Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Putin got his ask, but Trump won't get any fuel. "Art of the Deal" 000
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Pls. don't excluded heterodox econ theories. Mainstream neoclassicals have failed us. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/10/b...nytimes.comEconomists Are in the Wilderness. Can They Find a Way Back to Influence? (Gift Article)Economists have long helped to shape policy on issues like taxes and health care. But flawed forecasts and arcane language have cost them credibility. 000
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Uh oh. Financial Times and other media realizing OpenAI and Anthropic may have been bullshitting them. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...giftarticle.ft.comOpenAI annualised revenues $20bn less than previously signalledAI group recently told investors the critical figure was nearing $50bn in September, far less than the $70bn widely reported 000
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Mainstream neoclassical economics is a near total failure. Fed, and its army of econs, has no effective inflation policy or tools. www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives...ineteconomics.orgIn the Footsteps of Ptolemy: The ‘Science of Monetary Policy’ and the Inflation of 2021-2023The impenetrability of this continuously expanding Ptolemaic New Keynesian paradigm is maddening 000
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Another reminder not to vote for Newsom. "At the time, Newsom was newly divorced from Kimberly Guilfoyle and he apologized in front of a gaggle of reporters ... Later, he said he was seeking treatment for alcohol abuse." www.latimes.com/california/s...latimes.comAide involved in affair with Gavin Newsom in 2005 speaks out: 'Resentment is a luxury I can’t afford''Resentment is a luxury I can't afford,' writes Ruby Rippey in Vanity Fair. Her first-person essay offers the most intimate description yet of the affair with the then-mayor of San Francisco. 000
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Banks create money when they lend. Fiat currency issuers create money when they spend. "Crowding out" theory is wrong. 000
Reposted by Dan JamiesonMark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026The kids these days will hardly believe it, but a mere two years ago, the mental & physical (lack of) acuity of Elderly Presidents was the Great Issue of Our Time. Someone should tell Jake Tapper & Alex Thompson, so they can write a book on it 419637
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 07/10/2026He's not entirely wrong. Raise rates, slow the economy, kill jobs and demand ... and lower inflation. That's the mainstream theory the Fed follows. 000
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Where Trump broke the law, he should be impeached. Regardless of what the Senate does. Regardless of how many watch (many well see details of corruption for the first time). Create the record. 030
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Fiat currency issuers like the UK create money from nothing. All gov't spending is done with newly created money. So yes, the money is there, awaiting creation. “...the UK Government creates new money and purchasing power when it undertakes expenditure..." www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/sit...ucl.ac.uk 000
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Coulda done so much better if Newsom and CA Dems hadn't caved to Google. x.com/mattdpearce/...x.comMatt Pearce 🦅🇺🇸 (@mattdpearce) on XGoogle’s proposed backroom deal to avoid regulation in California is bad for a lot of reasons, and one of them is that taxpayer dollars would now go to hedge fund newsrooms. 000
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Neoliberal economics. A failure of both political parties. 000
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026The problem is with one party. Dems may feel impotent. Reppubs are just cowards. Not sure where the Bulwark was going with this story. 000
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026So voters support the billionaire tax, but also support the two measures designed to kill it. Yikes. Looks the the billionaire-funded opposition, now swamping the media here in CA, might be working. 110
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Newsom "has told people involved in the suit that blocking the $81 billion deal could harm Hollywood jobs; presses attorney general to find resolution out of court." www.wsj.com/business/med...wsj.comExclusive | Newsom Expresses Concerns About State Antitrust Suit Against ParamountThe California governor has told people involved in the suit that blocking the $81 billion deal could harm Hollywood jobs. 0196
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Imo, Powell was a good chair, because he was NOT and economist, and was willing to challenge economic orthodoxy. www.cnbc.com/video/2019/0...cnbc.comPowell: The relationship between inflation and unemployment is goneFed chair Jerome Powell responds to questions from Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) regarding the relationship between unemployment and inflation. 000
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026These tantrums might might dissipate once the big bond traders realize fiat currency issuers don't have to borrow the money they print. www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/sit...ucl.ac.uk 000
