An Oganizers' Economist
@economistaatl.bsky.social
🇲🇽 organizer turned economist. I've run campaigns, marched on bosses, been teargassed. Southern, queer, & autistic AF. Views are mine only.,
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marta has now failed in five major events in the past eight months.
❌ Pride Parade
❌ St. Patrick's Parade
❌ Shakira
❌ Peachtree Road Race
❌ Beyonce
Atlanta is not ready for the World Cup: unnavigable for tourists, unusable for crowds and suburbanites, unsafe for everyday riders.
❌ Pride Parade
❌ St. Patrick's Parade
❌ Shakira
❌ Peachtree Road Race
❌ Beyonce
Atlanta is not ready for the World Cup: unnavigable for tourists, unusable for crowds and suburbanites, unsafe for everyday riders.
9 injured in chaos at MARTA station after leaving Beyoncé concert
People were moving down an escalator just past midnight early Tuesday morning when someone screamed, officials said.
www.ajc.com
July 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
marta has now failed in five major events in the past eight months.
❌ Pride Parade
❌ St. Patrick's Parade
❌ Shakira
❌ Peachtree Road Race
❌ Beyonce
Atlanta is not ready for the World Cup: unnavigable for tourists, unusable for crowds and suburbanites, unsafe for everyday riders.
❌ Pride Parade
❌ St. Patrick's Parade
❌ Shakira
❌ Peachtree Road Race
❌ Beyonce
Atlanta is not ready for the World Cup: unnavigable for tourists, unusable for crowds and suburbanites, unsafe for everyday riders.
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Our Alfonso Flores-Lagunes presenting on monopsony in public universities at #ASSA2025 More on the research at www.upjohn.org/research-hig...
January 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Our Alfonso Flores-Lagunes presenting on monopsony in public universities at #ASSA2025 More on the research at www.upjohn.org/research-hig...
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What did Jimmy Carter know about Boeing?
December 30, 2024 at 7:37 AM
What did Jimmy Carter know about Boeing?
Why is she so weird
Esther Panitch, an ELECTED DEMOCRAT in Georgia, takes a swipe at Jimmy Carter just hours after his death was announced. “Though he has a complicated relationship with Georgia’s Jewish community because of his post-presidency position on Israel…” Just disqualifying behavior.
December 30, 2024 at 1:44 AM
Why is she so weird
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Atlanta is leading a national movement of cities to challenge the proliferation of data centers, and I am proud to have played a pivotal role in driving this effort forward.
December 28, 2024 at 7:53 PM
Atlanta is leading a national movement of cities to challenge the proliferation of data centers, and I am proud to have played a pivotal role in driving this effort forward.
This was fun, thanks @austinlouisray.bsky.social for the essay opportunity & Rose Scott & Daniel for having us!
shoutout to @iamrosescott.bsky.social for featuring How I'd Fix Atlanta on Closer Look
shoutout to @economistaatl.bsky.social for saying smart things
shoutout to producer Daniel Rayzel for setting it all up
we had a fun chat (the HIFA part starts at 9:30):
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shoutout to @economistaatl.bsky.social for saying smart things
shoutout to producer Daniel Rayzel for setting it all up
we had a fun chat (the HIFA part starts at 9:30):
www.wabe.org/podcasts/clo...
Behind the popular essay series “How I’d Fix Atlanta”; DeKalb CEO Michael Thurmond reflects on his longtime political career
In February 2022, Austin Ray launched “How I’d Fix Atlanta,” an essay series authored by Atlanta-area residents offering their take on a variety of topics. The series is now about […]
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December 9, 2024 at 11:41 PM
This was fun, thanks @austinlouisray.bsky.social for the essay opportunity & Rose Scott & Daniel for having us!
Sign this petition! I will not be going bc of the strike, but AEA should incorporate language into contracts to accommodate labor negotiations moving forward.
Please sign a petition, which I was proud to sign, asking the AEA to make reasonable adjustments to its plans to enable people to make their own decisions about how to handle the picket line.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
December 2, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Sign this petition! I will not be going bc of the strike, but AEA should incorporate language into contracts to accommodate labor negotiations moving forward.
I will not be attending as a result of this strike!
Got AEA & ASSA emails this morning abt hotel workers striking in SF?
Want to figure out what it means & what your options are?
See this analysis @shirkandsteal.bsky.social @jennifercohen.bsky.social & me, & our call to support 3 small ASSA policy changes
#EconSky
aaronsojourner.org/hotel-worker...
Want to figure out what it means & what your options are?
See this analysis @shirkandsteal.bsky.social @jennifercohen.bsky.social & me, & our call to support 3 small ASSA policy changes
#EconSky
aaronsojourner.org/hotel-worker...
