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I can't rank all the bad stuff in the second Trump administration, but one thing that has made me so mad is the rollback of funding for EV infrastructure, since I'd love to rely more on EVs for all transit (and not just the commuting stuff, for which the Bolt is just perfect)!

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Nina Eichacker @ninaecon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

we bought a bolt in 2020, and we love it so much!

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Nina Eichacker @ninaecon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Oh my goodness they are amazing!

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Nina Eichacker @ninaecon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Walked out of Neverending Story Part 2 when the main character kept using wishes that would destroy his memories

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Nina Eichacker @ninaecon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Buffy the Vampire Slayer -- the "funny" movie! -- destroyed me as a third grader (nightmares for at least two months after watching)!

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Shishiqiushi @shishiqiushi.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

If this were happening during a dem presidency the knives would be out for a 50 raise

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Mike Beggs @mikejbeggs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Our book is finally out today! Looking forward to talking to people about it

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Nina Eichacker @ninaecon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I learned about Ella Langley and Choosing Texas from this stereogum.com/2490364/ella... waaay back when, and remember when I started hearing it. The points in here still hold up, I think!

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Ella Langley's Walled-Off Superstardom

Plus: the best new pop tracks of the month.

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Nina Eichacker @ninaecon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I have so many thoughts, as an economist, about the weird way that (many, and many prominent) economists like to push buttons and be sophomorically provocative in how they use language, and how people push back on it. I thought you handled all of this with so much grace and patience!

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Nina Eichacker @ninaecon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

haha yes, only that I think he was the main guy pushing the Biden Administration to make Gina Raimondo the next candidate for pres

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Joe Biden's inability to talk about his administration's successes ended up being a really big problem, imo.

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Rachel Cohen Booth @rcobooth.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Abortion has faded nationally as a major midterms issue, but it's a top focus in the Maine Senate race, where Democrats are banking that Collins's Kavanaugh vote will cost her in a way it didn't back in 2020. I went deep for @vox.com. gift link: www.vox.com/policy/50331...

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Susan Collins is the abortion rights movement’s biggest test of 2026

Will Maine voters punish the Republican senator for the end of Roe? It’s complicated.

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Nina Eichacker @ninaecon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I say y'all unironically (I grew up in Maryland, close enough), and it's always worth it to see how it weirds out New England kids.

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

One of the most mindblowing things about interning in Congress was finding that the Congressional Research Service exists. Improving it would improve lawmaking.

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Republicans, in their infinite wisdom, left a big gambling loophole in the Medicaid work requirements. I'm no fan of the gambling industry, but if you are on Medicaid and struggling to deal with the work requirements, taking a $580 bet on both sides of an outcome is one way of getting around them.

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Mike Goodman @themlg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It’s is better when centrist democrats win elections than when republicans win elections.

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Nina Eichacker @ninaecon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I would love to hear your thoughts (and yours too, @buddyyakov.bsky.social !!) -- absolutely informed by conversations with all of you!

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Nina Eichacker @ninaecon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

New paper (open source!) out with the Cambridge Journal of Economics: it's about what Keynesian oriented supply-side policies might look like in our weird moment of climate change and other challenges: I hope you have a chance to check it out! t.co/yIZnjdIova

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https://academic.oup.com/cje/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cje/beag026/8796073?utm_source=authortollfreelink&utm_campaign=cje&utm_medium=email&guestAccessKey=0be597c1-99e8-4a5b-b035-2d57a417f73b

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Nina Eichacker @ninaecon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

In practice, the piece only lists tech billionaires. Ah, well.

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Nina Eichacker @ninaecon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Googled this line on a hunch, was not disappointed

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Copyright laws, securities laws, environmental laws, corporate liability laws, they all exist and we should enforce them against these companies IMO

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Nina Eichacker @ninaecon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I ... listened to that album nonstop for a not insignificant period of time! It's great!

