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Brian Callaci
@briancallaci.bsky.social
· Sep 11
Crassly dipping my toe onto this platform with self-promotion: My book, Chains of Command: The Rise and Cruel Reign of the Franchise Economy now has a beautiful cover, and a release date: April 20th. So you'll have something to enjoy with your 4/20 Taco Bell order! bookshop.org/p/books/chai...
"Deregulate and just let Sam Altman and his investors build whatever they want" may not be the best, most efficient, or socially optimal way to build out infrastructure
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
"Deregulate and just let Sam Altman and his investors build whatever they want" may not be the best, most efficient, or socially optimal way to build out infrastructure
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Somehow James Talarico following porn stars got covered before this
mainstream media report on jd vance’s twitter mutuals, challenge level: impossible
He has already chosen, what the fuck are we doing here
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
November 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Somehow James Talarico following porn stars got covered before this
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I often think about how the government hounded Aaron Swartz to death for scraping Jstor, yet all these AI companies scraped almost literally all of human knowledge (and continue to do so even when they're told to stop) and have had no criminal consequences.
November 8, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I often think about how the government hounded Aaron Swartz to death for scraping Jstor, yet all these AI companies scraped almost literally all of human knowledge (and continue to do so even when they're told to stop) and have had no criminal consequences.
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he won an absolute majority in a 3 person race. the 100k or so people in those neighborhoods don't all have substacks.
November 8, 2025 at 3:20 AM
he won an absolute majority in a 3 person race. the 100k or so people in those neighborhoods don't all have substacks.
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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"you will recognize here precisely the same clipped, decontextualized, link-free, moronically breathless style of tweeting deployed by “financial news for low-trust illiterates” accounts like Unusual Whales or ZeroHedge (or, for that matter, in a slightly different arena, PopCrave)"
November 7, 2025 at 6:21 PM
"you will recognize here precisely the same clipped, decontextualized, link-free, moronically breathless style of tweeting deployed by “financial news for low-trust illiterates” accounts like Unusual Whales or ZeroHedge (or, for that matter, in a slightly different arena, PopCrave)"
Public servants should make a LOT more.
But I think this also illustrates an overlooked corrosive effect of inequality. If private CEOs make millions, then non-profit directors, union presidents, and governors feel like should make $500k for similar work.
But I think this also illustrates an overlooked corrosive effect of inequality. If private CEOs make millions, then non-profit directors, union presidents, and governors feel like should make $500k for similar work.
ryan is right. people HATE hearing this. but it is just a matter of simple incentives. if you want a more representative legislature — and if you want a legislature more resistant to corruption — then you need to jack up the salaries. serving as mayor of NYC should net you a cool 500K *at least*
people hate hearing this but it's 100% true, creating a huge pay gap between political leaders, their staffs, and other elites is a recipe for corruption. of course the flip side of that is taxes on the rich should be jacked way the hell up
November 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Public servants should make a LOT more.
But I think this also illustrates an overlooked corrosive effect of inequality. If private CEOs make millions, then non-profit directors, union presidents, and governors feel like should make $500k for similar work.
But I think this also illustrates an overlooked corrosive effect of inequality. If private CEOs make millions, then non-profit directors, union presidents, and governors feel like should make $500k for similar work.
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Bidenomics: Truly Transitory Inflation, Remarkably Successful on Employment & Growth—But Unable to Break Through the Media Misinformation Machine
My attempt to set forth a balance sheet: Bidenomics was an extraordinary success. The economy healed fast; the…
braddelong.substack.com/p/bidenomics...
My attempt to set forth a balance sheet: Bidenomics was an extraordinary success. The economy healed fast; the…
braddelong.substack.com/p/bidenomics...
Bidenomics: Truly Transitory Inflation, Remarkably Successful on Employment & Growth—But Unable to Break Through the Media Misinformation Machine
My attempt to set forth a balance sheet: Bidenomics was an extraordinary success. The economy healed fast; the story never did. A brief moderate transitory inflation. A long and strong jobs and...
braddelong.substack.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Bidenomics: Truly Transitory Inflation, Remarkably Successful on Employment & Growth—But Unable to Break Through the Media Misinformation Machine
My attempt to set forth a balance sheet: Bidenomics was an extraordinary success. The economy healed fast; the…
braddelong.substack.com/p/bidenomics...
My attempt to set forth a balance sheet: Bidenomics was an extraordinary success. The economy healed fast; the…
braddelong.substack.com/p/bidenomics...
