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Asher Schechter

@asherschechter.bsky.social

Journalist, writer. Currently editor at Project Syndicate. Politics & economics. US & Israel. Opinions are my own.

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To mark 30 years of Project Syndicate, we are proud to launch the #PS30 Forward Thinkers list. Over the coming weeks, we will introduce 30 individuals who are reshaping our understanding of politics, economics, technology, sustainability, and more.

17.04.2025 14:04 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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President Trump is going to build a casino in Gaza - and it will be fabulous Imagining a Trumpian solution to Israeli-Palestinian escalation: 'They need to start throwing dice instead of knives.'

Back in early 2016, @asherschechter.bsky.social wrote a satirical piece in @haaretzcom.bsky.social imagining President Trump converting Gaza into a Casino resort.
www.haaretz.com/opinion/2016...

05.02.2025 04:47 — 👍 49    🔁 17    💬 8    📌 0
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Credit Bidenomics for Rising US Wages | by Arindrajit Dube - Project Syndicate Arindrajit Dube explains how the US administration’s proactive fiscal approach has helped boost households’ purchasing power.

In my Project Syndicate commentary, I provide updated evidence on how the tight labor market has raised real wages for low and middle wage workers, and why policies by JoeBiden
deserve credit. 1/

08.02.2024 13:32 — 👍 26    🔁 10    💬 1    📌 0
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Credit Bidenomics for Rising US Wages | by Arindrajit Dube - Project Syndicate Arindrajit Dube explains how the US administration’s proactive fiscal approach has helped boost households’ purchasing power.

"Low- and middle-income workers in the United States experienced a significant increase in real wages over the past four years. This is a direct result of macroeconomic policies designed to create an exceptionally tight labor market."
@arindube.bsky.social www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/u...

08.02.2024 15:30 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

this idea that all conflicts can be neatly divided into Good Guys and Bad Guys is the ideology of a particularly sheltered first grader

22.01.2024 02:06 — 👍 493    🔁 74    💬 23    📌 7

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