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Gray Kimbrough
@graykimbrough
Economist, @UNCG PhD, "serial millennial myth debunker," labor, housing and time use researcher, @AU_SPA adjunct prof. Views are my own and not any employer's.
Silver Spring, MD
Joined December 2007
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    One persistent myth about millennials is that they switch jobs more than previous generations. It's not true. In fact, millennial workers have been less likely to switch employers during the year than members of prior generations were at the same age, especially Baby Boomers.
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    Memos posted publicly to government websites claiming to be from the acting directors of OPM and OMB have metadata showing that the original authors are affiliated with Project 2025.
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    We talk about millennials lagging behind in household wealth, but I don't think people fully comprehend how far behind they lag in building up housing wealth in particular. In 2019Q4 Fed DFA data, the millennial generation holds approximately zero net real estate wealth.
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    The Town of Chevy Chase is a place where wealthy white people feel comfortable admitting that they want to live in an urban area with good infrastructure while excluding everyone else.
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    Roses are red Violets are blue My #AcademicValentine submission is attached In which I determine that my regression discontinuity is you
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    The latest White House COVID-19 message to the public:
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    NEW: 'We need to live with it': White House readies new message for the nation on coronavirus nbcnews.com/politics/politโ€ฆ
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    I realize that this is a controversial take, but I would like for economics, as a discipline, to elevate more economists who aren't sociopaths.
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    Gender gap, doo doo doo-doo doo-doo
    The wage penalty is observed in all markets.
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    We need to talk about the real reason behind US housing cost inflation.
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    I forced a bot to watch over 1,000 hours of Montgomery County Planning Board public hearings and then asked it to write a public hearing transcript of its own. Here is the first page.
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    Reporters when a piece of economic data could be interpreted as evidence that the economy is overheating:
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    Percentage of workers 25 and over who can work from home: College graduates: 52% Some college/associate's degree: 24% High school graduates, no college: 13% Did not complete high school: 4% bls.gov/news.release/fโ€ฆ
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    Video games have just gotten way too good.