Martha Olney
@marthaolney.bsky.social
Teaching Professor Emerita, Economics, UC Berkeley. 🏳️🌈 CalWBB & WNBA fan.
🚩 🚨🚨🚨 🚩 AG Bondi & POTUS are threatening the Fed with criminal indictment in order to try to force its leaders to corrupt economic policy. Watch this. #NumbersDay #EconSky
Federal Reserve@federalreserve.gov · 8mo agoVideo message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
Check it out! And then you can order your copy of my book Inflation from @mitpress.bsky.social Thanks, Jon Skolnik, for the interview! thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/what-broke-t...
What Broke the Age of Cheap Prices?
An award-winning Berkeley economist explains what drives inflation, how the Fed fights it, and what Donald Trump’s dizzying tariff policies might mean for our wallets.
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Let’s normalize watching the live stream rather than attending a ballroom session and coughing throughout. #ASSA2026
Head all the way to the back of the exhibits room to @mitpress.bsky.social booth. Raffling off signed copies of Inflation by moi! I’m happy to chat with you about the book NOW! Saturday 12:30-2 at the booth. #ASSA2026
Head all the way to the back of the exhibits room to @mitpress.bsky.social booth. Raffling off signed copies of Inflation by moi! I’m happy to chat with you about it Saturday 12:30-2 at the booth. #ASSA2026
Heading to #ASSA2026? I’ll be at the @mitpress.bsky.social booth on Saturday, 12:30-2:00. Come check out my new book Inflation! Written for the general public (your cousin who asks you about the Fed). Great airplane read! Look for it in your airport bookstore before you board your flight to PHL.
Research idea for whomever wants it: impact of pension payments (DBP) vs 403b/401k (DCP) on post-retirement volunteerism, specifically with former employer/industry. I’m happy to do service for UCB & AEA; I get a pension check every month, feel like I ought to give something back. If only IRAs? Nah.
The economy in 2026? Mark your calendars for Feb. 11 & join us in downtown S.F. for our annual economic forecast. Featuring Steven Davis, Haim Israel, @marthaolney.bsky.social & @adamlashinsky.bsky.social Tickets: www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2026-... Underwritten by @bankofamerica.bsky.social
Fed’s interest rate decision coming up soon. Buy my book “Inflation” ($20 any bookseller) and it’ll help you figure out what they’re saying and why! Short on time? Start with Chap 6, which summarizes Chap 1-5 and then walks you through recent economic history, a news article, and 5 FOMC statements.
So the AEA has a code of conduct that we all agree to in order to participate in the annual meetings. Something, something, sexual misconduct, something, something. #EpsteinFiles
On Sunday, Nov. 16, @marthaolney.bsky.social celebrates the release of “Inflation," a timely guide to one of today’s most pressing economic challenges. Join her at Book Passage to explore what we can do about its effects.
Martha Olney - Inflation (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series) (Corte Madera Store)
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Also big favor to ask: if you’ve already read my book Inflation (MIT press essential knowledge series, $20, publ Sept 23, 2025), would you be so kind as to rate it and maybe add a review on any of the usual online booksellers? Thanks!!!
Are you listening to Jay Powell and wishing you knew what all of his words meant? I’ve got the book for you! Inflation by yours truly (MIT essential knowledge series, $20) walks you through a series of Fed statements (chap 6) after a good discussion of monetary policy (chap 5). Buy yours today!
If you like it, please recommend it to your family members, friends, colleagues, & dentist. There really isn’t any other book out there that addresses the topic of inflation from an apolitical, let me help you understand the news, sort of way. Great for clients of CFP too!
MIT Press@mitpress.bsky.social · 12mo ago✨ New Essential Knowledge: From the obvious rise in the cost of living to the more discreet decrease in quality of goods and services, economist @marthaolney.bsky.social provides an introduction to the concept of inflation and what we can do to address its effects: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255315...
✨ New Essential Knowledge: From the obvious rise in the cost of living to the more discreet decrease in quality of goods and services, economist @marthaolney.bsky.social provides an introduction to the concept of inflation and what we can do to address its effects: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255315...
Available today!! Quick read hint: start with the last chapter (6) which begins with a summary of 1-5. Then circle back to the beginning. Let me know what you think!!!
MIT Press@mitpress.bsky.social · 12mo agoFrom an award-winning professor of economics, @marthaolney.bsky.social, "Inflation" is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to what causes, and what can address, increases in the cost of living: mitpress.mit.edu/978026255315...
Sign up to win a free copy of my forthcoming book Inflation (MIT press essential knowledge series, $20, release date Sept 23). Be one of the lucky five!!! @mitpress.bsky.social www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sho...
Book giveaway for Inflation by Martha Olney Sep 05-Sep 19, 2025
Enter to win one of 5 free copies available. Giveaway dates from Sep 05-Sep 19, 2025. From an award-winning professor of economics, an accessible and com...
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Preorder Inflation (by me!) today, delivers 9/23. “Written in accessible language with plenty of practical applications of economic theory, this book will appeal to readers seeking to understand inflation and the tools used by the Federal Reserve to manage it.” – Jennifer Michaelson for Booklist.
My book Inflation (MIT Press, $20) will publish in just 5 weeks!! Pre-order it now from any bookseller for delivery on Sept 23!!! A review to be published Sept 4 in Booklist, a pub of the Amer. Library Assn, @ala-booklist.bsky.social ends with this: 1/2
Preorder my forthcoming book, Inflation (out Sept 23) from your favorite bookseller now. Just $20!! Buy a second copy and give it to that uncle who’s always saying “You studied econ, right? So explain to me . . .” 😉
MIT Press@mitpress.bsky.social · last yr."People have only a vague sense of what’s happening: prices are going up, and they know the Fed has something to do with it, but they don’t have a nuanced sense of the cause." @marthaolney.bsky.social spoke with @publisherswkly.bsky.social on the drive behind her book, "Inflation" (out Sept 23):
"People have only a vague sense of what’s happening: prices are going up, and they know the Fed has something to do with it, but they don’t have a nuanced sense of the cause." @marthaolney.bsky.social spoke with @publisherswkly.bsky.social on the drive behind her book, "Inflation" (out Sept 23):
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We need an index of “conversations overheard that mention prices or inflation.” Because my little trip to the nail salon today would show a marked uptick from the past.
“.. The Canadian Association of University Teachers, which boasts a membership of 72,000 .. recommended in an advisory published Tuesday that “academic staff travel to the U.S. only if essential and necessary.” @politico.com #PariahState www.politico.com/news/2025/04...
My newest book is available for pre-order! Inflation (MIT Essential Knowledge Series, forthcoming September 23, 2025) Available for pre-order now! BN.com: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/inflation-... Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/0262553155/ Indiebound: bookshop.org/p/books/infl...
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This is incredible! John Lithgow shares 20 lessons on tyranny by @timothysnyder.bsky.social. Please take a moment, and share this widely. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXR5...
20 Lessons on Tyranny: by Timothy Snyder / read by John Lithgow
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I hope y’all are watching Cory Booker right now. Cspan2, YouTube, wherever. This is amazing. Inspiring.
Elon Musk staff has been caught installing hard drives inside the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), the Treasury Department, and the General Services Administration (GSA).
I've posted several times about the working paper, but the publication on "AER: Insights" is a good occasion to do it again: immigrants to the US have been less likely to be incarcerated for over 50 years **even without controlling for demographic characteristics.** www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
