Brian Dew

Interested in economics and making charts

[Brian Dew @bd_econ]

@talmonsmith For the latter, see: https://t.co/OoOsp2Zudn

[Brian Dew @bd_econ]

@talmonsmith Those with some college or an associate degree have no wage growth, as more people were pushed to college and didn't graduate. Increased education explains most wage growth in my lifetime. Recent median wage is reduced by inflation push unpaid caregivers into paid work.

[Elliot Haspel @ehaspel]

Over a relatively short period of time, we're seeing *much* more openness among Americans to the idea that government should be the primary payer for care costs, and much more rejection of the idea that families should be going it alone.

[Brian Dew @bd_econ]

Why almost no one loses their job over childcare in the Nordic countries https://t.co/ALAhk7aM97

[Brian Dew @bd_econ]

@MattBruenig For charts you'd make in excel or google sheets, Claude works really well with chart.js. With d3, Claude struggles with the chart text elements.

[Brian Dew @bd_econ]

@tonyannett https://t.co/wnvFegALZt

[Matt Bruenig @MattBruenig]

This paper covers literally everything. Differences in childcare worker pay. Differences in benefit structure, spending. History. It's very very good.

https://t.co/tuO7PPEF2x

[Brian Dew @bd_econ]

@PatrickHeizer Disposable income for a family of four averages over $200k per year. I agree that groceries are affordable at that income level! But what percent of families earn the average or more?

[Brian Dew @bd_econ]

@DrDiGiorgio @gregoryrsinger Many Americans believe strongly that healthcare is a privilege and not a right and so we are happy to not receive care so others can have the care. We’re famously very selfless.

[Brian Dew @bd_econ]

Pre-K 4 SA expands to infants, toddlers as San Antonio weighs future https://t.co/dkVZRVan4g

[Brian Dew @bd_econ]

From 2021 to 2025, Norway's wealth-tax revenue grew sharply from about 21 billion to 34 billion kroner.
https://t.co/aRGk77mfZs

[Brian Dew @bd_econ]

@AlexYablon A Nordic-style public childcare system would reduce poverty and inequality in the US. It would drive up childcare worker wages and thereby other wages at the bottom. It'd employ parents of young kids (this is who is in poverty in the US) and reduce their second biggest expense.

[Brian Dew @bd_econ]

@mtkonczal @LarryMishel @arindube @EconomicPolicy SPM poverty for households with all workers is low and flat over 2019 to 2024. But add a kid, student, caregiver, disabled adult, etc. and the HH's poverty rate jumps 2pp over the period. Some household really lose out from inflation. One way to see it: https://t.co/Z5LZO9d8ci

[Brian Dew @bd_econ]

The number of US women out of the workforce for family or caregiving reasons fell by about one million between March 2022 and March 2026, part of an age-adjusted rise in women's labor force participation to record levels.
https://t.co/Z5LZO9d8ci

[Brian Dew @bd_econ]

Why Fewer People Are Out of the Workforce for Family https://t.co/Z5LZO9d8ci

[Brian Dew @bd_econ]

@MattBruenig @bigdumbbuffoon @AppleTafaha @Noahpinion From Piachaud 1978

[Jacobin @jacobin]

The rich should get free child care.

[Kevin Cashman @cashmank_]

I’m pleased to share my latest report for @TransitionSec: Sunrise After the Blockade.

The report argues that cheap solar could help Cuba break free of US energy dominance — and that the world should help pay for it.

https://t.co/RvtpKCFlyg

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[Brian Dew @bd_econ]

@RAILMag Well said. Also, lots of children's trains also go into a tunnel. Those are subways.

[Brian Dew @bd_econ]

Child care costs have risen far faster than overall prices, often making care the second-largest household expense after rent or mortgage and a major drag on family formation.
https://t.co/h8GzGgfK9g