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Fed's fiddling is all performative. Higher rates won't bring down energy prices. But they will increase financing costs across the board. Might be gist for a story. 010
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A complete victory for Google. Which pays nothing for using local news. Now it's 100% on the state. calmatters.org/politics/202...calmatters.orgMoney promised to “save” local news vanishes as California proposes deep cutsLawmakers struck a handshake deal with Google last year to pay local news outlets in exchange for less regulation. Now, the budget deficit could prompt the tech giant to pull back. 000
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The Fed’s only inflation-fighting tool is to raise rates and throw people out of work. That does nothing to address supply shocks or price gouging. 030
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026People don't trust economists because economists are consistently wrong. Why? Because nearly all economists use faulty neoclassical mainstream economic theories. Take the financial crisis. Neoclassical theory says such an event can't happen. Economists missed it, and still have no answers. 000
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Project Meridian will "identify which weapons and technologies warfighters will need," thru a "partner" organization, led by two defense contractors and a has-been pol. media.defense.gov/2026/Sep/30/...media.defense.gov 000
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Will another 25bps hike throw enough people out of work to push inflation to target? 000
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Mueller report made a solid case for obstruction charges. 000
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 29/09/2026giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...giftarticle.ft.comMore than 100 Israelis go on rampage in Palestinian townJewish settlers blocked roads, set tyres ablaze and prevented the return of a Palestinian family in latest surge of violence in occupied West Bank 000
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"There is nothing that prevents the federal gov't from creating as much money as it wants and paying it to somebody."--Alan Greenspan, March 2005. www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0i0...youtube.comAlan Greenspan Teaches Paul Ryan About How The Economy Actually WorksYouTube video by Franc Analysis 000
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026www.latimes.com/california/s...latimes.comNewsom plans no new journalism funding despite $175-million funding deal with GoogleIt’s a significant walkback from an August 2024 deal between California leaders and Google to jointly spend $175 million over five years to fund local journalism. 010
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Only way to support local news is to avoid upsetting Google and the tech monopolists. calmatters.org/politics/cap...calmatters.orgCalifornia tried to make Google pay news outlets. The company cut a deal that includes funding AIState lawmakers agree with Google on a program to help local media outlets and explore artificial intelligence. 000
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Imo, NYT editors/mgt., suffer from some character flaws. 000
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Newsom caved to the Ellisons, not Bonta. www.wsj.com/business/med...wsj.comExclusive | Newsom Expresses Concerns About State Antitrust Suit Against ParamountThe California governor has told people involved in the suit that blocking the $81 billion deal could harm Hollywood jobs. 011
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026and learned she's a former Republican operative. 000
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The latest nonsense from Gavin Newsom. www.latimes.com/environment/...latimes.comIn blow to tribes, Newsom vetoes bill that would have remade little-known state forestsGov. Gavin Newsom said AB 2494 could have hampered research in demonstration forests, dealing a setback to tribes and environmentalists pushing to curb commercial logging. 000
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Mr. Barr says tariffs, war and AI "have contributed to upward price pressures." How will higher rates solve this? 000
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026How many jobs must be lost, via higher rates, to reach the inflation target? 000
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...propublica.orgThe FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the WayAfter the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini... 011
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Assuming the WSJ reporting was accurate about Newsom's concern about jobs ... When in hell has a huge merger saved jobs??? 011
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026U.S. prints money. We don't need the rich to pay for anything. 000
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026... If she got more votes, we coulda ended up with a R gov. 000
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026www.wsj.com/business/med...wsj.comExclusive | Newsom Expresses Concerns About State Antitrust Suit Against ParamountThe California governor has told people involved in the suit that blocking the $81 billion deal could harm Hollywood jobs. 000
Dan Jamieson @dvjamieson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Cleary the Fed, other bank regulators, are captured. Bank lobby gets its way. Not a secret. 000