EconChrisClarke
@econchrisclarke.bsky.social
I Make Videos About Economics
Ceteris Paribus
Assistant Professor (Career-Track) at Washington State University
https://econchrisclarke.wordpress.com/tiktok-sources-and-notes/
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Ceteris Paribus
Assistant Professor (Career-Track) at Washington State University
https://econchrisclarke.wordpress.com/tiktok-sources-and-notes/
There are impersonators of me out there. Please report.
Maduro Gone! Usually CIA regime changes don't work out. Maybe it's different this time. Machado/Gonzalez are popularly democratically elected. Is all this really just about oil?
January 3, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Maduro Gone! Usually CIA regime changes don't work out. Maybe it's different this time. Machado/Gonzalez are popularly democratically elected. Is all this really just about oil?
New paper looks at Indiana Covid vaccine effects. Six month gap between 11 & 12-yr-old eligibility gives us out natural experiment. Result: Large spillover among households, but not for schools.
December 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
New paper looks at Indiana Covid vaccine effects. Six month gap between 11 & 12-yr-old eligibility gives us out natural experiment. Result: Large spillover among households, but not for schools.
Have housing prices returned to pre-covid levels? No. But Trump's graph is real. It only looks at the mean price for one developer, Lennar. National data still shows a stubbornly high plateau. Build more houses.
December 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Have housing prices returned to pre-covid levels? No. But Trump's graph is real. It only looks at the mean price for one developer, Lennar. National data still shows a stubbornly high plateau. Build more houses.
Everybody always gets this question wrong: How much does Kevin McAllister's Grocery Basket Cost Today? We need to adjust for quantity changes. It comes at $42.54. Median wages grew even more. It's the most affordable Home Alone yet.
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How Much Do Home Alone Groceries Cost Today?
YouTube video by Christopher Clarke
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December 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Everybody always gets this question wrong: How much does Kevin McAllister's Grocery Basket Cost Today? We need to adjust for quantity changes. It comes at $42.54. Median wages grew even more. It's the most affordable Home Alone yet.
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Many claim the latest inflation data have been faked, that there is selective missing data, private data doesn't confirm it, etc. While there are some measurement issues due to the shutdown, I think there's more signal than noise in this report.
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Is the BLS lying to you?
YouTube video by Christopher Clarke
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December 19, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Many claim the latest inflation data have been faked, that there is selective missing data, private data doesn't confirm it, etc. While there are some measurement issues due to the shutdown, I think there's more signal than noise in this report.
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Is the data so bad the government cancelled it in October? No. Previous shutdowns were only "partial." Now we have November data. Trend is bad, but we're still floating. Policy changes can fix a lot of this.
@geohussar.bsky.social
@geohussar.bsky.social
December 17, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Is the data so bad the government cancelled it in October? No. Previous shutdowns were only "partial." Now we have November data. Trend is bad, but we're still floating. Policy changes can fix a lot of this.
@geohussar.bsky.social
@geohussar.bsky.social
The world's largest container ships can't come to the America. We sees at most 16k container ships, the biggest are 24k! Thats 60%! Why? It was quite a puzzle. I went to the Port of LA, boated along side one, talked to experts, and found out it has something to do with Idaho!
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December 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
The world's largest container ships can't come to the America. We sees at most 16k container ships, the biggest are 24k! Thats 60%! Why? It was quite a puzzle. I went to the Port of LA, boated along side one, talked to experts, and found out it has something to do with Idaho!
youtu.be/qFyYqUwXWLw
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No Planet Money! Not the Fake Graph! You can't compare mean productivity to median wages. When we do compare mean to mean, the gap disappears. Real median wages are not stagnating either. We need accurate data to solve today's very real problems.
@planetmoney.bsky.social
@planetmoney.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 5:46 PM
No Planet Money! Not the Fake Graph! You can't compare mean productivity to median wages. When we do compare mean to mean, the gap disappears. Real median wages are not stagnating either. We need accurate data to solve today's very real problems.
