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Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

"About Those Trump Tariffs...." danieldrezner.substack.com/p/about-thos...

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Todd Richard Yarbrough @econotodd.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Not sure when +50K jobs has ever been described as "solid gain" outside of maybe a post recession recovery.

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Todd Richard Yarbrough @econotodd.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Nothing, I thought, could demolish my ego like graduate school. Then I became a parent, where the longer your string of successes the bigger the sense of failure when things go even just a little awry.

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Todd Richard Yarbrough @econotodd.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

Me at 16 years old: Hey, I better read John Locke, Thomas Paine, Thomas Hobbes, Jean Rousseau, Henry Thoreau.... because understanding the philosophical underpinnings and nuances of the new American democracy will be very important in the future! Society in 2025: Get bent, NERD!

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Todd Richard Yarbrough @econotodd.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

This headline is wild. Such passivity despite the words describing several constitutional and international crises.

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Todd Richard Yarbrough @econotodd.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

You can tell the people who haven't had to deal with daycare pickup/drop-off by their response to the videos. "Why wouldn't they LET HIM IN?!" Bro, they don't even let parents inside the building without at least 24 hr prior authorization.

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Todd Richard Yarbrough @econotodd.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Watching my 5 year old eat a bowl full of raw carrot, a match light in our existential darkness.

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Todd Richard Yarbrough @econotodd.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

It pains me to even think about the city most days, it was a dream to live there and I was proud of myself for getting there. But it was grinding me to a pulp. I finally understood why Lynch shot Eraserhead the way he did: the industrial strain was isolating and deeply affecting. I am still worn out

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Todd Richard Yarbrough @econotodd.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

I put in 8 years, and 2 years on am still recovering.

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Maureen Johnson @maureenjohnsonbooks.com · 20/10/2025

I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.

"Police focus on ladder placed against the side of the Louvre"

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

The mortgage fraud claim against Lisa Cook is false, per documents obtained by Reuters. Bill Pulte's accusation, the sole pretext Trump used to fire her from the Fed, was that she claimed two homes as primary residence. These docs show she did not. www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...

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Exclusive: Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show

A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, shows that Cook had declared the property as a “vacation home,” according to a document reviewed by Reuters.

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Todd Richard Yarbrough @econotodd.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

I grew up in TN, I just counted from a simple scroll down my feed. 11 out of the first 25 were complaining about the rebrand on FB, most calling it woke.

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Todd Richard Yarbrough @econotodd.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

I was born in 1985. I like to describe this experience as, "born in the 80s but remember the 70s." I cannot fully explain it, but that description feels perfect. Black and white TVs, rotary phones, beta-max, drunk driving as socially acceptable behavior.

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Todd Richard Yarbrough @econotodd.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

I saw this headline, and thought, "god, I hope they gave this to Katie." Not thinking in a million years it was her! Always in the thick of it, @katiehonan.bsky.social

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Todd Richard Yarbrough @econotodd.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

I *finally* found my ASMR sound: the quiet rattling of a child silently putting away their toys.

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Todd Richard Yarbrough @econotodd.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

I needed an economic catharsis or otherwise the current era was going to drive me insane. I also will always and forever be completely devoted to educating anybody willing to listen to basic economics. So, here I am discussing Monetary Policy and Fed Independence: youtube.com/watch?v=ZEer...

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Back Porch Economics | Ep1: Should the US Federal Reserve Be Independent? +Monetary Policy Basics

YouTube video by Todd R. Yarbrough, Ph.D.

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Todd Richard Yarbrough @econotodd.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

I cannot imagine the degradation of content over there now. When I kicked off over a year ago it was already reading like an old Ebaum's World thread, with even more racism and misogyny.

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

you truly could not pay me to rejoin Twitter on any regular basis

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Todd Richard Yarbrough @econotodd.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Puff Daddy was so uncool he made Suge Knight (also a monster) seem palatable.

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Todd Richard Yarbrough @econotodd.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Watching all these Northeast liberal academic powers fold like cheap suits to Trump reaffirms my strong belief we need far more southerners getting PhDs.

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Todd Richard Yarbrough @econotodd.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Mark my words, Trump will rip the football away again very soon and Columbia will give more and Trump will move it again. Does nobody at Columbia understand game theory?

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Todd Richard Yarbrough @econotodd.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

When Trump trolls dem politicians, I think, wow that's immature for a president, but not a crisis. When the president trolls the Fed chairman, I think, wow that's bad for the long-run solvency of our economy.

