Jeremy Ney
@jeremybney.bsky.social
Author of American Inequality, Columbia prof, Former econ policy at Federal Reserve
📝 americaninequality.substack.com
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78 million Americans now live within 3 miles of a Superfund site, a toxic waste dump known to lower school performance, life expectancy, and birthweights. Site cleanup has now hit rock bottom, threatening thousands of communities in our biggest cities americaninequality.substack.com/p/toxic-wast...
Toxic Waste Hiding in Our Backyards
78 million Americans now live within a few miles of a superfund site, causing lower grades life expectancies, and birthweights
americaninequality.substack.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:47 PM
78 million Americans now live within 3 miles of a Superfund site, a toxic waste dump known to lower school performance, life expectancy, and birthweights. Site cleanup has now hit rock bottom, threatening thousands of communities in our biggest cities americaninequality.substack.com/p/toxic-wast...
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The amount of greenery on your street depends on the amount of green in your pockets. I wrote about trees and inequality, America's shade gap, and whether tree coverage is connected to crime. Plus on this Christmas Eve, an article about 🎄 felt right.
americaninequality.substack.com/p/trees-and-...
americaninequality.substack.com/p/trees-and-...
Trees and Inequality
With so many Christmas trees in living rooms today, a story on tree injustice felt only right
americaninequality.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The amount of greenery on your street depends on the amount of green in your pockets. I wrote about trees and inequality, America's shade gap, and whether tree coverage is connected to crime. Plus on this Christmas Eve, an article about 🎄 felt right.
americaninequality.substack.com/p/trees-and-...
americaninequality.substack.com/p/trees-and-...
The amount of greenery on your street depends on the amount of green in your pockets. I wrote about trees and inequality, America's shade gap, and whether tree coverage is connected to crime. Plus on this Christmas Eve, an article about 🎄 felt right.
americaninequality.substack.com/p/trees-and-...
americaninequality.substack.com/p/trees-and-...
Trees and Inequality
With so many Christmas trees in living rooms today, a story on tree injustice felt only right
americaninequality.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
The amount of greenery on your street depends on the amount of green in your pockets. I wrote about trees and inequality, America's shade gap, and whether tree coverage is connected to crime. Plus on this Christmas Eve, an article about 🎄 felt right.
americaninequality.substack.com/p/trees-and-...
americaninequality.substack.com/p/trees-and-...
Will be live tomorrow discussing whether the $6.25 billion investment from the Dell family that is offering $250 dollars to 25 million children is a good idea. open.substack.com/live-stream/...
LIVE SOON: Cash for Impactful U.S. Policy
Starting Dec 11 at 1:00 PM EST
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December 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Will be live tomorrow discussing whether the $6.25 billion investment from the Dell family that is offering $250 dollars to 25 million children is a good idea. open.substack.com/live-stream/...
Electricity bills are rising 3x faster than inflation. Data centers are devouring supply and raising the cost of living for households. I show which states are feeling it worst and what we can do about it.
open.substack.com/pub/american...
open.substack.com/pub/american...
The Electricity Bills are Too Damn High
How data centers and the decline of green energy are raising your utility bill
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Electricity bills are rising 3x faster than inflation. Data centers are devouring supply and raising the cost of living for households. I show which states are feeling it worst and what we can do about it.
open.substack.com/pub/american...
open.substack.com/pub/american...
Our Substack fundraiser with GiveDirectly is running until Dec 31, but their Giving Tuesday match is only live until midnight tonight! Help claim the remaining $300K match funds before they expire: givedirectly.org/americaninequality
Our Substack fundraiser with GiveDirectly is running until Dec 31, but their Giving Tuesday match is only live until midnight tonight! Help claim the remaining $300K match funds before they expire: givedirectly.org/americaninequality
Substackers Fight Poverty: 1.5x your impact for 800+ families in Rwanda | GiveDirectly
Join us in sending life-changing cash to 800+ Rwandan families, with your favorite Substack writers helping deliver ~$1,100 per family to spend on what they need most. While match funds last, your don...
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December 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Our Substack fundraiser with GiveDirectly is running until Dec 31, but their Giving Tuesday match is only live until midnight tonight! Help claim the remaining $300K match funds before they expire: givedirectly.org/americaninequality
Our Substack fundraiser with GiveDirectly is running until Dec 31, but their Giving Tuesday match is only live until midnight tonight! Help claim the remaining $300K match funds before they expire: givedirectly.org/americaninequality
Substackers Fight Poverty: 1.5x your impact for 800+ families in Rwanda | GiveDirectly
Join us in sending life-changing cash to 800+ Rwandan families, with your favorite Substack writers helping deliver ~$1,100 per family to spend on what they need most. While match funds last, your don...
givedirectly.org
December 2, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Our Substack fundraiser with GiveDirectly is running until Dec 31, but their Giving Tuesday match is only live until midnight tonight! Help claim the remaining $300K match funds before they expire: givedirectly.org/americaninequality
I’m working with GiveDirectly and a group of authors to fight global poverty. I’ll be matching donations this week and so will @give-directly.bsky.social - you can be a real change-maker!
