mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 02/10/2026they let me be on @matt-levine.bsky.social 's podcast again www.bloomberg.com/news/audio/2...bloomberg.comMoney Stuff Podcast: Reintegration With the Default World - BloombergUnderstand every aspect of the global economy – and know how to make your next move. 390
Reposted by mary childsSilvia Killingsworth @silviakillings.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Bond Queen @marychilds.bsky.social Reviews Bond Book for Bloomberg: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comThe Bond Market Doesn’t Need Such a Hard SellRobin Wigglesworth’s A Fabulous Debt is a lively history of the bond market that too often assumes its subject needs defending. 111
Reposted by mary childsJoshua Park @joshdpark.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I had to learn that hagwon's really are just learning centers. Someone I know went to a hagwon to learn piano when they were 5 years old. They also learned to read and write. The hagwon provided transportation for each kid. 011
mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 01/10/2026extremely happy to report that, in addition to being a brilliant and intensely diligent researcher and novelist, Min Jin Lee is so cool and so fashionable and such a great hang. watch as she seamlessly integrates bond markets into our conversation (!): www.youtube.com/watch?v=UW2J...youtube.comWe’re Preparing Kids for a World That No Longer Exists, with Min Jin LeeYouTube video by Mary in America 051
Reposted by mary childsEconReporter @econreporter.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Oh!! I m always interested in why central banks copy each others!! And these dinner maybe why 273
mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 24/09/2026this week's episode is a conversation with Aditi Sahasrabuddhe, about how the central banker Basel dinners are the most important, most consequential cool-kid-table in the entire world: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV1M...youtube.comYour Country Needs a Bailout. Does Its Banker Have Friends?YouTube video by Mary in America 1154
mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"The symbolism will account for a large amount of the substance of the visit" www.npr.org/2026/09/24/g...npr.orgTrump rolls out red carpet for Xi as high-stakes summit beginsOn Thursday, the two leaders will hold meetings where Trump and Xi are expected to talk about artificial intelligence, rare earths, trade and geopolitics such as Iran and Taiwan. 161
Reposted by mary childsAl Roth @alroth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026That there is life after tenure-denial is robustly proclaimed and manifested by Emily Oster, in an interview by Mary Childs on her podcast Mary in America. #econsky #academicsky marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2026/09/ther...marketdesigner.blogspot.comThere's life after tenure denial: Emily Oster (on Mary in America) 292
Reposted by mary childsKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 20/09/2026Americans: oh, look, a systemic issue. I will solve it individually 11996971921
mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 17/09/2026it's Emily Oster day at Mary in America!! We talk about her career arc, how she is beloved and detested across political axes, and how to read data when she's not available: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr8G...youtube.comPregnancy, Vaccines, and Wellness: Emily Oster on How We Decide What to BelieveYouTube video by Mary in America 111
mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 17/09/2026yesssss rise up, workers of the world, including staffers at Barclays objecting to a one-day increase in the RTO mandate www.ft.com/content/ca55...ft.comBarclays hit by staff backlash over return-to-office rulesPush for bank to grant exemptions for employees with longer commutes and one-off payments to cover rise in workers’ costs 072
mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 10/09/2026you knew I had to: GOVERNMENT BONDS!!!! long bonds, short bonds, every bond in between! Interest rates are (relatively) high and going higher!! Ed Al-Hussainy (pm at Columbia Threadneedle) tells us what's been going on, and how it matters. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDka...youtube.comThe 10-Year Treasury Just Hit 5% — Here's Why That MattersYouTube video by Mary in America 3151
Reposted by mary childsIan Smith @iankmsmith.ft.com · 08/09/2026How did the world fall prey to this monster, and can it escape? By me, Sam Fleming, @emilydherbert.bsky.social 300 clicks free as.ft.com/r/9875106a-1... for FT subscribers www.ft.com/content/4f28...as.ft.comThe world’s $2tn interest billMany countries now spend more on debt servicing than defence, including the US, France and the UK 3146
Reposted by mary childsBloomberg Opinion @opinion.bloomberg.com · 04/09/2026Why aren’t people refinancing their mortgages? Because they’re not sitting next to Mary Childs on a plane. But AI might be making that process easier. 194
Reposted by mary childsi'm mrchan / immrchan @mrchan.org · 04/09/2026Congratulations to @marychilds.bsky.social for making it to the pinnacle of podcasting (after much toiling in other pods), and to @matt-levine.bsky.social for having the pinnacle of co-hosts (that are not Katie, of course, and also not the other equally great guest co-hosts) 063
mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 04/09/2026so honored and happy to be on @matt-levine.bsky.social podcast this week talking about mortgages, AI, Amazon+FTC...it was extremely fun podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m...podcasts.apple.comLearn More GooderPodcast Episode · Money Stuff: The Podcast · September 4 · 38m 2102
mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 03/09/2026SOO fun to go on @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social to talk about the best and most interesting subject, BONDS. 060
Reposted by mary childsThe Brian Lehrer Show @thebrianlehrershow.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The global bond market is rattled. @marychilds.bsky.social, host of the podcast Mary in America, author of The Bond King, and former co-host of Planet Money, talks about what it all means for the global economy & for your wallet. Listen: wnyc.org/browse/shows...wnyc.orgWhat Rising Global Bond Yields Mean for the Economy, and Your Money | WNYCAmidst rising inflation, ongoing wars in Iran and Israel, and the U. 132
mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 03/09/2026for this week's conversation I had my former colleague @jacobgoldstein.bsky.social on to tell me why we have always been obsessed with gold. why gold?? what's so special about gold? happily, Reader, he answered!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fzF...youtube.comWhy Do We Trust Gold More Than Money?YouTube video by Mary in America 141
Reposted by mary childsSam Ro @tker.co · 31/08/2026Extraordinarily fascinating conversation. I never thought about child labor the way it was discussed here. 164
Reposted by mary childsAlbert Pinto @70sbachchan.bsky.social · 29/08/2026An illegal war launched in the name of regional stability has achieved the opposite. It has shattered the old energy order. The American Petrostate vs the Chinese Electrostate. What will ppl choose? - US allies, global south, factories, farms, cities? phenomenalworld.org/analysis/daw...phenomenalworld.orgDawn of the Electric World Order | The PolycrisisGlobal shockwaves from the war on Iran 24819
Reposted by mary childsmary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 27/08/2026i had to talk to Debra Satz, philosopher + Stanford prof, as a curative to being SO THOROUGHLY convinced that selling (some!) human organs is good and we should do it. Markets SHOULD stop, I get that, in the abstract. but where? and why, again, exactly? www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMt-...youtube.comMarkets Don’t Just Set Prices. They Shape Us.YouTube video by Mary in America 041
mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 27/08/2026ok I did it, I gave up trying to manage it mentally and made a spreadsheet of where all my friends live, and it's actually/already really improving my life. I can remember who I meant to call when I visit! I am going to single-handedly cure the loneliness crisis!!!! 1241
mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 27/08/2026i had to talk to Debra Satz, philosopher + Stanford prof, as a curative to being SO THOROUGHLY convinced that selling (some!) human organs is good and we should do it. Markets SHOULD stop, I get that, in the abstract. but where? and why, again, exactly? www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMt-...youtube.comMarkets Don’t Just Set Prices. They Shape Us.YouTube video by Mary in America 041
mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 25/08/2026please stop saying it's tax cuts www.wsj.com/video/series... 191
mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 24/08/2026let me recommend reading the NYPost if you are looking to keep up with all the new ways that moms can die / be maimed 151
mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 20/08/2026In this week's episode, I try to catch some of @rohitlamba.bsky.social's optimism about AI and how it will impact society, or CAN if we are intentional about it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WE8k...youtube.comAI Is Inevitable. The Damage Isn't.YouTube video by Mary in America 151
Reposted by mary childstyping pumpkin 🎃 @typingloudly.zip · 19/08/2026i would like to thank @marychilds.bsky.social for helping me get really into bonds before they became cool, so i'm not like those people who got into epidemiology in feb 2020 141
mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 19/08/2026"The tide has gone out on the rest of the internet. It just doesn’t work anymore.” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/16/s...nytimes.comA Gossip Site Dies, and With It a Piece of the Old InternetIt’s curtains for the DataLounge, an online forum from a time when websites were funny, wild and maybe a little reckless. 010
mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 13/08/2026LOVED getting to talk to @pollard.bsky.social about Situational Awareness and what we can learn from it, if anything. stay til the end for a GREAT dinner party activity: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye08...youtube.comThe AI Hedge Fund That Imploded And Is Still Up 80% This YearYouTube video by Mary in America 152
mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 08/08/2026sorry but 100% this is propaganda, no one thinks this: www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ol... 61036
mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 06/08/2026on this week's Mary In America: How to Get To Sesame Street We get to hear from my longtime dear friend Scott Cameron, who is the head of content and IP strategy at Sesame Workshop. see how great he is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PDI...youtube.comThe World Changed. How Does Sesame Change With It?YouTube video by Mary in America 281
Reposted by mary childsEric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Washington and Lee University seeks someone w/exoerience in business journalism as its new Donald W. Reynolds Chair in Business Journalism. Endowed, full professor w/tenure; involves teaching business journalism, overseeing internships, coaching young journalists and more. DETAILS: loom.ly/opz2h7k 093
