Companies are benefiting from soaring profits, historically low taxes, and a Congress willing to make middle class salaried workers subsidize low-wage work instead of making the jobs better paid. My latest on the collapsing sense of fairness in our tax system: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

No One Who Works Full Time Should Be on Medicaid

There are a lot of jobs in the US economy that pay miserably low wages. And there are a lot that offer a reasonable hourly rate but still result in miserably low earnings because of unstable, fluctuat...

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How will we know today what Social Security needs for the next 75 years? That is the challenge of reform, and one I tackle head on in this report. It's predicting the future from examining the past. My latest in partnership with @rooseveltinstitute.org rooseveltinstitute.org/publications...

What the 1983 Social Security Reform Missed—and 2032 Must Get Right

Kathryn Anne Edwards explains how wage inequality and economic mismanagement weakened Social Security—and what the next reform must get right before 2032.

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A great piece from @kedseconomist.com that understands the fundamental mandate any Social Security reform must follow: protecting guaranteed benefits in their entirety while addressing the economic forces that have weakened the program’s foundation.

Kathryn Anne Edwards@kedseconomist.com · 2w ago

In my Bloomberg column this morning I propose bipartisan Social Security reform that avoids any benefit cuts and puts the program on a path to long-term solvency. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

In my Bloomberg column this morning I propose bipartisan Social Security reform that avoids any benefit cuts and puts the program on a path to long-term solvency. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

How to Fix Social Security, in Six Words

The annual report of the Social Security board of trustees, issued last month, has prompted Congress to return to one of its favorite pastimes: creating bipartisan Social Security commissions. More pr...

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Let's talk Social Security! I have a paper about Social Security reform with @rooseveltinstitute.org. It asks what did the last reform in 1983 "miss" about the economy and what does that mean for 2032? I'm joined by a fantastic set of people to discuss the findings: events.zoom.us/ev/Alhyls42b...

What Social Security’s Shortfall Is Really Telling Us About the Economy

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You really don't want to miss this one, folks. We have an all-star line-up including @kedseconomist.com , @lipstickecon.bsky.social ,Bradley Hardy, and @betseystevenson.bsky.social @rooseveltinstitute.org events.zoom.us/ev/Alhyls42b...

What Social Security’s Shortfall Is Really Telling Us About the Economy

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I did some Fantasy Bureau of Labor Statistics in my column. I proposed how we could produce dozens of price indices to track how different households are faring, helping economists have a better pulse on the economy and validating those struggling who feel unseen. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

How’s Inflation? Depends How It’s Measured

The official data will be released tomorrow, but if past trends continue, the US inflation rate will come in higher than most Americans are used to, but still relatively low. In May, the consumer pric...

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Give kids money and their toddlers will eat more fruits and vegetables (this specific study looks at whether it’s because families move to neighborhoods where such foods are more easily accessible and finds no evidence of that—parents maybe just buy/prepare healthier foods where they are) (Ungated)

I don't think its in line with Social Security's principle of fairness that self-employed workers have to pay a double tax and employers who use independent contractors have to pay nothing. In my column this morning, I propose taxing the gig employers. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Save Social Security With the Gig Economy

The Social Security trust fund will run out of money by late 2032, according to the annual report the program issued last month. The specific date is new — last year’s report projected insolvency by e...

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Won't lie, never thought I'd be featured in anything even loosely related to style. This is cool! www.instyle.com/no-country-f...

American Mothers Deserve Better Choices Than Tradwife or Girlboss

A new documentary called 'No Country for Mothers' explores the policy changes that could make parenting in America more bearable.

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For over 90 years, Social Security has been one of the few reliable sources of financial stability for millions of Americans. As @kedseconomist.com writes, “We don’t need to save Social Security. We need Social Security to save Americans.”

The Social Security Amendments of 2029

It's time to deliver what the American people have needed for decades

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Social Security has been too defensive for too long. We've had five decades to ponder how we pay for it, when we need to be asking how to expand the program to better meet the needs of Americans. Time to be on the front foot. My latest newsletter: www.kedits.com/p/the-social...

The Social Security Amendments of 2029

It's time to deliver what the American people have needed for decades

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4. ICYMI: A wonky policy change by the Trump administration may spell the end of a wide swath of data from the Census Bureau, including key statistics used for redistricting, policymaking and research www.npr.org/2026/06/12/n...

A Trump push to cut 'statistical noise' could mean less data from the Census Bureau

New public data for redistricting and other uses may be reduced as Trump officials limit the ways the Census Bureau can protect people's privacy when it releases statistics.

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Happening soon!

