Natalie Foster

I've got a plan to put $1500 money in your pocket. How do we do it? Here's some Taco Math.

Big news: New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh just announced the members of his 5 tasks forces. It's a mix of academics, central bankers, and biz/tech leaders. Also a mix of left and right leaning

When I’m governor, I’m going to put $1500 in your pocket. Greg Abbott has been hoarding billions in taxpayer dollars, and at a time when Texans are struggling to afford the basics, I’m going to put that money where it belongs: with Texans.

The pharmacy benefit manager cartel drives up drug prices while patients pay the cost. @Groundwork and @VanderbiltLaw’s Policy Accelerator have a fix: a public option for pharmacy benefits with transparent pricing: groundworkcollaborative.org/work/cutting-o…

💊🇺🇸 @Groundwork and @VanderbiltLaw’s Policy Accelerator are proposing “AmericaRx” — a network of publicly owned pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities to break monopoly pricing and deliver affordable, life-saving medicine to patients, not shareholders. groundworkcollaborative.org/work/americarx/

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I sometimes hear people say that state governments can't hire top AI talent. Michael Chen (formerly at METR and Stripe) joining Cal OES to work on frontier AI safety is proof of that not being true. Congrats to Michael, and more people should consider following his path!

1/ Today, ESP released Building Affordability, our new policy agenda on housing, which tackles the two causes of unaffordability: broken markets and broken incomes. Written by @chao_becky, @Mtkonczal, and @resnikoff, it shows how policy can expand supply while also directly protecting tenants.

Massachusetts became the first state to formally recognize a union representing drivers for ride-hailing apps like Uber and Lyft. The union will represent about 70,000 drivers statewide @StateAffairsUS @statehousenews link.stateaffairs.com/c/443/2053e295…

12/ Thank you to Kamau for sitting down with me. You can watch our full conversation here:   youtube.com/watch?v=zVCfo9…

11/ If culture moves policy, then funding culture is how we change things. That means resourcing creators directly through programs like the Economic Futures creator cohort and by putting more cash into people’s pockets so they have the freedom to tell their own stories.

1/ Policy is downstream of culture. That's something I've believed for a long time — and sitting down with comedian, director, and Emmy and Peabody winner @wkamaubell at Guaranteed Income Now in Austin, TX last week, he gave me a sharper way to say it: