Dan Karney
@dankarney.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Economics at Ohio University
Columbus Crew fan
Athens, OH
Columbus Crew fan
Athens, OH
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No matter where we live or what we look like, most of us want to breathe clean air and live in a healthy climate. But these rollbacks will expose America's families to more toxic pollution and climate disasters.
How EPA Rollbacks Will Cost Us—in Dollars and Lives
A deregulatory agenda will be just as damaging to our economy as it will be to our climate and health.
www.nrdc.org
June 17, 2025 at 12:40 PM
No matter where we live or what we look like, most of us want to breathe clean air and live in a healthy climate. But these rollbacks will expose America's families to more toxic pollution and climate disasters.
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Lemme explain what bilateral trade deficits are, so that you can better understand -- and perhaps be infuriated by -- the intellectual error that's transforming our economy. #TeachEcon
May 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Lemme explain what bilateral trade deficits are, so that you can better understand -- and perhaps be infuriated by -- the intellectual error that's transforming our economy. #TeachEcon
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Real Capitalism™ is the President telling an individual corporation how to set its prices.
May 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Real Capitalism™ is the President telling an individual corporation how to set its prices.
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NYC’s congestion pricing is a policy miracle: Less traffic, less noise, faster transit, more business sales, more transit revenue. And it hasn’t produced the negative effects outside the cordon zone we were afraid of.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
May 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
NYC’s congestion pricing is a policy miracle: Less traffic, less noise, faster transit, more business sales, more transit revenue. And it hasn’t produced the negative effects outside the cordon zone we were afraid of.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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The Fed didn't use the word "stagflation", but that's what it's warning about.
Never a good moment when your central bank says that it's worried about *both* higher unemployment and higher inflation. That's a problem that monetary policy alone can't solve.
Never a good moment when your central bank says that it's worried about *both* higher unemployment and higher inflation. That's a problem that monetary policy alone can't solve.
May 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
The Fed didn't use the word "stagflation", but that's what it's warning about.
Never a good moment when your central bank says that it's worried about *both* higher unemployment and higher inflation. That's a problem that monetary policy alone can't solve.
Never a good moment when your central bank says that it's worried about *both* higher unemployment and higher inflation. That's a problem that monetary policy alone can't solve.
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A panel of federal court judges has upheld the convictions of former House Speaker Larry Householder and former Republican leader Matt Borges for their roles in the largest public corruption scheme in state history.
Federal appeals court upholds conviction of Householder in public corruption case • Ohio Capital Journal
A panel of federal court judges has upheld the convictions of former House Speaker Larry Householder and former Republican leader Matt Borges for their roles in the largest public corruption scheme…
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May 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
A panel of federal court judges has upheld the convictions of former House Speaker Larry Householder and former Republican leader Matt Borges for their roles in the largest public corruption scheme in state history.
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In space, Venus flanks Earth on the left, with a hellfire greenhouse effect. Mars on the right, which long ago had running water. Today, it's bone dry. Something bad happened on each planet.
Seems like the wrong time to limit the Nation’s capacity to conduct climate research.
Seems like the wrong time to limit the Nation’s capacity to conduct climate research.
May 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
In space, Venus flanks Earth on the left, with a hellfire greenhouse effect. Mars on the right, which long ago had running water. Today, it's bone dry. Something bad happened on each planet.
Seems like the wrong time to limit the Nation’s capacity to conduct climate research.
Seems like the wrong time to limit the Nation’s capacity to conduct climate research.
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EPA announced plans to reorganize the agency, moving science-focused staff into different roles and reducing the overall number of employees.
The Trump administration says it will cut EPA staffing to Reagan-era levels
EPA announced plans to reorganize the agency, moving science-focused staff into different roles and reducing the overall number of employees.
www.npr.org
May 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
EPA announced plans to reorganize the agency, moving science-focused staff into different roles and reducing the overall number of employees.
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Budget released today:
40% cut to NIH
50% cut to NSF
If enacted, this will destroy academic research in the United States. It will also have a major trickle down effect on the entire academic ecosystem
40% cut to NIH
50% cut to NSF
If enacted, this will destroy academic research in the United States. It will also have a major trickle down effect on the entire academic ecosystem
May 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Budget released today:
40% cut to NIH
50% cut to NSF
If enacted, this will destroy academic research in the United States. It will also have a major trickle down effect on the entire academic ecosystem
40% cut to NIH
50% cut to NSF
If enacted, this will destroy academic research in the United States. It will also have a major trickle down effect on the entire academic ecosystem
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“This is taxpayer-funded, state-sponsored religious indoctrination. You’ve just got to call it what it is.”
The Supreme Court is about to let religion ruin public education
Two recent cases suggest that the era of secular schools is coming to an end.
www.motherjones.com
May 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
“This is taxpayer-funded, state-sponsored religious indoctrination. You’ve just got to call it what it is.”
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Ohio University will close the Pride Center, the Women’s Center and the Multicultural Center in response to a new higher education law banning diversity efforts that takes effect this summer, the university president announced Tuesday.
Ohio University to close Pride Center, Women's Center and Multicultural Center due to new law • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio University will close the Pride Center, the Women’s Center, and the Multicultural Center in response to a new higher education law banning diversity efforts.
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April 30, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Ohio University will close the Pride Center, the Women’s Center and the Multicultural Center in response to a new higher education law banning diversity efforts that takes effect this summer, the university president announced Tuesday.
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One of the largest utility scandals in U.S. history has remained largely unknown outside Ohio — until now.
Ohio’s HB 6 utility scandal gets true-crime treatment in HBO film • Ohio Capital Journal
One of the largest utility scandals in U.S. history has remained largely unknown outside Ohio — until now.
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April 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One of the largest utility scandals in U.S. history has remained largely unknown outside Ohio — until now.
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Russia’s propaganda machine is modular, relentless, and designed to overwhelm. Learn how it works and how to recognize it.
The Lego Blocks of Lies: How Russian Propaganda Builds and Rebuilds Itself
Continued vigilance is vital to combat disinformation
open.substack.com
April 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Russia’s propaganda machine is modular, relentless, and designed to overwhelm. Learn how it works and how to recognize it.
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The President said of the U.S. economy: "We are a department store, and we set the price. I meet with the companies, and then I set a fair price, what I consider to be a fair price, and they can pay it, or they don't have to pay it."
And then... I lost it.
And then... I lost it.
April 26, 2025 at 12:48 PM
The President said of the U.S. economy: "We are a department store, and we set the price. I meet with the companies, and then I set a fair price, what I consider to be a fair price, and they can pay it, or they don't have to pay it."
And then... I lost it.
And then... I lost it.
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Commentary We are old enough to remember an Ohio where children weren’t allowed to swim in lake waters; where smog and air quality alerts were the norm not the exception. Without the federal government’s oversight of polluters we risk those days returning buff.ly/8ZF3rS8
Who wants to make Ohio polluted again? • Ohio Capital Journal
We are old enough to remember an Ohio where children weren’t allowed to swim in or even touch lake waters; where smog, haze and air quality alerts were the norm and not the exception. Without the…
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April 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Commentary We are old enough to remember an Ohio where children weren’t allowed to swim in lake waters; where smog and air quality alerts were the norm not the exception. Without the federal government’s oversight of polluters we risk those days returning buff.ly/8ZF3rS8
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One of the most shocking things I have read for a while:
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April 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
One of the most shocking things I have read for a while:
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There are many ways to improve regulations, and surely some that should be rescinded altogether. But Ctrl-A + delete of the Code of Federal Regulations is a recipe for a life that is short, nasty, and brutish.
From Coral Davenport @ the new NYT Regulation desk:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...
From Coral Davenport @ the new NYT Regulation desk:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...
Trump and DOGE Are Planning Deregulation at a Massive Scale (Gift Article)
The White House will soon move to rapidly repeal or freeze rules that affect health, food, workplace safety, transportation and more.
www.nytimes.com
April 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
There are many ways to improve regulations, and surely some that should be rescinded altogether. But Ctrl-A + delete of the Code of Federal Regulations is a recipe for a life that is short, nasty, and brutish.
From Coral Davenport @ the new NYT Regulation desk:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...
From Coral Davenport @ the new NYT Regulation desk:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/u...
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A group of Youngstown State University faculty members are trying to stop a massive Ohio higher education law by taking it to the voters. They are collecting signatures in the hopes of trying to get a referendum on the Nov. 4 ballot buff.ly/xXAmJvz
Youngstown State University faculty are trying stop Ohio's new higher education law • Ohio Capital Journal
A group of Youngstown State University faculty members are trying to stop a massive Ohio higher education law by taking it to the voters. They are collecting signatures in the hopes of trying to get…
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April 14, 2025 at 10:30 PM
A group of Youngstown State University faculty members are trying to stop a massive Ohio higher education law by taking it to the voters. They are collecting signatures in the hopes of trying to get a referendum on the Nov. 4 ballot buff.ly/xXAmJvz
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Here's my forecast of where the Trump tariff war will end up: He'll negotiate outcomes that are basically identical to the very low (and often zero) tariffs we already have. And declare that he's managed to negotiate low tariffs. Perhaps a political win, but definitely no economic gain.
April 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Here's my forecast of where the Trump tariff war will end up: He'll negotiate outcomes that are basically identical to the very low (and often zero) tariffs we already have. And declare that he's managed to negotiate low tariffs. Perhaps a political win, but definitely no economic gain.
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Economics might seem -- from the outside -- like it's about competition. But really it's about creating the miracle of cooperation, where folks from all around the world enrich your day in a million tiny ways. It's that beauty that I'm worried about losing.
April 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Economics might seem -- from the outside -- like it's about competition. But really it's about creating the miracle of cooperation, where folks from all around the world enrich your day in a million tiny ways. It's that beauty that I'm worried about losing.
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Inflation expectations have spiked dramatically.
April 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Inflation expectations have spiked dramatically.
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President Donald Trump has launched an all-out legal attack on states’ authority to set climate change policy.
Trump aims to shut down state climate policies • Ohio Capital Journal
President Donald Trump has launched an all-out legal attack on states’ authority to set climate change policy.
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April 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
President Donald Trump has launched an all-out legal attack on states’ authority to set climate change policy.
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What are we doing here?
We know many people don’t click into the story.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/2...
We know many people don’t click into the story.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/2...
April 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
What are we doing here?
We know many people don’t click into the story.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/2...
We know many people don’t click into the story.
www.dispatch.com/story/news/2...
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I pitched my NYT editor that folks really need to understand that the deadweight loss of tariffs rises in the square of the tariff rate. Despite the wonkiness of it all, they said yes--as long as you can explain that intuitively.
Lemme know how I did:
Lemme know how I did:
Opinion | Trump’s Tariffs Will Change Your Life (Gift Article)
Justin Wolfers on how the tariffs will radically change our daily lives.
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 12:33 PM
I pitched my NYT editor that folks really need to understand that the deadweight loss of tariffs rises in the square of the tariff rate. Despite the wonkiness of it all, they said yes--as long as you can explain that intuitively.
Lemme know how I did:
Lemme know how I did: