Chris Cunningham
@econcunningham.bsky.social
Urban, Housing, Real Estate and Public Economics; former Fed Economist, Founder Citinomics.com; Syracuse grad, dad, hiker, living in Den Haag, NL.
It's just getting ridiculous: The American Soybean Association put out a statement thanking Mr. Trump for exempting fertilizers used in soybean production. Other industries protested being left off the exemptions list.
November 15, 2025 at 7:21 AM
It's just getting ridiculous: The American Soybean Association put out a statement thanking Mr. Trump for exempting fertilizers used in soybean production. Other industries protested being left off the exemptions list.
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Randall Munroe, welcome to The War on Cars.
![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Randall Munroe, welcome to The War on Cars.
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It would be hilarious if incels breaking for Trump skewed the sex ratio against themselves.
Female flight risk quadruples abroad. #econsky
"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."
November 13, 2025 at 5:46 PM
It would be hilarious if incels breaking for Trump skewed the sex ratio against themselves.
Tax experts, how does the partnership structure affect income taxes? Does it also turn everything above the pay-out into a dividend? Can Bessent claim a carried interest deduction?
NYT: “.. Through that structure, Mr. Bessent avoided paying roughly $910,000 in Medicare taxes on money he made running his hedge fund in 2021, 2022 and 2023 ..”
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November 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Tax experts, how does the partnership structure affect income taxes? Does it also turn everything above the pay-out into a dividend? Can Bessent claim a carried interest deduction?
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The government shutdown might’ve killed the December rate cut.
FED'S DALY: REALLY THINK THERE IS A PREMIUM ON WAITING TO DECIDE ON RATES UNTIL YOU HAVE AS MUCH INFORMATION
FED'S DALY: REALLY THINK THERE IS A PREMIUM ON WAITING TO DECIDE ON RATES UNTIL YOU HAVE AS MUCH INFORMATION
November 13, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The government shutdown might’ve killed the December rate cut.
FED'S DALY: REALLY THINK THERE IS A PREMIUM ON WAITING TO DECIDE ON RATES UNTIL YOU HAVE AS MUCH INFORMATION
FED'S DALY: REALLY THINK THERE IS A PREMIUM ON WAITING TO DECIDE ON RATES UNTIL YOU HAVE AS MUCH INFORMATION
Honey, I just sold my incredibly profitable mining equipment business to go prospect for gold in the Klondike.
Softbank on Tuesday disclosed it had sold its entire $5.8 billion stake in Nvidia to fund its investments in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI.
Masayoshi Son No Longer Asia’s 3rd Richest—After Softbank Sells Nvidia Stake
Softbank on Tuesday disclosed it had sold its entire $5.8 billion stake in Nvidia to fund its investments in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Honey, I just sold my incredibly profitable mining equipment business to go prospect for gold in the Klondike.
This is great for spreading ideas and attracting fellow travelers ;) but the end goal needs to be getting back to a world where the kids just bike when and where they want and don't need to platoon and adult chaperones to protect them from cars on the way to school.
We’ve had a lot of fun on book tour but nothing brought a smile to my face quite like the Bike Bus. What a treat to start our day this way!
Pure joy on the Bike Bus this morning!
November 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
This is great for spreading ideas and attracting fellow travelers ;) but the end goal needs to be getting back to a world where the kids just bike when and where they want and don't need to platoon and adult chaperones to protect them from cars on the way to school.
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During public comment, someone asserted the fact that sales in the Market are slightly up year-over-year was evidence that the pedestrianized Pike Place is hurting businesses, because sales should be up MORE after the opening of the Overlook Walk.
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Good news: Sales at Pike Place Market were up 9.7% in September! That's four months of solid data showing the pedestrianization pilot is good for business.
Add your ideas for how to keep the momentum going this fall and winter: actionnetwork.org/letters/pike...
Add your ideas for how to keep the momentum going this fall and winter: actionnetwork.org/letters/pike...
