Columbia SIPA professor studying labor policy, politics of policy design, and political economy. Co-director of Consortium on American Political Economy & Columbia Labor Lab. Former Biden-Harris Department of Labor and Office of Management and Budget.
Thread. I'm so pleased and honored to have been able to contribute in a small way to this project.
Alex Hertel-FernandezOver the past year, Sam Berger, Sophie Jacobson, and I have been thinking about how a federal rebuilding must center power-shifting, building civil society power for democracy. In @donmoyn.bsky.social's Substack we wrote up our lessons; we're excited to share what we're learning! 1/
I remember seeing someone (very reasonably) complaining here a few days ago that there seems to be next to no visible thinking on left and center about how to join the dots on administration and democracy. This is the beginnings of an answer to that complaint donmoynihan.substack.com/p/rebuilding...
Rebuilding Democracy Requires Rebalancing PowerWhat does a power-shifting agenda look like?donmoynihan.substack.com
How are American workers thinking about the ongoing and future impacts of AI? EG Visiting Fellows Mary Beech, @awhf.bsky.social, and others will explore that question and more in a webinar sponsored by @columbiaigp.bsky.social on August 5! RSVP today 🔗:
Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: What Do American Workers Want from AI Policy?. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.As AI technologies continue to improve, policies to regulate their use in the workplace and prepare for potential AI-driven job displacement as well as degradation of job quality and working standards...columbiauniversity.zoom.us
How are American workers thinking about AI, & what do they want from AI policy? Tune in to this Columbia IGP webinar on August 5 @ 12pm ET: youtube.com/live/xcuyP9z... Speakers: Mary Beech, @alexsjacquez.bsky.social, @michelleimiller.bsky.social, @aijenpoo.bsky.social, @awhf.bsky.social, Jen Klein
What Do American Workers Want from AI Policy?YouTube video by Columbia SIPAyoutube.com
🌟 NEW 🌟 First-of-its-kind analysis from @cmcnich.bsky.social, @jensherer.bsky.social, and @benzipperer.org measures how expanding union membership would boost wages, lower inequality, and benefit communities and democracy. A teaser of what that would mean for workers 🧵 1/
The case for tripling union membership: How rebuilding union power would strengthen workers, the economy, and our democracyForeword Imagine union membership tripling in the United States. It may sound radical—if you’ve forgotten history. In fact, more than 1 in 3 private-sector workers belonged to a union in the 1950s. Th...www.epi.org
really think that if democrats hold any chamber of congress next year that a condition of passing a budget is the removal of russ vought, who has a genuinely tyrannical vision of presidential power and is a focal point of the lawlessness of the trump administration
Phil RoccoI don’t think people really understand how bad the OMB proposed rule is going to be for state and local govt. We’re talking about putting a full third of state budgets under the explicit control of Russ Vought. (1/2) www.bondbuyer.com/news/cities-...
In the last century, there has never been an attack on the whole edifice of federal fiscal policy this severe. The reason is that all of them have presumed to rely *on Congress to pass a bill*. Automatic sunsets (60s), block grants (70s), budget cuts (80s) all crashed on these shoals.
Gig companies have long argued that classifying workers as independent contractors is the only way to preserve flexibility. A smart piece in @prospect.org from @profsheenalives.bsky.social explains why that narrative doesn't hold up and what flexibility is really protecting.
The Dangerous Myth of Flexibility - The American ProspectUber and Lyft insist it benefits their drivers. In actuality, it benefits Uber and Lyft.prospect.org“Democracy is not a static thing. We constantly need to fight to rejuvenate democracy and make it work for working people” IGP Faculty Advisory Board Member & American Democracy Initiative Director @awhf.bsky.social joined Mila Atmos (a @columbiasipa.bsky.social alum!) on @futurehindsight.com.
need to start thinking now about a full package of judicial reforms: new justices, new circuits, new district courts, ethics reforms, docket reforms, and transparency reforms.
I saw chaos inside and outside of the ICE detention center Delaney Hall today. Detainees protesting the lack of due process, the disgusting food and poor treatment while their families and advocates stood outside calling for help. 1/4
This photo of Andy Kim in the moments before ICE gassed everyone at Delaney Hall is going into the history books. We need more of this from our electeds.
Why do faculty and students have so little say in the governance of American universities? This terrific new paper by Daniel Hemel and David Pozen asks why American universities are liberal autocracies rather than stakeholder democracies. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
I don't know that this is specifically the GC perspective, but I'd note a few things here. One is that this whole travesty underscores just how anti-republican and anti-constitutional is SCOTUS's current extreme unitary executive theory.
Today just might be a good day for you to read pp. 24-26 (at a minimum) of this new @sbagen.bsky.social article. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... #capitolriotfunding #judgmentfund
"Slush Funds" and Congress's Power of the Purse by Samuel R. Bagenstos :: SSRNIf there's one point on which everyone agrees in appropriations law, it's thatpapers.ssrn.com
Extremely relevant today - our new report on the state of the rule of law in America brightlinewatch.org/erosion-of-t... Most notably, 91% of legal experts say Trump's DOJ provides favors or benefits to the his allies, including 56% of legal conservatives. Findings thread below; please read/share.
Brendan Nyhan🚨New Bright Line Watch report on the rule of law in the US - joint w/@rickhasen.bsky.social's Strengthening Democracy Project at UCLA Law The most comprehensive expert survey to date - 21 federal judges, 113 elite lawyers, and 193 law profs brightlinewatch.org/erosion-of-t... 🧵 on findings below ⬇️
If you're okay with everything in this speech except for the line about Gaza, as U-M's president seems to be, you're not advocating for "neutrality"--you're exploiting the rhetoric of neutrality to suppress ideas you don't like.
At the Roosevelt Institute, Kate Andrias and @awhf.bsky.social have a new report, Democratic Abundance: An Abundance That Works for Workers.
Democratic Abundance: An Abundance That Works for WorkersKate Andrias and Alexander Hertel-Fernandez explore how centering organized labor can transform the "abundance agenda" into a truly democratic movement that delivers housing, energy, and infrastructur...rooseveltinstitute.org
NY’s first-ever deputy mayor for economic justice, @juliesulabor.bsky.social, released new priorities: In: Affordable housing, free childcare, & city-owned grocery stores. Out: Billions in tax breaks & incentives to big developers & employers, unless they improve the lives of working New Yorkers.
Mamdani’s ‘Economic Justice’ Deputy Wants a Bigger PieIn a dramatic shift, Deputy Mayor Julie Su says progressive policies will lift New York City’s economy.www.thecity.nyc