“Remain optimistic purely out of spite.” Jon and Economist Kathryn Anne Edwards offer workers a reason to be hopeful. @kedseconomist.com

🚨 New episode on YouTube with Economist Kathryn Anne Edwards @kedseconomist.com! 🚨

We discuss:
➡️ Growth vs. Greed
➡️ Rigged Economy
➡️ Manufactured Labor Crisis
➡️ To Impeach or Not Impeach

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“Government didn’t get in the way of growth, it got in the way of greed.” Economist Kathryn Anne Edwards, host of the Optimist Economy, on labor market policy and corporate complacence. New episode out now! @kedseconomist.com

New Pennsylvania Early Learning Investment Commission video just dropped, with me @kedseconomist.com @ehaspel.bsky.social & more
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@kedseconomist.com and I will be talking jobs live in just over 2 hours (630 AM PT / 930 AM ET) open.substack.com/live-stream/...?

The US tax code is packed with $2.3 trillion in tax breaks each year, and @kedseconomist.com explains why Congress needs to rethink the system 🎥

The problem is obvious: our profit-driven private health insurance system is not fit for purpose. It's time to get on board with the solution, universal public health insurance.

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A little earlier than our past two recordings, but @econberger.bsky.social and I are here to talk jobs day!

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New from @kedseconomist.com: the standard Social Security story blames an aging population for the program's problems and treats benefit cuts as inevitable.

But her research shows otherwise: the real damage has come from decades of economic mismanagement we chose not to fix.

Latest newsletter from me: The last reform of Social Security was in 1983, in which they made a sweeping set of projections about the future. What did they get wrong? And how can we learn from that to make the next reform better?
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Could Social Security face a 2032 shortfall? Join us w/ @kedseconomist.com
Anita Mukherjee, and Anil Kumar on Sept 30 for an expert discussion on what potential benefit cuts mean for vulnerable retirees relying on every dollar.

Register: www.irp.wisc.edu/resource/the...

In 1990, the US had ~130 tax coupons (credits, adjustments, deductions, etc), today we have more than double that: 271. To address the debt, we should start with the coupon book that doles out $2.3 trillion in discounts each year, dwarfing Social Security.
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Social Security's main trust fund is projected to be depleted by 2032. @kedseconomist.com explains why cutting Social Security benefits is the wrong idea 🎥

Without action, Social Security trust funds face shortfalls by 2032. What will automatic benefit cuts mean for low-income seniors?

Join @kedseconomist.com, Anita Mukherjee, & Anil Kumar for an @irp.wisc.edu webinar.

📅 Sept 30 | 1 PM CT
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Are Social Security benefits too high? In my latest column, I offer a practical answer based on replacement rates and formulas, but I think it's getting at a larger question that we would be better off answering directly: What do we need Social Security to do?

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