Economist Writing Every Day
Do Tariffs Decrease Prices?
Macroeconomic Policy In a Nutshell
Joel Mokyr’s Nobel Lecture
Google’s TPU Chips Threaten Nvidia’s Dominance in AI Computing
Obviously, baseline economic security matters, but…
The End of Boredom: How AI Companions Might Reduce Random Violence
Visualizing the Sharpe Ratio
Benefit Cliff Data
Poverty Lines Are Hard to Define, But Wherever You Set Them Americans Are Moving Up (And The “Valley of Death” is Less Important Than You Think)
AI Computing Tutorial: Training vs. Inference Compute Needs, and GPU vs. TPU Processors
“Companion”
Structure Integrated Panels (SIP): The Latest, Greatest (?) Home Construction Method
Are Your Portfolio Weights Right?
Thanks to the Readers
The Poverty Line is Not $140,000
Michael Burry’s New Venture Is Substack “Cassandra Unchained”: Set Free to Prophesy All-Out Doom on AI Investing
Is satisfactory healthcare (currently) unattainable?
WSJ Guidance on Rate Cuts
Efficient Frontier Function (Python)
What Tariffs Mean For Your Finances
The Return of Data
“Big Short” Michael Burry Closes Scion Hedge Fund: “Value” Approach Ceased to Add Value?
Is art anti-capitalist?
Joy in French Magazine on Fast Fashion
Portfolio Efficient Frontier Parabolics
Do Required Personal Finance Classes Work?
The Growth of Family Income Isn’t Primarily Explained by the Rise of Dual-Income Families
META Stock Slides as Investors Question Payout for Huge AI Spend
Bright Mornings Help Parents
Optimal Portfolio Weights
Economic Freedom Updates
The Supreme Court Case on Trump’s Tariffs
Is Tesla Stock Grossly Overpriced?
Fresh observations of Americans working hard
Looking Ahead: Post-Powell Interest Rates
The Art of Spending Money
Bad Claims About Food Stamps (SNAP)
WW II Key Initiatives 3: Kurt Tank Gives Germany a Superior Fighter Plane, the Focke-Wulf 190
Sports gambling has a problem other prediction markets don’t
Podcast on the Major Macro Events Since Y2K
Does Trump Weaken the US Dollar?
LinkedIn is OK, Actually
An Engineer in 1910 Didn’t Earn $450,000
WW II Key Initiatives 2: “Thatch Weave” Tactic to Counter Much More Agile Japanese Fighter Planes
Why public universities should not accept the Trump compact
Mazzaro’s of St. Petersburg FL
Are Imports Bad for GDP?
A Better Man / A Better Woman
The Toyota Camry is Much More Affordable Than 30 Years Ago
Circular AI Deals Reminiscent of Disastrous Dot.Com Vendor Financing of the 1990s
MapGDP to teach economic growth
All of the Prices
Triumph of the Data Hoarders 2: The Institutions
The Middle of the 20th Century was a Weird Time for Marriage
WW II Key Initiatives 1: FDR Prodded the Navy To Convert Cruisers to Carriers, Just in Time
AI isn’t going to be what you expect
Everything Except Book Reviews
James Webb Telescope Still Orbiting the Sun
Children Don’t Die Like They Used To
What Counts As “In Shape”?
Purchasing Power in 1868: Guinness Edition
The “Lost World” of 2% Inflation
Updating how you update
It’s only getting weirder: deferred resignation windows start closing
Coaching as creating
Now Published: Prohibition and Percolation
Economic Freedom of the World 2025