Incredible
An amazing chart-crime from researchers at the Dallas Fed to illustrate “Gosh people sure say a lot of things about AI singularities but most of it is kind of unhinged speculation! So let’s assume things will keep being normal! Some of the economists did a conservative projection that says that…”
November 7, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Incredible
Taking part in this next week. Should be a good conversation. "Activists and the Academy: Bridging the Divide."
November 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Taking part in this next week. Should be a good conversation. "Activists and the Academy: Bridging the Divide."
Earlier this week I came across a book with this dedication page (from 1938).
November 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Earlier this week I came across a book with this dedication page (from 1938).
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Friar is right, she was calling for derisking state not for backstops - an important nuance that should be considered together with Jensen Huang claiming China ‘will win’ AI race with US at the same time.
Capital wants Trump to activate subsidies, invoking China card that worked so well w Biden.
Capital wants Trump to activate subsidies, invoking China card that worked so well w Biden.
They’re calling it “the most well-taken comment in history”
November 6, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Friar is right, she was calling for derisking state not for backstops - an important nuance that should be considered together with Jensen Huang claiming China ‘will win’ AI race with US at the same time.
Capital wants Trump to activate subsidies, invoking China card that worked so well w Biden.
Capital wants Trump to activate subsidies, invoking China card that worked so well w Biden.
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Y'all ever notice how nobody can ever actually point to any *specific thing* that Mamdani *actually said* that was antisemitic, and how people are just baldly asserting it anyway
November 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Y'all ever notice how nobody can ever actually point to any *specific thing* that Mamdani *actually said* that was antisemitic, and how people are just baldly asserting it anyway
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Right wing masculinity experts are viewing the Zeteo stream and weeping at the left's masculine dominance
November 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Right wing masculinity experts are viewing the Zeteo stream and weeping at the left's masculine dominance
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“How did you receive the foreigner? And did you receive him and welcome him or not?”
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
“How did you receive the foreigner? And did you receive him and welcome him or not?”
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
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previous increases in immigration enforcement caused child care centers to simply shut down
November 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
previous increases in immigration enforcement caused child care centers to simply shut down
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Now antitrusters and Marxists are in dialogue, can someone take a look at predatory pricing through the lens of the Okishio theorem vs. Shaikhian real competition?
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Now antitrusters and Marxists are in dialogue, can someone take a look at predatory pricing through the lens of the Okishio theorem vs. Shaikhian real competition?
Meanwhile, in the suburbs, garage size has failed to keep up truck inflation
November 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Meanwhile, in the suburbs, garage size has failed to keep up truck inflation
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NYC to Trump:
November 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
NYC to Trump:
Hell yes
“Cuomo closed by demonizing immigrants, forgetting his own family history. Mamdani, in his closing video, honored the legacy of New York’s Italian-American political leaders who fought for workers.”
www.signorile.com/p/cuomo-disg...
www.signorile.com/p/cuomo-disg...
Cuomo disgraced all Italian-Americans. Mamdani honored them in his closing.
Cuomo closed by demonizing immigrants, forgetting his own family history. Mamdani, in his closing video, honored the legacy of New York’s Italian-American political leaders who fought for workers.
www.signorile.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Hell yes
There you have it
November 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
There you have it
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How does employer access to prisoners’ labor through work release impact the well-being of those workers & of free workers?
New working paper by Sue Helper, Suresh Naidu, Akseli Palomaki, Adam Reich, + me provides evidence, focus on auto manufacturing in AL
#EconSky
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
New working paper by Sue Helper, Suresh Naidu, Akseli Palomaki, Adam Reich, + me provides evidence, focus on auto manufacturing in AL
#EconSky
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
November 3, 2025 at 2:20 PM
How does employer access to prisoners’ labor through work release impact the well-being of those workers & of free workers?
New working paper by Sue Helper, Suresh Naidu, Akseli Palomaki, Adam Reich, + me provides evidence, focus on auto manufacturing in AL
#EconSky
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
New working paper by Sue Helper, Suresh Naidu, Akseli Palomaki, Adam Reich, + me provides evidence, focus on auto manufacturing in AL
#EconSky
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
More than half the time now when I hear a song I like and try to buy the album (as one used to do), I find it does not exist outside of Spotify. From what little I know of music industry economics, not a great state of affairs!
November 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
More than half the time now when I hear a song I like and try to buy the album (as one used to do), I find it does not exist outside of Spotify. From what little I know of music industry economics, not a great state of affairs!