Joseph Zeballos-Roig
@josephzeballos.bsky.social
Economics and business reporter, Quartz | Contributing columnist, MS NOW | Hablo español 🇵🇪 | [email protected]
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Thanks for reading, Mr. President
November 29, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Thanks for reading, Mr. President
“Perhaps Americans are a little more ready now to hear a young girl take apart politicians of all stripes at a moment when President Donald Trump is strong-arming private and public institutions into submission.. with little resistance.”
Me on the “Mafalda” comic strip:
qz.com/mafalda-arge...
Me on the “Mafalda” comic strip:
qz.com/mafalda-arge...
Argentina's Mafalda and lessons for capitalism in the Trump era
Sometimes children are better at telling it like it is than the adults in the room — even a fictional girl from Argentina
qz.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:07 PM
“Perhaps Americans are a little more ready now to hear a young girl take apart politicians of all stripes at a moment when President Donald Trump is strong-arming private and public institutions into submission.. with little resistance.”
Me on the “Mafalda” comic strip:
qz.com/mafalda-arge...
Me on the “Mafalda” comic strip:
qz.com/mafalda-arge...
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For the past decade, conversations around autism shifted from focusing around curing #ActuallyAutistic people to accommodating and accepting autistic people. We now live in the RFK Jr. backlash, which shifts discussions around autism toward prevention
www.ms.now/opinion/rfk-...
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Opinion | RFK Jr.'s latest anti-vaccine move will cause untold harm to autistic Americans
The Trump administration is working toward treating autism as something to be prevented, rather than building a health care system that helps people.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 3:04 AM
For the past decade, conversations around autism shifted from focusing around curing #ActuallyAutistic people to accommodating and accepting autistic people. We now live in the RFK Jr. backlash, which shifts discussions around autism toward prevention
www.ms.now/opinion/rfk-...
www.ms.now/opinion/rfk-...
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from the former BLS commissioner whom Trump fired this summer:
So great to see BLS back to work measuring and informing us about our large and dynamic economy.
It’s a great institution full of dedicated civil servants deeply committed their mission. They have had a tough year, and everyone is covering for someone who left. I thank them all for their service.
It’s a great institution full of dedicated civil servants deeply committed their mission. They have had a tough year, and everyone is covering for someone who left. I thank them all for their service.
November 20, 2025 at 5:59 PM
from the former BLS commissioner whom Trump fired this summer:
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NEW: As Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick drives billions of dollars in foreign payments to help build AI data centers in the US, his sons help run a company earning tens of millions in fees helping finance AI data centers. A NYT investigation. (Free link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Family Affair: Commerce Secretary’s Sons Cash In on A.I. Frenzy
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:02 PM
NEW: As Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick drives billions of dollars in foreign payments to help build AI data centers in the US, his sons help run a company earning tens of millions in fees helping finance AI data centers. A NYT investigation. (Free link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
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New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
November 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
I can think of at least one other authoritarian leader who also threatened broadcast licenses of TV networks he deemed hostile. A troubling threshold to cross www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
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Trump in response to an Epstein question: "ABC, your company, your crappy company is one of the perpetrators. I think the license should be taken away from ABC because your news is so fake and so wrong. And we have a great commissioner, a chairman, who should take a look at that."
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I can think of at least one other authoritarian leader who also threatened broadcast licenses of TV networks he deemed hostile. A troubling threshold to cross www.ms.now/opinion/msnb...
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FWIW, Elizabeth Warren and Larry Summers go back years. They had this interaction in 2009 after the 2008 financial crisis and the ensuing Great Recession.
billmoyers.com/2014/09/05/i...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
FWIW, Elizabeth Warren and Larry Summers go back years. They had this interaction in 2009 after the 2008 financial crisis and the ensuing Great Recession.
billmoyers.com/2014/09/05/i...
billmoyers.com/2014/09/05/i...
White House unveils preliminary trade deal w/Argentina:
- Eases Arg beef imports to US
- Eliminates non-tariff barriers for US exports
- Tag-team for “stabilizing” global soybean trade (no soybean sales listed)
- Promise of future critical mineral trade/investment www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...
- Eases Arg beef imports to US
- Eliminates non-tariff barriers for US exports
- Tag-team for “stabilizing” global soybean trade (no soybean sales listed)
- Promise of future critical mineral trade/investment www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...