November 13, 2025 at 1:54 AM
During public comment, someone asserted the fact that sales in the Market are slightly up year-over-year was evidence that the pedestrianized Pike Place is hurting businesses, because sales should be up MORE after the opening of the Overlook Walk.
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Raphael was the best bank president I worked with. He will be difficult to replace, and I fear the FOMC will be poorer for his absence.
Bostic exits, Trump eyes Fed. #econsky
Raphael Bostic, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, will retire at the end of his term in February, opening up a new seat on the Fed’s interest-rate setting committee at a time that President Donald Trump is seeking to exert more control over the central bank.
November 12, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Raphael was the best bank president I worked with. He will be difficult to replace, and I fear the FOMC will be poorer for his absence.
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The Friends of BLS are currently seeking organizational and individual support for our FY26 BLS Endorsement Letter and hope you will join us by signing on as an organization or individual.
#EconSky #NumbersDay
#EconSky #NumbersDay
November 12, 2025 at 6:41 PM
The Friends of BLS are currently seeking organizational and individual support for our FY26 BLS Endorsement Letter and hope you will join us by signing on as an organization or individual.
#EconSky #NumbersDay
#EconSky #NumbersDay
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READ MORE about the emerging field of “bikenomics” in this article Chris wrote on the @dutchcycling.nl website: dutchcycling.nl/knowledge/ex...
DCE - Rethinking Transport Infrastructure Investment Through the Lens of Bikenomics
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November 12, 2025 at 7:00 AM
READ MORE about the emerging field of “bikenomics” in this article Chris wrote on the @dutchcycling.nl website: dutchcycling.nl/knowledge/ex...
Glad to have the baksfiet share back in service so Honey can get her hip shot and go to the beach!
November 12, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Glad to have the baksfiet share back in service so Honey can get her hip shot and go to the beach!
Sunday morning at 10:30 and the The Hague city services was out to empty to a full recycling vault. This is great infrastructure, but it also requires diligent service provision.
November 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Sunday morning at 10:30 and the The Hague city services was out to empty to a full recycling vault. This is great infrastructure, but it also requires diligent service provision.
This is pretty clearly a man-made lake.
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 PM
This is pretty clearly a man-made lake.
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
Spoiler alert, in the wonder murder mystery series The Residence, trading government contracts for private White House renovations was a serious crime that might drive someone to murder to avoid detection...
Meet the 37 private donors for Trump’s ballroom—many of whom have ongoing governmental contracts or regulatory cases.
It sure looks like their multi-million dollar donations are a way to curry favor.
It sure looks like their multi-million dollar donations are a way to curry favor.
Meet all 37 White House ballroom donors funding the $300 million build, including Silicon Valley tech giants, crypto bros and the Lutnicks | Fortune
The list, reviewed by Fortune, did not mention specific dollar amounts offered by each contributor.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Spoiler alert, in the wonder murder mystery series The Residence, trading government contracts for private White House renovations was a serious crime that might drive someone to murder to avoid detection...
What should a future democratic president--if there is one--do with the Trump Ballroom?
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Convert the Trump Ballroom into the Museum of Tenuous Democracy
What to do with the defiled East Wing of the White House?
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October 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
What should a future democratic president--if there is one--do with the Trump Ballroom?
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Fraud is legal
Exclusive | Trump Pardons Convicted Binance Founder
The pardon follows months of efforts by Changpeng Zhao to boost Trump crypto company
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October 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Fraud is legal
I tried to write a paper on the hedonic value of architecture that stalled for funding. But I did spend a lot of time reading architecture texts, and I'm pretty sure this violates certain rules of proportion.
See the White House as It Stood and What Trump Envisions www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
See the White House as It Stood and What Trump Envisions www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
White House East Wing: See Before Trump's Renovations, and Plans for His Ballroom
Here's how the White House looked before demolition of the East Wing began, and what the president plans for it.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I tried to write a paper on the hedonic value of architecture that stalled for funding. But I did spend a lot of time reading architecture texts, and I'm pretty sure this violates certain rules of proportion.
See the White House as It Stood and What Trump Envisions www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
See the White House as It Stood and What Trump Envisions www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Let’s be clear about what just happened: Jimmy Kimmel, a prominent late-night comedian, was just taken off the airwaves because the Trump administration didn’t like what he had to say — and threatened his employer until they shut him up. voxdotcom.visitlink.me/fryLLE
September 18, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Let’s be clear about what just happened: Jimmy Kimmel, a prominent late-night comedian, was just taken off the airwaves because the Trump administration didn’t like what he had to say — and threatened his employer until they shut him up. voxdotcom.visitlink.me/fryLLE
This is a really important paper. American infrastructure is expensive because we outsourced the capacity design (or perhaps even bid) effectively.
🚨NEW RESULTS (w/ Slattery & Nober)
- When gov't engineers retire, highway projects cost more: the engineers pay for themselves 6 times over
- Improving gov’t engineer quality from the 25th to 75th percentile reduces costs by 14%, equal to 3x avg. engineer pay
Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
- When gov't engineers retire, highway projects cost more: the engineers pay for themselves 6 times over
- Improving gov’t engineer quality from the 25th to 75th percentile reduces costs by 14%, equal to 3x avg. engineer pay
Paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
September 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is a really important paper. American infrastructure is expensive because we outsourced the capacity design (or perhaps even bid) effectively.
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Kirk paid to bus people to J6, man. He was not invested in a peaceful path
to winning democracy through debate, he was happy to have the appearance of playing within the rules of constitutional liberalism while actively working to overthrow it. www.govinfo.gov/app/details/...
to winning democracy through debate, he was happy to have the appearance of playing within the rules of constitutional liberalism while actively working to overthrow it. www.govinfo.gov/app/details/...
September 11, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Kirk paid to bus people to J6, man. He was not invested in a peaceful path
to winning democracy through debate, he was happy to have the appearance of playing within the rules of constitutional liberalism while actively working to overthrow it. www.govinfo.gov/app/details/...
to winning democracy through debate, he was happy to have the appearance of playing within the rules of constitutional liberalism while actively working to overthrow it. www.govinfo.gov/app/details/...
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“If Spokane, Bremerton, Bothell and Shoreline can eliminate parking mandates citywide, Seattle should be no sweat. After all, Seattle leads the region in ditching cars and forming carfree households.”
September 11, 2025 at 4:32 AM
“If Spokane, Bremerton, Bothell and Shoreline can eliminate parking mandates citywide, Seattle should be no sweat. After all, Seattle leads the region in ditching cars and forming carfree households.”
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The oldest trick in the climate delay playbook:
1. Rule out all other measures as unnecessary and counterproductive because we will introduce CO2 pricing
2. Then rule out CO2 pricing because it would make things unaffordable
3. Checkmate
1. Rule out all other measures as unnecessary and counterproductive because we will introduce CO2 pricing
2. Then rule out CO2 pricing because it would make things unaffordable
3. Checkmate
German Conservatives call for ditching the 2035 phaseout of fossil fuel vehicle sales, arguing that we (will) price CO2 with ETS2, so no other measure is needed
But the minute ETS2 starts in 2027 and makes fuel more expensive, they *will* campaign against it, mark my words
But the minute ETS2 starts in 2027 and makes fuel more expensive, they *will* campaign against it, mark my words
September 10, 2025 at 7:07 AM
The oldest trick in the climate delay playbook:
1. Rule out all other measures as unnecessary and counterproductive because we will introduce CO2 pricing
2. Then rule out CO2 pricing because it would make things unaffordable
3. Checkmate
1. Rule out all other measures as unnecessary and counterproductive because we will introduce CO2 pricing
2. Then rule out CO2 pricing because it would make things unaffordable
3. Checkmate