Tim Bartik

“Few books in political theory foreground the author’s biography this much. But it lands.” My @LARB review of Furious Minds: Laura Field offers the closest thing to a mole’s-eye view of MAGA — and shows why liberals keep missing what they’re up against. lareviewofbooks.org/article/a-mole…

Study was done by me, & my colleagues Brad Hershbein, Iryna Lendel, and Sevrin Williams.

This infographic by my Upjohn Institute colleague Katie Bolter does a great job of summarizing findings:

Our Upjohn Institute study on RxKids in Flint was released yesterday. RxKids is universal cash assistance to pregnant moms during pregnancy & child's first year. Bottom-line: program has large spillover benefits beyond direct benefits to assisted moms. upjohn.org/research-highl…

The Abundance movement does not explicitly DISAGREE with this position. But it is certainly not emphasized. upjohn.org/news/without-f…

And if we succeed in being able to help places/industries/people be more productive, rather than simply handing out $, this is more genuinely empowering, and hence is more PERMANENTLY redistributive in who has clout, power, prestige, and strong claims.

Very good column by @JerusalemDemsas @TheArgumentMag TLDR: efficiency-promoting policy approaches such as abundance need to compensate those who lose due to these advances. theargumentmag.com/p/creative-des…

While the Abundance argument focuses on supply, it implies folks need to move to where this supply will increase. But what if folks can't or won't move? What happens then? Great analysis by @TimBartik. Check it out: brookings.edu/articles/the-a…

Useful article by @PatrickTuohey on Tulsa Remote, in part drawing on my research on the program. As it says, part of reason Tulsa Remote can have higher benefit-cost ratio is that it is relatively cheap way of creating jobs.

@theindicator @TimBartik recently wrote about how the Abundance Movement needs to include place-based jobs policies. My piece takes it a step further & provides a comprehensive strategy that builds prosperity for not just distressed places, but all rural areas. (8/9) x.com/TimBartik/stat…