@planetmoney.bsky.social
@planetmoney.bsky.social
Tax funded anti-poverty programs predate both socialism & capitalism. Accompanied with modern markets, they've done wonders to alleviate suffering. But today, demographics and continued subsidies for the elderly threaten safety nets for the young and poor.
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Does Welfare Reduce Poverty?
YouTube video by Christopher Clarke
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December 7, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Tax funded anti-poverty programs predate both socialism & capitalism. Accompanied with modern markets, they've done wonders to alleviate suffering. But today, demographics and continued subsidies for the elderly threaten safety nets for the young and poor.
youtu.be/P7Iq4c8V06A?...
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Should the new poverty line be $140k? No. It's inaccurate math. It's inaccurate English. Michael Green seems to use a "comfortable living wage" source, and relabel it as "poverty."
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Is $140k the New Poverty Line? Economist Answers
YouTube video by Christopher Clarke
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December 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Should the new poverty line be $140k? No. It's inaccurate math. It's inaccurate English. Michael Green seems to use a "comfortable living wage" source, and relabel it as "poverty."
youtu.be/O84sYFh20Sw?...
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Thanksgiving Dinner has never been more affordable. TDay dinner now takes the smallest share of our weekly median wages in the 40 yrs of Farm Bureau data. Produce is significantly more expensive though. Immigration crackdown is impededint even better news.
November 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Thanksgiving Dinner has never been more affordable. TDay dinner now takes the smallest share of our weekly median wages in the 40 yrs of Farm Bureau data. Produce is significantly more expensive though. Immigration crackdown is impededint even better news.
New video. Go watch. Are the economic degrowth scholars actually doing the "decent" standard of living they advocate for? Do they not have dryers, dishwashers, or TVs? This entire literature is a distraction from real environmental solutions. youtu.be/fNLbtWcHDZE?...
Can Degrowth Solve Climate Change?
YouTube video by Christopher Clarke
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November 24, 2025 at 7:41 AM
New video. Go watch. Are the economic degrowth scholars actually doing the "decent" standard of living they advocate for? Do they not have dryers, dishwashers, or TVs? This entire literature is a distraction from real environmental solutions. youtu.be/fNLbtWcHDZE?...
New Data! How's the economy? Unemployment ticks up to 4.4% in Sept. More current Unemployment Claims continue to slowly rise in Nov. Yet, inflation is slowly rising to 3.0% as of Sept. What will the Fed do?
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 PM
New Data! How's the economy? Unemployment ticks up to 4.4% in Sept. More current Unemployment Claims continue to slowly rise in Nov. Yet, inflation is slowly rising to 3.0% as of Sept. What will the Fed do?
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God I bloody love economists. This one zeroes in on Rand Paul’s tweet complaining about the number of people on food stamps. And while he doesn’t touch on income inequity vs cost of living, he does explain the cost for SNAP now vs pre-pandemic.
November 1, 2025 at 2:39 AM
God I bloody love economists. This one zeroes in on Rand Paul’s tweet complaining about the number of people on food stamps. And while he doesn’t touch on income inequity vs cost of living, he does explain the cost for SNAP now vs pre-pandemic.
Sen. Rand Paul claims food stamp spending doubled "an alarming trend." But this relies on 4 mistakes. 1. Graph can't replicate. 2. Need to adjust for Inflation 3. The economy is now bigger. 4. Share of Pop on Food Stamps Actually Declined. Conclusion: There is no trend.
October 31, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Sen. Rand Paul claims food stamp spending doubled "an alarming trend." But this relies on 4 mistakes. 1. Graph can't replicate. 2. Need to adjust for Inflation 3. The economy is now bigger. 4. Share of Pop on Food Stamps Actually Declined. Conclusion: There is no trend.
Autopilot is drastically reducing accidents. data from Tesla, Waymo, Police Records, and Peer review research are now all showing it. Will eventually save global economy $1T in lower premiums alone.
October 25, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Autopilot is drastically reducing accidents. data from Tesla, Waymo, Police Records, and Peer review research are now all showing it. Will eventually save global economy $1T in lower premiums alone.
