William E. Spriggs
@WSpriggs
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Chief Economist, @AFLCIO and Professor, Dept. of Economics, @HowardU
Washington, DC
Joined May 2013
#RaiseTheWage will affect real people, let's end debating theory and listen to them: http://t.co/ixluI2qFKt
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#G7 Hiroshima Summit 19-21 May Trade unions say📣higher wages that keep up with inflation are a social & economic necessity & 📢call on leaders to support higher wages determined through collective bargaining @WSpriggs @CathyFeingold @StephenJRusse1 @unionion @flo_moritz @ituc
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@WSpriggs Thank you professor. Your contributions, especially on the roots of inequality in the banking system and in property ownership, were essential to telling the story of unequal access to banking services today.
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#G7 HiroshimaSummit 🇯🇵 @G7 leaders under pressure to deliver 👍🏾higher wages 👍🏾promote collective bargaining 👍🏾universal access to social protection https://t.co/bq5Ijh3TJE
@WSpriggs @CathyFeingold
@StephenJRusse1l @unionion @flo_moritz
@MaherTekaya @salvamarra @PresidentCLC @ituc
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I have been waiting for this for years. Ladies, when the line is too long so you decide to grab that vacant, solo mens room, get ready for prison.
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🚨 Today, more than 200 top economists wrote to Congress urging them to raise the #DebtCeiling promptly and without limitations 🚨 Read the full statement from @benbernanke, @RBReich, @BetseyStevenson, @JosephEStiglitz, @LauraDTyson, and (many) more: https://t.co/hkEd1SAUDh
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.@SenStabenow draws red line on #SNAPmatters time limits #DebtCeiling via @leahjdouglas🍴#FarmBill🍴🚜 @DrPhil14 @WSpriggs @TheBowTieSpeaks @cheyne_andrew @dodsonadvocate @cj_wong @triadas @susansternberg @LarryMishel @rebeccavallas @SeeMiaRoll @PatMLRI
NEW: With a little over two weeks to go before a potential default, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, chair of the Senate Agriculture Committee, told me SNAP work requirements are still a 'red line' in debt ceiling talks. My latest:
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Congrats on your award
Thank you @SABEW for recognising our piece that illustrates the links between bank branch closures, inequality and the racial wealth gap in the US. @TaylorNRogers @benmarinojourno 🎥
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Thank you also to our incredible contributors, including: @MehrsaBaradaran @jessevantol @dogambrell @prosperitynow @wspriggs @HopeCUbill @justice4ms @RepJamesClyburn Your insight was vital to shining a light on the roots of inequality in the banking system - and how to fix it.
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New study by former @prba student Thomas LaViest @tlaveist @plouie01 @tysonbrown @SandyDarity @DarrickHamilton @ifatunji @BethAngell9 @umisr @RCGD_ISR @learothawms @DrEFleming7 @WSpriggs @KBulloc2 @IjeomaOparaPHD @ChristyLErving @RyonCobb @FDuBoisBowman
https://t.co/krzHOMVeeE
nih.gov
Ground-breaking study provides national and state-level estimates of the economic burden of health disparities by race and ethnicity and educational levels.
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ChatGPT Is Not ‘#ArtificialIntelligence.’ It’s Theft. https://t.co/axWbqkxiW2
#AI @rainerkattel @daeaves @JuliusKrein @oren_cass @AmerCompass @duncan_braid @gnrodriguez2 @wellscking @doctorow @teamhumanshow @WalterDGreason @WSpriggs @jryancollins @BrettKing
americamagazine.org
Calling programs like ChatGPT “artificial intelligence” grants them a claim to authorship that is simply untrue.
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Congrats to @aaronsojourner for this attention to his labor leverage ratio https://t.co/1ArdmsFAbv
npr.org
It's one thing to quit your job and a completely other thing to get laid off or fired. A new indicator compares quits with firings and layoffs to measure who has more power in today's labor market,...
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Vice President Harris convenes young men of color for small business roundtable
thegrio.com
The vice president gathered dozens of entrepreneurs of color to discuss how the Biden-Harris administration could support them.
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The Greatest Wealth Transfer in History Is Here, With Familiar (Rich) Winners
nytimes.com
In an era of surging home and stock values, U.S. family wealth has soared. The trillions of dollars going to heirs will largely reinforce inequality.
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Congrats, the first full commencement exercise for the @howardu Chadwick Boseman College of Fine Arts receive their BFA BM MFA and MM with Dean @PhyliciaRashad
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.@RepBarbaraLee @RepJudyChu @RepBarragan @RepSaraJacobs lead #TriCaucus letter urging a clean #DebtCeiling bill and #NoCuts to life-saving programs. The evidence base proves such cuts are failed, punitive, and reinforce racial discrimination - they just be rejected!
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This is tough. Rodney Andrews was a beacon of economics. His sage advice, humor, and intellect left him without a peer. There isn't an idea I've had that I did not discuss with him first. Most important, he was my dear friend. I was so proud of him. I am devastated. @Rodprime
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