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Nina Eichacker @ninaecon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

oh man I learned to drink a manhattan from my parents who always had theirs with Candian Club

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Nina Eichacker @ninaecon.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

We just watched Pride and Prejudice (the 2005 one), which is PG, amazing, and just kind of a perfect movie. And so pretty!

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Nina Eichacker @ninaecon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I see a little Julian Casablancas in there, too.

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Nina Eichacker @ninaecon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

You may not be surprised to here that Graydon Carter didn't delve into many of the grubby money details that I wanted to read about! Future newsletters about Michael Grynbaum's really great "Empire of the Elite", a deep dive on Condé Nast, will get more into those weeds!

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Nina Eichacker @ninaecon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

New newsletter is live -- it's the start of a mini series about the institutional economics of media production, starting with a review of Graydon Carter's recent memoir "When the Going Was Good", a reflection on his time with Vanity Fair magazine. ninaeichacker.substack.com/p/a-new-mini...

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A new mini series about magazines and media!

On Graydon Carter’s When the Going Was Good: An Editor’s Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines

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Nina Eichacker @ninaecon.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I make "dump docs" when I reach the editing stage of anything big that I write, and it's really been great

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Nina Eichacker @ninaecon.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

we do not, and we hear about it (from our kids, who are mad) just about every dang day

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Nina Eichacker @ninaecon.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Oh hi again: I wrote some more about Kenneth Rogoff's Our Dollar, Your Problem -- this one is about the dollar dominance parts, and I think that the next newsletter is going to talk more about central bank independence and other topics he dug into: open.substack.com/pub/ninaeich...

open.substack.com

Our Dollar, Your Problem: Ideas that have stuck with me

Or, more substance and less vibes

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Nina Eichacker @ninaecon.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Wait ... where's the Gourinchas et al piece? To say that I'm shocked is understating it!

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Nina Eichacker @ninaecon.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I love these books so much, and my kids are like "Sooo when do we get to read them?"

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Nina Eichacker @ninaecon.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Had a dermatologist appointment recently, and the doctor did a light 'debate me bro!' thing at the end re: standards of living now vs the 1990s!

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Robinson Meyer @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

The new tariffs on Canada hit cement, plywood, and some electronic equipment — a surprising move when data center input costs are already risking higher U.S. inflation. heatmap.news/daily/trump-...

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Trump Found a New Way to Punish Canada

Cement, plywood, and some electronic equipment will face 50% levies. But the real cost is much higher.

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James Hell Brooks @kleinman.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I hate being a media criticism guy but, listen up. If you voted for the Trump tax cuts you don't get to call yourself a fiscal hawk. And Politico shouldn't do you the favor of going along with it www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

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The Senate GOP’s squeaky wheel suddenly has a lot of power

Sen. Ron Johnson is next in line for chair of the Budget Committee after Lindsey Graham’s death, and he has some decisions to make about how he’ll handle the job.

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Nina Eichacker @ninaecon.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I was sad as of 6:30 pm last night that it was over!

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Nina Eichacker @ninaecon.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

there is nothing like hanging out with suburban parent friends who are mostly normie liberals to banish these sorts of thoughts!

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Nina Eichacker @ninaecon.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

you were cooking with liquified natural gas in this one

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Nina Eichacker @ninaecon.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

It’s been a minute! I’m back with a review of Kenneth Rogoff’s “Our Dollar, Your Problem,” which has everything: discussions about dollar hegemony, digs at academic rivals, very particular views about how inflation starts, and more. open.substack.com/pub/ninaeich...

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The Odd Experience of Reading "Our Dollar, Your Problem", by Kenneth Rogoff

Welcome back – I took an inadvertent hiatus from writing this newsletter while I was finishing an academic paper revision and then a vacation, but now I’m back.

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Nina Eichacker @ninaecon.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Strong "this is why parents shouldn't mess around with kids' sports outcomes" feelings through the whole thing!

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