LEFT: Bill Wolkoff is a strike captain for the Writers Guild of America, coordinating the picket at the Television City lot. Prior to the strike, Wolkoff wrote for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. RIGHT: Sara Bibel is a writer picketing at Television City. She spent 13 years working at The Young and the Restless.
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Sometimes, it can seem like economists — especially macroeconomists — don't really understand the economy at all. But that stereotype isn't entirely fair, according to Emi Nakamura. She's a professor at UC Berkeley who is pioneering clever ways to clear up some of the deepest mysteries in macroeconomics.
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