I do research at the Center for Economic and Policy Research, which is sometimes posted on the CEPR website. This has focused on making visualizations and tools to illustrate labor market data, argue for more equitable policies, or debunk myths (e.g. that minimum wages correlate with higher unemployment, that certain industries face labor shortages, or that robots are taking our jobs).
I also am a contributor for Economic Questions, have guest posts on Naked Capitalism, and write in a few other places, mostly about technology and imperialism.
Elsewhere (selected)
If Iowa Was Bolivia, the US Would Have Already Intervened
Jacobin, February 5, 2020
Book review: Darrell M. West, The Future of Work: Robots, AI, and Automation
Review of Keynesian Economics, January 2020
A Week After the Coup in Bolivia, There’s Still No Proof of Electoral Fraud
Jacobin, November 17, 2019
US Sanctions Are Designed to Kill
Jacobin, September 1, 2019
Portside, September 23, 2019
“There is no alternative” to managing the economy and the climate
MR Online, May 16, 2019
Naked Capitalism, May 16, 2019
Economic Questions, May 12, 2019
The Social Security Trustees Consistently Agree: The Program is Well-Funded
Common Dreams, May 6, 2019
Remote-Controlled Self-Driving Cars: Unworkable Technology for Unproven Technology
Naked Capitalism, April 5, 2018
Don’t Be Afraid of Robots: Technology is What We Make of It
The Minskys, November 12, 2017
Naked Capitalism, November 15, 2017
Black Women’s Equal Pay Day and Differences in Pay in Driving Occupations
Blue Collar Jobs Tracker, July 31, 2017
Note to Employers: the Construction Labor Market Not as Tight as Advertised
Blue Collar Jobs Tracker, July 27, 2017 (with Brian Dew)
Long-term Projections of Social Security’s and Medicare’s Financing are Not as Scary as They Seem
The Sanders Institute, July 2017
The Decline of Coal is Likely to Continue
Blue Collar Jobs Tracker, June 23, 2017
Think Uber’s Problems Stop at Its Management and Culture? Think Again.
The Minskys, June 18, 2017
Truthout, July 3, 2017
The Automation Grift: From Flying Cars to Ordering Cat Food on the Internet – Part 2
The Minskys, April 20, 2017
Naked Capitalism, April 22, 2017
The Automation Grift: The Robots Are Hiding From The Data But Not From The Pundits – Part 1
The Minskys, April 4, 2017
Stick Shift: Autonomous Vehicles, Driving Jobs, and the Future of Work (co-author)
Center for Global Policy Solutions, March 13, 2016
Uber and Lyft Are Threatening to Expose Poor and Elderly to Predatory Practices
Truthout, December 16, 2016
Cities Need More Public Transit, Not More Uber and Self-Driving Cars
Truthout, August 2, 2016
Moyers & Company, August 4, 2016
Center for Economic and Policy Research, August 4, 2016
Let’s Face It: “Capitalism With a Conscience” Is Still Capitalism
Truthout, June 28, 2016
To Save Democracy, We Need To Make Voting Much, Much Easier
Common Dreams, April 11, 2016
Lessons on Self-Serving Politics From Hillary Clinton and Nancy Reagan
Truthout, April 10, 2016
CEPR (selected)
What Happened in Bolivia’s 2019 Vote Count?
(with Guillaume Long, David Rosnick, and Cavan Kharrazian)
November 8, 2019
A Late Valentine? Millionaires Stop Paying into Social Security on February 18th
February 13, 2019
One Year after Hurricane Maria, Employment in Puerto Rico is Down by 26,000
September 25, 2018
The Social Security Trustees Agree: The Program is Well-Funded
June 18, 2018
State and Local Laws Have Extended Paid Sick Leave Access to Millions (with Brian Dew)
August 8, 2017
Long-term Projections of Social Security’s and Medicare’s Financing are Not as Scary as They Seem
July 20, 2017
Life After Debt in Puerto Rico: How Many More Lost Decades? (with Lara Merling, Jake Johnston, and Mark Weisbrot)
July 18, 2017
Why Don’t Prime-Age Workers Feel Like Working? (with Dean Baker)
June 1, 2016
Millionaires Get Their Valentine from Social Security: Those Making $1,000,000 a Year Stopped Paying Into Social Security on February 14th
February 17, 2016
Low Interest Rates in the Late 1990s Led to 4.2 Million More Workers Employed
February 8, 2016
Who Are the Middle Class? (with Nicole Woo and Cherrie Bucknor)
February 4, 2016
Note to American Enterprise Institute: Minimum Wages Do Not Correlate With Higher Unemployment
December 21, 2015
Policies Like the Hygiene Assistance for Families of Infants and Toddlers Act Will Help the Poor Pay for Diapers
November 23, 2015
If the Unemployment Rate Declines More, Blacks Will Disproportionately Benefit
October 23, 2015
Is There a Shortage of STEM Workers?
September 17, 2015
The Minimum Wage in the United States Is Far Below the International Trend
September 16, 2015
The Union Dividend: It Reaches Beyond Members (with Evan Butcher)
September 10, 2015
Americans Lose 12.4 Billion Leisure Hours to Employers Every Year
July 2, 2015
Paid Leave and Silicon Valley’s Culture of Disregard for Workers’ Rights
May 18, 2015
The Real Rate of Recovery series
2015–2018