J. Bradford DeLong

#uoeconforum @jimtankersley: not a happy talk: what’s going on w/ middle class? Recovery >6 years old doesn’t feel like one for middle class

#uoeconforum @jimtankersley: when I grew up I watched timber-town go through wrenching transition

#uoeconforum @jimtankersley: at the Oregonian learned power of human stories as windows into policy problems

#uoeconforum @jimtankersley: college in DC, Portland, Denver, DC. At the @WaPo my job at @WonkBlog is to tell stories about people that

#uoeconforum @jimtankersley: shed light on how the economy works. Bob. Local California historian. Worked in mfg in Downey, CA @ Apollo 11.

#uoeconforum @jimtankersley: space-age factory closed. Downey still looking for its new rocket to the middle class. They are not coming back

#uoeconforum @jimtankersley: in 81% of counties, median income lower than in 2000. Bob retired in 2005, making $25/hr, good pension

#uoeconforum @jimtankersley: when Rockwell won Space Shuttle contract, 24-hour party thrown by Rockwell. 200K aerospace wkrs in LA County