Keynesaholic_Chris
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Keynesaholic_Chris
@keynesaholicchris.bsky.social
Macroeconomics: it’s boring, but it’s a part of my life…
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I don't know, Aaron. I think we need to take this seriously. In fact, after surveying hundreds of years of history in the past few days, I've written an article assessing the originalist case here:
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 16, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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December 16, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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The Populist’s Omaha Platform nailed it in 1892 and has only become more true since: “The fruits and toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes for a few, unprecedented in the history of mankind; and the possessors of those, in turn, despise the republic and endanger liberty.”
December 14, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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One of my most economist-coded beliefs is that you should always give cash instead of gift cards because of the superior liquidity of the former.
December 11, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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I love campfire story time:
December 11, 2025 at 5:01 AM
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Hi #Econsky! I’ve got a new working paper on central bank lending facilities in crises and their transmission to broader credit supply.

🚨A summary thread🚨
December 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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I sat down with one of my favorite people, @jeffberman.bsky.social, to talk about the damage aspiring autocrats do to the economies they claim to protect.
Here’s why business leaders should pay attention.
A warning for business leaders: Aspiring autocrats tank economies
Podcast Episode · Masters of Scale · 12/06/2025 · 22m
podcasts.apple.com
December 9, 2025 at 2:24 PM
@thewinedarkwaves.bsky.social Thank you for putting the page numbers from the 1866 “Congressional Globe”…reading it now 👍
December 7, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:
Money Doesn't Buy Elections. It Does Something Worse.
Campaign ads barely move the needle. The real influence is hiding in plain sight.
open.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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A Big-Picture Look at the Strikes off the Coast of Venezuela | Explainer
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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I, for one, am glad to see more & more economists belatedly discovering that everything is political economy
December 2, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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Project Syndicate asked @profhilaryallen.bsky.social, @simonhrjohnson.bsky.social, Corey Klemmer, Anat Admati, and me about the prospects of a financial crisis in 2026.

I focused on the concentration of risk in the AI sector and the opacity of how it's being managed in off-balance-sheet debt deals.
Will 2026 Bring Financial Crisis?
From US President Donald Trump’s weaponization of trade to the erosion of US Treasuries’ status as safe-haven assets and breakneck investment in AI, the last year has shaken the foundations of the pos...
www.project-syndicate.org
December 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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If you know me, you know that I’m obsessed with Ina Garten. This was a listen. Play from 1:05:45 open.spotify.com/episode/077x...
Ina Garten
Spotify video
open.spotify.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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I wrote an essay for @bostonreview.bsky.social about what I learned about close reading when I taught at West Virginia University

www.bostonreview.net/articles/the...
The Claims of Close Reading - Boston Review
Literary studies have been starved by austerity, but their core methodology remains radical.
www.bostonreview.net
November 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Time for the annual viewing of Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.
two men are hugging each other in bed with the words `` those aren 't pillows '' written in the corner .
ALT: two men are hugging each other in bed with the words `` those aren 't pillows '' written in the corner .
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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“But I did my crimes on behalf of this rich and powerful guy” didn’t work in court as a Jan. 6 defense, and won’t work with DOGE-related crimes either.
"Guys, seriously, get your own lawyer if you need it. Elon’s great, but you need to watch your own back.”
What happened to DOGE after Musk left.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Inside the DOGE Succession Drama Elon Musk Left Behind
What really happened when he logged out of Washington.
www.politico.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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This is an exciting issue of @iojournal.bsky.social, and I'm delighted to have an essay weighing the risks of interstate territorial conflict in light of everything that's going on. You'll find I am guardedly optimistic. Looking forward to reading the other essays. #IOFoGG

doi.org/10.1017/S002...
November 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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In April 2009, the Washington Post asked 10 writers to make the case for something that deserves to be tossed out as part of "spring cleaning."

I chose Larry Summers.

Better late than never.

Unlocked version of my 16-year-old article below.
naomiklein.org/why-we-shoul...
November 18, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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Hey folks:

I'm organizing my YouTube channel & just added the course I'm teaching w/colleagues David Blight & Beverly Gage, as well as my "What the Heck Just Happened?" conversations w/Heather Cox Richardson, & my Friday AM podcast "History Matters."

Take a look!
www.youtube.com/@joannefreem...
Dr. Joanne Freeman
Professor Joanne Freeman is an award-winning historian who studies the politics and culture of America's past to better understand our history as a nation, and the roads and choices that have led us t...
www.youtube.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Contrary to our would-be fascist overlords, empathy can enhance your chances of surviving & thriving. I don’t just mean that we’re social animals who depend on collective action. Empathy allows you to imagine — & thus anticipate — outcomes before it’s too late — before you experience them yourself.*
This is a Texas Republican who was part of the January 6th mob
November 15, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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This kind of shit should disabuse any remaining "institutionalists" of the conceit that we can return to the status quo ante by electing an administration that will "restore the old norms."
This is real. A government agency calling Americans performing their democratic right of protest “imbecilic morons.” This Trump regime is a poison and never should have gotten power. A total disgrace.
November 15, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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bipartisan niceness among Washington elites.

(Quoted passage is from this 2019 panel.)

www.niskanencenter.org/is-moderatio...
Is Moderation a Coherent Answer To Present Problems? - Niskanen Center
This is the third panel of Beyond Left And Right: Moderation in an Era of Crisis and Extremism, a Niskanen Center conference held on February 25, 2019 in Washington, D.C. Moderator: Geoff Kabaservice ...
www.niskanencenter.org
November 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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no quote about the US political system has ever gone harder than this one
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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Not that HSA instead would make this all that much more functional but an FSA infusion means funds that expire at the end of the year *and* cannot be used for premiums
November 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM