Sanjay is a friend, coauthor. He was the only Econ faculty member laid off, in a largely heterodox dept, after years of publicly criticizing the administration's finances. A bad look for the New School. Tenure exists precisely to allow this kind of criticism. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/n...

He Had Tenure. The New School Laid Him Off Anyway. (Gift Article)

The professor, a longtime critic of the university, was among 19 educators who lost their positions as the institution navigated financial woes.

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For decades, productivity has risen while wage growth for most workers has lagged behind. Join us tomorrow at 3 PM ET for a conversation with @arindube.bsky.social on The Wage Standard, his new book on how we got here and how we can reset the labor market in workers' favor. ⬇️ Register below!

Roosevelt Institute Book Club presents: The Wage Standard by Arindrajit Dube

Join us on August 6th in conversation with Arindrajit Dube to learn how corporations have set this “wage standard” and what it will take to reset the labor market toward a new, worker-focused one.

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There's no bad weather, just bad gear" Getting ready for our trip to Iceland next week, for the solar eclipse!

Very useful suggestions for economists verifying that AI-generated code correctly implements the design, so we can focus on the harder, less-automatable question: does the design actually identify the effect being claimed?

Arin Dube@arindube.bsky.social · 2d ago

Maybe not a popular post for here, but this is my assessment. In economics research, there are some easy ways to get a decent amount of verification of accuracy for AI generated code or algebra. 1/

Roosevelt Book Club! This Thursday my colleague Patrick Oakford interviews economist @arindube.bsky.social about his new book, "The Wage Standard." If you have any interest in labor markets and labor economics, you can't miss this. events.zoom.us/ev/ArtZWofWx...

RI Book Club: The Wage Standard

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Maybe not a popular post for here, but this is my assessment. In economics research, there are some easy ways to get a decent amount of verification of accuracy for AI generated code or algebra. 1/

This is dense and pretty cool and I particularly like it because it confirms my priors that paying people a living wage is good public policy.

Arin Dube@arindube.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We've been running an unprecedented natural experiment running for a decade and half. 30 states have raised their minimum wages. 20 have not. What happened to pay? What happened to jobs? The good news is that it's pretty easy to figure out now. substack.com/home/post/p-...

The evidence from the US, where over more than a decade some states have raised the minimum wage while others have not, is clear. - Statutory MW hikes are effective in raising the wages of the low paid. - No substantial job losses. - Adjustment via higher productivity, prices &/or lower profits

Arin Dube@arindube.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We've been running an unprecedented natural experiment running for a decade and half. 30 states have raised their minimum wages. 20 have not. What happened to pay? What happened to jobs? The good news is that it's pretty easy to figure out now. substack.com/home/post/p-...

Last night in Costa Brava. I'll miss this view...

ICYMI: More money means less problems for Americans. @arindube.bsky.social sits down with @deanbaker13.bsky.social to break down why we should increase the minimum wage, worker mobility, and aim for full employment. Watch:

Mostly Economics Podcast 38: More Money, Less Problems with Arindrajit Dube

Economist Arindrajit Dube joins Dean Baker to discuss his book The ...

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Listen to WPFW's (app, website, 89.3 FM) "Unionism Drives Community!" Thurs., July 23 @ 5 pm when renowned Univ. of Mass. Amherst Econ. Prof. @arindube.bsky.social discusses why America's cost of living crisis is really a pay crisis and a higher minimum wage is critical to solving it.

One of the best things about Spain’s World Cup win: unlike so many elite teams, it isn’t built around a single superstar. It’s just a great team.

I misplaced my laptop and won't get it back till tomorrow - just watching TV on a Sunday evening. Just imagine! Feels good 😊

I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if billions of voices suddenly cried out in joy...

What a f'ing bonus

Thor Benson@thorbenson.bsky.social · 2w ago

So Trump has to present Spain, a country he's furious at, with the trophy lol

¡Vamos, España! ¡Qué partido! ¡Estaremos allí esta semana para celebrar!

God damn it finally! Yes! Lets go!!!

When you think about it, it's a remarkable fact that we had a period in human history when many leading voices thought the route to broad based prosperity was through teaching a large share of humanity how to write software code that provides instructions to a computer.

When you think about it, it's a remarkable fact that we had a period in human history when many leading voices thought the route to broad based prosperity was through teaching a large share of humanity how to write software code that provides instructions to a computer.

Spain versus Argentina it is! Reigning European champion against the reigning world champion. Let's go!

This Argentina team is relentless!

That was a brilliant goal!

Excited to visit Spain next week (purely for family vacation, no work) after ... checks notes ... several decades! We will be at Barcelona and Costa Brava. But also excited that next May I'll give talks at UC3M (Madrid) and UPF (Barcelona) so España is LOCKED IN!

The reigning European champions played like it today. ¡Felicidades a España!

I think I'll have a better time during my family vacation to Spain next week if Spain wins today. So I should probably support Spain.

In this new piece with Suresh Naidu (part of the Game Changers volume), I lay out a vision for how to use sectoral standards in America - to set wages but much more, including regulating technology like AI. Check it out! peri.umass.edu/publication/...

Raising Middle-Class Pay and Working Conditions through Sectoral Standards

The Problem Most American workers do not have a say in the governance of their workplaces, and too often are paid wages that have not tracked economy-wide productivity. We need institutions that give…

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Fine with economists signing this letter, but I personally wouldn't have signed it asked. Because it's very vague and I don't know what the concrete proposal is (besides that we should learn more, which goes without saying.) 1/

Ben Casselman@bencasselman.bsky.social · 3w ago

A group of economists and tech leaders (including 15 Nobel laureates, and the chief economists at Open AI and Anthropic) are warning about the disruptions A.I. could cause, and calling on policymakers to prepare. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/13/b... #EconSky

For what it's worth, I'll be near the France/Spain border later this month. I suppose it would have been ideal to have been there tomorrow instead, to get a full border discontinuity experience.

Abdul El-Sayed primary win probability rose dramatically since April in betting markets. During that period, there was very modest change in Dem win probability in the general election. According to markets, AES is has similar chance of beating GOP as likely alternative - around 75% probability.