Sex workers, studs, surfers, and pensions @portfoliobooks, senior fellow @ManhattanInst, @opinion, @cityJournal
Joined October 2009
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Jun 12
Too many Americans, including some in their 50s and 60s, rely on their parents for financial help, and @allisonschrager thinks she knows why bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
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Jun 10
The proposed $30 minimum wage and tip-credit elimination would push labor costs up ~69%, turning a typical restaurant's slim profit into a $380,000 annual loss. @AndrewRigie on what the numbers actually mean for the industry. vitalcitynyc.org/nyc-minimum…
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Jun 10
THURS| @ManhattanInst Senior Fellow @AllisonSchrager discusses new inflation numbers, how it impacts the economy and Trump economic policy and future decisions by the Federal Reserve.
Watch live at 8:00am ET!
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Jun 10
From today's show 'How Influencers Hijacked The Consumer Economy':
"People used to wait in line for nightclubs, now the wait in lines for bagels" @AllisonSchrager
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Jun 10
'How Influencers Hijacked The Consumer Economy'
Ed Elson is joined by Rachel Karten (@milkkarten) and Allison Schrager (@AllisonSchrager) to explore how influencers became the dominant force in the consumer economy.
They discuss why young people are so interested in viral products, how social media is accelerating “winner-take-all" dynamics, and whether going viral is a sustainable growth strategy for businesses.
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Allison Schrager retweeted
Jun 8
Can’t find a job? @AllisonSchrager says to blame WFH, not AI 🎥
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Jun 9
WOAH -- Social Security's shortfall is 16% worse now - ssa.gov/oact/TR/2026/tr2026.…
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Few ideas are less progressive than allocating nearly all potential "tax-the-rich" revenues to (often wealthy) retired boomers.
You merely keep SocSec out of deficit for 4 years, keep spending 6x as much on retirees as under-26's, and starve all other progressive priorities.
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Jun 8
Some people see those long lines for dotcakes and think, How gullible can people be? @allisonschrager sees them and says, That's capitalism at work! bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
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Some people see those long lines for dotcakes and think, How gullible can people be? @allisonschrager sees them and says, That's capitalism at work! (via @opinion) bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
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Jun 7
Remember when there was all the talk about Europeans boycotting travel to the US? That didn't happen. Here's tourist arrivals in the US from Italy. 2025 was a record year for Italian tourism to the US. No big pullback for other European countries either...
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Jun 7
We should more seriously consider the merits of a progressive consumption tax
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Jun 5
The prime-age (25-54) employment rate ticked up to 80.8% in May, and has been basically holding steady around its post-2000 high. So people have jobs.
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Jun 5
"It would be very hard to justify cutting rates now, and kind of hard to justify increasing rates until we see a significant move up with the core CPI," @AllisonSchrager says.
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Jun 5
It's Jobs Day! Could the US labor market break out of its low hiring rut?
🎥 Tune in as @JonathanJLevin discusses the data LIVE with @keds_economist and @AllisonSchrager @ 8:25 am ET x.com/i/broadcasts/1qKVmmoLl…
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Allison Schrager retweeted
Jun 4
Tomorrow is Jobs Day! Could the US labor market break out of its low hiring rut?
🎥 Tune in as @JonathanJLevin discusses the data LIVE with @keds_economist and @AllisonSchrager Friday, 8:25 am ET x.com/i/broadcasts/1qKVmmoLl…
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Allison Schrager retweeted
Jun 4
In a new PS Insider Interview, coming next week, @NobelPrize laureates @Ph_Aghion and Simon Johnson (@baselinescene) highlight the high costs of over-regulation, risk aversion, and institutional inertia in Europe. Sign up to our Longer Reads & Interviews newsletter now so you don’t miss it.
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Memo to all mom-and-pop investors (and NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani) from @allisonschrager: Just because the market is doing well doesn't mean you can skimp on your retirement contributions (via @opinion) bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
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A better explanation for the tough job market facing new graduates is the prevalence of WFH, says @allisonschrager, not the rise of AI bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
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A better explanation for the tough job market facing new graduates is the prevalence of WFH, says @allisonschrager, not the rise of AI bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…
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