Hotel workers' strike and the 2025 ASSA annual meeting - Aaron Sojourner
By Hannah Archambault, Jennifer Cohen, and Aaron Sojourner Are you planning to attend the 2025 ASSA meetings in San Francisco? If so, then you are planning to attend events at a hotel where the empl...
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December 2, 2024 at 6:33 PM
I will not be attending as a result of this strike!
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Got AEA & ASSA emails this morning abt hotel workers striking in SF?
Want to figure out what it means & what your options are?
See this analysis @shirkandsteal.bsky.social @jennifercohen.bsky.social & me, & our call to support 3 small ASSA policy changes
#EconSky
aaronsojourner.org/hotel-worker...
Want to figure out what it means & what your options are?
See this analysis @shirkandsteal.bsky.social @jennifercohen.bsky.social & me, & our call to support 3 small ASSA policy changes
#EconSky
aaronsojourner.org/hotel-worker...
Hotel workers' strike and the 2025 ASSA annual meeting - Aaron Sojourner
By Hannah Archambault, Jennifer Cohen, and Aaron Sojourner Are you planning to attend the 2025 ASSA meetings in San Francisco? If so, then you are planning to attend events at a hotel where the empl...
aaronsojourner.org
December 2, 2024 at 5:35 PM
Got AEA & ASSA emails this morning abt hotel workers striking in SF?
Want to figure out what it means & what your options are?
See this analysis @shirkandsteal.bsky.social @jennifercohen.bsky.social & me, & our call to support 3 small ASSA policy changes
#EconSky
aaronsojourner.org/hotel-worker...
Want to figure out what it means & what your options are?
See this analysis @shirkandsteal.bsky.social @jennifercohen.bsky.social & me, & our call to support 3 small ASSA policy changes
#EconSky
aaronsojourner.org/hotel-worker...
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As excited as I was, since UNITE HERE L2 are on strike in San Francisco, I will not be going to #ASSA2025. AFAIK, I've never crossed a picket line and I sure as heck won't start now. Thank you @urpe1968 for notifying us & supporting the workers.
November 27, 2024 at 9:08 PM
As excited as I was, since UNITE HERE L2 are on strike in San Francisco, I will not be going to #ASSA2025. AFAIK, I've never crossed a picket line and I sure as heck won't start now. Thank you @urpe1968 for notifying us & supporting the workers.
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Join us December 2 for a training on Bluesky, with lots of tips and guidance for social change groups and activists. The training is free for those who need free access to join.
#Bluesky #endX
community.socialmovementtechnologies.org/courses/blue...
#Bluesky #endX
community.socialmovementtechnologies.org/courses/blue...
November 19, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Join us December 2 for a training on Bluesky, with lots of tips and guidance for social change groups and activists. The training is free for those who need free access to join.
#Bluesky #endX
community.socialmovementtechnologies.org/courses/blue...
#Bluesky #endX
community.socialmovementtechnologies.org/courses/blue...
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Based on my neighborhood groups and some news stories, this is a massive widespread issue - home insurance are apparently restricted in their ability to raise rates this year, so instead they’re just canceling policies en masse for reasons that are flatly lies! www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
November 30, 2024 at 5:05 PM
Based on my neighborhood groups and some news stories, this is a massive widespread issue - home insurance are apparently restricted in their ability to raise rates this year, so instead they’re just canceling policies en masse for reasons that are flatly lies! www.wsbtv.com/news/local/a...
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Atlanta’ Vision Zero program recently added new bike racks in East Atlanta, and the Make Atlanta 1988 Again crowd in the neighborhood Facebook page are NOT happy lol.
November 27, 2024 at 5:45 PM
Atlanta’ Vision Zero program recently added new bike racks in East Atlanta, and the Make Atlanta 1988 Again crowd in the neighborhood Facebook page are NOT happy lol.
As excited as I was, since UNITE HERE L2 are on strike in San Francisco, I will not be going to #ASSA2025. AFAIK, I've never crossed a picket line and I sure as heck won't start now. Thank you @urpe1968 for notifying us & supporting the workers.
November 27, 2024 at 9:08 PM
As excited as I was, since UNITE HERE L2 are on strike in San Francisco, I will not be going to #ASSA2025. AFAIK, I've never crossed a picket line and I sure as heck won't start now. Thank you @urpe1968 for notifying us & supporting the workers.
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While I’ll need to ponder and research public banks before I can endorse the idea, this is the best description I have ever read of the Atlanta Way. It’s essential reading for anyone engaging in ATL politics. I’ll be bookmarking & sharing. Way to knock it out of the park @economistaatl.bsky.social.
