Brad DeLong
@delong.social
Author of "Slouching Towards Utopia: An Economic History of the 20th Century". Too online since 1995. Sometime Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury. UC Berkeley Professor.
Which is why the greatest blessing for my personal psychological well-being ever was to have worked on Clinton 1993 Reconciliation. Whatever else it did, it shifted $50 boosted a year to the poorest 1/4 of America, and set the stage for an amazing investment boom. And each of us was 100% decisive.
October 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Which is why the greatest blessing for my personal psychological well-being ever was to have worked on Clinton 1993 Reconciliation. Whatever else it did, it shifted $50 boosted a year to the poorest 1/4 of America, and set the stage for an amazing investment boom. And each of us was 100% decisive.
...impressively while in serious harm’s way, you want the U.S.S. Washington. 4/END
August 16, 2025 at 12:15 PM
...impressively while in serious harm’s way, you want the U.S.S. Washington. 4/END
...somewhere in the range from 14500 to 36000.
Hassett, by contrast, rapidly went from "Dow 36000" to: Dow 55000. 2/END
Hassett, by contrast, rapidly went from "Dow 36000" to: Dow 55000. 2/END
August 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM
...somewhere in the range from 14500 to 36000.
Hassett, by contrast, rapidly went from "Dow 36000" to: Dow 55000. 2/END
Hassett, by contrast, rapidly went from "Dow 36000" to: Dow 55000. 2/END
And, while we are sending you pictures: (a) three cat-boys approaching Cape Buffalo herd; (b) one bull running off cat-boys while other herd bulls grade him on form.
May 31, 2025 at 9:23 PM
And, while we are sending you pictures: (a) three cat-boys approaching Cape Buffalo herd; (b) one bull running off cat-boys while other herd bulls grade him on form.
& may I ask you what this thing that appeared behind our lettuce bed while we were on vacation is? Grew at startling speed over the month of May...
May 31, 2025 at 9:19 PM
& may I ask you what this thing that appeared behind our lettuce bed while we were on vacation is? Grew at startling speed over the month of May...
...those same words so long ago, the words that have so much extra impact because she is an elf, for whom memory is more like to the waking world than to a dream?
And how much does she remember of what life was like underneath the Maia gaze? Melian was not a cruel or demanding mistress... 28/
And how much does she remember of what life was like underneath the Maia gaze? Melian was not a cruel or demanding mistress... 28/
October 9, 2024 at 2:05 AM
...those same words so long ago, the words that have so much extra impact because she is an elf, for whom memory is more like to the waking world than to a dream?
And how much does she remember of what life was like underneath the Maia gaze? Melian was not a cruel or demanding mistress... 28/
And how much does she remember of what life was like underneath the Maia gaze? Melian was not a cruel or demanding mistress... 28/
You win...
I mean, wearing one of the nine has pretty clear effects on your physical and metaphysical form; the three are accounted for; of the seven... how certain is Gandalf that Sauron has three and that four were consumed by dragons?... pretty certain.
And there were only twenty Great Rings...
I mean, wearing one of the nine has pretty clear effects on your physical and metaphysical form; the three are accounted for; of the seven... how certain is Gandalf that Sauron has three and that four were consumed by dragons?... pretty certain.
And there were only twenty Great Rings...
October 8, 2024 at 1:11 PM
You win...
I mean, wearing one of the nine has pretty clear effects on your physical and metaphysical form; the three are accounted for; of the seven... how certain is Gandalf that Sauron has three and that four were consumed by dragons?... pretty certain.
And there were only twenty Great Rings...
I mean, wearing one of the nine has pretty clear effects on your physical and metaphysical form; the three are accounted for; of the seven... how certain is Gandalf that Sauron has three and that four were consumed by dragons?... pretty certain.
And there were only twenty Great Rings...
But... but... but... BRAINWORMS!!!!!!!!!!
I mean, Macintyre when he was no longer a callow Marxist and not yet a fossilized Thomastotelian was **very** interesting—as he felt the force of **all** arguments, and expressed that force magnificently.
I mean, Macintyre when he was no longer a callow Marxist and not yet a fossilized Thomastotelian was **very** interesting—as he felt the force of **all** arguments, and expressed that force magnificently.
February 4, 2024 at 12:59 AM
But... but... but... BRAINWORMS!!!!!!!!!!
I mean, Macintyre when he was no longer a callow Marxist and not yet a fossilized Thomastotelian was **very** interesting—as he felt the force of **all** arguments, and expressed that force magnificently.
I mean, Macintyre when he was no longer a callow Marxist and not yet a fossilized Thomastotelian was **very** interesting—as he felt the force of **all** arguments, and expressed that force magnificently.
The way to bet is that about 1/3 of big moves in interest rates are reversed within five years...
Rogoff is all about "interest rates will be higher than the growth rate of the economy", which seems a definite reach to me...
Rogoff is all about "interest rates will be higher than the growth rate of the economy", which seems a definite reach to me...
December 9, 2023 at 7:23 PM
The way to bet is that about 1/3 of big moves in interest rates are reversed within five years...
Rogoff is all about "interest rates will be higher than the growth rate of the economy", which seems a definite reach to me...
Rogoff is all about "interest rates will be higher than the growth rate of the economy", which seems a definite reach to me...
I had ChatGPT4 listen to your podcast: @seanmcarroll.bsky.social
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2023...
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2023...
November 27, 2023 at 10:20 PM
I had ChatGPT4 listen to your podcast: @seanmcarroll.bsky.social
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2023...
www.preposterousuniverse.com/podcast/2023...
You could be in California, where it is dry, and yours could be running with scissors...
November 18, 2023 at 8:52 AM
You could be in California, where it is dry, and yours could be running with scissors...
Which is the proper visual presentation for Sub-Turing BradBot?
November 10, 2023 at 8:36 PM
Which is the proper visual presentation for Sub-Turing BradBot?
Touché...
I will respond with a picture of a dog. She has dog beds, dog cushions, dog rugs, even a chaise longue. And where does she prefer to spend the heat of the summer day?
I will respond with a picture of a dog. She has dog beds, dog cushions, dog rugs, even a chaise longue. And where does she prefer to spend the heat of the summer day?
August 7, 2023 at 10:36 PM
Touché...
I will respond with a picture of a dog. She has dog beds, dog cushions, dog rugs, even a chaise longue. And where does she prefer to spend the heat of the summer day?
I will respond with a picture of a dog. She has dog beds, dog cushions, dog rugs, even a chaise longue. And where does she prefer to spend the heat of the summer day?