Sebastian Strauss

@Seba_Strauss

Senior Analyst, Global Macro/Office of the President . Ex and 🇺🇾🇦🇷🇺🇸 Nullius in verba. Views rarely mine

Washington, DC
Joined October 2016
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    Nov 23

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    Sep 13

    What does the future hold for international cooperation? and share results from a new survey exploring attitudes toward multilateralism.

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    Aug 12

    “COVID-19 has laid bare key vulnerabilities of an economic system designed to maximize short-term efficiency at the expense of robustness and resilience,” write and .

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    Aug 11

    NEW: Live at 11am US ET: “Code Red for Humanity” – Now What? Meet IPCC Scientists Working That Problem ( from WG1, WG2, and WG3) No signup. Watch 3 ways here: from

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  5. Jul 30

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    Today’s Anniversary of Medicare & Medicaid reminds us to reflect on the critical role these programs have played to protect the healthcare of millions of families. To safeguard our future, we must reject Socialist healthcare schemes.
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  6. Jul 27

    Crisis of legitimacy, yes, but also a collapse in interpersonal trust that seems even harder to fix

    The collapse of trust in authority is maybe the single biggest civilizational problem we face and absolutely no one has any idea what to do about it
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    Jul 23

    This is both brilliant writing and extremely sharp on the point that models of politics *have* to figure into assessments of “what is ‘good’ policy”—because policy can only be good if it is actually policy and not a forever proposal.

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  8. Jul 23

    Some personal news— After nearly 5 yrs at , it's time to say goodbye. I'm thankful to all my wonderful colleagues, mentors and friends across . Thrilled to be soon joining as Global Macro senior analyst and eventually moving to NY!

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    Jul 15

    The future growth trajectories of emerging markets and developing economies could determine whether the world limits global warming to well below 2°C, argue and of .

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    May 28

    I’m very excited to be a part of the webinar, please share the information with the prospective grad students in your lives.

    Join us tomorrow at 11 EST on our second episode of our Graduate Application webinar series, in collaboration with . Our speaker Mariama Sow will cover how to prepare for standardized testing (the GRE), solicit letters of recommendations, and submit transcripts.
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    Apr 30

    🚨 BIG NEWS 🚨 We are thrilled to announce that management has signaled their intent to begin voluntary recognition of our union! We look forward to seeing their proposal and working in good faith to uphold Brookings’s values. Thank you all for your solidarity!

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    Apr 22

    It's important to recognize that labor compensation in practice is generally not set by competitive markets based on supply and demand alone, but rather by monopsonistic markets where unequal bargaining power and search frictions play a significant role.

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    Apr 21

    Cooperation with ahead of the climate summit in November will be a key test of how could work despite great-power rivalry and a clear clash of ideologies, argue and of .

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    Apr 13

    A policy that has reduced greenhouse gases far less than any number of alternatives is the "right solution," because giving a shit about political economy is some kind of weakness or compromise in economics.

    I'm not going to comment on all of the post, I'm not an environmental economist. However, no matter what or anybody else thinks, carbon taxes are good and they are the right solution.
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    Apr 13

    Congratulations to the Urban Institute and Brookings staff for for organizing and with . I hope other workers in nonprofits follow their example and join a union. Now more than ever, we need a strong labor movement for all workers.

    🚨🚨BREAKING🚨🚨 The staff at the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute have formed unions with NPEU, and respectively. At both organizations, a supermajority of employees support their union.
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    Apr 13

    A huge congrats to all my colleagues involved who showed courage and commitment to ensuring their voices are heard! Labor rights are human rights and organizing is a powerful force!

    [1/6] After a years-long effort, the non-supervisory staff at Brookings have formed a union! We are . Read our press release at .
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    Apr 13

    [1/6] After a years-long effort, the non-supervisory staff at Brookings have formed a union! We are . Read our press release at .

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    Apr 1

    2/5 are not caused by economies becoming more productive, because in that case their export success is rewarded with rising imports. Trade tensions are caused by economies that achieve "competitiveness" by keeping wages, relative to productivity, lower than that of their...

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    Mar 31

    He would do well to respond by noting the expected value generated by this plan — jobs created, gross domestic product increased, productivity raised, carbon removed, etc. We'll be reaping rewards for decades to come.

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    Mar 22

    U.S. policymakers have a critical opportunity to bolster the nation’s infrastructure and drive a labor market recovery. , Dhruv Gandhi, and explain how to capitalize on it.

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