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The United States now has the most government restrictions on academic freedom of any high-income country. www.chemistryworld.com/news/academi... Raw data from @vdeminstitute.bsky.social —> academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...

ok this is legit shocking!!! The person with the most traffic tickets in all of NYC turns out to be an NYPD officer from Staten Island. jk it’s not shocking at all lmao

You could give 130,000 kids free school lunch for a year with this much money instead

Internal revolt at $GOOGL after Gemini was added to the DoD AI portal this morning.

Never change, Texas.

The Gang* Learns About Reservation Wages *One very poorly-read columnist

The BEA produces a regional price parity index to compare costs across states, and it's remarkable that Texas has handled all of its post-2019 growth while becoming *cheaper* relative to the US overall Meanwhile, Florida's growth has given it the highest relative cost increase

Just read this piece from last year on how they’re replacing everything—reading, school, gaming, real life interactions, even streaming—with vertical shortform video. It’s addictive and makes us dumber and I hate it. www.infinitescroll.us/p/the-carcin...

I wasn't familiar with the base rates here so I went and looked it up. It was 315 total. The Midwest number was 121. For context, there were 599 farm bankruptcies nationwide in 2019 (the most recent annual peak). That's compared to a tad less than 1.9mm US farms.

A good concept people should acquaint themselves with.

My friend is teaching to his Economics Ph.D. students and explaining why they should be interested in topics that are not in their subfield. The friend asked for statements about why learning from other fields is good. Here was my answer: " Five things:

Canada getting in on the SWF game.

Great job MN Dept of Labor & Industry recovering wages owed to MN construction workers that their employers stole from them The underlying fraud hurt the underpaid workers, law-abiding construction companies, & taxpayers. MN's joint employer law enabled real accountability kstp.com/kstp-news/to...

MALTA SNAP ELECTION FOR ALL MY MALTA HEADS *MALTESE PM CALLS EARLY GENERAL ELECTION FOR MAY 30: AFP

Well they are correct that there would be significant long-term damage to the energy industry.

Once I simply read about a data center opening near by and I burst into flames.

busy news day for Canada *ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS OFFERING BUYOUTS TO HALF ITS STAFF: GLOBE

I had not seen that the administration is planning to stop the food insecurity survey?!

Working on my Fed Day preview ... The Clash on repeat.

$MSFT announcing changes to partnership w/ OpenAI - OpenAI products will still ship first on Azure - MSFT license through 2032, but non-exclusive - MSFT no longer paying revenue share to OpenAI after 2030, payments until then are capped in $ terms "Simplifies" the partnership.

this is so interesting, i think this is basically a kind of ecological study

When you complete the Shivering Isles before starting the main quest to confront the followers of Mehrunes Dagon

It's very weird that the angle the Trump admin decided to go with to exploit the "assassination attempt" is, "and that's why I need to build a ballroom"

November gasoline futures keep grinding to new highs. Not going to be an economic show-stopper but could matter on the margin in close House/Senate races:

Yikes.

Where are the profits of the war going? With the rise in oil prices, the profits of extractive companies surge—and a significant share ends up funneled through tax havens. But it’s not too late to tax war profiteers effectively. open.substack.com/pub/gzucman/...

I'm not sure it'll show up in the labor market data this year and it certainly won't penetrate the thinking of Fortune 50-100 type companies but my gut feeling is it really is time for white collar hiring to pick up in the aggregate.

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I dunno man...people decide to assassinate the president all the time and they usually get caught well before getting anywhere near him (as with this one). I am not sure Trump has actually been subject to anything particularly unusual.

Rising income inequality is the main reason that affordability feels out of reach for U.S. families. Middle-class household incomes would be roughly $30,000 higher today if their incomes had simply kept pace with average income growth since 1979. Imagine life WITHOUT this inequality tax.1/1

Plus look up where Ozempic comes from. You never know where your research might lead.

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“Regal sold its inventory of $50 ‘Dune’ tickets projected in 70 millimeter IMAX film in a matter of minutes. Since premium auditoriums regularly sell out fastest, exhibitors are racing to build more of them.” www.wsj.com/business/med...

I for one enjoy my status as centrist socialist shitlib tankie antisemite zionist scum

Even now I wonder which were dupes and which were pretending to be dupes.

