Conner N. Howell
connernhowell.substack.com
Conner N. Howell
@connernhowell.substack.com
Grad student studying economics at UMKC. I'm interested in financial economics, heterodox macroeconomics, and complexity economics. I research banking, shadow banking, debt, and securitization.
October 31, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I got the chance to speak to the fine folks at Shawnee Mission Unitarian Universalist Church about money and the economy for their Sustainable Economics series.
September 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Whatever happens next, I hope the Syrian people get a real say in it.
December 9, 2024 at 1:06 AM
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🌐📈 South Korea becomes the first nation to replace over 10% of its industrial workforce with robots.

Just imagine – 10% of the workforce already replaced and the trend is rising.

Korea is the first nation with such significant robot 'population'.

#EconSky

www.independent.co.uk/tech/robots-...
South Korea becomes first country to fill 10% of its workforce with robots
The country has invested billions into robotics to address a shrinking working population due to low birth rates
www.independent.co.uk
November 26, 2024 at 3:40 PM
November 24, 2024 at 1:03 PM
Looking forward to presenting some of my work today. Good vibes all around
November 22, 2024 at 5:02 PM
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Gamers now spend over $20 billion on loot boxes every year. 90% of this revenue comes from just 1.5% of players ("whales").

Regular players enjoy loot boxes for their gameplay complementarity, but whales mostly get loot box value from the direct utility.

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
November 19, 2024 at 5:58 PM
For the spree of new followers: thanks!

I'm a PhD student in economics at UMKC here in Kansas City. I have a bunch of interests, but mostly my recent work has been on shadow banking and securitization. I have a Post-Keynesian/Minskyan outlook, but I've dabbled in Marxian economics as well.
November 17, 2024 at 3:52 AM
I assume something went down on Twitter again because I started getting more followers out of nowhere
November 16, 2024 at 4:02 PM
What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders?

We don't really have any good theories about the prices of most financial products. Most of the theories we have rest on assumptions which are known to be false or aren't falsifiable. Most prices are probably just vibes.
What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders?

The Born Rule — the square of the wavefunction represents a probability distribution — is just a made up assumption that apparently works and no one knows why.
What is common knowledge in your field but shocks outsiders?

Essentially every atom in Universe heavier than helium was produced in the life or death of stars because the Big Bang was first too hot and then too low in density for the right nuclear fusion 🧪
October 23, 2024 at 10:53 PM
A brilliant interview with Michael Hudson

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Michael Hudson: Debt, Economic Collapse, and the End of Civilization
YouTube video by Robinson Erhardt
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August 18, 2024 at 2:26 PM
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Shadow banking on the edge (part 6):

Top financial watchdog says shadow bank vulnerabilities yet to be fixed on.ft.com/4cPMKHD
#EconSky
Top financial watchdog says shadow bank vulnerabilities yet to be fixed
FSB’s Klaas Knot warns global tensions and rising debt levels increase risk of new financial crisis
on.ft.com
July 23, 2024 at 7:50 AM
Fun times ahead for us in America, Biden dropped out
July 21, 2024 at 6:11 PM
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dang ol’ paradox of thrift 📈📉
July 17, 2024 at 1:49 PM
You always see investment groups and CEOs talking about creating value for investors, but they never explain which theory of value they're using
July 16, 2024 at 12:29 PM
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We have good and precise language #econsky
July 13, 2024 at 9:06 PM
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More on the brewing financial crisis which extends beyond private equity.
Triple A rated “senior” bonds in default. These are the same kind of mortgage backed securities that caused all the problems in 2007/8.
I don’t understand why these things are still legal.
#econsky
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Top-rated European commercial mortgage bonds set for first losses since credit crisis
Holders of senior notes backed by UK shopping centres, German housing units and French offices to be hit, say analysts
on.ft.com
June 30, 2024 at 7:20 AM
@unlearnecon.bsky.social

George Selgin and Steve Keen had a debate over Selgin's recent paper that's worth watching. Selgin comes off as a bit more reasonable than his paper, in my opinion.

www.youtube.com/live/jbXcvv4...
Thin Air Economics
George Selgin joins Real-Time with Steve Keen & Friends this week.George is a senior fellow and director emeritus of the of the Center for Monetary and Finan...
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June 9, 2024 at 3:59 PM
I don't always agree with Mosler, but his ability to explain his viewpoints simply always impresses me.

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How Much Money Can We Print? - Warren Mosler, Modern Monetary Theory - DSPod #251
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June 8, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Presented my research on securitization today at the Diastole in Kansas City.
April 20, 2024 at 9:34 PM