Chris Cunningham
@econcunningham.bsky.social
Urban, Housing, Real Estate and Public Economics; former Fed Economist, Founder Citinomics.com; Syracuse grad, dad, hiker, living in Den Haag, NL.
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The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) announced that it will no longer publish content on Elon Musk’s platform, X. The organization said it can “no longer ethically participate in a social network that its owner has transformed into a machine of disinformation and propaganda.”
European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X
The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) announced that it will no longer publish content on Elon Musk’s platform, X. The organization said it can “no longer ethically participate in a social network that its owner has transformed into a machine of disinformation and propaganda.”
I assume Hassett will get the Economic Prize in Honor of Alfred FIFA?
You can hear a CNN panelist off camera laughing as Trump gets the “2025 FIFA Peace Prize.”
December 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I assume Hassett will get the Economic Prize in Honor of Alfred FIFA?
Years of travel soccer in GA taught me that most rural towns had a local Mexican restaurant that was usually great and was often the only sit down option beyond a few chains. They attracted everyone, including people in MAGA hats.
theintercept.com/2025/12/03/a...
theintercept.com/2025/12/03/a...
“Real” America Is Turning Against Trump’s Mass Deportation Regime
In Appalachia and the Southeast, everyday Americans are standing up to ICE arresting their immigrant neighbors.
theintercept.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Years of travel soccer in GA taught me that most rural towns had a local Mexican restaurant that was usually great and was often the only sit down option beyond a few chains. They attracted everyone, including people in MAGA hats.
theintercept.com/2025/12/03/a...
theintercept.com/2025/12/03/a...
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Anniversary of halifax explosion so obligatory
"Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbour making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys."
- Vincent Coleman
saved like 300 people on a train, and started the emergency response. Died for it
"Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbour making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys."
- Vincent Coleman
saved like 300 people on a train, and started the emergency response. Died for it
December 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Anniversary of halifax explosion so obligatory
"Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbour making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys."
- Vincent Coleman
saved like 300 people on a train, and started the emergency response. Died for it
"Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbour making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys."
- Vincent Coleman
saved like 300 people on a train, and started the emergency response. Died for it
I surrendered all my personal data to build this plotless video game?
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 7, 2025 at 6:40 AM
I surrendered all my personal data to build this plotless video game?
There's about to be way-mo traffic
Don’t forget, for many years #Uber insisted loudly that it would reduce traffic in cities. Instead, Uber drivers cruise without passengers 40% of the time. Uber and Lyft no longer claim they reduce traffic. They now admit they increase congestion.
So much for “making cities better…”
Via @wsj.com
So much for “making cities better…”
Via @wsj.com
The Ride-Hail Utopia That Got Stuck in Traffic
Uber and Lyft said they would ease congestion. Instead they made it worse.
www.wsj.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:34 AM
There's about to be way-mo traffic
This list is a mix of banking havens, Petro states, islands, future climate migrants, countries blocked from credit markets and ... Taiwan? If Taiwan wanted to ensure military aid in a future war, having some wealthy creditors might help.
www.visualcapitalist.com/countries-wi...
www.visualcapitalist.com/countries-wi...
Ranked: Countries With the Lowest Debt to GDP in 2025
We show the top 20 countries with the lowest debt, highlighting the strong concentration of nations and territories in Asia.
www.visualcapitalist.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:21 AM
This list is a mix of banking havens, Petro states, islands, future climate migrants, countries blocked from credit markets and ... Taiwan? If Taiwan wanted to ensure military aid in a future war, having some wealthy creditors might help.
www.visualcapitalist.com/countries-wi...
www.visualcapitalist.com/countries-wi...
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The White House argues that drug smugglers are terrorists who've effectively launched mass casualty attacks on the US -- and thus, our military has a right to bomb civilian ships suspected of carrying drugs.
There are a few problems with that argument
www.vox.com/politics/471...
There are a few problems with that argument
www.vox.com/politics/471...
December 3, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The White House argues that drug smugglers are terrorists who've effectively launched mass casualty attacks on the US -- and thus, our military has a right to bomb civilian ships suspected of carrying drugs.
There are a few problems with that argument
www.vox.com/politics/471...
There are a few problems with that argument
www.vox.com/politics/471...
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December 3, 2025 at 10:55 AM
The Georgia democracy protesters are amazing. I don't know how they sustain it.
Research points to world-war I era chemical weapon camite used last year by Georgian riot police to disperse protests, in violation of human rights legislation. Unlike modern tear gas, camite has effects lasting for weeks.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
WW1 toxic compound sprayed on Georgian protesters, BBC evidence suggests
Anti-government demonstrators are likely to have been targeted with camite, our investigation finds.
www.bbc.com
December 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
The Georgia democracy protesters are amazing. I don't know how they sustain it.
A developing plot and a plot development
The Labour MP, who resigned as a minister in January, was found guilty of influencing her aunt, ousted prime minister Sheikh Hasina, to bypass eligibility rules and benefit from unlawful allocation of government plots in a project on the outskirts of Dhaka. on.ft.com/48ITtTV
December 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
A developing plot and a plot development
All members of Congress should be compelled to move all financial assets into a blind trust or a weight portfolio of bond and stock funds with fixed purchase/sale schedule.
New @nberpubs: ""Captain Gains" on Capitol Hill" www.nber.org/papers/w3452...
"lawmakers who later ascend to leadership positions perform similarly to matched peers beforehand but outperform them by 47 percentage points annually after ascension" 👀
"lawmakers who later ascend to leadership positions perform similarly to matched peers beforehand but outperform them by 47 percentage points annually after ascension" 👀
December 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
All members of Congress should be compelled to move all financial assets into a blind trust or a weight portfolio of bond and stock funds with fixed purchase/sale schedule.
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New @nberpubs: "The Economic Legacy of Racial Trauma in the American South" www.nber.org/papers/w3452...
December 1, 2025 at 12:02 PM
New @nberpubs: "The Economic Legacy of Racial Trauma in the American South" www.nber.org/papers/w3452...
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I wish all figures of authority cared about moms and babies. But some don’t. Some even want you to hurt. And those are the people who cast doubt on the vaccination miracle that has allowed so many of us to live longer and better.
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
Third unvaccinated Kentucky baby dies of whooping cough • Kentucky Lantern
A third unvaccinated infant in Kentucky has died of pertussis as public health officials urge Kentuckians to get vaccinated against the disease.
kentuckylantern.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I wish all figures of authority cared about moms and babies. But some don’t. Some even want you to hurt. And those are the people who cast doubt on the vaccination miracle that has allowed so many of us to live longer and better.
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/25/t...
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If you are married to a US spouse, your temporary visa (usually for 3 months) will lapse before your case is processed. The government allowed you could stay in the US while awaiting case processing. Now the Trump admin is saying that is a visa overstay and arresting the spouses.
November 30, 2025 at 10:13 PM
If you are married to a US spouse, your temporary visa (usually for 3 months) will lapse before your case is processed. The government allowed you could stay in the US while awaiting case processing. Now the Trump admin is saying that is a visa overstay and arresting the spouses.
Atlanta has been nervously eyeing Nashville for years, but at least we have MARTA to the airport.
These catastrophic, multi-hour traffic delays at the Nashville airport seem to be happening every few weeks. A couple months ago, what’s normally a 15-minute trip each day took me 3.5 hours.
The city needs to figure this out.
The city needs to figure this out.
Avoid the airport area. If you’re catching a plane tonight, I’m sorry, but you’re not.
December 1, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Atlanta has been nervously eyeing Nashville for years, but at least we have MARTA to the airport.
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What is Jared Kushner's job in the administration?
I’d rather question why is Kushner there and why is he laying out a vision? We did not vote him into any gov position nor the senate we voted for has approved his candidacy.
This isn’t a grey zone anymore, it’s 50 shades of grey.
This isn’t a grey zone anymore, it’s 50 shades of grey.
November 30, 2025 at 11:12 PM
What is Jared Kushner's job in the administration?
