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Just because opinions are mine doesn't mean they can't also be yours. EIG Editorial Director, New Bazaar host; co-founder, Bazaar Audio; ex-journalist (FT, NPR)
Nov 15 7 tweets 3 min read
1) A higher immigrant share in a county was correlated with a *bigger* shift in the vote share towards Trump: Image 2) Trump gained the most in the least educated counties. Image
Jun 25 5 tweets 3 min read
[1/5] From 1980-1993, median real wages slightly *fell* (by 1 percent). That period of wage stagnation was an actual thing. But from 1994 to now, they’re up 38 percent. (And of course they would have been up even more if not for the horribly sluggish recovery from the GFC.) Image [2/5] And it’s worth noting that more than two-thirds of the current labor force started working after that earlier period of wage stagnation had ended. (Really love this chart from @BenGlasner.) Image