseller now. Just $20!! Buy a second copy and give it to that uncle who’s always saying “You studied econ, right? So explain to me . . .” 😉

MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · Jun 16

"People have only a vague sense of what’s happening: prices are going up, and they know the Fed has something to do with it, but they don’t have a nuanced sense of the cause."

@marthaolney.bsky.social‬ spoke with @publisherswkly.bsky.social on the drive behind her book, "Inflation" (out Sept 23):

Books to Help Understand the Current Economic Moment

New business and economics titles lend historical perspective to a chaotic present.

www.publishersweekly.com

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MIT Press @mitpress.bsky.social · Jun 16

"People have only a vague sense of what’s happening: prices are going up, and they know the Fed has something to do with it, but they don’t have a nuanced sense of the cause."

@marthaolney.bsky.social‬ spoke with @publisherswkly.bsky.social on the drive behind her book, "Inflation" (out Sept 23):

Books to Help Understand the Current Economic Moment

New business and economics titles lend historical perspective to a chaotic present.

www.publishersweekly.com

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Martha Olney @marthaolney.bsky.social · May 29

Great news!!!!

Martha Olney @marthaolney.bsky.social · Apr 17

We need an index of “conversations overheard that mention prices or inflation.” Because my little trip to the nail salon today would show a marked uptick from the past.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · Apr 15

“.. The Canadian Association of University Teachers, which boasts a membership of 72,000 .. recommended in an advisory published Tuesday that “academic staff travel to the U.S. only if essential and necessary.”

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www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

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Martha Olney @marthaolney.bsky.social · Apr 15

My newest book is available for pre-order! Inflation (MIT Essential Knowledge Series, forthcoming September 23, 2025)
Available for pre-order now!
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Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/0262553155/
Indiebound: bookshop.org/p/books/infl...

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Martha Olney @marthaolney.bsky.social · Apr 4

Oh my goodness. You are most welcome!

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · Apr 1

This is incredible! John Lithgow shares 20 lessons on tyranny by @timothysnyder.bsky.social. Please take a moment, and share this widely. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXR5...

20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow

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Martha Olney @marthaolney.bsky.social · Apr 1

I hope y’all are watching Cory Booker right now. Cspan2, YouTube, wherever. This is amazing. Inspiring.

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Martha Olney @marthaolney.bsky.social · Mar 30

I suspect this is prices vs jobs.

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Feb 1

Elon Musk staff has been caught installing hard drives inside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Treasury Department, and the General Services Administration (GSA).

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Martha Olney @marthaolney.bsky.social · Jan 23

How much of this is driven by ppl who locked in super low mortgage rates? The cost of moving (to a new job) is higher when you’re trading a 3% for a 6% mortgage.

Martha Olney @marthaolney.bsky.social · Jan 5

AHA in NYC this weekend too. Perhaps historians are a better market for books?

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Martha Olney @marthaolney.bsky.social · Jan 3

Y’all have fun at #ASSA2025. I’m sorry to miss it but I’m getting a new knee Monday 1/6 and was told to avoid “large indoor gatherings” and the viruses they engender. Check out the #CSQIEP welcome table in the Registration Area, our 2 sessions, and the Saturday lunch (no rsvp required!)

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Martha Olney @marthaolney.bsky.social · Dec 9

Yes, that would be great, thanks!

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Martha Olney @marthaolney.bsky.social · Dec 5

Did anyone create a starter pack of women economists?

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Álvaro La Parra-Pérez @alvarolaparra.bsky.social · Dec 1

I've posted several times about the working paper, but the publication on "AER: Insights" is a good occasion to do it again: immigrants to the US have been less likely to be incarcerated for over 50 years **even without controlling for demographic characteristics.**
www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Law-Abiding Immigrants: The Incarceration Gap between Immigrants and the US-Born, 1870–2020†
By Ran Abramitzky, Leah Boustan, Elisa Jácome,
Santiago Pérez, and Juan David Torres*
We provide the first nationally representative long-run series (1870–2020) of incarceration rates for immigrants and the US-born. As a group, immigrants have had lower incarceration rates than the US-born for 150 years. Moreover, relative to the US-born, immigrants’ incarceration rates have declined since 1960: immigrants today are 60 percent less likely to be incarcerated (30 percent relative to US-born Whites). This relative decline occurred among immigrants from all regions and cannot be explained by changes in observable characteristics or immigration policy. Instead, the decline is part of a broader divergence of outcomes between less-educated immigrants and their US-born counterparts.

Panels plotting incarceration rates for immigrants and US-born men between 1870 and 2019. Data are restricted to males ages 18–40. Data spanning 1870–1940 are from the full-count decennial censuses. Data spanning 1950–1990 are from the largest available subsamples from the corresponding decennial censuses. Data from 2005 onward are from the annual ACS. Cross markers indicate that fewer than 10,000 immigrants were used to calculate the corresponding incarceration rate. Panel A compares US-born men to all immigrants. Panels B–F compare US-born men to immigrants from a particular country-of-origin group. “Old Europeans” are immigrants from countries in the north and west of Europe. “New Europeans” are immigrants from countries in eastern and southern Europe. The “Rest of the world” category includes immigrants from countries not included in panels B–F.
Migrants typically show lower incarceration rates

accounting for individual-level characteristics, migrants as a group or by subgroups (old Europeans, new Europeans, Chinese, Mexicans and Central Americans, or Rest of the World) are incarcerated at lower rates

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