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The Center for Economic and Policy Research promotes democratic debate on the most important economic and social issues that affect people's lives.
🌎 THIS WEEK | US Escalation in the Americas 🇻🇪 #VENEZUELA — US eyes unlocking billions in frozen Venezuelan assets, frozen by its own sanctions 🇭🇳 #HONDURAS — Ex-president JOH returns after Trump pardon, faces graft charges
Flood’s happen everywhere - looking at past data isn’t enough to know whether or not you should buy flood insurance. @mattsedlar.bsky.social explains why #flood #mostlyeconomics #naturaldisasters #insurance
Companies use Patent Thickets to extend their parents far beyond the actual end date, creating a nightmare of problems for not only competitors, but also consumers. @tahiramin.bsky.social says it’s time to end this practice. #mostlyeconomics #patents #government #pharma #healthcare #econsky
#AI Bubble Alert! Tesla and SpaceX take significant losses this week as Chinese A.I. is doing better than ever. Interest rates are expected to rise from Trump's new round of tariffs, potentially hurting the A.I. Market. Read: https://cepr.net/publications/ai-bubble-monitor/ #econsky
Patents are a means to maximize profit rather than maximize people’s healthcare outcomes. @tahiramin.bsky.social explains that it’s just legalized price gouging. #mostlyeconomics #patents #government #pharma #healthcare #econsky
@tahiramin.bsky.social explains the “Vaccine Apartheid” and how patent laws prevented global access to necessary healthcare. #mostlyeconomics #patents #government #pharma #healthcare #econsky
A.I. is the next Intellectual Property system - a means to turn public knowledge into private knowledge and restricting access to consumers. @tahiramin.bsky.social explains why. #mostlyeconomics #patents #government #pharma #healthcare #econsky
Healthcare financialization has confused the market as PE and mergers and acquisitions keep taking place. Rather than optimizing for care, they’re optimizing for profits. @sabrinacorlette.bsky.social explains why. #ACA #healthcare #privateequity #mostlyeconomics #health #econsky
Legal immigrants are now ineligible for healthcare subsidies for marketplace coverage. This is horrible for lawfully present immigrants and @sabrinacorlette.bsky.social explains why. #ACA #healthcare #privateequity #mostly economics #health #econsky
Trump’s FEMA cuts have shifted responsibility onto states - hurting smaller states. @mattsedlar.bsky.social breaks it down. #trump #flood #mostlyeconomics #naturaldisasters #insurance
The ACA was one of the best ways insurance was provided to millions of Americans and prevented Job Lock, the idea that people are stuck at a job because they’re afraid to lose benefits. @deanbaker13.bsky.social dives deep into how it helped. #ACA #healthcare #privateequity #mostlyeconomics #econsky
“I don’t think there will be that giant windfall, so I think they’re actually making the inequality worse by hyping this” In Politico, @deanbaker13.bsky.social expresses his skepticism for public ownership of A.I Read: https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/15/newsoms-populist-turn-on-tech-00997048
1/ 🧵 Over 4,100 people have died in Venezuela's June 24 earthquake, with tens of thousands more injured and homeless. In the @latimes.com, CEPR's Mark Weisbrot argues that US sanctions have made the toll far worse — and are standing in the way of recovery.
