Nina Eichacker
@ninaecon.bsky.social
Still working on a Mitski/Minsky pun; wine mom for big fiscal (the Bidenomics version)
https://ninaephd.org/
https://ninaephd.org/
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Civic minded multimillionaires, let's talk about @heartlandsignal.bsky.social
I truly believe there is nothing more important that civic-minded multi-millionaires could do right now than start up local newspapers and run them at a small but steady loss
and the benefits are amazing -- everyone has to talk to you and you get to act like you're a good and important person
and the benefits are amazing -- everyone has to talk to you and you get to act like you're a good and important person
WaPo's Matt Murray told staff the paper is shuttering sports, moving remaining staff to features, shrinking foreign coverage, restructuring metro, closing books coverage, suspending Post Reports podcast
“Whole company now waiting for a live or die email” one staffer said
More in tonight’s Status
“Whole company now waiting for a live or die email” one staffer said
More in tonight’s Status
February 4, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Civic minded multimillionaires, let's talk about @heartlandsignal.bsky.social
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In this week's newsletter I wrote about Republicans' plan to win in 2026. Is it doing popular things? No, it's trying to get Democrats to nominate candidates with lots of baggage radio-free-america.beehiiv.com/p/why-are-mi...
Why Are Michigan Republicans Meddling in a Democratic Primary?st
Michigan Republicans target a Democratic primary, strategically backing a controversial candidate to influence the state senate special election race in a calculated political maneuver.
radio-free-america.beehiiv.com
January 28, 2026 at 5:24 PM
In this week's newsletter I wrote about Republicans' plan to win in 2026. Is it doing popular things? No, it's trying to get Democrats to nominate candidates with lots of baggage radio-free-america.beehiiv.com/p/why-are-mi...
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ICYMI: I looked through a published archive of Boston newspapers from the 1760s, when British troops were stationed in the city.
The accounts read remarkably similar to what's happening in Minneapolis.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/two-cities...
The accounts read remarkably similar to what's happening in Minneapolis.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/two-cities...
Two cities under siege
Remarkably similar scenes from Boston and Minneapolis, 260 years apart, show a federal government betraying its founding principles.
radleybalko.substack.com
January 27, 2026 at 1:25 PM
ICYMI: I looked through a published archive of Boston newspapers from the 1760s, when British troops were stationed in the city.
The accounts read remarkably similar to what's happening in Minneapolis.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/two-cities...
The accounts read remarkably similar to what's happening in Minneapolis.
radleybalko.substack.com/p/two-cities...
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okay so fun news, I am launching a macro newsletter from Common Wealth about the supply side data and the US economy called Forces of Production
Charts for bsky forthcoming at: @forcesofproduction.com
Launch essay below:
www.forcesofproduction.com/p/atop-the-f...
Charts for bsky forthcoming at: @forcesofproduction.com
Launch essay below:
www.forcesofproduction.com/p/atop-the-f...
Atop the Forces of Production
Announcing the launch of the Forces of Production macro data newsletter
www.forcesofproduction.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:10 PM
okay so fun news, I am launching a macro newsletter from Common Wealth about the supply side data and the US economy called Forces of Production
Charts for bsky forthcoming at: @forcesofproduction.com
Launch essay below:
www.forcesofproduction.com/p/atop-the-f...
Charts for bsky forthcoming at: @forcesofproduction.com
Launch essay below:
www.forcesofproduction.com/p/atop-the-f...
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I wrote an essay about banks for Griffith Review.
January 20, 2026 at 8:02 AM
I wrote an essay about banks for Griffith Review.
Hey hey -- newsletter in under the wire before the weekend about the Powell investigation, central bank independence and the Fed's dual mandate, and the Trump administration's vendetta against Powell: open.substack.com/pub/ninaeich...
So about Jerome Powell
On Fed Independence, Powell, and the Trump Administration
open.substack.com
January 16, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Hey hey -- newsletter in under the wire before the weekend about the Powell investigation, central bank independence and the Fed's dual mandate, and the Trump administration's vendetta against Powell: open.substack.com/pub/ninaeich...
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One grim takeaway I have from 2024 is that you could've run hundreds of millions of dollars on ads saying Trump would tank the markets and our global standing and it wouldn't have made a difference, everyone was just in the mood to Touch The Stove.
It's so cool how we're reinventing early 19th century liberalism from first principles
January 12, 2026 at 3:18 PM
One grim takeaway I have from 2024 is that you could've run hundreds of millions of dollars on ads saying Trump would tank the markets and our global standing and it wouldn't have made a difference, everyone was just in the mood to Touch The Stove.
In under the wire with some reflections about economic policies in 2025, and another set of shout outs for @weisenthal.bsky.social and @tracyalloway.bsky.social from Odd Lots: open.substack.com/pub/ninaeich...
Thoughts Going Into The New Year
And another reference to the Odd Lots hosts
open.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:49 PM
In under the wire with some reflections about economic policies in 2025, and another set of shout outs for @weisenthal.bsky.social and @tracyalloway.bsky.social from Odd Lots: open.substack.com/pub/ninaeich...
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The way the banks did it was basically sort of proactive stonewalling, you appoint some VP of blockchain initiatives to constantly turn out studies about how the current tools aren’t helpful to your business but you’re definitely on top of things in case something good does turn up, which it won’t.
