John Cassidy
@johncassidysays.bsky.social
Economics writer at The New Yorker. Author of new book “Capitalism and Its Critics: A History from the Industrial Revolution to AI" and other beach reads.
He's stuck!
My latest column is on Trump's economic predicament
My latest column is on Trump's economic predicament
November 17, 2025 at 5:18 PM
He's stuck!
My latest column is on Trump's economic predicament
My latest column is on Trump's economic predicament
If anyone is in Providence tomorrow and has a bit of spare time, I am doing a lunchtime book talk at Brown. Please come along.
November 13, 2025 at 5:19 PM
If anyone is in Providence tomorrow and has a bit of spare time, I am doing a lunchtime book talk at Brown. Please come along.
Caption contest:
My entry: "I hear we might have to start wearing gold ties."
My entry: "I hear we might have to start wearing gold ties."
November 11, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Caption contest:
My entry: "I hear we might have to start wearing gold ties."
My entry: "I hear we might have to start wearing gold ties."
Legit to ask what the Dems' exit strategy would have been if Trump/Rs had doubled down. But folding when your opponent is showing a queen high seems pretty weird.
November 10, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Legit to ask what the Dems' exit strategy would have been if Trump/Rs had doubled down. But folding when your opponent is showing a queen high seems pretty weird.
Building a gilded palace during a government shutdown isn't a good look.
November 5, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Building a gilded palace during a government shutdown isn't a good look.
This an inside the Beltway take. Regardless of their ideology, Democrats who ran on the cost of living and opposing Trump won big. Incumbency is now hitting the Republicans as it hit Democrats in 2024. Trump didn't abolish the laws of political gravity. He won the popular vote by 1.5%.
November 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This an inside the Beltway take. Regardless of their ideology, Democrats who ran on the cost of living and opposing Trump won big. Incumbency is now hitting the Republicans as it hit Democrats in 2024. Trump didn't abolish the laws of political gravity. He won the popular vote by 1.5%.
Pretty clear why Trump isn't attending the SCOTUS hearing on tariffs. He'd probably have stood up and contradicted his own solicitor general.
November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Pretty clear why Trump isn't attending the SCOTUS hearing on tariffs. He'd probably have stood up and contradicted his own solicitor general.
Markets panic after socialist victory in NYC—oh wait a minute.
November 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Markets panic after socialist victory in NYC—oh wait a minute.
Outside the Paramount Theater a crowd gathers to cheer the next mayor.
November 5, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Outside the Paramount Theater a crowd gathers to cheer the next mayor.
So old school I vote on Election Day.
November 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
So old school I vote on Election Day.
The accountants will need to add a new line to their cost of doing business tallies.
November 4, 2025 at 2:43 AM
The accountants will need to add a new line to their cost of doing business tallies.
Thrilled and honored to learn that Publishers Weekly has picked "Capitalism and its Critics" as one of its best 20 books of 2025.
October 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Thrilled and honored to learn that Publishers Weekly has picked "Capitalism and its Critics" as one of its best 20 books of 2025.
Latest from the “Not the Onion” department
October 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Latest from the “Not the Onion” department
Bonwit Teller friezes redux. Trump hasn't changed a bit in 45 years.
October 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Bonwit Teller friezes redux. Trump hasn't changed a bit in 45 years.
Nothing to add.
October 20, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Nothing to add.
Those darned Antifa agitators—Prospect Park, Brooklyn
October 19, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Those darned Antifa agitators—Prospect Park, Brooklyn
(2/n) I answered my own question. Pages 542-550 of the excellent 2006 Carlin/Soskice "Macroeconomics" textbook provides an accessible treatment of the Aghion/Howitt Schumpeterian growth model.
October 13, 2025 at 10:22 PM
(2/n) I answered my own question. Pages 542-550 of the excellent 2006 Carlin/Soskice "Macroeconomics" textbook provides an accessible treatment of the Aghion/Howitt Schumpeterian growth model.
Is Mrs T to blame for turning conservatives into wild-eyed revolutionaries? A Burkean commentator makes the case...
October 12, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Is Mrs T to blame for turning conservatives into wild-eyed revolutionaries? A Burkean commentator makes the case...
Focussing on the important stuff.
October 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Focussing on the important stuff.
Brooklyn chillin’ at Atlantic Antic.
October 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Brooklyn chillin’ at Atlantic Antic.
The wheel of history turns slowly but turn it does.
October 3, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The wheel of history turns slowly but turn it does.
This is the right framing.
October 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This is the right framing.
Good start. Next move should be moving the corporate HQ back to Seattle.
September 30, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Good start. Next move should be moving the corporate HQ back to Seattle.
