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Nancy Folbre

@NFolbre

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Economist, feminist, socialist, care a lot about care work and intersectional political economy.

Amherst, MA
Joined July 2015
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@NFolbre
Nancy Folbre
13 days
Care about care? Terrific new report makes the case for social investments that could benefit us all. #CareCantWait #ChildCareForAll #PaidLeaveForAll https://t.co/aabWLzc9uy
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Nancy Folbre
3 months
Hi five! Kiss the rich! The share of consumer spending by the top 10% has increased from 35% in 1994 to 49.2% today.
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prospect.org
For the last 20 years, analysts have known that this is an economy by and for the rich.
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Nancy Folbre
3 months
Whose economy? Not yours, unless you're in the top 10% (households making more than $250,000 a year) that account for 49% of all consumer spending these days. Sales of luxury goods and services are what's keeping the economy afloat... #inequality https://t.co/0qnRKTKRvq
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Nancy Folbre
3 months
"Who's afraid of the Democratic Socialists?" "Socialism is emerging as the populist alternative on the left." from the pages of The Economist, September 15, 2025 #Mamdani
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Nancy Folbre
3 months
Watch the actual Fox News broadcast "joking" about how to get rid of the homeless. #homeless #evil https://t.co/2ddcH8dJ7g.
mediamatters.org
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Nancy Folbre
3 months
The private cost of children in the U.S. is at least twice as high as conventional estimates suggest. https://t.co/gc53Jq5KSI
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dollarsandsense.org
Even a low-ball estimate of the cost of time shows just how misleading an estimate based only on money expenditures really is.
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Nancy Folbre
3 months
"So many girls, so little time"- quote from the Epstein birthday book. But a picture from the book is so much more telling--about rags to riches, from torn jeans to sex slaves--the intersection of class and gender (and, implicitly race). #Epstein #feminist
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Nancy Folbre
3 months
Individuals working freelance day jobs are now considered "suspects." Perhaps they will soon be required to wear a yellow star on their outer clothing to identify their "alien" status. #ice https://t.co/kHH9yH0L3z
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the.ink
The Supreme Court says, "Show us your papers"
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Nancy Folbre
3 months
False promises, blue collar blues, and bye bye manufacturing. So far this year jobs in this sector have declined by 38,000. #stagflation https://t.co/RKniJ8QYtX
wsj.com
Most businesses have stopped new hiring as tariffs add costs and uncertainty, the latest jobs report confirms.
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Nancy Folbre
3 months
Since our President prefers Diet Coke for breakfast, he might not have noticed that that ground roast coffee prices are up 38% from a year ago. #inflation https://t.co/s28JkeivmN.
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cnbc.com
Coffee prices have spiked as major producers like Brazil and Vietnam have experienced extreme weather that's crimped supply.
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Nancy Folbre
3 months
Most so-called pronatalist policies in the U.S. seriously underestimate the costs and risks of raising children in today’s economic environment. They also ignore child poverty. #feminist #childcare https://t.co/zXSoQG19qz
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Nancy Folbre
3 months
What could we do with the $5.7 trillion owned by billionaires in the U.S. today? Wall Street Journal notes it could buy a Corvette Stingray for every 65+ U.S. driver. I guess it knows its subscribers well, even as it reveals its own values. #plutocracy https://t.co/epTX6ZnGWM
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wsj.com
An exclusive, up-close look at the richest people in the U.S. from celebrities like Taylor Swift and Elon Musk to a founder of a roofing supplier in Wisconsin.
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Nancy Folbre
3 months
MAGA personality Charlie Kirk tells Taylor Swift, "Engage in reality more… Reject feminism. Submit to your husband, Taylor. You're not in charge.” Travis, buddy, time for you to speak up. #Feminism https://t.co/OTby9FtQ39
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independent.co.uk
MAGA mouthpiece Charlie Kirk offered a somewhat disingenuous congratulations to the pop megastar – who he has regularly criticized for being ‘woke’ – following the announcement
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Nancy Folbre
3 months
The tools we have for managing inflation and unemployment are not only weak--they are also fundamentally biased against working people. https://t.co/3eRwjfWhIx
dollarsandsense.org
The first obvious step right now for fighting stagflation is for Trump to dump his tariff policies.
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Nancy Folbre
4 months
Home care workers in US just got kicked in the butt-no more minimum wage or overtime protections! Evelyn Coke won a 2007 court case that laid a legal foundation for such protections. Fight back in her name. #careworkeconomy https://t.co/IVKS5pEkYp
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Nancy Folbre
4 months
The war is on. "...what Trump is really waging is mostly a class war against middle- and lower-income Americans rather than a trade war against other countries. The hit from his tariffs to the typical family is much bigger than the hit to GDP." https://t.co/zkizqpX058
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Nancy Folbre
4 months
The reserve army of impersonators continues to feed on the embodied labor of human minds. Direct quote from Wall Street Journal today: "CEOs are now talking openly about AI's immense capabilities likely leading to job cuts." #AI #jobseekers https://t.co/4lcBr3LcsM
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wsj.com
Companies have long leaned on entry-level workers to do grunt work that doubles as on-the-job training. Now ChatGPT and other bots can do many of those chores.
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Nancy Folbre
4 months
Crypto decoded by economist Gerald Epstein, author of Busting the Bankers' Club. #Crypto Crypto: What Is It and What Is the Fuss All About?
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dollarsandsense.org
Cryptofinance, including cryptocurrency, is the newest hot item in the world of financial “innovation.”
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Nancy Folbre
4 months
The legal and political (and physical!) abuse of immigrants is going to hurt our economy. Wages, Employment, and Immigration
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dollarsandsense.org
Instead of competing with native-born workers for jobs, immigrant workers actually tend to complement native-born workers.
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Nancy Folbre
4 months
Paul Krugman takes down the trade deal with Japan, which is going to hurt all of us, including our auto companies. https://t.co/eYhZB9rEl7
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