Jonathan A. Parker
@profjaparker.bsky.social
Economist. Evidence-based economics and finance, humor, and frustration with extremism and divisiveness.
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Great job at CBO just posted . . .
November 15, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Great job at CBO just posted . . .
An automated email arriving from a simpler time
November 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM
An automated email arriving from a simpler time
Boston, you complete me
November 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Boston, you complete me
An interesting issue in global capital markets is that a lot of EM sovereign borrowing is (again) happening in loans rather than sovereign bonds, thanks to China. What does this mean?
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November 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
An interesting issue in global capital markets is that a lot of EM sovereign borrowing is (again) happening in loans rather than sovereign bonds, thanks to China. What does this mean?
pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
How bad is the US fiscal situation? Could it be sustainable? Is there anyway out besides a crisis and Great Depression II?
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November 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
How bad is the US fiscal situation? Could it be sustainable? Is there anyway out besides a crisis and Great Depression II?
pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
Still corruptly running political ads on our Treasury department webpage
November 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Still corruptly running political ads on our Treasury department webpage
Happy Halloween, America !
October 31, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Happy Halloween, America !
The final Reagan ERP, laying out the case for free trade in Chapter 4:
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October 28, 2025 at 1:10 AM
The final Reagan ERP, laying out the case for free trade in Chapter 4:
fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/econom...
fraser.stlouisfed.org/title/econom...
The Trump White House
October 21, 2025 at 12:46 AM
The Trump White House
Wikipedia volunteers are heroes in more ways than I knew!
October 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Wikipedia volunteers are heroes in more ways than I knew!
Belichick, Kraft, riot, and Brady, no?
October 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Belichick, Kraft, riot, and Brady, no?
Awesome news, and congratulations and thank you to the four of them!
October 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Awesome news, and congratulations and thank you to the four of them!
Another NYT fake headline. The only thing I know about Doja Cat is that she is in fact not a cat. And I am correct.
September 11, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Another NYT fake headline. The only thing I know about Doja Cat is that she is in fact not a cat. And I am correct.
When your main product has problems with accidentally exploding, hope people buy a toy version to cook s’mores on their coffee table?
September 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
When your main product has problems with accidentally exploding, hope people buy a toy version to cook s’mores on their coffee table?
Engineers having fun before classes start . . .
August 30, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Engineers having fun before classes start . . .
A hack improve your Zoom experience: compensate for the lack of “that’s stupid” reaction button
1. Save this pic
2. Open it whenever you get on a zoom call
3. Click on it like crazy when you need to.
(Advanced zoom users can paste it into the chat.)
1. Save this pic
2. Open it whenever you get on a zoom call
3. Click on it like crazy when you need to.
(Advanced zoom users can paste it into the chat.)
August 22, 2025 at 5:24 PM
A hack improve your Zoom experience: compensate for the lack of “that’s stupid” reaction button
1. Save this pic
2. Open it whenever you get on a zoom call
3. Click on it like crazy when you need to.
(Advanced zoom users can paste it into the chat.)
1. Save this pic
2. Open it whenever you get on a zoom call
3. Click on it like crazy when you need to.
(Advanced zoom users can paste it into the chat.)
Hazy August morning with sailboats
August 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Hazy August morning with sailboats
This is going to be fun . . .
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July 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
This is going to be fun . . .
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What’s happening? These two things.
July 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
What’s happening? These two things.
Stupid propaganda. SSA is grossly insolvent, and the BBB makes the overall budget far less able to deal with the coming severe shortfalls.
July 5, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Stupid propaganda. SSA is grossly insolvent, and the BBB makes the overall budget far less able to deal with the coming severe shortfalls.
I don’t speak Danish, but is my upcoming talk here @SED2025 in Copenhagen not allowed?
June 28, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I don’t speak Danish, but is my upcoming talk here @SED2025 in Copenhagen not allowed?
All the people coming here from all over the world, recently or long ago, eating hotdogs, hamburgers, picking strawberries, petting goats, listening to a mix of country and classic rock, playing on the playground. Perfect New England summer. Welcome to real America.
June 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
All the people coming here from all over the world, recently or long ago, eating hotdogs, hamburgers, picking strawberries, petting goats, listening to a mix of country and classic rock, playing on the playground. Perfect New England summer. Welcome to real America.
To normal people, it’s both, duh.
June 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
To normal people, it’s both, duh.