Andrew Elrod
@andrewelrod.bsky.social
historian of wage and price controls in the US of A
WSJ interviews a No Kings participant.
October 18, 2025 at 8:46 PM
WSJ interviews a No Kings participant.
At Boston South Station trying to use the Auntie Anne’s WiFi
September 15, 2025 at 11:23 PM
At Boston South Station trying to use the Auntie Anne’s WiFi
Between the NYC mayor's race and the expanding, US-backed, potentially nuclear bombing of Iran, it can be hard to notice how the budget bill is shifting the politics inside the GOP—and, therefore, in America. Here Ted Fertik lays it out for the non-budget-junkies among us.
June 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Between the NYC mayor's race and the expanding, US-backed, potentially nuclear bombing of Iran, it can be hard to notice how the budget bill is shifting the politics inside the GOP—and, therefore, in America. Here Ted Fertik lays it out for the non-budget-junkies among us.
June 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Future of the dollar this, future of the dollar that. How to disentangle the current account from global currency reserves? Simple: "dollar-backed stablecoins worldwide." www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ame...
May 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Future of the dollar this, future of the dollar that. How to disentangle the current account from global currency reserves? Simple: "dollar-backed stablecoins worldwide." www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ame...
The politics of midcentury Brazilian inflation: the military coup's wage policy.
March 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The politics of midcentury Brazilian inflation: the military coup's wage policy.
Even Third Way wanted a shutdown www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
March 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Even Third Way wanted a shutdown www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
the official USTR report to Congress on the auto industry from last July: USMCA created 4,000 jobs compared to their model of the no-USMCA world
March 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
the official USTR report to Congress on the auto industry from last July: USMCA created 4,000 jobs compared to their model of the no-USMCA world
Over the course of the cycle hardly seems to indicate one way or another—as interested as we all are to know the turn…
February 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Over the course of the cycle hardly seems to indicate one way or another—as interested as we all are to know the turn…
healthcare inflation in the defense budget
February 27, 2025 at 4:26 PM
healthcare inflation in the defense budget
now it's the same old song, but with a different meaning since you've been gone
February 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
now it's the same old song, but with a different meaning since you've been gone
JFK deepens the deep state
February 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
JFK deepens the deep state
BLS reported 2024 major work stoppages this week. Often lost in the politics of reporting on "the working class" is that the resurgence we are in began in 2018. If you examine those strikes they were concentrated in K-12.
February 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
BLS reported 2024 major work stoppages this week. Often lost in the politics of reporting on "the working class" is that the resurgence we are in began in 2018. If you examine those strikes they were concentrated in K-12.
The profits boom in perspective, according to the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis. Every price is an income for someone and higher prices have been a bonanza for corporations.
How our political system deals with this fact has been the central question of the last four years.
How our political system deals with this fact has been the central question of the last four years.
February 19, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The profits boom in perspective, according to the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis. Every price is an income for someone and higher prices have been a bonanza for corporations.
How our political system deals with this fact has been the central question of the last four years.
How our political system deals with this fact has been the central question of the last four years.
"Norris was one of only six senators to vote against the declaration of war on Germany in 1917."
February 14, 2025 at 12:56 AM
"Norris was one of only six senators to vote against the declaration of war on Germany in 1917."
Always interested to see George Joannides's name come up www.vanityfair.com/news/story/j...
February 13, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Always interested to see George Joannides's name come up www.vanityfair.com/news/story/j...
weekly hours per worker in warehousing and trucking has a long-term decline, wonder what this is about
February 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
weekly hours per worker in warehousing and trucking has a long-term decline, wonder what this is about
what is kuttner doing
February 10, 2025 at 8:46 PM
what is kuttner doing
Wow Furman coming out in favor of an excess profits tax and emergency allocations in the pages of Foreign Affairs.
February 10, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Wow Furman coming out in favor of an excess profits tax and emergency allocations in the pages of Foreign Affairs.
Idk BLS... "The highest concentration of establishments in the United States with “sports bar” in the name was in the St. Cloud, Minnesota"
February 8, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Idk BLS... "The highest concentration of establishments in the United States with “sports bar” in the name was in the St. Cloud, Minnesota"
Why did SPR stocks increase with the oil price run up in 2004-2006?
February 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Why did SPR stocks increase with the oil price run up in 2004-2006?
it’s not an archetype if there are a lot of other examples and the defining one comes before you
February 2, 2025 at 6:14 AM
it’s not an archetype if there are a lot of other examples and the defining one comes before you
New evidence of bifurcation of labor markets in the period historians continue to call the “New Deal Order.” open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
January 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
New evidence of bifurcation of labor markets in the period historians continue to call the “New Deal Order.” open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...