Adam Ozimek

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@ModeledBehavior

Chief economist at @InnovateEconomy. Host of the EconTwitter Water Cooler, live on twitter spaces and downloadable here: anchor.fm/adam-ozimek

Lancaster, PA Joined June 2010

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Adam Ozimek @ModeledBehavior Jan 14, 2025

What should we do about high skilled immigration and why? This is the topic of my huge new report with @LettieriDC and @cojobrien: Exceptional by Design. Quick thread on why I think you should read this report.

eig.org/exceptional-by…

eig.org Exceptional By Design

Adam Ozimek @ModeledBehavior 20h

Even if you think the problem was implementation and not ideas, I don’t think voters will buy that. New ideas are going to be needed.

Christopher Rufo Verified account @christopherrufo 2d

Have spoken with many people on the Right in the past week. A recurring theme: must reconstitute the party behind someone who can combine free-market economics, effective culture war, foreign policy realism, and hyper-competent administration. DeSantis frequently mentioned.
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Adam Ozimek @ModeledBehavior 2d

Unfortunately the deportation debacle means that anything short of citizenship is now much more riskier

Aaron Blake Verified account @AaronBlake 2d

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin says there will be no "amnesty."

BUT, he says Congress "can look at DACA and figure out a way that these individuals can become maybe legal permanent citizens or something like this."

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Adam Ozimek @ModeledBehavior 2d

Next move is for 60 Minutes to let @tylercowen do some interviews

Adam Ozimek @ModeledBehavior 2d

Douthat being able to get those answers out of Trump is a testimony to why true intellectual diversity is needed in mainstream media. He was able to ask the religion question in a way that was sincere and open, while extremely cunning, only because he is a believer and conservative