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Lucas Kaplan

@lucaskap.bsky.social

Economist and Educator

60 Followers  |  270 Following  |  4 Posts  |  Joined: 12.02.2025  |  1.3732

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From city on a cill to pariah state

06.04.2025 10:46 β€” πŸ‘ 275    πŸ” 43    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 1

I for one am so excited for the coffee growers to come rushing back to the USA. Thank @god and @djt for SMART #tariffs

04.04.2025 11:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Anyone with research on natural disaster response looking to form a panel @appam.bsky.social this year? if you're looking for another paper (on evacuation orders) for your panel or want to combine forces, reach out!

03.04.2025 15:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It seems almost unavoidable at this point that we are headed for a deep, deep recession. Just based on 200K+ federal firings & pullback of contracts, the March employment report (to be released April 4) seems certain to show bigger job losses than any month ever outside of a few in 2008-9 and 2020.

19.02.2025 01:37 β€” πŸ‘ 16875    πŸ” 4306    πŸ’¬ 1018    πŸ“Œ 716
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2024 Q4 | State Unemployment by Race and Ethnicity Labor market resilience, well-managed inflation, and hard-won progress on racial inequality 2024 Q4 β€’ Updated February 2025 The fourth quarter of 2024 saw a resilient labor market with persistent, but...

The last quarter of 2024 saw a resilient labor market with persistent, but diminishing, racial disparities in employment:
πŸ”Ή US Black-white unemployment ratio: 1.9-to-1 (slight ⬇️! rarely falls below 2-to-1)
πŸ”Ή US Hispanic-white unemployment ratio: 1.6-to-1 (steady ↔️ )

www.epi.org/indicators/s...

13.02.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#tariffs #inflation

14.02.2025 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In an unexpected turn, MAGA killing Christmas

14.02.2025 12:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

It’s fun starting a new hobby with ADHD because I never know if I’ve found a new lifelong passion or if I’m going to spend $2000 on stuff and immediately lose all interest

12.02.2025 13:30 β€” πŸ‘ 33538    πŸ” 3187    πŸ’¬ 1500    πŸ“Œ 451

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