M. Gade
@mngad.bsky.social
Wisconsin raised, Economist, PhD MSU, retired OSU faculty, life long runner, DMB, Go Pack Go (yes I’m an owner)
A blue dot.
Sometimes not having any idea where we are going works out better than we could possibly have imagined.
A blue dot.
Sometimes not having any idea where we are going works out better than we could possibly have imagined.
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It's really too bad the United States Congress no longer exists.
January 24, 2026 at 9:41 PM
It's really too bad the United States Congress no longer exists.
Don’t you wish you knew what they are actually thinking? #caturday #cat #catinsnow #snowcat #cats #tortie #catsofbluesky
January 24, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Don’t you wish you knew what they are actually thinking? #caturday #cat #catinsnow #snowcat #cats #tortie #catsofbluesky
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My new column is a strange one for an American columnist to write: "Please, world leaders, don't appease America!"
All of us, Americans included, will be better off if Europeans have the gumption to stand up to an increasingly erratic Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
All of us, Americans included, will be better off if Europeans have the gumption to stand up to an increasingly erratic Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
Opinion | Please, World Leaders, Don’t Appease America
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:20 PM
My new column is a strange one for an American columnist to write: "Please, world leaders, don't appease America!"
All of us, Americans included, will be better off if Europeans have the gumption to stand up to an increasingly erratic Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
All of us, Americans included, will be better off if Europeans have the gumption to stand up to an increasingly erratic Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
The calm. Endorphins, dopamine, oxytocin, and serotonin. #cat #cats #caturday #catsofbluesky #sleepingcat
January 17, 2026 at 11:32 PM
The calm. Endorphins, dopamine, oxytocin, and serotonin. #cat #cats #caturday #catsofbluesky #sleepingcat
January 12, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
January 12, 2026 at 1:44 AM
What can history teach us about what happens when a populist strongman with an idiosyncratic taste for low interest rates undermines central bank independence?
January 8, 2026 at 3:38 PM
“… I came to understand him to mean you could stop at, not all, but most of the moments of your life, stop for one heartbeat and, no matter what the state of your head or heart, say This is happiness, because of the simple truth that you were alive to say it.”
#niallwilliams #thisishappiness
#niallwilliams #thisishappiness
December 14, 2025 at 3:42 PM
“… I came to understand him to mean you could stop at, not all, but most of the moments of your life, stop for one heartbeat and, no matter what the state of your head or heart, say This is happiness, because of the simple truth that you were alive to say it.”
#niallwilliams #thisishappiness
#niallwilliams #thisishappiness
Christmas is coming! #Christmas #Christmascactus
December 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Christmas is coming! #Christmas #Christmascactus
Willa Cather (from My Ántonia): "The pale, cold light of the winter sunset did not beautify - it was like the light of truth itself... 'This is reality, whether you like it or not... This is the truth.'" #sunset #wintersunset #winter #dusk
December 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Willa Cather (from My Ántonia): "The pale, cold light of the winter sunset did not beautify - it was like the light of truth itself... 'This is reality, whether you like it or not... This is the truth.'" #sunset #wintersunset #winter #dusk
I guess we’ll skip the ornaments this year! #cat #catsofbluesky #tortie #christmasandcats #christmas
November 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I guess we’ll skip the ornaments this year! #cat #catsofbluesky #tortie #christmasandcats #christmas
November 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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Can we be friends? #cat #catsofbluesky
August 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Can we be friends? #cat #catsofbluesky
“If there were to be a universal sound depicting peace, I would surely vote for the purr.” — Barbara L. Diamond
#cat #catsofbluesky #tortie
#cat #catsofbluesky #tortie
August 25, 2025 at 2:46 AM
“If there were to be a universal sound depicting peace, I would surely vote for the purr.” — Barbara L. Diamond
#cat #catsofbluesky #tortie
#cat #catsofbluesky #tortie
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Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
August 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
This is Lucy, a rescue. She would wait patiently for us to come home from our run in the morning. We had to say goodbye to her last October after 15 years. I still miss her. #dog #bordercollie #pets
August 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This is Lucy, a rescue. She would wait patiently for us to come home from our run in the morning. We had to say goodbye to her last October after 15 years. I still miss her. #dog #bordercollie #pets
July 26, 2025 at 3:14 PM
