Lindsay Owens

This is a pretty big deal. It’s really great to see his professional association taking this very strong step of a lifetime ban.

I hope the think tank community follows suit and folks do not use summers for advising in the next campaign season either/stop taking his many, many calls.

Trump asked CEOs at White House dinner how to tackle affordability — as he predicted US economic boom: sources Trump’s dinner at the White House included some of Wall Street and corporate America’s biggest names.

trump invuted a bunch of CEOs to dinner to figure out how to solve the afforability crisis nypost.com/2025/11/13/b...

Epstein Bantered Regularly With Larry Summers

I get that this guy clearly has 9 lives. But come on…can we just call this now? We don’t need him. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

The optics of this presser are horrible. Even if you went in believing they tried their best, you would change your mind after seeing this.

Looks like a presser for a team that just got trounced because the coach refused to sub in fresh legs.

Time to go back to the draft.

Polling showing Dem position on health care subsidies is favored by Dems and Independents by large margins.

Exhibit #2625 on Dems winning the politics of the shutdown fight. Check out this polling from @groundwork.bsky.social:

This deal is a surrender. Two parties who say they care about high costs but none who will fight to deliver on it. Democrats fighting for affordable health care this past month was a huge boon to the brand and paid off in elections. If they reverse course now it will vanish—and they’ll deserve it.

Tax the Rich. They'll Stay Mamdani’s plan to tax New York’s millionaires has the penthouse crowd aflutter. History and data show they won’t fly the coop.

"Mamdani’s proposals would make the city more livable for working people while improving public goods — from transit to child care — that benefit everyone, including those footing a slightly higher tax bill."

A helpful guide for consumers. Who to boycott.

Scoop: White House hands down loyalty ratings for hundreds of companies The unusual scorecard fits this administration's habit of micromanaging companies and administering loyalty tests.

Scoop: White House loyalty rating for companies
The West Wing has created a scorecard that rates 553 companies & trade associations on how hard they worked to support and promote Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill," a senior White House official tells Axios
By Mike Allen www.axios.com/2025/08/15/w...

What challenges face sociologists today? Where do we find unity/dissent? What’s the future for our field? Join the conversation at the ASA 2025 Annual Meeting. W/ David Takeuchi, @lindsayowens.bsky.social, @alondra.bsky.social, @daniellaurison.bsky.social, & Catherine Moran. bit.ly/RegisterASA25

Lot of talk today upon Musk’s departure about how little money he saved us. True but irrelevant.

This was a land grab. Musk is leaving because he got what he came for. This Palantir story is just the beginning. We’ll watch the long tail of this destruction unfold over years to come.

When we started working on Musk in November after Trump won a lot of people asked me if resisting Musk was a risk because he could bow out of politics and then he would no longer be a good villain for the party.

My answer was always the same. What a wonderful problem to have.

Elon Musk Plans ‘a Lot Less’ Spending as He Edges Away From Politics

"The Wisconsin race may have been a turning point: Mr. Musk appears aware that his public presence in the race backfired, according to a person who has spoken with him."

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The Daily Blast: Trump’s Angry Walmart Tirade Backfires, Wrecking His Own Tariff Scam Podcast Episode · The DSR Network · 05/20/2025 · 21m

On The Daily Blast, @gregsargent.bsky.social talks to @lindsayowens.bsky.social. She explains how Trump undermined his case for tariffs and why this is so damaging given Walmart’s massive presence in MAGA America. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

In the budget reconciliation bill, House Republicans are trying to cut SNAP by $295 billion. This would cut it in third in what would be by far the largest SNAP cut in history.

This would rip food assistance away from millions of people, including households with children as young as 7 years old.

I had a great time talking with @gregsargent.bsky.social about Trump’s spat with Walmart—and why he’s almost certainly going to lose.

We also touched on how Trump’s chaotic approach to trade policy makes it more likely that companies will take advantage of consumers. This is a total own goal.

The Baby Tax: Trump's Tariffs Are an Assault on New Parents From car seats and cribs to strollers, sippy cups, and baby clothes, Trump’s tariffs are hiking prices on the items families need for new babies.

Happy Mother’s Day! For new and expecting parents, Trump’s trade war will raise prices on strollers, car seats, and more that simply are not made in America. It’s an assault on working families.

From @lindsayowens.bsky.social in @rollingstone.com: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

The Baby Tax: Trump's Tariffs Are an Assault on New Parents From car seats and cribs to strollers, sippy cups, and baby clothes, Trump’s tariffs are hiking prices on the items families need for new babies.

Trump has not only started a trade war but a full-frontal assault on new and expecting parents.

Let’s call it what it is: a baby tax. And it’s coming just in time for Mother’s Day.

My latest for @rollingstone.com: www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Always fun to be on this list with some of my absolute favorite folks in the economics space in Washington like @jeffstein.bsky.social @sharonparrott.bsky.social @lipstickecon.bsky.social Jessica Fulton and more.

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For the third year in a row (!!), our Executive Director @lindsayowens.bsky.social has been named by @washingtonian.com as one of the “500 Most Influential People Shaping Policy” in DC.

Join us in congratulating Lindsay!

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Screenshot of a Wall Street Journal headline. Text reads, "Dow Headed for Worst April Since 1932 as Investors Send 'No Confidence' Signal. Few think administration's negotiations with trade partners will yield results soon enough to ease the strain."

Ooooooooooof.

Why Trump's Tariffs Could Put America in a Uniquely Brutal Recession Trump’s economic policies could create an unusually brutal recession, as his tariffs will keep prices high.

Trump may be the 1st president to deliberately put our economy in a recession. But this one could be worse than usual because of high prices, Musk’s kneecapping of administrative state, & Congress gutting safety net families will need.

Me in @rollingstone.com

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Essential Baby Items Are About to Get Even More Expensive But there are things parents can do to mitigate the impact.

I spoke with @Glamour about how Trump's trade policies are giving expecting mothers 1 more thing to worry about. Many nursery items across price points are made in China. While price spikes are going to be tough, a bigger worry is the likelihood of major shortages. www.glamour.com/story/the-tr...

We aren’t talking enough about what a recession looks like with a kneecapped administrative state.

Obviously we are already seeing the impact of DOGE cuts on sunny days (e.g. SSA delays). But under economic duress the volume of incoming will spike.

This is a worst case scenario.

Eight odd things in CoreWeave’s IPO prospectus A data centre field of dreams, or the WeWork of the AI bubble?

Pretty soon we will all be talking about CoreWeave the same way we were all talking about Countrywide Financial back in 2008. on.ft.com/426yoOG

Captive audiences at concerts, baseball games, and in airports are sitting ducks for price gougers. Our tax dollars fund these venues. We should get a fair price when we visit them.

This opening day check out @Groundwork’s plan to ensure a family can afford the occasional ball game.

Happy Opening Day! Before you head out to the ballpark, beware of just how expensive concession and ticket prices have become. A beer will run you $15 at Nats Park, or you might spend $30 for four hot dogs at the Padres game.

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Some cultural elements that tend to matter and this one isn’t a fit for ours. Big policy agendas also frequently move through as responses to crises. I think it fails this test too—our current crisis demands a set of responses that make the abundance Agenda feel pesky at best, irrelevant at worst.

Despite the attempt to contrast abundance with the scarcity of doge, conversations about nepa reforms and high speed rail aren’t what people are looking for right now. It’s well funded so that’s a tailwind that may carry it longer than it would otherwise go, but policy agendas and campaigns have 2/3