Kathryn Anne Edwards@kedseconomist.com · 2mo ago

We will have some big Social Security news this week, I’ll be debriefing with the National Academy of Social Insurance. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Should people who lose their job be judged, cast aside, given little help, and told to start over? Or should we choose a better economy that knows the unemployed have had hard luck but still deserve dignity and good jobs? I make my case, in a proverbial tiara: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

The fired labor economist who couldn't get unemployment

Podcast Episode · The Indicator from Planet Money · June 8 · 9m

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Thanks to @erikamcentarfer.bsky.social for coming on the show to talk about her misadventure through the UI system. We also hear from @kedseconomist.com on her ideas for fixing it! www.npr.org/2026/06/08/n...

The fired labor economist who couldn't get unemployment : The Indicator from Planet Money

A top labor economist encounters the endlessly frustrating labyrinth of filing for unemployment after getting fired by President Trump. Why are unemployment benefits so hard to get, and can we do anyt...

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We will have some big Social Security news this week, I’ll be debriefing with the National Academy of Social Insurance. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Virtual Briefing: Understanding the 2026 Trustees Report. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

Social Security is one of the nation’s most successful and enduring sources of economic security, providing retirement, disability, and survivor benefits to millions of Americans and their families. Y...

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Roosevelt collaborator @kedseconomist.com reminded us that corporate power keeps people from accessing the good life. “Markets have far too much power over people's lives…and [the answer to the power of] private markets is government intervention.”

I feel seen. www.texasmonthly.com/travel/houst...

A Guide to Houston for Confused World Cup Visitors

If you can tear yourself away from the pitch, you’ll find much to love in the country’s fourth-largest city.

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How do you make the cost of $4.5 trillion (with a T!) in tax cuts for the wealthy disappear? @kedseconomist.com explains how simple it is!

Was the one big beautiful bill about the working class after all? No, this is a trick. #taxes #obbba #childcare #debt #socialsecurity

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I talked with the awesome Kathryn Anne Edwards about why AI won't create a permanent "idle class," how to fix our broken social safety net, and why she's a "cynical optimist" despite it all.

Kathryn Anne Edwards@kedseconomist.com · 2mo ago

Real treat!!! I talked to @caseynewton.bsky.social about AI, jobs, unemployment, policy, progress, possibility, UBI, and the economy. This was such a delight! podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/a...

Real treat!!! I talked to @caseynewton.bsky.social about AI, jobs, unemployment, policy, progress, possibility, UBI, and the economy. This was such a delight! podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/a...

A labor economist explains why AI won't take your job

Podcast Episode · Platformer · June 3 · 1h 10m

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Health Professional Shortage Areas are disproportionately Trump-voting areas (with important exceptions, like Texas border towns). Same old boring, depressing story about choosing the guy who makes your life materially so much worse

Prof Gavin Yamey MD MPH@gavinyamey.bsky.social · 2mo ago

On December 2, 2025, the MAGA/MAHA administration instituted a complete ban on immigration from 19 countries In 2023, those 19 countries contributed almost 80,000 doctors & nurses to the US healthcare workforce, who were more likely to work in underserved areas jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Thanks for sharing!

It is no fun being both a minority witness and obviously correct, so I very much appreciate @kedseconomist.com enduring it for all of our benefit. www.youtube.com/live/2hinxs4...

Tax Subcommittee Hearing on How the Working Families Tax Cuts Delivered for Americans

YouTube video by Ways and Means Committee Republicans

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It was certainly a week! In my newsletter, Kedits, I wrote about why I do things that seem futile, like telling House Republicans on the tax committee that they need to raise taxes. I also included my full written and oral testimony too. www.kedits.com/p/tax-subcom...

Tax Subcommittee Hearing on Your Paycheck, Returned

How the Working Families Tax Cuts Delivered for Americans

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Next time I will pull out for effect the big bag of gifts I had just bought from the House of Representatives gift shop and say “would a real American buy this?” But I’m just not comfortable with prop work.

Ways and Means Committee Democrats@waysmeanscmte.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Republicans are acting like Americans who benefit from their temporary tax gimmicks are more worthy than other Americans. Let's talk about what is permanent: the debt Republicans are saddling our country with & Trump's taxpayer-funded slush fund. Don’t shoot the messenger. @kedseconomist.com:

Republicans are acting like Americans who benefit from their temporary tax gimmicks are more worthy than other Americans. Let's talk about what is permanent: the debt Republicans are saddling our country with & Trump's taxpayer-funded slush fund. Don’t shoot the messenger. @kedseconomist.com:

Dr Edwards goes to Washington…

Ways and Means Committee Democrats@waysmeanscmte.bsky.social · 3mo ago

If there was a problem in the economy that trickle-down tax cuts could have solved, it would have solved it by now. Instead, Republican tax legislation is exploding the national debt and leaving Americans struggling to get by. @kedseconomist.com:

AI's impact on the labor market is not happening in a bubble, but in an economy with deep, structural issues. We need to fix what's broken and invest where investment is needed. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

AI Anxiety Won’t Be Eased by Universal Basic Income

This is the third of three columns about how to make the labor market more resilient in the era of AI .

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