#Policymakers

Seth Ginns

sethginns

What has changed vs expectations since March equity bottom?A lot 1/ -Infections and hospitalizations dropped faster than expected-Reopenings showing lower than expected R0-IFR/CFR likely much lower than feared-Therapeutics emerging-Narrativ

Benjamin Haddad

benjaminhaddad

Maybe the best book to understand some of the modern dilemmas of French foreign policy, but also lessons for transatlantic relations. De Gaulle’s political genius during WWII was to understand

Heidi Shierholz

hshierholz

This morning DOL released some of the first economic data of the Biden presidency—last week's initial unemployment insurance claims (okay, *half* of last week was in the Biden presidency). What

Michael J. Hicks

HicksCBER

Great new study out by @NeumarkDN and Peter Shirley @nber. This should change the current debate about the minimum wage effects since it gives a very even handed account of

Stacy Dean

deancbpp

I think the findings from yesterday's Census Pulse data bear repeating in light of current negotiations on a COVID leg package. Yesterday’s Census Pulse data from mid-November showed that almost

Seth Frantzman

sfrantzman

Thread: The Jeffrey and Rayburn doctrine in action...?The US had partners in Syria. They did a huge job defeating ISIS, sacrificed many. US officials, working against US CENTCOM and the

Sinduja Raja

SindujaRaja18

Over the day, I kept going back to this and had a few thoughts. Coming into the social sciences, especially in grad school, I've often heard that we have to

Lindsey Leininger

lindsleininger

I've lived my entire professional life at the intersection of Econ Blvd and Epi Street. I won't mince words: Economists have a lot to offer the epi modeling community. And

Esfandyar Batmanghelidj

yarbatman

1. Thought-provoking piece by @stevenacook, but we have to ask whether the Middle East has ever been perceived as a "hopeful" region by Washington policymakers. Threats and dilemmas came to

G. Elliott Morris

gelliottmorris

The GOP is actively trying to purge its pro-democracy, anti-coup members. We should wonder how much worse the last three months would have been without effective gatekeepers in the rank-and-file.

Chad Stone

ChadCBPP

Dec employment situation: jobs recovery stalled before end-of-year stimulus and relief measures were enacted. Payroll jobs down 140k (private down 95k) in Dec after 5 months of shrinking job gains;

Senator Adam Morfeld

Adam_Morfeld

This morning I introduced my amendment protecting renters from evictions, and landlords from foreclosures when a city or village enacts a moratorium due to COVID. #Evictions #Foreclosures #COVID19 A few

Chasse Rehwinkel

chasserehwinkel

For whatever reason *COUGH* GameStop *COUGH* I'm getting a lot of questions these days about what actually is a hedge fund. So I figured I'd just provide a quick primer

Rime Allaf

rallaf

Nearly 10 years on, with enough evidence to the contrary to fill history books for decades, I have just heard "experts" still speaking of an imaginary US push for regime

Rebecca Lowe

RMLLowe

Sumption: “All lives are not of equal value - the older you are, the less valuable yours is because there's less of it left.”The first part of this is vile

Cody Christensen

SeeChristensen

Judging colleges based on the amount of economic mobility they produce is an increasingly popular way to gauge college quality. There’s just one problem: Data that measure mobility have limitations

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