Greg Rosalsky
@elliswonk.bsky.social
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This article is seriously worth your time reading.
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Germany thrived in the first China Shock. But the next one could prove catastrophic.
The export-led industrial model that Germany has pursued for decades is now at a crossroads.
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September 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This article is seriously worth your time reading.
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Germany thrived during the first China Shock. But the next one could prove catastrophic.
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Germany thrived in the first China Shock. But the next one could prove catastrophic.
The export-led industrial model that Germany has pursued for decades is now at a crossroads.
www.npr.org
September 30, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Germany thrived during the first China Shock. But the next one could prove catastrophic.
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Hitler's bunker is now just a parking lot. But it's a 'dark tourism' attraction anyway. www.npr.org/sections/pla...
Hitler's bunker is now just a parking lot. But it's a 'dark tourism' attraction anyway
Why evil histories sell. A visit to Hitler's bunker, and a deep dive into the economics and ethical quandaries of "dark tourism."
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September 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Hitler's bunker is now just a parking lot. But it's a 'dark tourism' attraction anyway. www.npr.org/sections/pla...
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PM's @elliswonk.bsky.social rounds up recent econ papers:
-economic history of firewood in America
-political spending after school shootings
-NIMBYism spreads to the Sunbelt?
-economic effects of Native American casinos
-longer kindergarten days boost mothers' work hours
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-economic history of firewood in America
-political spending after school shootings
-NIMBYism spreads to the Sunbelt?
-economic effects of Native American casinos
-longer kindergarten days boost mothers' work hours
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A Planet Money guide to 5 fascinating new econ papers
The Planet Money newsletter rounds up some new economics studies.
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July 8, 2025 at 1:30 PM
PM's @elliswonk.bsky.social rounds up recent econ papers:
-economic history of firewood in America
-political spending after school shootings
-NIMBYism spreads to the Sunbelt?
-economic effects of Native American casinos
-longer kindergarten days boost mothers' work hours
www.npr.org/sections/pla...
-economic history of firewood in America
-political spending after school shootings
-NIMBYism spreads to the Sunbelt?
-economic effects of Native American casinos
-longer kindergarten days boost mothers' work hours
www.npr.org/sections/pla...
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🔑 Is reviving manufacturing the key to local economic development? Today’s installment of @planetmoney.bsky.social addresses this question, ft. commentary from David Card and Enrico Moretti #econsky #policysky
Can bringing back manufacturing help the heartland catch up with 'superstar' cities?
In recent decades, America has seen economic opportunities concentrated in superstar cities. Manufacturing boosters hope reshoring factories could help change that. We look at the theory and evidence.
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June 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
🔑 Is reviving manufacturing the key to local economic development? Today’s installment of @planetmoney.bsky.social addresses this question, ft. commentary from David Card and Enrico Moretti #econsky #policysky
Leaders from both political parties have been working to bring back manufacturing. But American manufacturers say they are struggling to fill the manufacturing jobs we already have. www.npr.org/sections/pla...
Why aren't Americans filling the manufacturing jobs we already have?
Leaders from both major political parties have been working to bring back manufacturing. But American manufacturers say they are struggling to fill the manufacturing jobs we already have.
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May 13, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Leaders from both political parties have been working to bring back manufacturing. But American manufacturers say they are struggling to fill the manufacturing jobs we already have. www.npr.org/sections/pla...
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It's not just tariffs. The White House is rethinking the central role of the dollar in the global economy.
Are Trump's tariffs a bargaining chip for a new global economic order?
It's not just tariffs. The White House is rethinking the central role of the dollar in the global economy.
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April 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
It's not just tariffs. The White House is rethinking the central role of the dollar in the global economy.
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Why and how Trump's tariffs may be leverage in service of reshaping the global economic order....and whether being the reserve currency is a privilege or a burden: www.npr.org/sections/pla... @elliswonk.bsky.social
Are Trump's tariffs a bargaining chip for a new global economic order?
It's not just tariffs. The White House is rethinking the central role of the dollar in the global economy.
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April 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Why and how Trump's tariffs may be leverage in service of reshaping the global economic order....and whether being the reserve currency is a privilege or a burden: www.npr.org/sections/pla... @elliswonk.bsky.social
"We have not seen in our lifetimes an effort to blow up the international economic order as we know it. So now we're in a world where anything that we used to take for granted — and that certainly includes the international role of the dollar — is suddenly in doubt."
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Are Trump's tariffs a bargaining chip for a new global economic order?
It's not just tariffs. The White House is rethinking the central role of the dollar in the global economy.
www.npr.org
April 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
"We have not seen in our lifetimes an effort to blow up the international economic order as we know it. So now we're in a world where anything that we used to take for granted — and that certainly includes the international role of the dollar — is suddenly in doubt."
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we've heard so much abt how tariffs are bad. but surely tariffs have been useful EVER, or they wouldn't exist, right? RIGHT?
today on @planetmoney.bsky.social, we hear the ways in which tariffs CAN be useful, and how they fit into the Trump administration's worldview
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today on @planetmoney.bsky.social, we hear the ways in which tariffs CAN be useful, and how they fit into the Trump administration's worldview
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Tariffs: what are they good for? : Planet Money
What are tariffs good for?For years, mainstream economists have basically said: tariffs are not good. They are an import tax paid by consumers, they've said, and they discourage free trade, and we wan...
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April 2, 2025 at 10:49 PM
we've heard so much abt how tariffs are bad. but surely tariffs have been useful EVER, or they wouldn't exist, right? RIGHT?
today on @planetmoney.bsky.social, we hear the ways in which tariffs CAN be useful, and how they fit into the Trump administration's worldview
www.npr.org/2025/04/02/1...
today on @planetmoney.bsky.social, we hear the ways in which tariffs CAN be useful, and how they fit into the Trump administration's worldview
www.npr.org/2025/04/02/1...