Reposted by mary childsJosh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 03/08/2026There are 7 PR people for every journalist in the US. www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti... 171823584
mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 02/08/2026men are OBSESSED with saying "modalities" right now 180
Reposted by mary childsmary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 30/07/2026new episode!! we wanted to know how students are faring in the battle between education and AI - so we called up legendary coding professor Jae Woo Lee. what he described is ummmm not heartening. but he had constructive lessons! literally! watch me learn to code: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxJn...youtube.comThe Hidden Cost of Letting AI Think for YouYouTube video by Mary in America 0103
mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 31/07/2026“We’re tired of watching influencers rub their wealth in our faces,” said one [TikTok commenter]. “Teach me something. Educate me. That is what I want,” wrote another. www.vulture.com/article/infl...vulture.comThe Influencer RecessionOnce upon a time, lifestyle influencers could post cute photos and make millions. Now they are forced to pivot. 180
Reposted by mary childsRuo Shui @ruoshuiresearch.bsky.social · 30/07/2026don't know if "learn by bonking" is a technical term but it should be 131
mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 30/07/2026new episode!! we wanted to know how students are faring in the battle between education and AI - so we called up legendary coding professor Jae Woo Lee. what he described is ummmm not heartening. but he had constructive lessons! literally! watch me learn to code: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxJn...youtube.comThe Hidden Cost of Letting AI Think for YouYouTube video by Mary in America 0103
mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 29/07/2026"I am human, and a man, and some of these girls are fcking hot :D haaaaa, which puts me face to face with confronting the inner struggle of not becoming the very thing that I despise" this is insane and fascinating @nymag.com www.thecut.com/article/cam-...thecut.comThe Porn Addicts Who Tried to Rescue the CamgirlsHow a community of porn addicts tried to rescue the teenage camgirls they worshipped from the clutches of a violent webcam pimp. 0113
mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 29/07/2026““I think it’s unfair to pick on people...I pay condo fees, I pay real estate taxes…I go out & eat, I go to the theater, I go to movies, I spend money everywhere, I buy stuff. I mean, I am a profit center,” she said, estimating she spends around 3mo a year in New York. nypost.com/2026/07/28/u...nypost.comExclusive | Longtime New Yorkers fume after being hit with massive pied-à-terre tax bills: ‘Is this a witch hunt?’Ordinary New Yorkers are seething after receiving five-figure property tax bills under Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new pied-à-terre tax scheme. 18455
mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 24/07/2026today's episode of Mary in America is a quick education on what the International Criminal Court is, what its jurisdiction and powers are, and why the US has announced intent to "dismantle" it www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKHg...youtube.com 030
mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 22/07/2026"[deeply flawed AI-detection tools] are being used right now, and with consequences, and we have to work this stuff out." substack.com/home/post/p-...substack.comI Wouldn't Say Pangram is Broken, But I Would Say That It's Brittleit seems way too easy to provoke Pangram into contradicting its own results 052
mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 21/07/2026these AI "wellness influencers" on TikTok, i feel sure I'd clock SOME as AI but .... not all!!! www.nytimes.com/video/techno...nytimes.comVideo: The Fake Influencers Selling Wellness on Your FeedThe New York Times found hundreds of A.I.-generated doctors, healers and wellness influencers on social media touting the health benefits of supplements to American consumers. Many of these hyperreali... 132
Reposted by mary childsSean O’Kane @okane.fyi · 21/07/2026every once in a while i am re-haunted by this story, when ford and Virginia Tech hid a man in a van seat and had him drive around to test people's reactions to AVs www.theverge.com/2017/9/13/16...theverge.comFord hid a man inside a car seat to test reactions to self-driving carsIt was part of a research project with Virginia Tech 1518132
mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 20/07/2026want to hang out with me and @marthagimbel.bsky.social for 40m? i know, not long enough www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nQh... 0132
mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 17/07/2026this week i got to talk to @marthagimbel.bsky.social about our shared favorite topic/disease: US government debt www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nQh...youtube.comAmerica Is Living On Borrowed TrustYouTube video by Mary in America 0103
mary childs @marychilds.bsky.social · 15/07/2026"Americans and Europeans simply chose different points on the trade-off between incentives and insurance" so good @hannolustig.bsky.social thetwocents.substack.com/p/europe-cho...thetwocents.substack.comEurope chose insurance. America chose growth.Europe and America chose different points on the efficiency-equity trade-off. That used to be a matter of preferences. It isn't anymore. 082
Reposted by mary childsAnn Monster Lipton @annmlipton.bsky.social · 13/07/2026AHAHAHAHAH www.sec.gov/comments/S7-... 44110
