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A Good Housing Bill and Trump's Bad Affordability Politics
Signing even a symbolic housing bill would buy Trump some breathing room. The ROAD Act is much more substantive than that.
Jun 27
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Kevin Warsh’s Press Conference Collides Into 30 Years of Michael Woodford
The new Fed chair argued that the Fed should stop reflecting markets back at themselves. Forgotten debates show how this leads to confusing…
Jun 23
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Our New Housing Affordability Report is Live!
Tackling both the broken incomes and broken markets of housing.
Jun 10
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May 2026
I Gave (Fake?) House Testimony on Debt, Waste, and Overregulation
Embracing Orange Man Bad #resistlib in public.
May 29
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Discussing the Wage Standard with Arin Dube
Including minimum wages, pandemic social insurance, inflation, the low vibes, and AI.
May 23
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The Weirdness of Jay Powell's Legacy
Plus my favorite video of him, and the tattoo I got in response to the soft landing.
May 15
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The Irony of a Jobs Pickup That Lands Right Where It Started
And what tariffs and immigration have to do with it.
May 9
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April 2026
Cherry-Picking the Wrong Inflation Measures With Kevin Warsh
Kevin Warsh's favorite inflation metrics are exactly the ones that failed us during the inflation wave
Apr 27
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Is the Vibecession Homogeneous to Degree Zero?
Why doubling the average price and every income might still leave people worse off.
Apr 23
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The Girlboss Takeover Has a Data Problem
The sub-industries that already employed women just grew faster.
Apr 17
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The Cross-Section of Non-Citizens and the Job Slowdown
Sub-industries with the most non-citizen workers are behind the jobs collapse, the recent rebound, and the wage deceleration.
Apr 8
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March 2026
The Tax Trap Democrats Built for Themselves
Democrats are trapped in a tax architecture George W. Bush built in 2001. Now we're at war with Iran, a country he named to the Axis of Evil in 2002. He…
Mar 20
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