Matt Darling
@besttrousers.bsky.social
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lol my least favorite social media post ever is big headlines making a claim and not a single citation in sight.
It'll be something like:
PILLOW CASES CAN MAKE YOUR TEETH FALL OUT
*16,000 likes
It'll be something like:
PILLOW CASES CAN MAKE YOUR TEETH FALL OUT
*16,000 likes
December 9, 2025 at 2:33 AM
lol my least favorite social media post ever is big headlines making a claim and not a single citation in sight.
It'll be something like:
PILLOW CASES CAN MAKE YOUR TEETH FALL OUT
*16,000 likes
It'll be something like:
PILLOW CASES CAN MAKE YOUR TEETH FALL OUT
*16,000 likes
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My #EconJMP, “The Labor Market Returns to Customized Job Training”, examines how subsidized firm training that aligns skill supply with skill demand affects workers and whether subsidies generate benefits that justify public investment.
Website: nataliemillar.net
Website: nataliemillar.net
December 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
My #EconJMP, “The Labor Market Returns to Customized Job Training”, examines how subsidized firm training that aligns skill supply with skill demand affects workers and whether subsidies generate benefits that justify public investment.
Website: nataliemillar.net
Website: nataliemillar.net
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[new draft post] When is the economy good or bad? https://drafts.interfluidity.com/2025/12/08/when-is-the-economy-good-or-bad/index.html
December 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
[new draft post] When is the economy good or bad? https://drafts.interfluidity.com/2025/12/08/when-is-the-economy-good-or-bad/index.html
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I think there is a lot of trying to dress up one's feelings as science and logic in certain corners, but that is more of a science last approach.
December 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I think there is a lot of trying to dress up one's feelings as science and logic in certain corners, but that is more of a science last approach.
I see this sentiment a lot and I would not generally describe either politics or economic policy taking a big "science first" approach.
I think the mistake is we, as a society, have bought whole cloth into the idea that both politics and economics are wholly scientific endeavors.
December 8, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I see this sentiment a lot and I would not generally describe either politics or economic policy taking a big "science first" approach.
(this actually seems pretty reasonable? It's one of several examples he is giving about potential grant proposals airports could submit.)
Duffy on what he's doing to improve the airport experience for travelers: "Maybe I want a workout area where people might get some blood flowing doing some pull ups or step ups in the airport."
December 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
(this actually seems pretty reasonable? It's one of several examples he is giving about potential grant proposals airports could submit.)
Would be funny if going forward two term Presidencies become a rarity.
Vibecession's not so fun when you're in office!
BRENNAN: When Trump says "affordability is a con job," his approval on the economy is down to 36%. Don't you need to show you feel the pain?
BESSENT: HE's frustrated by the media coverage
BRENNAN: The polling is of average Americans
BESSENT: Average Americans hear a lot of it from media coverage
BESSENT: HE's frustrated by the media coverage
BRENNAN: The polling is of average Americans
BESSENT: Average Americans hear a lot of it from media coverage
December 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Would be funny if going forward two term Presidencies become a rarity.
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@dsquareddigest.bsky.social and I had a NYT piece on this and have more coming soon www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/o...
December 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
@dsquareddigest.bsky.social and I had a NYT piece on this and have more coming soon www.nytimes.com/2025/05/23/o...
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The comparison I always like to make is that G'Kar from BABYLON 5 is who Gul Dukat would be if he was really as complex and nuanced as he likes to *think* he is.
December 7, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The comparison I always like to make is that G'Kar from BABYLON 5 is who Gul Dukat would be if he was really as complex and nuanced as he likes to *think* he is.
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I spoke with Any Lucía López Belloza, the Babson College student who was on her way to surprise her family for Thanksgiving when ICE deported her.
"My 5-year-old sister still believes that I might go home for Christmas," she tells me.
www.thecut.com/article/any-...
"My 5-year-old sister still believes that I might go home for Christmas," she tells me.
www.thecut.com/article/any-...
I Wanted to Surprise My Family on Thanksgiving. ICE Deported Me Instead.
