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Kassandra Martinchek (she/they)

@kmart_02

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Oct 29, 2021

"We see strong racial disparities in credit health that have endured over time." This is reproduced by policy choices that exclude Black & Latinx families from affordable credit & reduced wealth-building opportunities. We must do better. (via

@alex_gailey

) https://urbn.is/3b6saUT

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Claudia Sahm

@Claudia_Sahm

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Jul 21

“She continued: “There is a discourse building, not at the Fed but among some of my peers, that not only should we be risking a recession, we should be causing a recession. It would be reckless. It would be heartless.””

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Kassandra Martinchek (she/they)

@kmart_02

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Jul 19

i ate all of the chocolate out of my trail mix and now its 9:30am on a tuesday and there's nothing more to look forward to

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Kassandra Martinchek (she/they)

@kmart_02

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Jul 14

do folks know of a geographic crosswalk that connects border counties in one US state to bordering counties in other states, ideally clarifying which states each border county belongs to? #phdchat #AcademicChatter #AcademicTwitter

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William E. Spriggs

@WSpriggs

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Jul 14

Some sage advice from

@LipstickEcon

on debunking the current stream of thought that fighting inflation through wage repression helps workers. Bankers are the ones who hate unexpected inflation because they get paid back with deflated dollars.

msnbc.com

Opinion | How not to deal with America's increasing inflation problem

Why it may be time to reconsider how monetary policy interplays with the 40-year rise in economic inequality.

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Kassandra Martinchek (she/they)

@kmart_02

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Jul 13

Some policy solutions include expanding SNAP outreach & increasing SNAP benefits amounts, approving the expanded CTC, & bolstering emergency supports like charitable food to reach families who can’t meet their food needs today. read more: http://urbn.is/3yGVyyc (9/done)

urban.org

Inflation Could Drive More Families toward Food Insecurity This Summer

With skyrocketing inflation, more families may face food insecurity during the already challenging summer months, but federal, state, and local policymakers can help.

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Kassandra Martinchek (she/they)

@kmart_02

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Jul 13

Overall, inflation is impacting families across their budgets, not just when they go to the grocery store. As fewer supports remain available to families this summer, families may experience elevated food insecurity and declining nutritional quality (8/x)

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Kassandra Martinchek (she/they)

@kmart_02

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Jul 13

Inflation is just one factor that influences families’ budgets. High inflation coincides w/ decreases in benefits (CTC, SNAP emer. allotments, enhanced UI) that could help families cope w/ rising prices; meaning families have fewer resources to cope w/ increasing prices (7/x)

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Kassandra Martinchek (she/they)

@kmart_02

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Jul 13

Even at the beginning of 2022, families reported reducing nutritional quality of the food they eat, reducing their food intake overall, and opting for lower-cost alternatives; as reported by

@zoeyuqhan

: https://marketwatch.com/story/inflation-is-forcing-americans-to-change-their-diets-11655932733… (6/x)

marketwatch.com

Inflation is forcing Americans to change their diets: 'We make vegetable soup'

The rise in the cost of living has prompted people to cut down on meat, and eat out less.

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Kassandra Martinchek (she/they)

@kmart_02

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Jul 13

But inflation is not only impacting food prices—and for families whose income mostly goes to necessities like housing, food, utilities, gas (http://urbn.is/3tiOhBF) etc., they have less flexibility to shift spending (5/x)

urban.org

What Rising Gas and Rent Prices Mean for Families with Low Incomes

Dramatic price surges have increased the costs of daily life at a quicker rate than wages, and households with low incomes—who are disproportionately people of color—will likely be particularly...

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Kassandra Martinchek (she/they)

@kmart_02

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Jul 13

Higher prices may increase pressure on families at higher risk of food insecurity, especially those with limited or fixed incomes, such as seniors and persons living with disabilities https://marketwatch.com/story/food-or-medications-the-terrible-senior-dilemma-11644868145… (4/x)

marketwatch.com

Inflation is making some seniors choose between food and medications -- what you can do

Inflation is at its highest level in decades, forcing people to make dangerous choices

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Kassandra Martinchek (she/they)

@kmart_02

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Jul 13

High food prices push up local food insecurity rates, with increases associated with a 2.7 pp increase in HH food insecurity (see article from

@USDA_ERS

researchers: https://jstor.org/stable/43695808) (3/x)

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Kassandra Martinchek (she/they)

@kmart_02

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Jul 13

While CPI is a lagging indicator, and misses some of the price declines in gas and other costs that impact families’ budgets (see

@joshbivens_DC

thread: https://twitter.com/joshbivens_DC/status/1547198959525023746…), the report shows sustained pressure on families’ essential costs (2/x)

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Josh Bivens

@joshbivens_DC

· Jul 13

Today’s inflation data showed continued rapid growth in the overall CPI, rising 9.1% year over year. A similar reading last month led to a large overreaction by many, including the Federal Reserve, who raised policy rates by 0.75%. 1 https://epi.org/blog/against-panic-the-fed-should-not-be-given-permission-to-cause-a-recession-in-the-name-of-inflation-control/…

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Kassandra Martinchek (she/they)

@kmart_02

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Jul 13

Consumer Price Inflation from

@BLS_gov

rose higher than expected in June 2022—but how might this impact the food security of families? Read more

@urbaninstitute

: http://urbn.is/3yGVyyc (1/x)

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Urban Institute

@urbaninstitute

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Jun 30

For Americans, dramatic surges in gas prices & rent have increased the costs of daily life at a quicker rate than wages, writes

@yfreemark

: https://urbn.is/3tiOhBF

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Samantha Joel

@datingdecisions

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Jun 27

Running my little models as the world burns

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Urban Institute

@urbaninstitute

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Jun 24

.

@_EMJohnston

: "Though abortion has been debated in US politics for decades, the evidence is clear: access to legal abortion improves women’s lives."

urban.org

Research Shows Access to Legal Abortion Improves Women’s Lives

Though abortion has been debated in US politics for decades, the evidence is clear: access to legal abortion improves women’s lives.

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Kelechi

@kelechnekoff

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Jun 17

People in a cycle of financial poverty are not necessarily financially illiterate.

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Kassandra Martinchek (she/they)

@kmart_02

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Jun 14

A real-life look at what it feels like to work full-time while getting your PhD & you’re trying to balance deadlines #AcademicChatter #phdchat #phdlife

@PhDVoice

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Kassandra Martinchek (she/they)

@kmart_02

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Jun 9

nothing like having an amazing research idea, just to lose the VERY important sticky note you wrote it on #phdchat #phdvoice #AcademicChatter

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Kassandra Martinchek (she/they)

@kmart_02

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Jun 9

everyone thank you SO much for these suggestions-- had no idea there were so many options!

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Kassandra Martinchek (she/they)

@kmart_02

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Jun 8

what is the best site for making a personal/academic website for phd students? #AcademicChatter #phdvoice #phdchat

@PhDVoice

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Renée is resting

@Nay_Landell

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May 31

You can study and study until they call you an "expert", but you'll never have more or even the same level of understanding than someone who has lived experience or is directly influenced. This isn't something that can be debated either.

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Kassandra Martinchek (she/they)

@kmart_02

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May 24

i can almost guarantee that when a PI says something "shouldn't take long" it will dominate your consciousness for at least 3 days

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Kassandra Martinchek (she/they)

@kmart_02

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May 19

Join

@urbaninstitute

's

@swartell

at 4PM ET to discuss how #inflation effects families with low incomes (event here: https://urbn.is/3wtQ6vF). We find that families have eaten less food & substituted more affordable options as food prices soared: http://urbn.is/3yGVyyc

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Urban Institute

@urbaninstitute

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May 18

Inflation could drive more families toward food insecurity this summer, writes

@kmart_02

: https://urbn.is/3yGVyyc

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Kassandra Martinchek (she/they)

@kmart_02

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May 18

Families are feeling the pressure of #inflation on their food budgets, with many more likely to experience #FoodInsecurity this summer. How can policymakers respond? Read more here: http://urbn.is/3yGVyyc

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Urban Institute

@urbaninstitute

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May 6

From

@TheresaMAnderso

: More than 1 in 4 female undergrads were moms in 2016, adding up to 2.6 million student-mothers in the US.

urban.org

For Mother’s Day, Help Moms Finish College

Enrolling in school benefits moms and their children. But many moms need more support to achieve their educational goals.

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Bess Kalb

@bessbell

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May 3

Let this be remembered as the night the Met Gala saluted the Gilded Age, a time of outrageous wealth disparity coated in the patina of luxury, while the Supreme Court sentenced poor women seeking reproductive freedom to death.

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Kassandra Martinchek (she/they)

@kmart_02

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Apr 29

its so fun having chronic #migraines during finals week because you try to avoid your triggers and write papers with sunglasses on... but your papers are your trigger #phdchat #phdvoice

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Kassandra Martinchek (she/they)

@kmart_02

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Apr 26

my last two brain cells trying to get through finals:

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tamara k. nopper

@tamaranopper

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Apr 16

bell hooks said, “The point is not to render ideas less complex but to make the complex clear.” Or, as Ruth Wilson Gilmore put it, “To think theoretically, but speak practically.”

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Alaina Wood (she/her)

@alainamwood

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Apr 15

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Kassandra Martinchek (she/they)

@kmart_02

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Apr 15

Attending your friends’ dissertation defenses feels like third wheeling a date… their committee & they are just vibing and you’re there wondering wtf is going on #phdlife #phdchat

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Kassandra Martinchek (she/they)

@kmart_02

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Apr 7

nothing like discovering that none of your code runs... because stata data files are saved in different formats between versions and your stata was just updated. if you need me, ill be screaming into the void, thx

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Kassandra Martinchek (she/they)

@kmart_02

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Apr 1

Loved sharing

@urbaninstitute

and

@FeedingAmerica

's work on measuring communities' access to charitable food resources using a multidimensional measure at #2021APPAM

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Signe-Mary McKernan

@SMMcKernan

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Excellent presentation today by ⁦⁦@urbaninstitute⁩ colleague⁩ ⁦@kmart_02⁩ on food access. #2021 APPAM

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Matt Pearce

@mattdpearce

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Mar 30

Study: When white Americans heard about COVID hitting people of color harder, a lot of them mentally peaced out. This is ugly. https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S027795362200257X…

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Louise Seamster

@louise_seamster

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Mar 24

do you ever think about how mystical credit scores are?

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Neale Mahoney

@nealemahoney

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Mar 18

Today the big three credit reporting agencies announced they will remove most medical debt in collections from credit reports. A short 🧵on the economics of this decision:

wsj.com

WSJ News Exclusive | Most Medical Debts to Be Removed From Consumers’ Credit Reports

Equifax, Experian and TransUnion are making sweeping changes to how they report medical debt in collections beginning this summer.

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