On Friday May 8, John Jay College will be hosting a launch event for Against Money, my new book with Arjun Jayadev. We'll both be speaking, along with Zach Carter (author of the excellent Keynes biography The Price of Peace), and Suresh Naidu. The event will be from 6pm-8pm in New Building 9.64.

How could Germany do this to us? Just plainly state exactly what is obviously happening?

Having a hard time saying much that’s interesting about markets/econ at the moment. Housing’s getting more interesting but that’s more of a slow burn.

Your periodic reminder that the debt-GDP ratio has a denominator as well as a numerator. www.ft.com/content/c6f2...

Trending today on Bluesky....anniversary of the birth of Mary Wollstonecraft. Huh.

“But for all the talk of regime change, Wednesday is more likely the start of a test than the end of an era.” stayathomemacro.substack.com/p/a-fed-day-...

Like countless other newsletters, Money Stuff appears intent on generating multiple income streams. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...

Increased access to high-quality child care and education services for children 1-2 years old increased academic achievement years later, with larger effects among those from most disadvantaged families. in Norway. www.nber.org/papers/w35109

I see folks saying, "No!!! that's not Lizzo it's Rizzo!" But that is an understandable mistake. I've attached a picture of Rizzo for comparison and convenience.

Kind of impressed he got anyone to hit his bid tbh *BOAZ WEINSTEIN'S BLUE OWL BDC TENDER DRAWS UNDER 1% OF SHARES

I appreciate the North Texas horror being bandied about on the skyline today.

Slop content has infected all aspects of our economy, our politics, and our society. It's all related.

Starbucks is a TikTok/Instagram tweens/teens brand now: www.wsj.com/business/hos...

Starbucks is in the cultural trend business more than the coffee business now — makes total sense that they’re shifting the corporate footprint to Nashville:

Your periodic reminder that the debt-GDP has a denominator as well as a ratio. www.ft.com/content/c6f2...

Gonna pre-order! Josh and Arjun always have many tjought-provoking insights, and I look forward to reading this book.

The delivery of our public health system into the hands of conspiracy-soaked quacks will harm American children. Defenseless newborns—the babies of Conservative and Liberal Americans.

The original Bobby Womack version is one of my favs so hearing this 1976 James Taylor cover version for the first time hit me hard m.youtube.com/watch?v=upet...

I admit it had not crossed my mind that future Dem administrations might continue the boat strikes in the Caribbean. Something to ask potential candidates about, I suppose.

Stay until we flip the Senate is my preference :-)

Very excited to be chatting about The Wage Standard on Matt Bruenig's podcast next week. Details coming soon!

Oh no. No way I am wading into a discourse that requires me to define the boundaries between high, middle and low brow. That will only generate anger and blocks.

The 2026 Sir John Hicks Memorial Lecture in Economic History: **Theories of Economic History** < braddelong.substack.com/p/fyitheorie... > 2026-04-28

Just a reminder: I will be talking about my book this Friday at 12 noon at Columbia Univ. Registration link below.

Five pieces of golden advice on an underappreciated pillar of a fulfilling career in economics —>

<clears throat> I SAID

Virginia! Last week the General Assembly heeded voices of working people and rejected the Governor's damaging amendments to the collective bargaining bill. ⏰ The Governor now has a second chance to sign it into law by May 22.

I tried to post this to SubStack Notes, but no dice: There appears to be a length limit! Who knew!: **A Comment on Noah Smith's "The Moderately Easy Problem of Consciousness"** < braddelong.substack.com/p/a-comment-... > 2026-04-27

Surprised by the US stock market’s resilience during the Iran war? Don’t be, explains @nirkaissar.bsky.social 🎥

Your periodic reminder that the debt-GDP has a denominator as well as a numerator. www.ft.com/content/c6f2...

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“Yes, the anti-AI crowd on this website is angry, but for legitimate reasons” The legitimate reasons:

@benzipperer.org will be breaking down the impact of AI on employment and measures that WILL protect workers, Thursday May 7 at 1p. Save your seat at the webinar now 👇 us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

I tried to post this to SubStack Notes, but no dice: There appears to be a length limit! Who knew!: **A Comment on Noah Smith's "The Moderately Easy Problem of Consciousness"** <https://braddelong.substack.com/p/a-comment-on-noah-smiths-the-moderately> 2026-04-27