Economist at @epi.org https://www.epi.org/people/ben-zipperer/https://bsky.app/profile/benzipperer.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/benzipperer.org/post/3muoyodo4wk26Trump's mass deportations were sold as a major jobs program, but they're still failing to help U.S.-born workers04 Sep 2026 12:46 +0000at://did:plc:qpyvsjongvk4oiuntlzd5go4/app.bsky.feed.post/3muoyodo4wk26https://bsky.app/profile/benzipperer.org/post/3mui42o335k2xI don't recall getting this couch for our dog but I suppose that's what happened01 Sep 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:qpyvsjongvk4oiuntlzd5go4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mui42o335k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/benzipperer.org/post/3muf3owv4t22iThe latest administrative data show the BLS payroll survey got 2025 job growth right, but this appears to have escaped the dude running the Department of Labor, who still points to revisions as evidence the agency can't be trusted. Maybe the credibility problem isn't the agency's?31 Aug 2026 14:13 +0000at://did:plc:qpyvsjongvk4oiuntlzd5go4/app.bsky.feed.post/3muf3owv4t22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/benzipperer.org/post/3mu6pvmlg4c2cWould definitely eat the Hmong corndog with kua txob and also the Chinese sausage and cheese poppers [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Aug 2026 01:26 +0000at://did:plc:qpyvsjongvk4oiuntlzd5go4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6pvmlg4c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/benzipperer.org/post/3mtzcpr2p7k2tsummer dinner26 Aug 2026 21:47 +0000at://did:plc:qpyvsjongvk4oiuntlzd5go4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzcpr2p7k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/benzipperer.org/post/3mtvzi7qdj22kTeachers educate 50 million kids a year, but in every state they're paid far less than comparable college graduates. New estimates from Sylvia Allegretto @epi.org @ceprdc.bsky.social25 Aug 2026 14:24 +0000at://did:plc:qpyvsjongvk4oiuntlzd5go4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtvzi7qdj22khttps://bsky.app/profile/benzipperer.org/post/3mttixsop3k22Census Bureau-branded conspiracy theories are extremely alarming should raise everyone's antennae about manipulation of federal stats. But so far Trump hasn't cooked the regular data on jobs, inflation, etc. If that happens, we'll find out the same way we found out about this: career staff leaks. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Aug 2026 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:qpyvsjongvk4oiuntlzd5go4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mttixsop3k22https://bsky.app/profile/benzipperer.org/post/3mtpjzgwzfc24Introduced the kiddos to Raymond Smullyan and now they love promising me they'll never lie23 Aug 2026 00:31 +0000at://did:plc:qpyvsjongvk4oiuntlzd5go4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtpjzgwzfc24https://bsky.app/profile/benzipperer.org/post/3mtomaqqna22oRaleigh, NC taxpayers are spending $3,000 each -- $521 million total -- on Trump's mass deportations. What's your town paying? What could it fund instead? https://www.epi.org/deportation-calculator22 Aug 2026 15:39 +0000at://did:plc:qpyvsjongvk4oiuntlzd5go4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtomaqqna22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/benzipperer.org/post/3mtjhoc2i7s2wstraight-up corruption of a federal statistical agency for partisan ends in a just world everyone who signed off on this would be fired [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Aug 2026 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:qpyvsjongvk4oiuntlzd5go4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjhoc2i7s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/benzipperer.org/post/3mtjhoc2i7s2wstraight-up corruption of a federal statistical agency for partisan ends in a just world everyone who signed off on this would be fired [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Aug 2026 14:33 +0000at://did:plc:qpyvsjongvk4oiuntlzd5go4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtjhoc2i7s2whttps://bsky.app/profile/benzipperer.org/post/3mtici2spck2i [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Aug 2026 03:28 +0000at://did:plc:qpyvsjongvk4oiuntlzd5go4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtici2spck2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/benzipperer.org/post/3mthndhvk422bmore progress [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Aug 2026 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:qpyvsjongvk4oiuntlzd5go4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mthndhvk422bhttps://bsky.app/profile/benzipperer.org/post/3mtage4dafs2bIs AI showing up in total factor productivity? Not in SF Fed data: recent gains there look like a story of squeezing more work out of employees and machines [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Aug 2026 00:16 +0000at://did:plc:qpyvsjongvk4oiuntlzd5go4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtage4dafs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/benzipperer.org/post/3mtage4dafs2bIs AI showing up in total factor productivity? Not in SF Fed data: recent gains there look like a story of squeezing more work out of employees and machines [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Aug 2026 00:16 +0000at://did:plc:qpyvsjongvk4oiuntlzd5go4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtage4dafs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/benzipperer.org/post/3mt2vlmtkic27Time to check in on how Trump's deportations are helping US-born workers...14 Aug 2026 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:qpyvsjongvk4oiuntlzd5go4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2vlmtkic27