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Joining Derek Thompson and Matthew Yglesias to fight global poverty
GiveDirectly is making a world of difference. Join us in driving that change forward.
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December 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I’m working with GiveDirectly and a group of authors to fight global poverty. I’ll be matching donations this week and so will @give-directly.bsky.social - you can be a real change-maker!
open.substack.com/pub/american...
open.substack.com/pub/american...
“Bank CEOs should be forced to have a framed version of this image on their desks”
We are *really* bad at forecasting
We are *really* bad at forecasting
December 1, 2025 at 1:57 PM
“Bank CEOs should be forced to have a framed version of this image on their desks”
We are *really* bad at forecasting
We are *really* bad at forecasting
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Baby boomers hold more than $85 trillion in assets, making them the richest generation by far. New research explores the extraordinary rise in their good fortunes — one that experts say successive generations will be hard-pressed to replicate.
How baby boomers got so rich, and why their kids are unlikely to catch up
The wealthiest generation holds more than $85 trillion in assets thanks to economic conditions Gen X, millennials and others would be hard-pressed to replicate.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Baby boomers hold more than $85 trillion in assets, making them the richest generation by far. New research explores the extraordinary rise in their good fortunes — one that experts say successive generations will be hard-pressed to replicate.
Spoke with WaPo about why it’s so much harder for GenZ to rise up the economic ladder
Baby boomers are the richest generation because they bought homes and invested in stocks before they exploded in value, economists say.
But younger generations are more likely to be weighed down by debt or child care costs.
But younger generations are more likely to be weighed down by debt or child care costs.
How baby boomers got so rich, and why their kids are unlikely to catch up
The wealthiest generation holds more than $85 trillion in assets thanks to economic conditions Gen X, millennials and others would be hard-pressed to replicate.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Spoke with WaPo about why it’s so much harder for GenZ to rise up the economic ladder
I spoke with WaPo about what is driving the generational wealth gap. wapo.st/43DtV7X
How baby boomers got so rich and why their kids are unlikely to catch up
The wealthiest generation holds more than $85 trillion in assets thanks to economic conditions Gen X, millennials and others would be hard-pressed to replicate.
wapo.st
November 18, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I spoke with WaPo about what is driving the generational wealth gap. wapo.st/43DtV7X
I love this new chart I made. Colors. Message. Clarity. It’s just doing it for me.
November 14, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I love this new chart I made. Colors. Message. Clarity. It’s just doing it for me.
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High school debate taught me two things. (1) Respect the arguments of others and (2) Know what your opponent is going to say before they say it.
I may write a lot about inequality, but the US has seen huge environmental and higher ed improvements. americaninequality.substack.com/p/the-world-...
I may write a lot about inequality, but the US has seen huge environmental and higher ed improvements. americaninequality.substack.com/p/the-world-...
Progress Isn’t Dead Yet
In context, we're seeing some truly amazing advancements in the world in 2025
americaninequality.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
High school debate taught me two things. (1) Respect the arguments of others and (2) Know what your opponent is going to say before they say it.
I may write a lot about inequality, but the US has seen huge environmental and higher ed improvements. americaninequality.substack.com/p/the-world-...
I may write a lot about inequality, but the US has seen huge environmental and higher ed improvements. americaninequality.substack.com/p/the-world-...
High school debate taught me two things. (1) Respect the arguments of others and (2) Know what your opponent is going to say before they say it.
I may write a lot about inequality, but the US has seen huge environmental and higher ed improvements. americaninequality.substack.com/p/the-world-...
I may write a lot about inequality, but the US has seen huge environmental and higher ed improvements. americaninequality.substack.com/p/the-world-...
Progress Isn’t Dead Yet
In context, we're seeing some truly amazing advancements in the world in 2025
americaninequality.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:37 PM
High school debate taught me two things. (1) Respect the arguments of others and (2) Know what your opponent is going to say before they say it.
I may write a lot about inequality, but the US has seen huge environmental and higher ed improvements. americaninequality.substack.com/p/the-world-...
I may write a lot about inequality, but the US has seen huge environmental and higher ed improvements. americaninequality.substack.com/p/the-world-...