Ok, so I understand that some Dutch don't want to lose their tradition of swartepieter, but it's still weird to dress in blackface to protest against immigration, no?
www.ad.nl/den-haag/vei...
www.ad.nl/den-haag/vei...
Veiligheidsrisicogebied in centrum Den Haag vanwege protest tegen immigratie
In het centrum van Den Haag geldt zaterdag van 10.00 uur tot 22.00 uur een veiligheidsrisicogebied vanwege een demonstratie tegen immigratie die daar ‘s middags plaatsvindt. Binnen dit gebied - in het...
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November 29, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Ok, so I understand that some Dutch don't want to lose their tradition of swartepieter, but it's still weird to dress in blackface to protest against immigration, no?
www.ad.nl/den-haag/vei...
www.ad.nl/den-haag/vei...
Christian media is where failed stars go when they crash out of the big leagues. True for Hollywood, true for tech apparently.
The executive on the ‘hideous’ implementation of the 2022 Chips Act, his new role heading up a Christian AI platform — and why quantum could upend computing on.ft.com/48oBhO2
November 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Christian media is where failed stars go when they crash out of the big leagues. True for Hollywood, true for tech apparently.
I'm sympathetic to the idea of the finance curse, and that dominance in financial services (and tax avoidance) came at the expense of northern industrial towns and the middle class, but I don't follow the critique of quantitative tightening. UK CPIH is 3.8% QT seems appropriate, no?
Bankers thrived, Britain’s economy dived #econsky
The UK is cursed: how finance destroyed our economy youtu.be/WUy_Hl-sD6Q?...
November 28, 2025 at 9:31 AM
I'm sympathetic to the idea of the finance curse, and that dominance in financial services (and tax avoidance) came at the expense of northern industrial towns and the middle class, but I don't follow the critique of quantitative tightening. UK CPIH is 3.8% QT seems appropriate, no?
Any idea what has happened to the population of mussels with reduced harvesting? Is there now a massive stock of mussels or did they quickly reach the carrying capacity of their environment? Natural experiment for fisheries economists.
Brexit battered mussels; customers hungry. #econsky
Brexit really hurt UK seafood sector
‘The customers are still there’: Welsh mussel farmers hope post-Brexit reset can revive business
Since Brexit, mussel production in has collapsed from about 10,000 tonnes annually to just five tonnes in 2022, representing just 0.05% of the previous total
‘The customers are still there’: Welsh mussel farmers hope post-Brexit reset can revive business
Since Brexit, mussel production in has collapsed from about 10,000 tonnes annually to just five tonnes in 2022, representing just 0.05% of the previous total
November 28, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Any idea what has happened to the population of mussels with reduced harvesting? Is there now a massive stock of mussels or did they quickly reach the carrying capacity of their environment? Natural experiment for fisheries economists.
As AI starts to train on AI content, its functionality may already have peaked. A better deep neural net to predict the mimicry of mimicry of mimicry isn't going to beat AI trained on human generated writing.
The statistic comes from an AI company, so I can’t swear to the veracity but it is too much regardless of the actual number.
November 28, 2025 at 8:49 AM
As AI starts to train on AI content, its functionality may already have peaked. A better deep neural net to predict the mimicry of mimicry of mimicry isn't going to beat AI trained on human generated writing.
Probably a coincidence, but I'll just note that the DC sniper also came from (through?) Bellingham, WA.
November 28, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Probably a coincidence, but I'll just note that the DC sniper also came from (through?) Bellingham, WA.
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Dutch clip wings of jetset #econsky
November 27, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Dutch clip wings of jetset #econsky
One of the looking glass elements of the Trump administration is the art of being creditably non-creditable; that is, spouting things that appease Trump, while conveying to the Street that you don't actually believe it.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...
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We Need to Talk About Kevin Hassett at the Fed
At some point, he’ll need to establish a perception of independence from Trump.
www.bloomberg.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:45 AM
One of the looking glass elements of the Trump administration is the art of being creditably non-creditable; that is, spouting things that appease Trump, while conveying to the Street that you don't actually believe it.
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...