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Jed Kolko

Jed Kolko

Economist and former Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs of the United StatesWikipedia

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Sep 3, 2026

Mitchell HartmanCORRESPONDENT
7:33
Now remember, Treasury Secretary Bessent said it also helps by opening up more jobs for US-born workers.
Mitchell HartmanCORRESPONDENT
7:41
But that doesn't appear to be happening, says Jed Kolko at the Peterson Institute for International Economics
speaker_9SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
7:47
Often, native and foreign-born workers are working together, but in different jobs.
speaker_9SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
7:53
And if that business can't find the foreign-born workers they traditionally had, they might need to cut back, and therefore not hire as many native-born workers
Tracy AllowayHOST
40:06
Okay.
Adam PosenGUEST
40:07
Um, so speaking of colleagues of mine, um, Martin Truzemma and Jed Kolko, um, are both top economists who work at Peterson and work on these issues.
Adam PosenGUEST
40:18
Anton Korinek is affiliated with Peterson, is on leave this year.
Adam PosenGUEST
40:23
He went to work at Anthropic this year.
Tracy AllowayHOST
40:24
[chuckles]
Adam PosenGUEST
40:25
But anyway, um, if you look at their work, and in particular, I would cite the work of Jed Kolko, and, and he was chief economist at the US Department of Commerce under Biden.
Adam PosenGUEST
40:35
He was at Indeed.
Adam PosenGUEST
40:36
Was it Indeed or ADP?

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