How would @economistaatl.bsky.social fix Atlanta?
The power to control the flow, direction, and investment of money should not be held by private corporate interests. It belongs to the people.
It's time to establish The Public Bank of Atlanta.
how-id-fix-atlanta.ghost.io/how-susi-dur...
The power to control the flow, direction, and investment of money should not be held by private corporate interests. It belongs to the people.
It's time to establish The Public Bank of Atlanta.
how-id-fix-atlanta.ghost.io/how-susi-dur...
November 22, 2024 at 3:42 PM
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Economist Hyman Minsky once said that capitalism is just a financial system, and given that The Atlanta Way is just a regime of capitalists, that means that The Atlanta Way is also just a financial system. And the only way to disrupt a financial system is to break it up. #PublicBankofATL
How would @economistaatl.bsky.social fix Atlanta?
The power to control the flow, direction, and investment of money should not be held by private corporate interests. It belongs to the people.
It's time to establish The Public Bank of Atlanta.
how-id-fix-atlanta.ghost.io/how-susi-dur...
The power to control the flow, direction, and investment of money should not be held by private corporate interests. It belongs to the people.
It's time to establish The Public Bank of Atlanta.
how-id-fix-atlanta.ghost.io/how-susi-dur...
How Susi Durán Would Fix Atlanta
How I'd Fix Atlanta — Establish A Public Banking Option
Susi Durán
The City of Atlanta has the highest income inequality in the country, an affordable housing crisis, rail that only goes in four dire...
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November 21, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Economist Hyman Minsky once said that capitalism is just a financial system, and given that The Atlanta Way is just a regime of capitalists, that means that The Atlanta Way is also just a financial system. And the only way to disrupt a financial system is to break it up. #PublicBankofATL
I'll also be curating a short reading list for the topic I wrote on 👀
November 21, 2024 at 1:47 AM
I'll also be curating a short reading list for the topic I wrote on 👀
I clicked "Follow All" on all the econ starter packs and I can only hope for the best
November 15, 2024 at 12:49 PM
I clicked "Follow All" on all the econ starter packs and I can only hope for the best
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Mayor Dickens appears to be putting the Policing Alternatives & Diversion Initiative, a pre-arrest diversion program, on the chopping block, according to this post.
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Atlanta Mayor Tries to Secretly Replace Popular Diversion Program
Mayor Andre Dickens’ office initiated a secret bidding process for community responders—that left out the current beloved program.
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November 15, 2024 at 3:34 AM
Mayor Dickens appears to be putting the Policing Alternatives & Diversion Initiative, a pre-arrest diversion program, on the chopping block, according to this post.
theappeal.org/atlanta-poli...
theappeal.org/atlanta-poli...
Hey everyone!
Join MARTA Army & Beltline Rail Now Thurs Nov 21 at 7p as they host a transit and urbanism Post 3 candidate forum
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Join MARTA Army & Beltline Rail Now Thurs Nov 21 at 7p as they host a transit and urbanism Post 3 candidate forum
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November 14, 2024 at 4:09 AM
Hey everyone!
Join MARTA Army & Beltline Rail Now Thurs Nov 21 at 7p as they host a transit and urbanism Post 3 candidate forum
www.eventbrite.com/e/transit-ur...
Join MARTA Army & Beltline Rail Now Thurs Nov 21 at 7p as they host a transit and urbanism Post 3 candidate forum
www.eventbrite.com/e/transit-ur...
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oh you think a fascist politician actually has some interesting takes on antitrust policy? should we tell everyone? should we throw a party? should we invite matt stoller
November 14, 2024 at 1:29 AM
oh you think a fascist politician actually has some interesting takes on antitrust policy? should we tell everyone? should we throw a party? should we invite matt stoller
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Teaching Econ 101 just got harder.
Landlords of identical rental units pass through idiosyncratic cost increases (due to property tax variation) to renters thereby violating the law of one price.
Landlords of identical rental units pass through idiosyncratic cost increases (due to property tax variation) to renters thereby violating the law of one price.
November 14, 2024 at 1:24 AM
Teaching Econ 101 just got harder.
Landlords of identical rental units pass through idiosyncratic cost increases (due to property tax variation) to renters thereby violating the law of one price.
Landlords of identical rental units pass through idiosyncratic cost increases (due to property tax variation) to renters thereby violating the law of one price.
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If other government agencies join Bluesky and become your favorite agency just remember who was here first and who has two eagles in their logo.
November 12, 2024 at 4:27 PM
If other government agencies join Bluesky and become your favorite agency just remember who was here first and who has two eagles in their logo.