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asalvarez.bsky.social
Economic Sociologists @ CSUF Basketball. Desserts. Tennis. Professor. Nerd. Interested in Consumer Finance, Wealth, Debt, Taxation, Inflation. And monster movies. Former Terp. Former Bruin. Current Titan.
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Seems like a good time to tap the sign once again: would strongly recommend supporting non-billionaire owned news media - especially the independent, local, worker-run and/or reader funded variety

submitted 4 days ago • 22 comments

I want to make it clear that no executive order can change federal law and every executive order trump has signed has expressly disclaimed the intent to. The screenshot is from the DEI EO. That’s before you get to courts actually blocking big parts of it. And yet the overcompliance is legion.

submitted 5 days ago • 60 comments

I just wish that we actually cared about antisemitism in this country. But instead yall had congressional hearings vilifying students and faculty (of all races & ethnicities) protesting genocide and silence with actual sieg heiling by white suprmacists.

submitted 6 days ago • 7 comments

Standing up to the authoritarian wave requires more than cheerleading for democracy; it demands making democratic societies more participatory, responsive, and adaptable at all levels, from local to national, in response to the societal shifts driven by the Internet over the past 15 years.

submitted 9 days ago • 35 comments

I have a new book out! Approaches to Mixed Methods Research (coauthored with @lisapearce.bsky.social ) is the newest contribution to the Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences (little green books) series! tinyurl.com/4xpbbbt8.

submitted 10 days ago • 4 comments

This tax season, we're here to remind you about TurboTax's 20-year fight to stop Americans from filing their taxes for free. (Published Oct. 2019)

submitted 14 days ago • 64 comments

We all need @peterbeinart.bsky.social's clarity on this:

submitted 19 days ago • 4 comments

Hi all, I'm a WIRED journalist on the science desk. If you're a government scientist or federally funded researcher with info to share about the Trump transition, please feel free to contact me securely on Signal: emullin.06

submitted 25 days ago • 41 comments

A panel on the Treasury this Thursday, with the incredible @epopppp.bsky.social and @abenewman.bsky.social. This is not just for academics. Everyone needs to understand what's happening right now. Spread the word!

submitted 26 days ago • 8 comments

I want to spell out the basic reason it’s so dangerous for Elon to have control of the U.S. payments system. It may seem like a technical matter, but the dynamics are simple. 1/x

submitted 28 days ago • 166 comments

the republic might be crumbling but if the present Democratic caucus believed they were about to get primaried out of existence they’d probably be moving a bit quicker, just saying

submitted 29 days ago • 22 comments

What is structural racism, and how do we measure it? @tyson-brown.bsky.social, @pahoman.bsky.social, and I have a forthcoming Annual Review article on @socarxiv.bsky.social. Check it before studying structural racism is banned (and follow Tyson and Trish, new to Bluesky). osf.io/6zbgh/

submitted 32 days ago • 9 comments

Check out my latest OpEd! Americans are going rogue when it comes to their health. "It is not necessarily a rebellious spirit but an unreliable health care system that compels staunch individualism." www.newsweek.com/americans-ar...

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

Multiple cities reporting that ICE raids have begun. I'm an immigrant & human rights lawyer. I wrote this on how to handle ICE, the actions each of us can take to protect our immigrant neighbors, & debunking anti-immigrant hate. No paywall. Please share widely. www.qasimrashid.com/p/trumps-mas...

submitted 38 days ago • 99 comments

My colleagues at @priceschool.usc.edu will be having a webinar titled "Reconstruction Revival: How to Rebuild L.A." RSVP at link below. Should be an interesting discussion about climate change, housing, urban planning & more. uscprice.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

submitted 40 days ago • 0 comments

I’m looking for formerly undocumented participants for my dissertation study! If interested, complete this interest form docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Must be: 18 years or older, live in California or Texas, identify as Mexican or South Korean, & received your green card on/after January 2016.

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

LA is burning. Great time for the big banks to ditch climate commitments & cozy up to Trump. As @grahamsteele.bsky.social told me, "The banks are looking to squeeze more profit out of their customers, so they’re aligning with oil companies that want to squeeze more fossil fuels out of the earth"

submitted 51 days ago • 7 comments

This is exactly what happened in 2001, driven by the tax preparation industry, in order to kill a public option for tax reporting. The goal, then and now, is to force citizens to pay private companies in order to do their tax returns. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-the-ta...

submitted 81 days ago • 25 comments

🚨NEW: During his media tour, prospective DNC chair candidate Rahm Emanuel angrily declares that Dems lost credibility because nobody was held accountable for the Iraq War & the financial crisis. Rahm Emanuel is looking for the Rahm Emanuel who did this.

submitted 85 days ago • 18 comments

"During the first six weeks of the war in Gaza, Israel routinely used one of its biggest and most destructive bombs in areas it designated safe for civilians, according to an analysis of visual evidence by The New York Times."

submitted 436 days ago • 24 comments

Interest rate hikes can’t address corporate profiteering, which drove up prices for workers and families. Instead, the Fed’s rate-hiking campaign has needlessly stifled wage growth and exacerbated the affordability crisis.

submitted 452 days ago • 0 comments