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today's @planetmoney.bsky.social newsletter by @elliswonk.bsky.social is on rising levels of distrust in American institutions, especially with respect to food safety:
April 1, 2025 at 4:11 PM
today's @planetmoney.bsky.social newsletter by @elliswonk.bsky.social is on rising levels of distrust in American institutions, especially with respect to food safety:
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The rise and potential fall of independent agencies.
Trump is asserting extraordinary power over independent agencies. Is the Fed next?
The rise and potential fall of independent agencies.
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March 4, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The rise and potential fall of independent agencies.
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Since taking office, the Trump administration and DOGE have been seeking to unilaterally override the spending plans set by Congress. Can they do that under the U.S. Constitution?
Can President Trump ignore Congress' spending laws? The debate over 'impoundment'
Since taking office, the Trump administration and DOGE have been seeking to unilaterally override the spending plans set by Congress. Can they do that under the U.S. Constitution?
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February 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Since taking office, the Trump administration and DOGE have been seeking to unilaterally override the spending plans set by Congress. Can they do that under the U.S. Constitution?
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The "China Shock" is revisited, and it raises questions about why economists failed to see the costs of free trade.
Why economists got free trade with China so wrong
The "China Shock" is revisited, and it raises questions about why economists failed to see the costs of free trade.
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February 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The "China Shock" is revisited, and it raises questions about why economists failed to see the costs of free trade.
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The primer on Jevons paradox that you didn't know you needed.
Why the AI world is suddenly obsessed with a 160-year-old economics paradox
The primer on Jevons paradox that you didn't know you needed.
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February 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
The primer on Jevons paradox that you didn't know you needed.
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The primer on Jevons paradox that you didn't know you needed.
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Why the AI world is suddenly obsessed with a 160-year-old economics paradox
The primer on Jevons paradox that you didn't know you needed.
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February 4, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The primer on Jevons paradox that you didn't know you needed.
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An economist's harrowing escape from fire, and her big ideas to rescue California from its insurance doom spiral.
This economist survived a wildfire. Now she's taking on California's insurance crisis
An economist's harrowing escape from fire, and her big ideas to rescue California from its insurance doom spiral.
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January 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
An economist's harrowing escape from fire, and her big ideas to rescue California from its insurance doom spiral.
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'Houses continue to be valuable investments in these fire-prone communities. Not only that. The economists find that, between 2001 and 2015, the properties that burned down and got rebuilt were actually significantly more valuable within five years of the catastrophe.'
This economist survived a wildfire. Now she's taking on California's insurance crisis
An economist's harrowing escape from fire, and her big ideas to rescue California from its insurance doom spiral.
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January 23, 2025 at 4:33 PM
'Houses continue to be valuable investments in these fire-prone communities. Not only that. The economists find that, between 2001 and 2015, the properties that burned down and got rebuilt were actually significantly more valuable within five years of the catastrophe.'
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IN: academic papers about skateboarding
OUT: capitalism (?)
read more from @elliswonk.bsky.social :
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OUT: capitalism (?)
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This skateboarding economist suggests we need more skateparks and less capitalism
A skateboarder presented an unusual paper at this year's big meeting of American economists.
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January 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
IN: academic papers about skateboarding
OUT: capitalism (?)
read more from @elliswonk.bsky.social :
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OUT: capitalism (?)
read more from @elliswonk.bsky.social :
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Check out this great writeup in @planetmoney.bsky.social by @elliswonk.bsky.social about our working paper and the types of cognitive biases that might be affecting medical care surrounding various holidays--or really any day
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December 18, 2024 at 2:19 PM
Check out this great writeup in @planetmoney.bsky.social by @elliswonk.bsky.social about our working paper and the types of cognitive biases that might be affecting medical care surrounding various holidays--or really any day
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Proud of this latest piece. It’s part 2. Give em both a read would ya?
Chinese immigrants sacrificed their lives to create America's first transcontinental railroad. But its completion may have ironically contributed to a populist backlash that led to the first major immigration clampdown in American history. www.npr.org/sections/pla...
America's first major immigration crackdown and the making and breaking of the West
Chinese immigrants sacrificed to create America's first transcontinental railroad. Its completion may have contributed to a backlash that led to the first major immigration clampdown in U.S. history.
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November 27, 2024 at 1:12 PM
Proud of this latest piece. It’s part 2. Give em both a read would ya?
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The Chinese Exclusion Act is widely considered to be the first significant crackdown on #immigration in American history, writes @elliswonk.bsky.social
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The price America paid for its first big immigration crackdown
The Chinese Exclusion Act was the first significant crackdown on immigration in American history. We explore the factors that led to the Act and examine what happened to the economy after it passed.
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November 26, 2024 at 2:23 PM
The Chinese Exclusion Act is widely considered to be the first significant crackdown on #immigration in American history, writes @elliswonk.bsky.social
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Chinese immigrants sacrificed their lives to create America's first transcontinental railroad. But its completion may have ironically contributed to a populist backlash that led to the first major immigration clampdown in American history. www.npr.org/sections/pla...
America's first major immigration crackdown and the making and breaking of the West
Chinese immigrants sacrificed to create America's first transcontinental railroad. Its completion may have contributed to a backlash that led to the first major immigration clampdown in U.S. history.
www.npr.org
November 19, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Chinese immigrants sacrificed their lives to create America's first transcontinental railroad. But its completion may have ironically contributed to a populist backlash that led to the first major immigration clampdown in American history. www.npr.org/sections/pla...