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Jón Steinsson

Jón Steinsson is an Icelandic-American economist who is the Chancellor's Professor of Economics at University of California, Berkeley, a research… more

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Economics 89%
Business 6%

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ivanwerning.bsky.social
Wage-Price Spirals 🌀

What explains recent inflation? What to expect going forward? Is rising wages a concern for inflation?

This Friday 10am at this Brookings conference.

Paper...
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brendannyhan.bsky.social
Endorsements don't matter. A Harris endorsement by the WP would surprise or persuade virtually no one. But people failing to stand up to Trump due to fear of backlash or worse, especially if he wins and tries to punish his enemies, is corrosive. Resistance to authoritarianism is a coordination game.
radleybalko.bsky.social
The irony is that the Post's capitulation/failure to endorse makes much more of a statement and has a far more profound impact on this country than any endorsement ever could.

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cnn.com
Trump administration officials fired more than 300 staffers Thursday night at the National Nuclear Security Administration — the agency tasked with managing the nation’s nuclear stockpile — as part of broader Energy Department layoffs, according to four people with knowledge of the matter.
Trump officials fired nuclear staff not realizing they oversee the country’s weapons stockpile, sources say | CNN
Some of the fired probationary employees included on-the-ground staff at facilities where nuclear weapons are built.
cnn.it

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josephpolitano.bsky.social
Here's each G7 country's cumulative increase in real GDP per capita, since just before the pandemic:

🇺🇸 +9.4%
🇮🇹 +6.5% (thru Q3)
🇯🇵 +3.1%
🇫🇷 +1.8% (thru Q3)
🇬🇧 -1.1%
🇩🇪 -1.9% (thru Q3)
🇨🇦 -2.0% (thru Q3)
a graph of GDP per capita growth by G7 country

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