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by Thomas Masterson

thomasmasterson.bsky.social
Impact assessment of Ireland's basic income grants for artists: "for every €1 of public money invested in the pilot, society received €1.39 in return" Also, artists were less likely to feel they can't make ends meet, and spent more time making art.
assets.gov.ie/static/docum...
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jwmason.bsky.social
As the brilliant Michael Kinnucan points out, it's more than a bit strange that there's a debate over whether New York can afford universal childcare. New York already has universal childcare! Every single child is cared for by somebody. Small children are never left home all day by themselves.
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mikeachim.bsky.social
Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."
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kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Sounds like Republicans ought to get all the Republicans who form the Republican majorities in the Republican-led House and the Republican-led Senate together to pass the budget that Republicans wrote with the Republican White House and that Republicans now insist absolutely must be passed.
atrupar.com
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d
Sean Duffy says the safety of the air traffic control system will start being impacted next Sunday if the shutdown continues
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levyecon.bsky.social
Out now, from the Global Money Talk podcast, Sr. Scholar L. R. Wray discusses myths surrounding government finance and the irrationality of the 2% inflation target.

Listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLZD...
2% inflation is completely Irrational | Prof. L. Randall Wray
YouTube video by Global Money Talk
www.youtube.com
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schnorkles.bsky.social
No ACA plans because premiums are too high, no disability, no food stamps. Oh also we closed all the hospitals.

RIP rurals.
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jlray.bsky.social
A Texas megachurch pastor and GOP leader has been arrested for crimes against children. Not Robert Morris, a different one. Not Josiah Anthony, a different one. Not Luke Cunningham, a different one. Not Tony Evans, a different one. Not Scott Crenshaw, a different one. Not Steve Lawson, a different o
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apnews.com
FACT FOCUS: Democrats did not shut down the government to give health care to illegal immigrants.
FACT FOCUS: Democrats did not shut down the government to give health care to 'illegal immigrants'
This is false. Democrats say they are pushing for the inclusion of key health care provisions in the next congressional spending package.
bit.ly
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lordnad.bsky.social
@govpritzker.illinois.gov

37 and Kedzie, East Garfield, Illinois.

This is assault.
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levyecon.bsky.social
Government shutdowns add new challenges for monetary policy. Levy Scholar Yeva Nersisyan explains to ABC News how this could shape the Fed’s next moves.

Read now: abcnews.go.com/Business/gov...
Government shutdown halts release of economic data. The Fed may be 'flying blind' on interest rates, experts say.
The shutdown could prevent the release of a jobs report on Friday.
abcnews.go.com
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levyecon.bsky.social
"[This is] another look at the weakening labor market..."

Listen to Institute President @ptcherneva.bsky.social on yesterday's Marketplace report: recent ADP data indicate a loss of 32,000 private jobs in September.

www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...
ADP reports private sector shed 32,000 jobs in September
The payroll processing firm found in its latest National Employment Report that the labor market just keeps going downhill, with most of the job losses hitting small and medium-sized business the hard...
www.marketplace.org
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warnock.senate.gov
I was sent this by a Georgian this morning. 2025 premiums vs 2026 premiums for someone making $65k a year.

Republicans in Washington did this.

This is what I'm fighting to stop. This is what’s at stake in this shutdown fight.
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socio-steve.bsky.social
The worst part is how easily this frame is exploited by the right. Since second order effects > first order effects can be deployed against all sorts of reform proposals. "Ah ha, but your reform will do nothing at best and may actually make things worse (I won't provide specific numbers tho"
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zachweinersmith.bsky.social
Why is it called the Department of War and not the Department of Ultimate War-Man Warring? Are we losing our edge? Can we get truck nuts on the tanks, perhaps?
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sodrock.bsky.social
Lol
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thetnholler.bsky.social
“To our enemies: FAFO”

(holds for applause that doesn’t come)

Cringey awkward moment as Hegseth summons all 🇺🇸 generals to hear him do a one-man show about how strong we are
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donniemarvelous.bsky.social
David Cross folks.
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by Thomas Masterson

thomasmasterson.bsky.social
Not surprising:
theconversation.com/ending-taxes...
Ending taxes on home sales would benefit the wealthiest households most – part of a larger pattern in Trump tax plans
Most sellers already pay no tax, so the proposal’s benefits would flow to the richest.
theconversation.com

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patriottakes.bsky.social
Pete Hegseth accidentally flipping a skateboard into his nuts on live TV
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thetnholler.bsky.social
🧑‍🌾 @timmiller.bsky.social on the Trump FARMER BAILOUT: “Tariffs caused a trade war, farmers can’t sell… and now you and I will have to pay them. The stupidest policy I think I’ve ever seen. A land speed record for policy disaster.”

The very tariffs he said would help them are killing them.
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mpifg.bsky.social
Thank you to all who joined us in Cologne this week for the 2nd Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy! A fantastic line-up of speakers and participants, thoughtful discussions and global perspectives. Huge thanks to organizers @palmapolyak.bsky.social and @dustinvoss.bsky.social!
Group photo of the participants Pauline Kohlhase speaking in a group setting Audience member speaking at a panel session participant speaking in group discussion
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adamserwer.bsky.social
The white supremacist conceit that everyone in antiquity was living under some kind of global jim crow segregation is just complete bullshit news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...
Pure bloodlines? Ancestral homelands? DNA science says no. — Harvard Gazette
Geneticist explains recent analyses made possible by tech advances show human history to be one of mixing, movement, displacement.
news.harvard.edu
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by Thomas Masterson

thomasmasterson.bsky.social
If you don't like political violence, just shut up and let us keep doing fascism?

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atrupar.com
Bessent on Argentina: "The plan is as long as President Milei continues with his strong economic policies to help him, to bridge him to the election, we are not going to let a disequilibrium in the market cause a backup in his substantial economic reforms."
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danielbiss.bsky.social
Right wing crazies want me arrested because they know I won't back down. Too bad.
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levyecon.bsky.social
When Erika McEntarfer, former BLS Commissioner, spoke publicly for the first time since Aug. 1 at the Levy Institute, the press took notice. Coverage has been widespread.

Read the full Levy Institute & @bardcollege.bsky.social press release here: www.levyinstitute.org?p=16546

Photos by Karl Rabe.
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mehdirhasan.bsky.social
Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.
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juliametraux.bsky.social
Re-introducing myself 👋

I'm @motherjones.com's disability reporter, where I cover politics as it relates to disability. I am also chronically ill/disabled myself.

You can get in contact with me at [email protected] or via Signal: juliametraux.49
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bardcollege.bsky.social
Bard alumna Erika McEntarfer ’95, former commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, spoke to an audience of Bard students, faculty, staff, and community members in an event hosted by @levyecon.bsky.social. “Economic data must be free from partisan influence,” she said.
Former Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics Erika McEntarfer ’95 Spoke at Bard College in First Public Remarks Since Dismissal
Hosted by the Levy Economics Institute, Bard alumna Erika McEntarfer ’95, former commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), spoke to an audience of Bard students, faculty, staff, and…
www.bard.edu
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