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Gerald Carl Friedman is an economics professor at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. He became nationally prominent during the… more

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Read this!

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Good point!
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Jake Berman @lostsubways.com · 1d
the basic problem of suburban municipal finance, in a nutshell:

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$40 billion for Argentina now. America First!
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The American people deserve a public health system that puts science before politics.

That's why California and 14 other governors are joining forces to launch the Governors Public Health Alliance to protect communities and guarantee decisions are rooted in data and health.
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by Gerald Friedman

gfriedma.bsky.social
To deal with soaring health care costs, we need to rein in profits and the inefficiency of for-profit medicine. We need #medicareforall

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John Geyman on the Growing Costs of U.S. Health Care - Corporate Crime Reporter
You know health care costs are starting to hit home when Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene raises the red flag. In a posting on Twitter last week, the Republican Congresswoman from Georgia broke fr...
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by Gerald Friedman

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China Has Overtaken America
And Trump’s policies guarantee that we will never catch up
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Happy Birthday George Floyd!

Rest in Peace - Loving Father, Son, Brother, Nephew, Cousin, Partner, Black American Man!

🙏🏽🌈💕🌹❤️🎈♦️💐💐💐💐💐
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lostsubways.com
the basic problem of suburban municipal finance, in a nutshell:
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atrupar.com
"To the extent Trump has the power to federalize troops, it stems from a law Congress passed. In other words, Congress could, were it not currently controlled by sniveling sycophants, just pass a new law that took away that power. So, by its very nature, that’s not a plenary power."
Stephen Miller's radically bogus idea of "plenary authority"
This is not how the Constitution works.
www.publicnotice.co
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by Gerald Friedman

gfriedma.bsky.social
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How Criminals' Most Favored Currency Became A 'Trump Trade'
By now it’s obvious that Donald Trump suffers from CBS — Cowardly Bully Syndrome.On Friday, Trump blasted China’s new export controls on rare earths, declaring them a “moral disgrace” which were “obvi...
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by Gerald Friedman

gfriedma.bsky.social
Snarkitorial: The Cult of Personality (and Other Deranged Shrines)
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Snarkitorial: The Cult of Personality (and Other Deranged Shrines)
In which the battle of the egos comes to a stunning and frankly predictable crescendo
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by Gerald Friedman

gfriedma.bsky.social
The Truth about Panics
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The Truth about Panics
One is being generated right now
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by Gerald Friedman

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Trump reinvents American history open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
October 12, 2025
On October 9, President Donald J.
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by Gerald Friedman

gfriedma.bsky.social
A good man, an excellent economist.
He's wrong about everything that matters.
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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 2d
Congrats to Joel Mokyr, a professor at Northwestern in IL, on being awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics.

His groundbreaking work on sustained economic growth ignites innovative solutions — leading to a brighter outlook for our future.
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NPR @npr.org · 2d
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for their research on how technological innovation fuels economic growth and creative destruction. n.pr/4oh42lZ

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we’ll see how his mayoral tenure shakes out but i am convinced that Mamdani has the juice. not just the charisma to win an election but the temperament to govern and the measured pragmatism of someone who genuinely believes what they’re saying and wants to accomplish real things.
Inside the Improbable, Audacious and (So Far) Unstoppable Rise of Zohran Mamdani
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by Gerald Friedman

gfriedma.bsky.social
For-profit insurance companies love prior authorization because it drives patients away from needed care, increasing insurance profits while undermining health
www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
Prior Auth Hurdles Ramp Up for Patients and Oncologists
Several studies highlighted at a recent meeting document the growing toll prior authorization takes on patients and physicians.
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by Gerald Friedman

gfriedma.bsky.social
Good Work If You Can Keep It
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Good Work If You Can Keep It
Before Trump dismantled the bureaucracy, working for the government was an honorable job
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by Gerald Friedman

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The media is largely ignoring the trauma of millions. Here's why.
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The media is largely ignoring the trauma of millions. Here's why.
Plus: Watch George Stephanopolous pushes JD Vance with follow-up questions, cringe at Bari Weiss's pep talk to CBS journalists; and more
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Our money to bail out Argentina!
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by Gerald Friedman

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How Crypto Became a Trump Trade
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How Crypto Became a Trump Trade
It’s primarily a vehicle for crony capitalism now
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by Gerald Friedman

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by Gerald Friedman

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It ain't over
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Israelis and Palestinians celebrate but key truce issues remain | First Thing
UN says Gaza still needs ‘lifesaving aid’ as world leaders gather in Sharm el-Sheikh to discuss 20-point proposal. Plus, nude cyclists protest against national guard deployment
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by Gerald Friedman

gfriedma.bsky.social
Shootings and public executions: Hamas attempting to restore control in Gaza, clashes with local militias intensify
Hamas has won

www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
Freed hostage Nimrod Cohen's father says son told him food ran low when aid was blocked
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by Gerald Friedman

gfriedma.bsky.social
Trump Has Overwhelmed His Own Administration politicalwire.com/2025/10/14/t...
Trump Has Overwhelmed His Own Administration
Donald Trump’s second-term strategy was to overwhelm the system — to move so fast, on so many fronts, that no one could stop him. Democrats in Congress couldn’t keep up. Federal judges couldn’t issue ...
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by Gerald Friedman

gfriedma.bsky.social
Biden had a peace agreement in Gaza back in January but Netanyahu killed it because Trump promised to give him more.
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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 1d
EGOMANIAC-IN-CHIEF: Trump Steals the Spotlight, Gobbles Up All the Credit, and Embarrasses America on the World Stage with Ignorant & Offensive 3000 year comment! He didn’t broker peace — he hijacked it. He stole the spotlight, claimed credit for a collective effort and stole a moment of global hope
EGOMANIAC-IN-CHIEF: Trump Steals the Spotlight, Gobbles Up All the Credit, and Embarrasses America on the World Stage with Ignorant & Offensive 3000 year comment 😱
A fragile peace, a moment of global relief — and one man’s desperate need to make it all about himself.
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mjfree.bsky.social
EGOMANIAC-IN-CHIEF: Trump Steals the Spotlight, Gobbles Up All the Credit, and Embarrasses America on the World Stage with Ignorant & Offensive 3000 year comment! He didn’t broker peace — he hijacked it. He stole the spotlight, claimed credit for a collective effort and stole a moment of global hope
EGOMANIAC-IN-CHIEF: Trump Steals the Spotlight, Gobbles Up All the Credit, and Embarrasses America on the World Stage with Ignorant & Offensive 3000 year comment 😱
A fragile peace, a moment of global relief — and one man’s desperate need to make it all about himself.
open.substack.com
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by Gerald Friedman

gfriedma.bsky.social
13 countries with the best healthcare systems.
Guess what? We're not one of them
We need #medicareforall
health.howstuffworks.com/health-insur...
13 Countries With the Best Healthcare Systems
Whether you're thinking about moving to one of the countries with the best healthcare or just curious how other nations handle health services, there's a lot to consider.
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The vice president of the United States is a clownish dipshit, Exhibit 64,532
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jamellebouie.net
one of my takeaways from this great piece is that weiss just doesn’t…sound like an intelligent person? or at least, not someone who has thought even a little bit about how and why they think the things that they do. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gieT...
Bari Weiss: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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