Mark Andrew Price
@pricelaborecon.bsky.social
Salt Lake City born. Current Pennsylvanian (Carlisle). Labor economist. Flower planter, runner (recently back at it), Dad. Signal: price_laborecon.68
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The economy is not a force of nature, we can change it to make it work better for everyone. We can’t fix everything but we can make the economy less hostile towards a fulfilling and good life.
Sagittarius season is a good time to reconcile with your enemies. Listen up haters. Fuck right off.
Here's what you should and shouldn't do if you were born under Sagittarius in medieval times.
Astrology was a very real science in the Middle Ages. People believed that the movements of celestial bodies influenced their personalities, health, and ideal times to do certain activities.
Astrology was a very real science in the Middle Ages. People believed that the movements of celestial bodies influenced their personalities, health, and ideal times to do certain activities.
December 1, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Sagittarius season is a good time to reconcile with your enemies. Listen up haters. Fuck right off.
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"Strong floor, no ceiling" is very literally the basis of like every Gilded Age political cartoon
November 30, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"Strong floor, no ceiling" is very literally the basis of like every Gilded Age political cartoon
I am doing so many things wrong
The secret to early retirement; dine out rarely, fly economy and be a Google employee making $390,000/year married to a fellow Google employee 17 years older than you who likely makes twice as much as you.
37-year-old quit her $390,000 Google job after saving up $1.5 million—see the 'no buy checklist' that helps her spend less
She left a $390,000-a-year job and now uses a simple set of rules to make her savings last in Switzerland.
www.cnbc.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I am doing so many things wrong
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Yet another reminder that the very best job in this world is failed college football coach.
November 30, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Yet another reminder that the very best job in this world is failed college football coach.
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This was a garbage suit designed to have a chilling effect on labor organizers and it did not work!
California court tosses Wonderful Company lawsuit over farmworker unionization law
The Wonderful Company sued to overturn a farmworker unionization law, but a California appeals court found the lawsuit was premature. The company contends the law is unconstitutional.
calmatters.org
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This was a garbage suit designed to have a chilling effect on labor organizers and it did not work!
Cheers. It’s my birthday.
November 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Cheers. It’s my birthday.
Boom
A solid floor with no ceilings is a parking lot.
November 30, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Boom
Every goddamn time.
Presumably dems will do well in the midterms and they will claim it is a mandate for some bullshit
November 30, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Every goddamn time.
So is this a product of slop off the thirdway, manhattan or Niskanen shelf? To be clear there is no way to create opportunity for all without sharply more progressive taxes on income and wealth. The House Democrats need a new leader.
November 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
So is this a product of slop off the thirdway, manhattan or Niskanen shelf? To be clear there is no way to create opportunity for all without sharply more progressive taxes on income and wealth. The House Democrats need a new leader.
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No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
November 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
No value, no villain, no vision. Sounds like the tagline for the earnings call of a collapsing appliance retailer
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🚨New Paper🚨 US doctors are paid very different amounts for treating different patients—even when providing identical services.
How much less are physicians paid for treating non-White patients?
In @jamahealthforum.com, we offer the 1st national estimates. (1/7)
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
How much less are physicians paid for treating non-White patients?
In @jamahealthforum.com, we offer the 1st national estimates. (1/7)
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Payments to Physician Practices and Incentives to Serve Different Racial and Ethnic Groups
This study measures disparities across patient racial and ethnic groups in per-visit payment to physician practices from health insurers and other sources, adjusted for visit content, geographic marke...
jamanetwork.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
🚨New Paper🚨 US doctors are paid very different amounts for treating different patients—even when providing identical services.
How much less are physicians paid for treating non-White patients?
In @jamahealthforum.com, we offer the 1st national estimates. (1/7)
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
How much less are physicians paid for treating non-White patients?
In @jamahealthforum.com, we offer the 1st national estimates. (1/7)
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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True but I’m normal
I feel like one of the most underrated explanations for what's happening right now in global politics is that almost everyone has lost their minds.