Joint Statement on Framework for a United States-Argentina Agreement on Reciprocal Trade and Investment
President Donald J. Trump and President Javier Milei reaffirm the strategic alliance between the United States of America (United States, or U.S.) and the
www.whitehouse.gov
November 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
White House unveils preliminary trade deal w/Argentina:
- Eases Arg beef imports to US
- Eliminates non-tariff barriers for US exports
- Tag-team for “stabilizing” global soybean trade (no soybean sales listed)
- Promise of future critical mineral trade/investment www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...
- Eases Arg beef imports to US
- Eliminates non-tariff barriers for US exports
- Tag-team for “stabilizing” global soybean trade (no soybean sales listed)
- Promise of future critical mineral trade/investment www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...
Trump on Truth Social this AM:
“A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone” from tariff funds
No idea how he pulls this off w/o going to Congress first. Trump once demanded $2k checks during pandemic. Rs swiftly rejected it
“A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone” from tariff funds
No idea how he pulls this off w/o going to Congress first. Trump once demanded $2k checks during pandemic. Rs swiftly rejected it
November 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Trump on Truth Social this AM:
“A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone” from tariff funds
No idea how he pulls this off w/o going to Congress first. Trump once demanded $2k checks during pandemic. Rs swiftly rejected it
“A dividend of at least $2000 a person (not including high income people!) will be paid to everyone” from tariff funds
No idea how he pulls this off w/o going to Congress first. Trump once demanded $2k checks during pandemic. Rs swiftly rejected it
New: Checked in w/senators on Musk’s trillion dollar pay package, first of its kind
Dem Sen. Warren: “Time to start talking about Marie Antoinette”
Dem Sen. Kaine: “It’s gross”
Dem Sen. Warner: “Feels like a new Gilded Age”
GOP Sen. Lankford joked you can “go buy a country” qz.com/elon-musk-pa...
Dem Sen. Warren: “Time to start talking about Marie Antoinette”
Dem Sen. Kaine: “It’s gross”
Dem Sen. Warner: “Feels like a new Gilded Age”
GOP Sen. Lankford joked you can “go buy a country” qz.com/elon-musk-pa...
U.S. Senators comment on Elon Musk $1 trillion pay package
Among many Democrats, Musk's payday stirred anger about a divide that risks cementing wealth and power at the top of American life
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November 7, 2025 at 10:35 PM
New: Checked in w/senators on Musk’s trillion dollar pay package, first of its kind
Dem Sen. Warren: “Time to start talking about Marie Antoinette”
Dem Sen. Kaine: “It’s gross”
Dem Sen. Warner: “Feels like a new Gilded Age”
GOP Sen. Lankford joked you can “go buy a country” qz.com/elon-musk-pa...
Dem Sen. Warren: “Time to start talking about Marie Antoinette”
Dem Sen. Kaine: “It’s gross”
Dem Sen. Warner: “Feels like a new Gilded Age”
GOP Sen. Lankford joked you can “go buy a country” qz.com/elon-musk-pa...
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RIP Ed Cody, a quintessential old-school foreign correspondent who could parachute into anyplace in the world, find the story and file within hours. He was never happier than when he was in the field running toward the sound of the guns. www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
Edward Cody, globe-trotting correspondent at The Post, dies at 82
He reported on conflicts and disaster zones from Mexico to Lebanon. “Rarely in a career do you enjoy a task that is so solitary and intense,” he wrote.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
RIP Ed Cody, a quintessential old-school foreign correspondent who could parachute into anyplace in the world, find the story and file within hours. He was never happier than when he was in the field running toward the sound of the guns. www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...
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👀 Scoop: IRS Direct File, the free government-backed program that let you file your taxes for free, is dead.
IRS wrote to state tax agencies saying it would not be operational this coming tax season, per records I've obtained.
IRS Direct File: 2023-2025.
(Story from when the pilot launched.)
IRS wrote to state tax agencies saying it would not be operational this coming tax season, per records I've obtained.
IRS Direct File: 2023-2025.
(Story from when the pilot launched.)
IRS tests free e-filing system that could compete with tax-prep giants
The tax agency has quietly built its own prototype system for filing tax returns digitally and free of charge, according to current and former officials.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
👀 Scoop: IRS Direct File, the free government-backed program that let you file your taxes for free, is dead.
IRS wrote to state tax agencies saying it would not be operational this coming tax season, per records I've obtained.
IRS Direct File: 2023-2025.
(Story from when the pilot launched.)
IRS wrote to state tax agencies saying it would not be operational this coming tax season, per records I've obtained.
IRS Direct File: 2023-2025.
(Story from when the pilot launched.)
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"As lungs need air, so the U.S. economy needs Latin American minerals."
—Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America
—Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America
October 31, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"As lungs need air, so the U.S. economy needs Latin American minerals."
—Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America
—Eduardo Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America
👻Here’s a Halloween horror story: My newest column on what’s next for Argentina and its turbulent economy now that Trump has taken a stake in it bsky.app/profile/msnb...
OPINION by Joseph Zeballos-Roig:
“The quick fix doesn’t begin to address the serious, long-term problems of an underdeveloped economy.”
READ MORE:
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“The quick fix doesn’t begin to address the serious, long-term problems of an underdeveloped economy.”
READ MORE:
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Opinion | Trump got a short-term win in Argentina. The long term is much harder.
The president staved off financial disaster with an infusion of cash. Now what?
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October 31, 2025 at 9:27 PM
👻Here’s a Halloween horror story: My newest column on what’s next for Argentina and its turbulent economy now that Trump has taken a stake in it bsky.app/profile/msnb...
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Being an Anglo-Saxon country not great for borrowing costs right now.
October 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Being an Anglo-Saxon country not great for borrowing costs right now.
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Back in 2021, Larry Summers angered many liberals when he was ahead of the curve on inflation. His prediction turned out correct (though many liberals dispute the role of stimulus). Now, he warns @josephzeballos.bsky.social that inflation's still a big problem.
qz.com/larry-summer...
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Larry Summers on inflation, recession risks, and Trump vs. the Fed
The former treasury secretary sees an economy staying sturdy despite Trump’s tariffs, his attacks on the Fed, and his interventions into businesses
qz.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Back in 2021, Larry Summers angered many liberals when he was ahead of the curve on inflation. His prediction turned out correct (though many liberals dispute the role of stimulus). Now, he warns @josephzeballos.bsky.social that inflation's still a big problem.
qz.com/larry-summer...
qz.com/larry-summer...
New: Checked in with Larry Summers on all the disruptions in US economy.
Summers more worried about inflation than recession + thinks US system starting to resemble a Latin American country.
He attributes record value of gold to fears about Trump intruding in private sector qz.com/larry-summer...
Summers more worried about inflation than recession + thinks US system starting to resemble a Latin American country.
He attributes record value of gold to fears about Trump intruding in private sector qz.com/larry-summer...
Larry Summers on inflation, recession risks, and Trump vs. the Fed
The former treasury secretary sees an economy staying sturdy despite Trump’s tariffs, his attacks on the Fed, and his interventions into businesses
qz.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
New: Checked in with Larry Summers on all the disruptions in US economy.
Summers more worried about inflation than recession + thinks US system starting to resemble a Latin American country.
He attributes record value of gold to fears about Trump intruding in private sector qz.com/larry-summer...
Summers more worried about inflation than recession + thinks US system starting to resemble a Latin American country.
He attributes record value of gold to fears about Trump intruding in private sector qz.com/larry-summer...
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🇺🇸🇦🇷New from me on Trump's big bet in Argentina.
One hedge fund manager has caught Sen. Elizabeth Warren's attention for possibly benefiting from the bailout. Rob Citrone of Discovery Capital Management, who once worked closely with Bessent and has a lot of $ in Argentine bonds qz.com/trump-argent...
One hedge fund manager has caught Sen. Elizabeth Warren's attention for possibly benefiting from the bailout. Rob Citrone of Discovery Capital Management, who once worked closely with Bessent and has a lot of $ in Argentine bonds qz.com/trump-argent...
Inside Trump's big bailout bet on Argentina
Trump’s bailout of Argentina is a fresh demonstration of his willingness to pick winners and losers — not just in corporate America, but among countries
qz.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
🇺🇸🇦🇷New from me on Trump's big bet in Argentina.
One hedge fund manager has caught Sen. Elizabeth Warren's attention for possibly benefiting from the bailout. Rob Citrone of Discovery Capital Management, who once worked closely with Bessent and has a lot of $ in Argentine bonds qz.com/trump-argent...
One hedge fund manager has caught Sen. Elizabeth Warren's attention for possibly benefiting from the bailout. Rob Citrone of Discovery Capital Management, who once worked closely with Bessent and has a lot of $ in Argentine bonds qz.com/trump-argent...
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In related news, let me know if you or someone you know has any interesting work opportunities!
The Post laid off seemingly the remaining of their liberal-leaning staff members on Opinion last Thursday, when some of them were observing Yom Kippur.
from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal
from @oliverdarcy.bsky.social for Status
status.news/p/washington-post-opinion-cuts-adam-oneal
October 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
In related news, let me know if you or someone you know has any interesting work opportunities!
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"For Javier Milei, it’s a good thing he married rich." Banger lede for @josephzeballos.bsky.social's piece on Trump's bailout of Argentina.
qz.com/trump-argent...
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Inside Trump's big bailout bet on Argentina
Trump’s bailout of Argentina is a fresh demonstration of his willingness to pick winners and losers — not just in corporate America, but among countries
qz.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:38 AM
"For Javier Milei, it’s a good thing he married rich." Banger lede for @josephzeballos.bsky.social's piece on Trump's bailout of Argentina.
qz.com/trump-argent...
qz.com/trump-argent...
🇺🇸🇦🇷New from me on Trump's big bet in Argentina.
One hedge fund manager has caught Sen. Elizabeth Warren's attention for possibly benefiting from the bailout. Rob Citrone of Discovery Capital Management, who once worked closely with Bessent and has a lot of $ in Argentine bonds qz.com/trump-argent...
One hedge fund manager has caught Sen. Elizabeth Warren's attention for possibly benefiting from the bailout. Rob Citrone of Discovery Capital Management, who once worked closely with Bessent and has a lot of $ in Argentine bonds qz.com/trump-argent...
Inside Trump's big bailout bet on Argentina
Trump’s bailout of Argentina is a fresh demonstration of his willingness to pick winners and losers — not just in corporate America, but among countries
qz.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
🇺🇸🇦🇷New from me on Trump's big bet in Argentina.
One hedge fund manager has caught Sen. Elizabeth Warren's attention for possibly benefiting from the bailout. Rob Citrone of Discovery Capital Management, who once worked closely with Bessent and has a lot of $ in Argentine bonds qz.com/trump-argent...
One hedge fund manager has caught Sen. Elizabeth Warren's attention for possibly benefiting from the bailout. Rob Citrone of Discovery Capital Management, who once worked closely with Bessent and has a lot of $ in Argentine bonds qz.com/trump-argent...
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For no particular reason whatsoever, I wrote a whole book about why society should stop trying to cure #ActuallyAutistic people and instead focus more on creating a better world and society for them. You can buy it here.
www.harpercollins.com/products/wer...
www.harpercollins.com/products/wer...
We're Not Broken
“This book is a message from autistic people to their parents, friends, teachers, coworkers and doctors showing what life is like on the spectrum. It’s also...
www.harpercollins.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
For no particular reason whatsoever, I wrote a whole book about why society should stop trying to cure #ActuallyAutistic people and instead focus more on creating a better world and society for them. You can buy it here.
www.harpercollins.com/products/wer...
www.harpercollins.com/products/wer...
Comey indictment, new blitz of tariffs on trucks, furniture, imported Rx drugs… Trump not easing up in attempting to overwhelm and blur the horizon with nearly simultaneous moves
September 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Comey indictment, new blitz of tariffs on trucks, furniture, imported Rx drugs… Trump not easing up in attempting to overwhelm and blur the horizon with nearly simultaneous moves
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Fantastic piece by @josephzeballos.bsky.social
Hugo Chavez did not start as a strongman. He began by consolidating power. Powered by the country's ample oil and gas revenue, he showered Venezuela's poorest citizens with new government benefits and punished the "oligarchs" who stood in his way.
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/rcna23...
www.msnbc.com/msnbc/rcna23...
Opinion | Trump's attempt to cancel Jimmy Kimmel echoes Hugo Chávez
The Venezuelan strongman threatened broadcast licenses to get more favorable coverage.
www.msnbc.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Fantastic piece by @josephzeballos.bsky.social