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Scott Imberman
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 2h
The Wall Street Journal reports that Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison “offered assurances” he would drastically transform CNN if he bought Warner Bros. Discovery www.wsj.com/business/med...
During a visit to Washington in recent days, David Ellison offered assurances to Trump administration officials that if he bought Warner, he’d make sweeping changes to CNN, a common target of President Trump’s ire, people familiar with the matter said. Trump has told people close to him that he wants new ownership of CNN as well as changes to CNN programming.

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 3h
Also, I really don’t care much about the lounge. I just need to keep my status up to get extra legroom seat upgrades - because I’m 6’ 2’’.

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 3h
Tag yourself. I’m the guy who pays hundreds per year for a Delta card with lounge access but won’t pay for a New Yorker subscription and thus I can’t read this article.
donmoyn.bsky.social Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4h
This entire article on airport lounges is incredible both as a piece of economic and consumer journalism
"The thing about lounging is that it’s impossible to lounge without worrying that someone, somewhere, is lounging better."
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Reposted by Scott A. Imberman

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 4h
This entire article on airport lounges is incredible both as a piece of economic and consumer journalism
"The thing about lounging is that it’s impossible to lounge without worrying that someone, somewhere, is lounging better."
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

imbernomics.bsky.social
Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 5h
Oh, she’s writing in the NYT instead of WSJ. So she’s mad mad.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5h
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“The obstacles to achieving almost anything are enough to make any member who came to Washington with noble intentions ask: Why am I even here?,” Rep. Nancy Mace writes.
Opinion | Nancy Mace: Why The Republican House Isn’t Working
The system in the House promotes control by party leaders over accountability and achievement.
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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 5h
Now that I know there’s a risk I’ll run into this guy at DCA, i’m planning to fly into IAD.
razzball.bsky.social Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 7h
In line for the TSA behind this guy

Reposted by Scott A. Imberman

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 5h
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“The obstacles to achieving almost anything are enough to make any member who came to Washington with noble intentions ask: Why am I even here?,” Rep. Nancy Mace writes.
Opinion | Nancy Mace: Why The Republican House Isn’t Working
The system in the House promotes control by party leaders over accountability and achievement.
nyti.ms

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 5h
Ok, she’s got my vote then.

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 6h
Oh yeah. Benson’s actually done a great job at making that office run better.

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 6h
Michigan is weird in that the Secretary of State runs elections but also the DMV.

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 6h
Ok, but what are you gong to do about lines for motor vehicle registration?
adamparkhomenko.bsky.social Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 6h
holy shit this is a helluva ad from the democrat running for michigan secretary of state. watch and pass it on!

Reposted by Steve Peers, Scott A. Imberman

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Adam Parkhomenko @adamparkhomenko.bsky.social · 6h
holy shit this is a helluva ad from the democrat running for michigan secretary of state. watch and pass it on!

Reposted by David R. Miller, Scott A. Imberman, David Darmofal

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Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 7h
In line for the TSA behind this guy

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 8h
Yes, that is certainly a worse economy.

Reposted by Scott A. Imberman

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Matt Darling @besttrousers.bsky.social · 8h
<prepares to make standard point about black unemployment being noisier such that we shouldn't misinterpret month-to-month variance>

<looks at the actual data>

Wait...what?

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 8h
Ok, I stand corrected. It was also bad then!

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 9h
Though I admit, I have not looked that closely lately, so maybe my perception is off.

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 9h
Or I should say, employment.

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 9h
The unemployment numbers are worse, aren't they?

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 9h
Well... it was.

Reposted by Richard S.J. Tol, Mark D. White, Scott A. Imberman , and 2 more

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Julian Sanchez @normative.bsky.social · 10h
"Now that I've hit everyone with ruinous taxes, I'll dole some of it back out to my political supporters as welfare payments."
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h
Trump: "I'm delighted to announce this afternoon that the US will be taking a small portion of the hundreds of billions of dollars we receive in tariffs ... and we're going to be giving and providing it to the farmers in economic assistance. We love our farmers. The farmers like me ... $12 billion"

Reposted by Michael Kevane, Aaron Sojourner, Scott A. Imberman

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Natalie Millar @nataliemillar.bsky.social · 10h
My #EconJMP, “The Labor Market Returns to Customized Job Training”, examines how subsidized firm training that aligns skill supply with skill demand affects workers and whether subsidies generate benefits that justify public investment.

Website: nataliemillar.net

Reposted by Caroline Krafft, Kathleen J. Mullen, Scott A. Imberman

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Caitlin Myers @caitlinmyers.bsky.social · 11h
Applications are OPEN for CSWEP’s 2026 CeMENT Mentoring Workshop! 🎉 Come get feedback on your research, practical advice for navigating the tenure track, and a community that will lift you up.

Details & application here 👉 www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/co...

@aeacswep.bsky.social #EconSky
CeMENT: Mentoring for Junior Faculty
www.aeaweb.org

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Ryan Enos @ryanenos.bsky.social · 12h
Not long ago, this would have been an earth-shattering scandal. That it is coming to this shows how much Trump has polluted our public sphere.
www.axios.com/2025/12/08/j...

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 12h
My policy is if they don’t tell us which one, then I assume the worst and he’s dying of cancer.

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Barred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.bsky.social · 14h
Supreme Court oral argument this morning, in sum

Sotomayor: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (derogatory)

Gorsuch: you're asking us to destroy the foundation of government (complimentary)

Reposted by Scott L. Greer, Cathy N. Davidson, Aaron Sojourner , and 2 more

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 15h
Two months after President Donald Trump signed an executive order restricting H-1B visas, soaring costs are roiling rural health care facilities that have long struggled to find staff.
Rural America relies on foreign doctors. Trump’s visa fee shuts them out.
The Trump administration’s demand for companies to pay a $100,000 fee to hire an immigrant worker using an H1B visa has created turmoil among rural health providers.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 15h
1) Impose massive tariffs on China
2) China retaliates by ending its soybean imports
3) Cut deal w/ China so they'll buy our soybeans
4) China buys only 20%, so far, of what it agreed to purchase
5) Offer $12 billion to US farmers so they don't go bankrupt

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Trump to Unveil $12 Billion Bailout for Farmers
The financial aid comes as the agriculture sector grapples with the fallout from the president’s tariffs.
www.wsj.com

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 17h
Football

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Scott Imberman @imbernomics.bsky.social · 17h
“Russian drone strike on Chernobyl” is basically the news headline you would see at the start of a post-apocalyptic zombie movie.
nytimes.com The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18h
Radiation levels have not increased outside the Chernobyl power plant, the Ukrainian site of the world’s worst-ever nuclear disaster, even though the authorities have been unable to fix the damage from a Russian drone that punctured the complex's protective shield in February, officials said.
Russian Drone Strike on Chernobyl Hasn’t Led to Rise in Radiation Levels
Despite the finding, the authorities have been unable to fix the damage from a drone that punctured Reactor No. 4’s outermost protective shield in February.
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