Mike Madowitz
@mikemadowitz.bsky.social
Now: Principal Economist @rooseveltinstitute.org & Roosevelt Forward. Then: @equitablegrowth |@JECDems | @amprog | @RFF | @UCSDecon | @BrookingsEcon.
This = me+β(no_sleep)+ε
This = me+β(no_sleep)+ε
Outsourcing energy policy update:
1) basically zero gains for drivers 👇
2) loss of 4K 'oil & gas extraction' jobs 😬
3) prices can't really fall from here, so we're kinda hostages to petrostates next year 🫣
H/T: @deanbaker13.bsky.social
1) basically zero gains for drivers 👇
2) loss of 4K 'oil & gas extraction' jobs 😬
3) prices can't really fall from here, so we're kinda hostages to petrostates next year 🫣
H/T: @deanbaker13.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Outsourcing energy policy update:
1) basically zero gains for drivers 👇
2) loss of 4K 'oil & gas extraction' jobs 😬
3) prices can't really fall from here, so we're kinda hostages to petrostates next year 🫣
H/T: @deanbaker13.bsky.social
1) basically zero gains for drivers 👇
2) loss of 4K 'oil & gas extraction' jobs 😬
3) prices can't really fall from here, so we're kinda hostages to petrostates next year 🫣
H/T: @deanbaker13.bsky.social
This is an even better article than it sounds like, but to anyone who works w/ data viz this is hilariously out of date
Maps outperform the dumbest chart you can think of by a staggering margin, no matter how much dumber
nymag.com/intelligence...
Maps outperform the dumbest chart you can think of by a staggering margin, no matter how much dumber
nymag.com/intelligence...
November 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
This is an even better article than it sounds like, but to anyone who works w/ data viz this is hilariously out of date
Maps outperform the dumbest chart you can think of by a staggering margin, no matter how much dumber
nymag.com/intelligence...
Maps outperform the dumbest chart you can think of by a staggering margin, no matter how much dumber
nymag.com/intelligence...
This is a pretty good jobs report overall, but basically all increase in unemployment is coming from women www.bls.gov/news.release...
November 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
This is a pretty good jobs report overall, but basically all increase in unemployment is coming from women www.bls.gov/news.release...
What could go wrong?
November 19, 2025 at 11:32 PM
What could go wrong?
Yes! Also, maybe a more deeply thought through shutdown plan would be smart next year?
November 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Yes! Also, maybe a more deeply thought through shutdown plan would be smart next year?
This brings me so much joy!
I wish my grandparents had another decade in them to see this week in NYC
Love how @lioneltrolling.bsky.social captures this fusion so lightly
I wish my grandparents had another decade in them to see this week in NYC
Love how @lioneltrolling.bsky.social captures this fusion so lightly
November 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
This brings me so much joy!
I wish my grandparents had another decade in them to see this week in NYC
Love how @lioneltrolling.bsky.social captures this fusion so lightly
I wish my grandparents had another decade in them to see this week in NYC
Love how @lioneltrolling.bsky.social captures this fusion so lightly
October 30, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Shoutout to the Gecko for finally coming through on CPI we're back down to 3.1% car insurance inflation!
www.bls.gov/news.release...
www.bls.gov/news.release...
October 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Shoutout to the Gecko for finally coming through on CPI we're back down to 3.1% car insurance inflation!
www.bls.gov/news.release...
www.bls.gov/news.release...
I guess the good news is things are pretty boring!
Energy tailwind holding down inflation appears to be over however www.bls.gov/news.release...
Energy tailwind holding down inflation appears to be over however www.bls.gov/news.release...
October 24, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I guess the good news is things are pretty boring!
Energy tailwind holding down inflation appears to be over however www.bls.gov/news.release...
Energy tailwind holding down inflation appears to be over however www.bls.gov/news.release...
um....
seems bad?
seems bad?
October 21, 2025 at 7:58 PM
um....
seems bad?
seems bad?
A statistical release Army of One!
Quite literally! The entire BLS is furloughed except the Comissioner* per contingency plan
www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov...
*acting commissioner
Quite literally! The entire BLS is furloughed except the Comissioner* per contingency plan
www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov...
*acting commissioner
October 9, 2025 at 10:02 PM
A statistical release Army of One!
Quite literally! The entire BLS is furloughed except the Comissioner* per contingency plan
www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov...
*acting commissioner
Quite literally! The entire BLS is furloughed except the Comissioner* per contingency plan
www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov...
*acting commissioner
We used to be a country
October 4, 2025 at 12:32 AM
We used to be a country
This is quote isn't super germane to the article, but you gotta respect @nicktimiraos.bsky.social for getting good material into a great writeup!
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
October 2, 2025 at 10:26 AM
This is quote isn't super germane to the article, but you gotta respect @nicktimiraos.bsky.social for getting good material into a great writeup!
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
October 1, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Just checking in on my etymology app and…
Yeah
Yeah
September 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Just checking in on my etymology app and…
Yeah
Yeah
September 22, 2025 at 10:48 AM
This wasn’t even for me but my fam let me open it
Marry someone who gets you!
Marry someone who gets you!
September 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This wasn’t even for me but my fam let me open it
Marry someone who gets you!
Marry someone who gets you!
Methinks the Administration is about to learn the Fed doesn't set ALL, or even most, interest rates
September 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Methinks the Administration is about to learn the Fed doesn't set ALL, or even most, interest rates
September 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
These are MUCH rosier forecasts to be clear
We have lower inflation, faster gdp growth and essentially the same GDP growth in 2026 than in June.
I guess this is the waller view in dot form
We have lower inflation, faster gdp growth and essentially the same GDP growth in 2026 than in June.
I guess this is the waller view in dot form
September 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
These are MUCH rosier forecasts to be clear
We have lower inflation, faster gdp growth and essentially the same GDP growth in 2026 than in June.
I guess this is the waller view in dot form
We have lower inflation, faster gdp growth and essentially the same GDP growth in 2026 than in June.
I guess this is the waller view in dot form
Jesus, this is quite the unsubstantiated comparison with Dr Cook
September 16, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Jesus, this is quite the unsubstantiated comparison with Dr Cook
The cooling saucer continues to leak
CEA chair to FOMC 50-44
CEA chair to FOMC 50-44
September 15, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The cooling saucer continues to leak
CEA chair to FOMC 50-44
CEA chair to FOMC 50-44
Apparently moving sooner?
September 15, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Apparently moving sooner?
This is the strangest Econ story this year
I still have no idea wtf is going on, and this detail is WILD
(Ty @lydiadepillis.bsky.social )
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/b...
I still have no idea wtf is going on, and this detail is WILD
(Ty @lydiadepillis.bsky.social )
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/b...
September 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
This is the strangest Econ story this year
I still have no idea wtf is going on, and this detail is WILD
(Ty @lydiadepillis.bsky.social )
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/b...
I still have no idea wtf is going on, and this detail is WILD
(Ty @lydiadepillis.bsky.social )
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/b...