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Ekonomism
@ekonomism.bsky.social
Mattias Lundbäck. Arbetar som analytiker på Skattenytta 2.0 AB (www.skattenytta.se). Bloggar på ekonomism.us.
Doktor i hälsoekonomi (nationalekonomi). Tidigare på Svenska Dagbladet, Riksdagen, Regeringskansliet, Ratio, SKR och Svenskt Näringsliv.
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My prediction is that in that scenario, he blames the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which puts out employment data. Calls them corrupt, run by Democrats, out to get him. Fires people there, insists their numbers cannot be trusted, White House puts out its own fictitious data to make Trump look good
April 17, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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So Trump has just raised the tax you pay on imports from the European Union to 15%. Aren't you happy we avoided a trade war? 🤷🏻‍♂️
July 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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You’re in #Lebanon, the sky’s on fire, but the beats don’t stop.
June 15, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Today, in Sweden, we celebrate the beginning of free trade with Britain. On June 8, 793, several Scandinavian tradesmen and boatmen landed on the island of Lindisfarne, initiating a process that would, over time, result in centuries of mutually beneficial exchange of goods, services, and ideas.
June 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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New study with @jacob-bor.bsky.social @wrigleyfield.bsky.social & colleagues estimates that US saw 705,331 excess deaths in 2023—a number in line w/ rising pre-pandemic trend. Over 1.5 million deaths could’ve been averted in 2022–23 if US mortality matched peer nations. 🧵 (1/5)

tinyurl.com/569pr9ty
Excess US Deaths Before, During, and After the COVID-19 Pandemic
This cohort study examines trends in excess deaths in the US before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic.
tinyurl.com
May 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Diskuterar Trump, penningpolitik och tullar med Fredrik NG Andersson och Andreas Ericson i Svenska Dagbladets Ledarpodd.

www.svd.se/a/5EqReO/don...
Donald Trumps krig mot Federal Reserve | SvD Ledare
LEDARE. PODD | 23 april. Vad är det Trump vill göra med USA:s penningpolitik, och varför ger det marknaden skrämselhicka?
www.svd.se
April 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
American households have lost 5 trillion dollars in pension funds since feb 20. Some voted for it, but I feel sorry for all the others.
April 4, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Liberation day. US importers, savers and consumers are liberated from their money.
April 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
This surprised me a bit. Sweden is set to soon have lower social spending than the US. Guess it has to do with a better social security system, with better attuned marginal effects. The US system seems to lock people into poverty.
March 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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There is virtually no better commercial you can run for the European defense industry than these two sentences uttered by Trump.

No matter with whom I’m talking about this on this side of the pond, the common understanding is that this is going to severely damage the US industry.
March 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM