Neale Mahoney
@nealemahoney
Professor @StanfordEcon. Director @SIEPR. Former @WhiteHouse National Economic Council. Fan of Arsenal, history, and all types of music.
Healthcare has been a powerhouse for women, creating new pathways to status @nealemahoney & colleagues brilliantly highlighted industry growth and women’s rising share of clinical roles. And nice work by @jburnmurdoch to corroborate this persistence, & gender gap!
It’s a fuzzy picture, but one of the key dynamics seems to be women opting in much greater numbers for healthcare jobs, where employment keeps trending upwards, seemingly immune to the cyclical bumps that afflict most male-dominated sectors even at the graduate level.
Health insurance premiums going up by ~25% in 2026 is going to be a major economic and political problem. And there is no real attempt from the Administration to do anything about it. wsj.com/health/healthc…
Debt collectors win, medical debt holders lose, as SIEPR Director @nealemahoney explains.
Last Friday, a judge struck down a CFPB rule that would've removed medical debt from credit reports The decision will reduce credit access while giving debt collectors more leverage It comes exactly a week after Trump signed a law that will kick 16 million off health insurance…
🧵Are Buy Now Pay Later Loans a risk to the U.S. economy or a sign of healthy innovation? SIEPR’s @nealemahoney and Adam Shaw offer 3 theories on what’s behind the rapidly growing market (link at bottom). (1/4)