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Todd Richard Yarbrough @econotodd.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

This is problematic because a president personally attacking a Fed chairman is a VERY BIG DEAL. Presidents have (though they should not) commented on Fed policy before, but leveling personal grievances publicly hasn't been seen since Nixon brutalized Burns in the early 70s. Then we had Stagflation.

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Todd Richard Yarbrough @econotodd.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

One of the things I was not prepared for was extent simply holding to account a president over decorum would be considered silly political correctness, so much that a so-called hostile press seems to largely turn a blind eye. POTUS called the Fed Bank Chairman "stupid." And it wasn't even a story.

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Todd Richard Yarbrough @econotodd.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

It's my love language, so I'm told.

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Todd Richard Yarbrough @econotodd.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Every year goes by and my self-delusion of enjoying the beach, despite almost never really doing so when there, is bitterly eroded. It's self-care.

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Todd Richard Yarbrough @econotodd.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

I'm slowing realizing the only way people will ever accept replacing human customer service with AI is to get them so used to terrible service they will willfully accept the high propensity of error in AI service functions (e.g. insurance denials) because it will seem no worse.

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Todd Richard Yarbrough @econotodd.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

I was there for MK from the jump. It was culturally significant in ways I cannot explain. I had 3 xmases of MK, MKII, MKIII Ultimate for the SNES as THE gifts I wanted. Passing notes of fatalities, blood codes, Reptile, Smoke, "Toasty!" Cinematically this might be manure, but I'll love it still.

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Todd Richard Yarbrough @econotodd.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Having to go inside the bank to get money from your checking account.

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Todd Richard Yarbrough @econotodd.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Keeping phone calls to family outside your zip code short due to high long-distance fees.

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Todd Richard Yarbrough @econotodd.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Andreessen is a literal billionaire. I just recently and barely became net positive in assets at the age of 40. For my entire adult life I've felt nothing but stupefying and unearned privilege despite being from a broken home absent any college degrees. What the hell is Andreessen whining about?!

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Todd Richard Yarbrough @econotodd.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

While many people seem to verbally acknowledge the difficulties of being a parent, my personal experience is that non-parents don't seem to have a clue the time it takes to have a kid and a lot of parents don't seem to extend much grace to other parents. It's more isolating than I expected.

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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 03/07/2025

The report looks strong. The Powell attack was disconnected. +147K jobs gained last month (mid-May to mid-June). +16K jobs in revisions of prior 2 months The big picture

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Todd Richard Yarbrough @econotodd.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

The overarching idea most consistently in my head while watching The Bear, other than how much I love it, is: Is every aspect of your job-process, philosophy, personality, quality, quantity, delivery, and wage rate- meticulously scrutinized and criticized publicly? Welcome to being a professor.

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Todd Richard Yarbrough @econotodd.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

I'd certainly love to dissect and debate the merits of Mamdani's proposals, including which I disagree with. But as long as elected officials are floating denaturalization, what is the point of even trying? At this point, I want him to win mayor just to spite that level of insanity we're seeing.

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Todd Richard Yarbrough @econotodd.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

It is pretty wild how all the dudes I went to HS with who didn't read more than one page of text the entire time get the exact same level of electoral influence on economic policy as me. That doesn't bother me at all, certainly has never kept me up at night wondering what the hell it was all worth!

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Brad Hershbein @bradhershbein.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Derek Thompson @dkthomp.bsky.social) has an interesting new Substack blog that echoes the trendy pundit finding that unemployment rates for new college grads are at record highs relative to the overall employment rate. open.substack.com/pub/derektho...

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Young People Face a Hiring Crisis. AI Is Making It Worse.

Artificial intelligence is transforming the entire pipeline from college to the workforce: from tests and grades to job applications and entry-level work.

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Todd Richard Yarbrough @econotodd.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

The clear subtext here is they expect a contraction. Otherwise, you don't get inflation and a need to cut rate targets.

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Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈 @josephpolitano.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Since becoming President, Trump has imposed the largest tariff hike in modern American history and is continually threatening further escalations That trade war is costing the US billions—and breaking the country's trade flows in important ways🧵 www.apricitas.io/p/how-tariff...

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How Tariffs Are Breaking US Trade

A Detailed Look at How US Trade Flows Are Unraveling Amidst Trump's Trade War

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Todd Richard Yarbrough @econotodd.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

When Trump said that immigrants were bringing drugs into the country, I didn't realize he was talking about Elon Musk.

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Todd Richard Yarbrough @econotodd.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

That's pretty on brand. In my 8 years in NYC I had a landlord who slashed my bike tires, sent threatening texts, and eventually stood outside our window one night, belligerently drunk, and yelled at my wife about how he was going to kick us out. And we had a hole in our roof the entire time.

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