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Aaron Sojourner is an American economist and senior researcher at the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. He was formerly an… more

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I support this argument in that scenario but I am not a billionaire and it seems premature to me to throw in the towel now.
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See these for every state here:

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How much more will ACA enrollees have to pay if the IRA subsidies expire? (updated)
Originally posted 1/10/25 USE THE DROPDOWN MENU ABOVE TO PICK A STATE. 9/29/25: Welcome Paul Krugman subscribers! I greatly appreciate the shoutout by him but should add the following clarification: R...
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by Aaron Sojourner

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Great point
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by Aaron Sojourner

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For a reader, web browsers.

For creating PDFs, mostly Word or LaTeX.

For signing and editing PDFs, i still use it
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by Joanne Spetz — Reposted by: Aaron Sojourner

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Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freedom across America. alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/tr...
STAND WITH YOUR SCHOOL: Trump attacks 9 universities. Sign the alumni petition now.
Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freed...
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by Aaron Sojourner

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that's a good one!
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by Aaron Sojourner

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Assume they're 3X as efficient. That's still a couple hundred million dollars a year.

And they don't inherit any of the existing assets or relationships, need to reinvent/reestablish everything. Lack "official" status. Just one more org seeking info from employers/households.
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They've nailed that!
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by Aaron Sojourner

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Its budget is over a half billion dollars a year. That would be very hard to fundraise privately.

An independent board of credible experts to monitor and comment on ongoing developments at BLS would be useful and could be had for less than a million a year.
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by Aaron Sojourner

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It's amazing to me how Adobe has "improved" Acrobat into almost-uselessness
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by Aaron Sojourner

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#econ_ra
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International Growth Centre @theigc.bsky.social · 20h
🚨 We're hiring! Two exciting roles: Data Analyst & Head of Zambia Evidence Lab (ZEL).

Work with leading researchers and policymakers to shape data-driven development.

📍 Based in Lusaka | 🌍 Global collaboration | 📈 Real-world impact
Apply now 👉 www.theigc.org/about/careers #EconSky
Head of Zambia Evidence Lab and Data Analyst vacancies
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by Aaron Sojourner

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Great report, Sara. Thanks for all your excellent work on these issues.
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Aaron is spot on, our paper shows that Trump proposed a 17% reduction in FTEs and currently 34% of senior career staff positions sit empty. Without adequate budget and without protecting these career positions we risk losing this independent analysis. www.americanprogress.org/shareable/mo...
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by Aaron Sojourner

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Independence and funding are complements, not substitutes.

We cannot fix attacks on independence just with funding.

Exempt BLS & other statistical agencies from Schedule Policy/Career reform. Re-establish meaningful cause protection for Commissioner.
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by Aaron Sojourner

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The real value of the Bureau of Labor Statistics's budget has fallen for over a decade.

The president is proposing deep cuts alongside other attacks on the agency.

Progress requires Congress to re-establish BLS independence & support innovation & funding.
www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
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by Matthew A. Kraft — Reposted by: Aaron Sojourner

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#econsky #edusky. 📉📈 Can you help?

What papers provide estimates of the standard deviation of school effects on test scores measured in student standard deviation units?
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Reposted by: Aaron Sojourner

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🚨 We're hiring! Two exciting roles: Data Analyst & Head of Zambia Evidence Lab (ZEL).

Work with leading researchers and policymakers to shape data-driven development.

📍 Based in Lusaka | 🌍 Global collaboration | 📈 Real-world impact
Apply now 👉 www.theigc.org/about/careers #EconSky
Head of Zambia Evidence Lab and Data Analyst vacancies
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by Aaron Sojourner

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#EconConf #EconSky
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CSAE @oxfordcsae.bsky.social · 22h
PEDL 15th Anniversary Conference @cepr.org

Bringing together researchers studying the behaviour of firms in low-income countries & focusing on the market forces that drive efficiency in these countries.

📅26 - 28 Mar 2026
📍Oxford, UK

⏰Submission deadline: 20 Oct
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PEDL 15th Anniversary Conference
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Reposted by: Aaron Sojourner, Caroline Krafft

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PEDL 15th Anniversary Conference @cepr.org

Bringing together researchers studying the behaviour of firms in low-income countries & focusing on the market forces that drive efficiency in these countries.