How the Trump administration turned a college freshman’s life upside down.
www.thecut.com
December 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I spoke with Any Lucía López Belloza, the Babson College student who was on her way to surprise her family for Thanksgiving when ICE deported her.
"My 5-year-old sister still believes that I might go home for Christmas," she tells me.
www.thecut.com/article/any-...
"My 5-year-old sister still believes that I might go home for Christmas," she tells me.
www.thecut.com/article/any-...
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Imagine thinking that people come to America to "access unlimited welfare for life"
December 6, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Imagine thinking that people come to America to "access unlimited welfare for life"
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As awful as this, the focus on whether the woman was complying obscures the more important issue: in a democracy, there should not be armed agents demanding to see papers of every passing person.
“Traumatized, humiliated, degraded.”
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
The nurse, a US citizen, 4’11”, 85 lbs, says she was following orders when she was dragged out of her car by masked immigration agents in Florida.
It was the 3rd time she had been stopped and told to produce ID.
Free link ⤵️
www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Exclusive: Woman detained by feds in Keys says she was following agents’ orders
“This is not the America that I grew up in, and this is not the America that we represent.”
www.miamiherald.com
December 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
As awful as this, the focus on whether the woman was complying obscures the more important issue: in a democracy, there should not be armed agents demanding to see papers of every passing person.
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If citizenship rights are not secure, they’re not secure. Full stop. The admin has admitted it wants mass politicized denationalization. Nullification of birthright citizenship is indeed a form of that, and there will be ever new forms after it
December 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If citizenship rights are not secure, they’re not secure. Full stop. The admin has admitted it wants mass politicized denationalization. Nullification of birthright citizenship is indeed a form of that, and there will be ever new forms after it
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“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
Immigrants kept from Faneuil Hall citizenship ceremony as feds crackdown nationwide
Trump administration is pausing naturalizations for immigrants from 19 countries.
www.wgbh.org
December 5, 2025 at 10:56 PM
“She showed up as scheduled, and when she arrived, officers were asking everyone what country they were from, and if they said a certain country, they were told to step out of line and that their oath ceremonies were canceled.”
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
www.wgbh.org/news/local/2... @gbhnews.bsky.social
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A thorough review of the issue.
One missing part that economists don't seem to see is that since 2008 the problem isn't that NYC is expensive. It's that Ypsilanti is now also getting more expensive.
Vibecession: Much More Than You Wanted To Know
www.astralcodexten.com/p/vibecessio...
One missing part that economists don't seem to see is that since 2008 the problem isn't that NYC is expensive. It's that Ypsilanti is now also getting more expensive.
Vibecession: Much More Than You Wanted To Know
www.astralcodexten.com/p/vibecessio...
Vibecession: Much More Than You Wanted To Know
...
www.astralcodexten.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:37 AM
A thorough review of the issue.
One missing part that economists don't seem to see is that since 2008 the problem isn't that NYC is expensive. It's that Ypsilanti is now also getting more expensive.
Vibecession: Much More Than You Wanted To Know
www.astralcodexten.com/p/vibecessio...
One missing part that economists don't seem to see is that since 2008 the problem isn't that NYC is expensive. It's that Ypsilanti is now also getting more expensive.
Vibecession: Much More Than You Wanted To Know
www.astralcodexten.com/p/vibecessio...
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When people lose their jobs, a host of different state laws can prevent them from being eligible for unemployment insurance benefits. One barrier is the labor dispute disqualification.
Flannery O'Rourke @nelp.org explains why states should get rid of this roadblock: s27147.pcdn.co/insights-res...
Flannery O'Rourke @nelp.org explains why states should get rid of this roadblock: s27147.pcdn.co/insights-res...
Why Lawmakers Must Remove the Labor Dispute Disqualification from Unemployment Insurance - National Employment Law Project
This brief reviews how labor dispute disqualification came about in state Unemployment Insurance laws, and why it must go.
s27147.pcdn.co
December 5, 2025 at 7:21 PM
When people lose their jobs, a host of different state laws can prevent them from being eligible for unemployment insurance benefits. One barrier is the labor dispute disqualification.
Flannery O'Rourke @nelp.org explains why states should get rid of this roadblock: s27147.pcdn.co/insights-res...