I’ll be live with @colinwoodard.bsky.social at 1:30pm ET discussing how the divides within the nation are driving much of our political, policy, and economic conversations open.substack.com/live-stream/...
LIVE SOON: The War Between Two Stories of Nationhood
Starting Nov 10 at 1:30 PM EST
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November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I’ll be live with @colinwoodard.bsky.social at 1:30pm ET discussing how the divides within the nation are driving much of our political, policy, and economic conversations open.substack.com/live-stream/...
7 million people gathered across 2,600 small towns and cities yesterday for the No Kings protest, making it the largest single-day protest in America in the last 50 years
October 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
7 million people gathered across 2,600 small towns and cities yesterday for the No Kings protest, making it the largest single-day protest in America in the last 50 years
I spoke with @julieroginsky.bsky.social about the increasingly important role of states in building out a new progressive machine. We covered which states are leading and lagging in the fight for more opportunity.
open.substack.com/pub/american...
open.substack.com/pub/american...
How State Choices Drive Prosperity, with Julie Roginsky
Jeremy Ney's conversation Julie Roginsky, Democratic strategist and former Fox News and CNBC co-host
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October 13, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I spoke with @julieroginsky.bsky.social about the increasingly important role of states in building out a new progressive machine. We covered which states are leading and lagging in the fight for more opportunity.
open.substack.com/pub/american...
open.substack.com/pub/american...
I dug into half a million detention records to uncover where the immigration court system is buckling. I identify why courts are drowning under backlogs, where immigrants are crammed into facilities, and which detention centers are profiting. americaninequality.substack.com/p/injustice-...
Uncovering Injustice in Immigration Court
No representation, massive backlogs, no criminal convictions, and for-profit prisons.
americaninequality.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I dug into half a million detention records to uncover where the immigration court system is buckling. I identify why courts are drowning under backlogs, where immigrants are crammed into facilities, and which detention centers are profiting. americaninequality.substack.com/p/injustice-...
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Really looking forward to this conversation.
I’ll be live with @julieroginsky.bsky.social on Friday at 10am ET discussing how state policies are now driving some of the biggest differences in outcomes across regions. Find out if the state where you live is leading or lagging in creating opportunity open.substack.com/live-stream/...
LIVE SOON: How State Choices Drive Prosperity, with Julie Roginsky
Starting Oct 10 at 10:00 AM EDT
open.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Really looking forward to this conversation.
I’ll be live with @julieroginsky.bsky.social on Friday at 10am ET discussing how state policies are now driving some of the biggest differences in outcomes across regions. Find out if the state where you live is leading or lagging in creating opportunity open.substack.com/live-stream/...
LIVE SOON: How State Choices Drive Prosperity, with Julie Roginsky
Starting Oct 10 at 10:00 AM EDT
open.substack.com
October 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I’ll be live with @julieroginsky.bsky.social on Friday at 10am ET discussing how state policies are now driving some of the biggest differences in outcomes across regions. Find out if the state where you live is leading or lagging in creating opportunity open.substack.com/live-stream/...
Only 35% of Americans now consider college “very important,” down from 53% in 2019 and 75% in 2010, per Gallup.
October 2, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Only 35% of Americans now consider college “very important,” down from 53% in 2019 and 75% in 2010, per Gallup.
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Remarkable map:
A century-long depopulation in the heartlands.
The Decade Every U.S. County Peaked In Population As Recorded by the US Census (1820-2020)
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A century-long depopulation in the heartlands.
The Decade Every U.S. County Peaked In Population As Recorded by the US Census (1820-2020)
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Jeremy Ney (@jeremybney)
A century-long depopulation in the heartlands. The Decade Every U.S. County Peaked In Population As Recorded by the US Census (1820-2020)
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September 27, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Remarkable map:
A century-long depopulation in the heartlands.
The Decade Every U.S. County Peaked In Population As Recorded by the US Census (1820-2020)
@jeremybney.bsky.social
substack.com/@jeremybney/...
A century-long depopulation in the heartlands.
The Decade Every U.S. County Peaked In Population As Recorded by the US Census (1820-2020)
@jeremybney.bsky.social
substack.com/@jeremybney/...
We are at risk of losing the war on cancer. Here are America’s biggest threats on the front americaninequality.substack.com/p/the-next-c...
The Next Cancer Catastrophe is Political
Cancer is on the rise for young people, but threats will soon skyrocket
americaninequality.substack.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
We are at risk of losing the war on cancer. Here are America’s biggest threats on the front americaninequality.substack.com/p/the-next-c...