Degrowth Economics can't work. Even Ecuador's consumption is too high. It requires a massive increase in poverty. Impossible to do in a democracy. We need massive green technology investments, which even have modest bipartisan support.
October 19, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Degrowth Economics can't work. Even Ecuador's consumption is too high. It requires a massive increase in poverty. Impossible to do in a democracy. We need massive green technology investments, which even have modest bipartisan support.
We've never seen mortgage lock-in like this before. We're talking 90% of mortgages! Some estimates say it caused 8% of the price increase due to the already tight housing market before 2022. What do you think? Is this enough to abandon the 30yr fixed?
September 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM
We've never seen mortgage lock-in like this before. We're talking 90% of mortgages! Some estimates say it caused 8% of the price increase due to the already tight housing market before 2022. What do you think? Is this enough to abandon the 30yr fixed?
I was asked why tariffs haven't crashed the economy. The answer: I never predicted they would in the first place. My videos from Jan & Apr both forecasted growth slowdown and modest price rises. And that's exactly what we've seen.
September 28, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I was asked why tariffs haven't crashed the economy. The answer: I never predicted they would in the first place. My videos from Jan & Apr both forecasted growth slowdown and modest price rises. And that's exactly what we've seen.
What will happen to the US economy if we ban skilled immigrants? A few domestic jobs will see higher wages, but overall native workers will not benefit. Offshoring increases. Economic dynamism & innovation will decrease. youtu.be/LUVNWphOuPc?...
Is Immigration Good for the Economy?
YouTube video by Christopher Clarke
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September 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM
What will happen to the US economy if we ban skilled immigrants? A few domestic jobs will see higher wages, but overall native workers will not benefit. Offshoring increases. Economic dynamism & innovation will decrease. youtu.be/LUVNWphOuPc?...
The wealthy will always be criticized, yet their relative moral position can be improved by a greater recognition of their social responsibility. The history of Western Civilization teaches this. youtu.be/88NiaBmGp6M?...
Why the Rich Have Always Been Criticized
YouTube video by Christopher Clarke
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September 21, 2025 at 3:39 AM
The wealthy will always be criticized, yet their relative moral position can be improved by a greater recognition of their social responsibility. The history of Western Civilization teaches this. youtu.be/88NiaBmGp6M?...
Are monopolies destroying democracy? New paper says yes. Using idiosyncratic firm-level shocks to estimate a causal effect, the increase in markups can explain about a quarter of the global democracy decline. For the US, it's 42%.
September 14, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Are monopolies destroying democracy? New paper says yes. Using idiosyncratic firm-level shocks to estimate a causal effect, the increase in markups can explain about a quarter of the global democracy decline. For the US, it's 42%.
Lisa Cook had communicated to her Credit Union that the second home in Georgia is a "vacation home." If reporting is true, this eliminates the governments case against her. It's further evidence of increased partisan regulation of our economy.
September 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Lisa Cook had communicated to her Credit Union that the second home in Georgia is a "vacation home." If reporting is true, this eliminates the governments case against her. It's further evidence of increased partisan regulation of our economy.
Firing Fed Governor without Due Process harms Fed Independence and sets a dangerous precedent for our checks and balances. The long term consequences will be more inflation.
August 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Firing Fed Governor without Due Process harms Fed Independence and sets a dangerous precedent for our checks and balances. The long term consequences will be more inflation.
Economist Stephen Moore claims BLS overestimated Biden job numbers by 1.5M. Unfortunately, he commits numerous errors. Over Biden's 4 yrs, the BLS initially underestimated jobs by 700k from the initial monthly estimate compare to the most recent benchmarks.
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Did BLS Overestimate Biden Job Numbers?
YouTube video by Christopher Clarke
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August 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Economist Stephen Moore claims BLS overestimated Biden job numbers by 1.5M. Unfortunately, he commits numerous errors. Over Biden's 4 yrs, the BLS initially underestimated jobs by 700k from the initial monthly estimate compare to the most recent benchmarks.
youtu.be/PCqC94NORDw?...
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