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Labor econ @upjohninstitute.bsky.social & @IZA.org. Formerly senior economist for labor at White House CEA, UMinn prof, union organizer, bike courier, house painter, dishwasher... Minneapolis. Views mine. aaronsojourner.org Be kind • Work hard • Have fun .. more

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Aaron Sojourner is an American economist and senior researcher at the Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. He was formerly an associate professor of economics at the University of Minnesota's Carlson School of Management and senior economist for the Council of Economic Advisers. His work has been widely covered by the media, particularly on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the labor market in the United States. .. more

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Sep 11

For Bluesky-Curious Econ Lovers, a Quick Start guide to plugging into the economics community here.

It aims to lower the costs & boost the benefits for folks to engage here.

If it seems useful, please share it here & especially on X.
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For Bluesky-Curious Econ Lovers - Aaron Sojourner

This Quick Start guide aims to help econ lovers easily join Bluesky’s growing economics community. The Bluesky User FAQ covers generic basics, like how to start an account. This guide orients you to e...

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 3h

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Derrell Durrett @derrelldurrett.bsky.social · 5h

@pkrugman.bsky.social points out that he was insufficiently cynical about the Argentine bailout, because it's Bessent's hedge fund buddies that get made whole.

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Bailing out Bessent’s Buddies’ Bets on Argentina

Trump bails out hedge funds’ failed bets on Milei while his foreign aid cuts will kill millions of children

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 3h

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Bobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 3h

Three senior Republican appropriators agree it doesn't make any sense for Democrats to agree to a government funding deal unless Trump actually adheres to the deal.

The Democratic alternative CR has language that would begin to address this, but Trump and Vought are completely opposed.

"If you're a Democrat - even just like a mainstream Democrat - your predisposition might be to help negotiate with Republicans on a funding mechanism," said Rep. Steve Womack, a senior GOP appropriator. "Why would you do that if you know that whatever you negotiate is going to be subject to the knife pulled out by Russ Vought?"

"I don't think the Democrats want to shut down either," Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), a senior appropriator, told Bloomberg Government. "Their concern right now, and it's a legitimate concern, is that, how can we agree to any deal when our OMB director will just impound the funds and say we're not going to spend them there?"

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MURKOWSKI blames Russ Vought for making it harder to negotiate shutdown end:
"The appropriations process is being run over, and that, to me, is absolutely unacceptable."
She understands why Democrats don't trust them given Vought's rescissions and layoffs.
"Why would you?"

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Gabriella Conti @gabriconti.bsky.social · 4h

🧾NEW WP! New data, old divide 🧵

🇮🇹Our new @theifs.bsky.social WP
"The #Geography of #Child #Disability in #Italy: New Evidence from Administrative Data" (w/ P Biasi & De Paola) uses administrative data on the 2024 Universal Child Allowance, covering 4m children under 10.
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Derrell Durrett @derrelldurrett.bsky.social · 5h

Bailing out Bessent’s Buddies’ Bets on Argentina

Trump bails out hedge funds’ failed bets on Milei while his foreign aid cuts will kill millions of children

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 5h

Trump is isolating the American people from the rest of the world.

He is alienating most other countries all at once, uniting the world against us.

We are stuck here with him & he is stuck here with us.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/14/t...

US drops out of world’s most powerful passport top 10 list for the first time | CNN

Once a ticket to visa-free travel across the world, the US passport’s potency has dwindled in recent times. And now, for the first time, it’s completely fallen off the leaderboard of nationalities ran...

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 6h

Yeah, definitely some harm was inflicted. But much less than many feared.

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#econ_ra

Jessie Handbury @handbury.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 undergrads and masters students interested in careers in applied econ research:

My department is recruiting 4-5 full-time RAs to start summer 2026. See the announcement here for more details: jessiehandbury.com/misc/RAflyer...

A few reasons you should apply...

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Simulated Chollas @simulatedchollas.bsky.social · 6h

I.e., one of the reasons you’re less likely to have a heatstroke on a bicycle pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 6h

#econ_ra

Paolo Falco @paolofalco.bsky.social · 19h

🚨 2-Year Postdocs in Dev Econ at Uni Copenhagen 🚨

Come work on some exciting experimental projects😀!

Dedicated time for your own research.

Reach out to hear more!

** PLEASE REPOST **🙏

Application deadline 🗓️: Nov 11

👉http://bit.ly/4q2Uehf

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 6h

"Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom."
www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 6h

The administration was able to inflict some damage, but far less than many feared.

Great job, Harvard.

Great news for American research and innovation.

Important implications for others considering the corrupting compact.
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 7h

The administration brought back BLS staff to compute Sept CPI during the shutdown

But they have not brought back staff to collect the October consumer price or labor data.