Flannery O'Rourke @nelp.org explains why states should get rid of this roadblock: s27147.pcdn.co/insights-res...
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sorry, we're approaching "zirp was a magic wand that made businesses bad" and that's simply not what happened lmao
December 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
sorry, we're approaching "zirp was a magic wand that made businesses bad" and that's simply not what happened lmao
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lol
this is quite the detail
November 30, 2025 at 4:02 PM
lol
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I've written a lot on the fiscal effects of immigration. But what if just looking at the fiscal effects misses one of the most important effects of immigration?
New Substack post on immigration and innovation: www.laurenpolicy.com/p/immigratio...
New Substack post on immigration and innovation: www.laurenpolicy.com/p/immigratio...
Immigration and Innovation
Generally, the arguments around migration tend to center on its direct effects.
www.laurenpolicy.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I've written a lot on the fiscal effects of immigration. But what if just looking at the fiscal effects misses one of the most important effects of immigration?
New Substack post on immigration and innovation: www.laurenpolicy.com/p/immigratio...
New Substack post on immigration and innovation: www.laurenpolicy.com/p/immigratio...
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I’ve begun to think there’s something more sinister about the “ackshually people in the top 10% of wage earners are in poverty too” nonsense.
What purpose does it serve other than to reassure the rich that they’re not, and try to convince the poor that raising taxes on the rich would be bad?
What purpose does it serve other than to reassure the rich that they’re not, and try to convince the poor that raising taxes on the rich would be bad?
If your wage leads to a "tight" budget that still allows you to live in a "well-off Boston suburb" it is not poverty.
December 5, 2025 at 4:30 AM
I’ve begun to think there’s something more sinister about the “ackshually people in the top 10% of wage earners are in poverty too” nonsense.
What purpose does it serve other than to reassure the rich that they’re not, and try to convince the poor that raising taxes on the rich would be bad?
What purpose does it serve other than to reassure the rich that they’re not, and try to convince the poor that raising taxes on the rich would be bad?
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'Financial dysmorphia" is such a great way to describe what I've been calling status anxiety. Holy shit
Financial dysmorphia is a thing.
My wife and I are from Boston but live in Pittsburgh. We always say, "we can't afford to live in Boston"
Then I fill out student financial aid and we are top 5% and seriously wtf is wrong with us. Lots of people with less live in Boston
My wife and I are from Boston but live in Pittsburgh. We always say, "we can't afford to live in Boston"
Then I fill out student financial aid and we are top 5% and seriously wtf is wrong with us. Lots of people with less live in Boston
December 5, 2025 at 4:16 AM
'Financial dysmorphia" is such a great way to describe what I've been calling status anxiety. Holy shit
I can't believe the Mayor of Minnesota is consigned to poverty.
I want everyone to flip out over this proposal to give the mayor a $46,000 raise. I completely agree that our elected officials should be well paid. But people tear their hair out over council pay, so we need to bring that same energy to this one.
lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/RCA...
lims.minneapolismn.gov/Download/RCA...
December 5, 2025 at 12:21 AM
I can't believe the Mayor of Minnesota is consigned to poverty.
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If your wage leads to a "tight" budget that still allows you to live in a "well-off Boston suburb" it is not poverty.
December 4, 2025 at 10:35 PM
If your wage leads to a "tight" budget that still allows you to live in a "well-off Boston suburb" it is not poverty.
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Will vote for the candidate who promises to give me back my time so I don't have some bullshit interrupting me every 5 minutes and I can actually get work done, eat, take a dump in peace, etc.
I am sure there are policy levers that can be pulled to help on some of this.
I am sure there are policy levers that can be pulled to help on some of this.
The thing about modern existence is that it is endless hassle. Appointments, paperwork, meetings, customer service often meant to repair problems caused or not correctly addressed by the last set of appointments, paperwork, meetings and customer service.
December 4, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Will vote for the candidate who promises to give me back my time so I don't have some bullshit interrupting me every 5 minutes and I can actually get work done, eat, take a dump in peace, etc.
I am sure there are policy levers that can be pulled to help on some of this.
I am sure there are policy levers that can be pulled to help on some of this.