December 26, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The way the banks did it was basically sort of proactive stonewalling, you appoint some VP of blockchain initiatives to constantly turn out studies about how the current tools aren’t helpful to your business but you’re definitely on top of things in case something good does turn up, which it won’t.
I wrote about @hamrahrama.bsky.social 's new book(s) in the newsletter this week: you should check it out, and buy/read his books! open.substack.com/pub/ninaeich...
Movies, Criticism, and Creative Destruction
Thinking about AS Hamrah's Algorithm of the Night
open.substack.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
I wrote about @hamrahrama.bsky.social 's new book(s) in the newsletter this week: you should check it out, and buy/read his books! open.substack.com/pub/ninaeich...
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Has Mitt Romney been reading the @taxlawcenter.org Tealbook of options to broaden the tax base? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
Opinion | Mitt Romney: Tax the Rich, Like Me
www.nytimes.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Has Mitt Romney been reading the @taxlawcenter.org Tealbook of options to broaden the tax base? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/o...
At the end of watching "Contagion" waaay back when, someone had a big coughing fit during the end credits, and everyone in the theater burst out laughing.
Raising the always fun question: What are your most memorable theater-going experiences?
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
Mine also include The Matrix, Blair Witch, and being way too stoned in Belgium when Fellowship of the Ring was sold out so we sat in the back row for Mulholland Drive instead.
It was hands-down one of the most memorable theater-going experiences I can remember, a collective 30-minute butt-clench/armrest-grab for the final climb. And we knew he lived! Wild.
December 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
At the end of watching "Contagion" waaay back when, someone had a big coughing fit during the end credits, and everyone in the theater burst out laughing.
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delmas hickory, painted by bertha heiges, 1904
December 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
delmas hickory, painted by bertha heiges, 1904
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lady james grapes, painted by amanda almira newton, 1905
December 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
lady james grapes, painted by amanda almira newton, 1905
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capital flight is less of a risk than people think -- most of it thats gonna fly is already /in/ tax havens and comparable jurisdictions
I was told everyone was leaving.
@fortune.com #NYC
@wutangforchildren.bsky.social
fortune.com/2025/12/04/m...
@fortune.com #NYC
@wutangforchildren.bsky.social
fortune.com/2025/12/04/m...
December 5, 2025 at 1:47 PM
capital flight is less of a risk than people think -- most of it thats gonna fly is already /in/ tax havens and comparable jurisdictions
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I also support this, give people their smol cars bsky.app/profile/bloo...
President Trump, apparently enamored by the pint-sized Kei cars he saw during his recent trip to Japan, has paved the way for them to be made and sold in the US despite concerns
Trump Wants Asia’s ‘Cute’ Kei Cars to be Made and Sold in US
President Donald Trump, apparently enamored by the pint-sized Kei cars he saw during his recent trip to Japan, has paved the way for them to be made and sold in the US, despite concerns that they’re too small and slow to be driven safely on American roads.
bloom.bg
December 4, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I also support this, give people their smol cars bsky.app/profile/bloo...
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when someone asks me about the tone of my off-broadway production
‘We’re doing arch’ Trump says in update on latest construction project
‘We’re doing arch’ Trump says in update on latest construction project
‘We’re doing arch’ Trump says in update on latest construction project
www.independent.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
when someone asks me about the tone of my off-broadway production
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I’m holly, I’m jolly. You’ve got believe me. I swear I am
December 3, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I’m holly, I’m jolly. You’ve got believe me. I swear I am
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This, from an excellent piece on the Fed Chair selection process, strikes me as a significant difference between Democratic and Republican presidents, particularly of late. Rs prioritize the Fed, Ds don’t as much.
December 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This, from an excellent piece on the Fed Chair selection process, strikes me as a significant difference between Democratic and Republican presidents, particularly of late. Rs prioritize the Fed, Ds don’t as much.
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the trump admin is cracking down on industry
The U.S. Transportation Department is threatening to shut down thousands of truck driving schools, part of the Trump administration's widening crackdown on industry.
Thousands of U.S. trucking schools could lose accreditation under DOT crackdown
The U.S. Transportation Department is threatening to shut down thousands of truck driving schools, part of the Trump administration's widening crackdown on industry.
n.pr
December 2, 2025 at 12:17 PM
the trump admin is cracking down on industry
a movie that takes place where you're from
November 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
a movie that takes place where you're from
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@leanderalphabet.bsky.social Curious if ICE raids have anything to do with this beyondthe90.substack.com/p/usmnt-atte...
USMNT Attendance Down 26% in 2025
Ninth time in last ten years average attendance has been below 30,000
beyondthe90.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 AM
@leanderalphabet.bsky.social Curious if ICE raids have anything to do with this beyondthe90.substack.com/p/usmnt-atte...
this all happening in tandem with deregulating and promoting the crypto universe is kind of, well, 😬
The @federalreserve.gov is expecting to cut about 30% of its workforce dedicated to bank supervision and regulation by the end of 2026.
This is in addition to its broader move to weaken the substantive regulations that apply to the banking industry.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
This is in addition to its broader move to weaken the substantive regulations that apply to the banking industry.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Fed’s Bowman Moves to Reduce Bank-Supervision Unit By About 30%
The Federal Reserve’s top bank cop announced plans to reorganize the agency’s supervision and regulation division and shrink the unit’s staff by roughly 30%.
www.bloomberg.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
this all happening in tandem with deregulating and promoting the crypto universe is kind of, well, 😬