📅26 - 28 Mar 2026
📍Oxford, UK

⏰Submission deadline: 20 Oct
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PEDL 15th Anniversary Conference
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by Aaron Sojourner

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Hang together so that you don't hang separately.
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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · 1d
I am proud of MIT, where our branch of AAUP has voted unanimously to endorse this statement urging MIT leadership and the MIT Corporation to reject the Compact wholesale
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Letter Regarding Compact
MIT Chapter of the American Association of University Professors October 6, 2025 Statement on the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” MIT has been invited by the federal governmen...
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by Aaron Sojourner

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#EconConf
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Ludger Woessmann @woessmann.bsky.social · 1d
📢 Call for papers:

🚀 4th CESifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🤩

30-31 March 2026, Munich

Keynote: Michela Carlana (Harvard)

PhD students & early postdocs, please apply!

www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...

Deadline: 11 Jan 2026

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by Ludger Woessmann — Reposted by: Aaron Sojourner, Dan Goldhaber, Colin Green , and 6 more

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📢 Call for papers:

🚀 4th CESifo Junior Workshop on the Economics of Education 🤩

30-31 March 2026, Munich

Keynote: Michela Carlana (Harvard)

PhD students & early postdocs, please apply!

www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev...

Deadline: 11 Jan 2026

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by Olúfẹ́mi Táíwò — Reposted by: Aaron Sojourner, Anna O. Law, Nathan P. Kalmoe , and 1 more

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eventually politicians need to start advocating for criminal and civil penalties for people involved in fabricating stories to get citizens incarcerated.

or, put another way: a society that would like to keep functioning has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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by Nancy Kanwisher — Reposted by: Aaron Sojourner, Dorothy Bishop, Joshua S. Weitz , and 4 more

I am proud of MIT, where our branch of AAUP has voted unanimously to endorse this statement urging MIT leadership and the MIT Corporation to reject the Compact wholesale
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Letter Regarding Compact
MIT Chapter of the American Association of University Professors October 6, 2025 Statement on the “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education” MIT has been invited by the federal governmen...
docs.google.com
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by Aaron Sojourner

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#EconSky
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 1d
"...median hourly worker would forgo 4%–11% of their income to attain the more stable income of a median salaried worker. Lower-income workers... would trade an even higher fraction..."
@voxeu.org on research @ganong.bsky.social, Alex Weinberg @beckerfriedman.bsky.social +
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Bottom line: Workers face substantial monthly earnings risk that, to this point, has been missed when analysing annual data. This risk is borne primarily by relatively low-income, hourly workers and is largely driven by fluctuations in firms’ labour demand, which induces substantial costs on affected workers. This column shows that these earnings fluctuations represent genuine, welfare-relevant risk that materially shapes household decisions and has attendant effects on the economy.
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by Aaron Sojourner

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"...median hourly worker would forgo 4%–11% of their income to attain the more stable income of a median salaried worker. Lower-income workers... would trade an even higher fraction..."
@voxeu.org on research @ganong.bsky.social, Alex Weinberg @beckerfriedman.bsky.social +
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
Bottom line: Workers face substantial monthly earnings risk that, to this point, has been missed when analysing annual data. This risk is borne primarily by relatively low-income, hourly workers and is largely driven by fluctuations in firms’ labour demand, which induces substantial costs on affected workers. This column shows that these earnings fluctuations represent genuine, welfare-relevant risk that materially shapes household decisions and has attendant effects on the economy.
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If you give this administration a presumption of honesty, you are acting like a credulous sucker.
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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 1d
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
trib.al/9Sxu9IN
Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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Reposted by: Aaron Sojourner, Anne Applebaum, Anna O. Law , and 33 more

chicago.suntimes.com
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
trib.al/9Sxu9IN
Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting
Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.
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by Aaron Sojourner

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If you give this administration a presumption of honesty, you are acting like a credulous sucker.
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New York Times Opinion @nytopinion.nytimes.com · 1d
“Regardless of what the president says, Portland is not a crime-ridden city that needs help,” Elizabeth Darby writes from Portland, Ore. “It is a lovely city.”
Opinion | Pushback at Trump and Troops in Portland
Readers object to President Trump’s use of the military in American cities. Also: ICE at the Super Bowl.
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