That will mean bad information ahead.
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US Shutdown Threatens to Erode Quality of Important Inflation Data

The US government shutdown threatens to erode the quality of one of the nation’s most important inflation statistics — if there even is a report at all.

www.bloomberg.com

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Gabriele Gratton @grattonecon.bsky.social · 7h

🚨 WE @unswecon.bsky.social ARE HIRING! 🚨
JMC: apply and email/DM for any question!

A short 🧵 on @unswecon.bsky.social and why you want to apply and join us in Sydney👇

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EJM - Econ Job Market

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 7h

The US Administration has done zero impact analysis to consider how the lightspeed evisceration of our public health system will affect the health of American families.

WIRED @wired.com · 8h

Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January. www.wired.com/story/cdc-te...

A Quarter of the CDC Is Gone

Another round of terminations, combined with previous layoffs and departures, has reduced the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention workforce by about 3,000 people since January.

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Riley Acton @riacton.bsky.social · 8h

#EconSky Two weeks from tomorrow, the Women in Economics Leadership Network (spearheaded by Janine Wilson at UC Davis) will host our annual virtual networking event! Please share with your students! It is open to ALL.

Register here: ucdavis.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_....

Pink and mauve flyer titled “Women in Economics Across the Nation.” It advertises a Zoom networking event for undergraduate economics students on Wednesday, October 29, with times listed as 5 PM PT, 6 PM MT, 7 PM CT, and 8 PM ET. The left side includes a QR code for registration. The right side describes that students can join alumni breakout rooms featuring speakers from the public sector, private sector, and graduate school, who will share career advice and experiences.

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · Oct 22

I have seen unified analysis of this in a couple years but looked at it in 2022, when things were hot.

Here's Arin Dube on the wage growth disparity side. Wage growth advantage for bottom over top is 11 percentage points over 2019-2023.
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Daniel Ershov @ershovd.bsky.social · 8h

❗❗❗🚨🚨🚨 Next @cepr.org IO Virtual Gathering is taking place on NOVEMBER 7 at 2pm CET. 1st hr is dedicated to JM presentations by IO candidates graduating from Eur / UK schools. If interested, please submit a draft of your JMP & CV at: t.co/aUTPTWSten by OCTOBER 26! 🚨🚨🚨 ❗❗❗ #econjobmarket

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UMN Economics @umn-econ.bsky.social · 8h

www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1... V.V. Chari on @marketplace.org explaining a major labor market shift:
"Break-even employment" dropped from 250K jobs/month in 2023 to just 30K today. The reason? Changing migration patterns have reshaped the balance between job seekers and available jobs.

Why "break-even" employment has seen a dramatic shift

Break-even employment is a sort of balance figure between the number of job seekers and the number of jobs available.

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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 9h

Minnesota governor, Kansas congresswoman criticize Trump over trade war’s impact on soybean farmers | #ksleg via @minnesotareformer.com kansasreflector.com/2025/10/14/r...

Minnesota governor, Kansas rep criticize Trump over trade war’s impact on soy farmers • Kansas Reflector

President Donald Trump’s trade war is having devastating consequences for soybean farmers, and Gov. Tim Walz joined other national Democratic leaders on a call Tuesday to highlight the story of a farm...

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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 9h

5 Immigrants To America Won 2024 And 2025 Nobel Prize In Economics www.forbes.com/sites/stuart...

5 Immigrants To America Won 2024 And 2025 Nobel Prize In Economics

Five immigrants to America have been awarded the Nobel prize in economics in 2024 and 2025; four of the five former international students.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 9h

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Fed's Collins still favors additional rate cuts to aid job market

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Susan Collins reiterated Tuesday that rising risks to the job market support additional central bank interest rate cuts in what remains an uncertain economic environment.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11h

After bragging about permanently cutting "Democrat programs," Trump says "we're not closing up Republican programs."

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 12h

Neo-Confederacy 100% clean on OpSec
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 12h

Bloomberg is an example. But I just don't think relying on well-meaning billionaires is a sensible strategy for this or for anything really.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 12h

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Allegra Kirkland @allegrak.bsky.social · 13h

Emboldened by the Jan 6 pardons + reinstated on X by Elon Musk, senior figures in the Proud Boys are mulling getting more involved in traditional politics + bragging about their members joining ICE.

More from @hunterw.bsky.social

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In the New Trump Era, the Proud Boys Are ‘Not Apologizing Anymore’

To hear him tell it, Gavin McInnes’ recent return to the site...

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 16h

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 17h

Through segregation, violence, redlining, and sundown towns, Black families traveled. How did they know where to go? What places were safe? What places were welcoming? Search the data on this important part of American history: greenbookproject.osu.edu #GreenBookProject #CommunityMap
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 17h

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