David Neumark

I have never met a Jewish farmer or Jewish manual laborer of any kind…

ABDUL EL-SAYED: If you're more frustrated by the idea that I would campaign with Hasan Piker than the idea that we have backstopped a genocide or that we continue to rob people of getting basic healthcare, I think you don't understand morals.

How the hell does the city that experienced the biggest Islamic terrorist attack in history vote for a Muslim mayor?

This is applied micro now: Editor gives you path to publication (Rej & Resub). You spend 9mo revising paper. 2 refs say accept, 1 says R&R. But, there's a new editor. They find a new ref that says reject. So, paper rejected. Everyone's time wasted.

Al Gore lost in 2000 as a centrist. John Kerry lost in 2004 as a centrist. Hillary lost in 2016 as a centrist. Kamala lost 2024 as a centrist. If we’re going to win the 2026 midterms, we must abandon centrism all together. If the Democratic Party is to survive we must go left

Distinguished Columbia Univ. Prof. Jeff Sachs’s message to Israel: “My advice to Israel is to shut up, go home to your own borders, stop starting wars everywhere, and understand what peace is.”

I co-introduced historic legislation to increase the minimum wage to $25. As someone who taught economics at Stanford, here is why it makes sense. The real minimum wage was $14 in 1968. Today it is half, but productivity has increased 2.5x. Instead of extractive capitalism, we need a free enterprise system that pays workers what they are worth.

So many Libs are defending Jimmy Kimmel's tasteless jokes by pointing to President Trump's many derogatory and inflammatory statements over the years. But how about if you apologize first? Extend the olive branch, and I bet President Trump will respond in kind🙏🇺🇸

Jimmy Kimmel should be fired tomorrow morning at 7am by ABC. He should be told to leave the buidling and be escorted out by security. The American people are sick of his hate. Enough is enough.

Kimmel’s hateful and violent rhetoric is intended to divide our country. His monologue about my family isn’t comedy- his words are corrosive and deepens the political sickness within America. People like Kimmel shouldn’t have the opportunity to enter our homes each evening to spread hate. A coward, Kimmel hides behind ABC because he knows the network will keep running cover to protect him. Enough is enough.  It is time for ABC to take a stand.  How many times will ABC’s leadership enable Kimmel’s atrocious behavior at the expense of our community.

Cutting edge economic research. FWIIW, I think it is a fine paper but it shouldn’t be in the AER.

The early results of the Palestinian local elections are beginning to tell a deeper story. A young generation of change has now firmly placed itself on the Palestinian political map. Meanwhile, President Mahmoud Abbas and the current leadership are increasingly failing to win the trust of Fatah’s own base—let alone the broader independent public—even in elections where Hamas largely stayed out. Despite the full weight of administrative, financial, and institutional support behind official Fatah lists, the results show that challengers have made significant and meaningful gains. In small and mid-sized municipalities—where tribal dynamics are less dominant—such as al-Obeidiya, al-Karmel, Khillet al-Mai, and Jericho, independent lists representing a clear demand for change have won decisively. These lists are often led by credible, moderate figures—many emerging from within Fatah itself—who chose to challenge the official structures and succeeded. In Hebron, the picture is more complex. Tribal dynamics played the major role. While Fatah list officially “won,” the reality is that the election became an internal contest between the Jaabari and Qawasmi families over control on on the Mayor position. Despite Hamas’s boycott, many of its supporters within these families participated, influencing the outcome in favor of their tribal candidates like Yousef al-Jaabari and Khaled al-Qawasmi. Jenin delivered another surprise. A list representing the camp-based reality and local grassroots leadership won by a large margin against the official Fatah list—signaling a deep disconnect between the traditional leadership and the street. The conclusion is becoming clearer: This was not just a municipal election. It was a political signal. A new current is rising—pragmatic, independent, and rooted in credibility. The question now is no longer whether change is coming. It is whether the current leadership is ready to face it.

Thinking that all that is wrong with Israel stems from Netanyahu is like thinking that all that is wrong with America stems only from Donald Trump.

Wanting fewer dead people is a concept that is too difficult for supporters of Israel to understand.

Cutting aid to Israel would increase the average American's take-home pay by $5,000. What would YOU do with an extra $5,000?

Activists on the Global Sumud Flotilla are putting their lives on the line to challenge Israel’s unlawful blockade on the occupied Gaza Strip. I am immensely proud of this international showing of solidarity, and applaud the courage on display.

Netanyahu is as whacked out as Trump. It's scary he has nuclear weapons. Maybe he can be forced to give them up in a peace deal.