barrendove.bsky.social
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I think most people (myself included) don’t have an intuition for orders of magnitude (e.g., the difference between millionaire and billionaire).

One way to appreciate this is time, since we all experience it. Here's the difference between a thousand, a million, and a billion seconds.
September 18, 2024 at 10:29 AM
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I've been posting a lot of quick hits. But if you want the bigger picture, let's sit down for a real chat. Here's a 20 minute podcast I just did that'll give you a pretty good lay of our macroeconomic land. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn7j...
Seriously, what is going on with the economy? Justin Wolfers on inflation, the Fed, and budget cuts
"Trump is more effective than the Covid virus at creating chaos"https://contrarian.substack.com/p/seriously-what-is-going-on-with-the
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May 7, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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It's hard to teach a lot of economics in 60 second TV soundbites, so lemme slow down and explain what's going on in a 25 minute podcast.

Forgive me for engaging in international trade and weakening America, as the interview was with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
What did Trump just do to the economy? - Transcript | CBC Radio
Front Burner Transcript for April 11, 2025
www.cbc.ca
April 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Language used by individuals associated with the federal government who deported people without trial or due process to a concentration camp in El Salvador, defying a court order, has a specific resonance that, historically, has been used to change regime type.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-evil-a...
The evil at your door
The deportation action as regime change
snyder.substack.com
March 17, 2025 at 1:58 PM