NEW #AIBUBBLE UPDATE: US AI usage actually fell last week, while Chinese AI usage is now about 40% higher than US usage. That is not what an AI boom is supposed to look like. More from @deanbaker13.bsky.social #econsky: https://tinyurl.com/3n3r9wyp
JD Vance now leads Trump's new task force investigating Medicaid fraud. Four of the five states it has targeted are led by Democrats. Funding has already been pulled in MN and CA. New York's James may be next. More from @eileenappelbaum.bsky.social : #econsky https://tinyurl.com/2rpkbd9s
Elon Musk gutted #SocialSecurity, USAID, and HUD at DOGE. Now with SpaceX joining the Nasdaq-100, millions of workers saving for retirement are now exposed to the growing #AIbubble, whether they chose to invest in SpaceX or not. Get our weekly updates: https://bit.ly/AIBubbleMonitor
These sky high valuations add up to massive market caps. Microsoft and Nvidia are both worth close to $4.7 trillion. Apple and Alphabet are not far behind, both worth more than $4 trillion. That is a lot riding on a productivity boom that has not shown up yet. #econsky
Right now big tech P/E ratios are far above the historical average of 19.1. Tesla is at 357.68 and AMD is at 172.20. The P/E ratio shows how much investors pay for each dollar a company earns. A higher number means investors expect much faster growth ahead. #econsky
NEW @deanbaker13.bsky.social AI BUBBLE UPDATE: Investors betting on the AI stock boom need productivity growth to soar. The data tells a different story. Growth avg'd just 1.1% the last 3 quarters, far below the 4 to 5% needed to justify today's stock prices. #econsky https://tinyurl.com/3n3r9wyp
Trump and Hegseth’s ending of affirmative action in the military has led to racial bias against African-Americans. @a-austin.bsky.social explains what has happened. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHvMhQZdoRo #econsky #military #trump #DEI #affirmativeaction #mostlyeconomics #podcast
Trump is refusing to sign into law the bipartisan housing affordability bill, the most significant bill in 30 years. CEPR's @a-austin.bsky.social explains how Americans want better housing policy. #majorityagenda #econsky https://tinyurl.com/mr275acj
NEW RESEARCH: 30 years ago, dads were nearly shut out of access to paid parental leave. Today the gap between moms and dads has shrunk from 24pp to just 6pp. Paid leave policies work but we need it to be national and guaranteed. Read: https://tinyurl.com/3n64bymt #econsky #majorityagenda
@deanbaker13.bsky.social says cutbacks in spending on fast-food shows working people's personal finances are tight and what they may be feeling about the economy (nothing good). Read: https://cepr.net/publications/the-fast-food-spending-index-is-falling-fast/
It's been 78 years since the Taft-Hartley Act became law, which banned solidarity strikes tipping the scales against workers ever since. @hcbrown.bsky.social details how this was a political response to a labor movement capable of disrupting entire industries. #econsky https://tinyurl.com/5etbmpsz
BREAKING: Greenspan gets credit for letting unemployment hit 4% defying most mainstream economists. But he missed 2 massive bubbles that wrecked millions of lives. Now Warsh is reviving his dangerous Fed opacity. @deanbaker13.bsky.social on a complicated legacy. #econsky https://tinyurl.com/ym4tpm4p
@arindube.bsky.social talks with @deanbaker13.bsky.social about how pay raises should be done sector by sector and with wage floors, ensuring all workers get fair and reasonable compensation for their labor. #economics #wage #USPolitics Full ep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfrbbEkH1i0
NEW #AIBUBBLE Update: SpaceX just pulled off the largest IPO ever at $2.2 trillion. It lost $5 billion last year and projects 90% of its future market is in AI. There are no earnings to point to. This is a pure bet on Elon Musk. @deanbaker13.bsky.social for #EconSky: https://tinyurl.com/2nmywvkk
@arindube.bsky.social argues full employment and worker mobility is required to make the market work better. #workersrights #USPolitics #economics #mostlyeconomics Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfrbbEkH1i0
@arindube.bsky.social explains what we stand to gain from increasing the minimum wage is SUBSTANTIALLY more beneficial than anything we lose. #economics #minimumwage #USPolitics #mostlyeconomics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfrbbEkH1i0
NEW EPISODE: @arindube.bsky.social joins @deanbaker13.bsky.social on #MostlyEconomics podcast to talk about his new book, The Wage Standard, and why raising pay for more workers is better for everyone. Happening now, tune in. 🎧 https://youtu.be/nfrbbEkH1i0