Health Economics, Macro, Labor, Demography @UCSF and @UCBerkeley @berkeleyecon Former faculty @CUNY and @NBERpubs. 2002 Econ Ph.D. & Oakland fan. He/him
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Abolish ICE.
Same way any American sees it. Great love for the Israeli people, head scratching about the current PM and cabinet.
And exactly why are you asking me about *Israel* and not any other U.S. ally? Does it rhyme with “grant my phlegm a prism?”
Pretty sure even the worst democratic strategist can’t screw up the gift of “I love the inflation” 😳😳😳
‘“Measles running rampant, public health destroyed, a trillion dollars ripped from Medicaid, inadequate physician payment, stupid immigration rules,” Fryhofer told AMA members in promising to call out Kennedy and the Trump administration on all of it.’
www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
It's wild how the exhaustion of the OASDI and HI trust funds is just around the corner, now at the end of the next President's term, in 2032. It's been forecast as about then for a long time, and true to form, we aren't doing anything about it until we absolutely have to
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
So … don’t raise rates, and reduce the balance sheet simultaneously
And Jay Powell is the “stupidest” one?
Before the war, wage growth had been outpacing inflation consistently since 2023. Now real earnings are down 0.7 percent over the past year (0.8 percent for production and nonsupervisory workers).
Nice quote of @economeager.bsky.social here about no serious reckoning yet in microfinance
www.wsj.com/finance/bank...
Horror and success, wow. Note to selves: either reform health insurance so that losing an employer provided plan doesn’t do this to older parents, or don’t leave employment. Or don’t have kids
www.wsj.com/personal-fin...
ahh this is better, here's Bruce & Roseanne Cash on Woody's "Deportee," always a favorite of Bruce's, introduced by "this is happening NOW" and the woman who made a t-shirt with that for the tour was very smart: youtu.be/1STO9ZFwjkQ?...
The American Medical Association has sought a working relationship with the health secretary. Members saw moral compromise.
Q: Are you concerned about the latest inflation numbers that came out this morning?
TRUMP: No, I love it. I love the inflation. You know why? Because as soon as this war is over -- do you know we've been taking out millions of barrels of oil? You know who doesn't know? Iran until right now.
Four families opened up about the experience—and finances—of later-in-life parenthood.
I went to Delaney Hall to follow up on conversations I had this morning with family members of detainees. ICE and GEO Group did not let me speak with detainees.
Why do they insist on hiding the truth even after getting almost $1 billion of tax dollars?