November 30, 2025 at 7:49 AM
True but I’m normal
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Sure seems like the kind of thing that would have led to a third impeachment back in the first Trump term.
www.youtube.com/shorts/4tiT1...
www.youtube.com/shorts/4tiT1...
Trump pardons Honduran drug boss Juan Orlando Hernandez
YouTube video by Lawyer Oyer
www.youtube.com
November 30, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Sure seems like the kind of thing that would have led to a third impeachment back in the first Trump term.
www.youtube.com/shorts/4tiT1...
www.youtube.com/shorts/4tiT1...
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The NBER Race and Stratification Working Group will have its annual meeting on Friday, March 27, 2026. @franciscaantman.bsky.social, Bocar Ba, Robynn Cox and I are organizing the program. Submit your paper by the December 11, 2025 deadline! @nber.org #Econsky www.nber.org/conferences/...
Economics of Race and Stratification, Spring 2026
www.nber.org
November 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
The NBER Race and Stratification Working Group will have its annual meeting on Friday, March 27, 2026. @franciscaantman.bsky.social, Bocar Ba, Robynn Cox and I are organizing the program. Submit your paper by the December 11, 2025 deadline! @nber.org #Econsky www.nber.org/conferences/...
Snowing in Carlisle, it has begun
November 30, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Snowing in Carlisle, it has begun
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Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
November 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
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Sign at an outdoor classroom for a nature center: “Think outside. No box required.”
November 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Sign at an outdoor classroom for a nature center: “Think outside. No box required.”
Post your favorite "Transformers" character. Wrong answers only.
November 29, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Post your favorite "Transformers" character. Wrong answers only.
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Yum. Nothing beats a sweet crisp WA apple, unless it's a hot juicy apple pie. Let's give a shout out to "Casimiro" and his co-workers who are harvesting apples in Sunnyside WA. #WeFeedYou
November 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Yum. Nothing beats a sweet crisp WA apple, unless it's a hot juicy apple pie. Let's give a shout out to "Casimiro" and his co-workers who are harvesting apples in Sunnyside WA. #WeFeedYou
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"Mr. Trump’s administration seems to be creating the same kind of oligarchy that the original Department of Education was intended to prevent." #Edusky
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/o...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/o...
Opinion | The Education Department’s Forgotten Antiracist Origins
www.nytimes.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
"Mr. Trump’s administration seems to be creating the same kind of oligarchy that the original Department of Education was intended to prevent." #Edusky
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/o...
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/29/o...
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“In 2029 we will rebuild the White House and pay for it by seizing assets from Trump, his family, and all of his companies and organizations. We publicize the name of every contractor involved with this project and permanently ban them as corporate entities and individuals from public contracts.”
Trump fighting with his architect about wanting to build a ballroom bigger than the actual White House feels very on brand
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November 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“In 2029 we will rebuild the White House and pay for it by seizing assets from Trump, his family, and all of his companies and organizations. We publicize the name of every contractor involved with this project and permanently ban them as corporate entities and individuals from public contracts.”
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This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is murder. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
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In advance of Small Business Saturday, I wanna remind everyone that just because a business is small and locally-owned, doesn’t mean it’s good
A lot of those businesses are exempt from federal laws mandating family leave and health insurance. So, shop wisely. And avoid any business on this site:
A lot of those businesses are exempt from federal laws mandating family leave and health insurance. So, shop wisely. And avoid any business on this site:
Shop on America's Marketplace | PublicSquare Marketplace
Shop on America's Marketplace | PublicSquare
www.publicsquare.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
In advance of Small Business Saturday, I wanna remind everyone that just because a business is small and locally-owned, doesn’t mean it’s good
A lot of those businesses are exempt from federal laws mandating family leave and health insurance. So, shop wisely. And avoid any business on this site:
A lot of those businesses are exempt from federal laws mandating family leave and health insurance. So, shop wisely. And avoid any business on this site:
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Meanwhile in Sayburç, one of the PPN Taş Tepeler sites of Turkey: A human head carved on the base of one of the T shaped pillars has been found.🏺😲
November 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Meanwhile in Sayburç, one of the PPN Taş Tepeler sites of Turkey: A human head carved on the base of one of the T shaped pillars has been found.🏺😲