Howard Wall
@hjwallecon.bsky.social
Economist, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Director, Center for Regional Economic Research
Director, Center for Regional Economic Research
It sounds like he is confusing prices and inflation, unless he means that the tariff effects will wear off. It is their effect on inflation that should not be persistent, not their effect on prices.
February 18, 2025 at 1:12 AM
It sounds like he is confusing prices and inflation, unless he means that the tariff effects will wear off. It is their effect on inflation that should not be persistent, not their effect on prices.
Cosplaying doesn't really scare that many people.
February 3, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Cosplaying doesn't really scare that many people.
For the time being, let's just keep calling it your mom's basement.
February 3, 2025 at 12:52 AM
For the time being, let's just keep calling it your mom's basement.
Wow. A betrayal of a phony yet crazy movement. Quite the serious charge.
January 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Wow. A betrayal of a phony yet crazy movement. Quite the serious charge.
So they just get it out of the ground and then use it all themselves? Do they just burn it away, or do they use it for getting more oil?
January 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
So they just get it out of the ground and then use it all themselves? Do they just burn it away, or do they use it for getting more oil?
Need to close the height gap.
January 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Need to close the height gap.
I agree that they should not be treated as equal, but a height subsidy would encourage the short to better measure up.
January 4, 2025 at 9:46 PM
I agree that they should not be treated as equal, but a height subsidy would encourage the short to better measure up.
He was referring to NYC central business district when he said "district" and I thought he meant the District of Columbia.
January 4, 2025 at 9:30 PM
He was referring to NYC central business district when he said "district" and I thought he meant the District of Columbia.
How is this a national security issue?
January 3, 2025 at 4:10 PM
How is this a national security issue?
But the claim is that people don't use their trucks for trucking. No need for towing or hauling, so a bike will do. If you demonstrate a need to a truc to a panel of MIT urban planners, they might give you a dispensation to get a truck judged more suitable to their superior sensibilities.
January 1, 2025 at 3:42 PM
But the claim is that people don't use their trucks for trucking. No need for towing or hauling, so a bike will do. If you demonstrate a need to a truc to a panel of MIT urban planners, they might give you a dispensation to get a truck judged more suitable to their superior sensibilities.
I think the point is quite obnoxious, actually. People paid their own money for what they think is best for them and what they want. Need has nothing to do with it. Taken to its logical conclusion, no one actually needs a vehicle at all. Bicycles will do fine.
January 1, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I think the point is quite obnoxious, actually. People paid their own money for what they think is best for them and what they want. Need has nothing to do with it. Taken to its logical conclusion, no one actually needs a vehicle at all. Bicycles will do fine.
You can get any seating/bed-length combo you want. But when your goal is condescending snideness, misrepresentation is useful.
December 31, 2024 at 4:17 PM
You can get any seating/bed-length combo you want. But when your goal is condescending snideness, misrepresentation is useful.
Quite a few. I also see many with extended cabs. Different people have different truck needs and it is good that there is more variety than there used to be.
December 31, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Quite a few. I also see many with extended cabs. Different people have different truck needs and it is good that there is more variety than there used to be.
Nonsense. The base model doesn't have the extended cab.
December 30, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Nonsense. The base model doesn't have the extended cab.
So what you'e saying us that we are addicted to saying things are addictive.
December 26, 2024 at 4:30 AM
So what you'e saying us that we are addicted to saying things are addictive.
Beware of charlatans. Economists run the gamut, but there are many charlatans who get attention as if they are serious people. They are on the left and right. Pro tariff and anti-immigration are sure signs, as is reflexive caterwauling about inequality, greed, and monopoly.
December 25, 2024 at 6:39 PM
Beware of charlatans. Economists run the gamut, but there are many charlatans who get attention as if they are serious people. They are on the left and right. Pro tariff and anti-immigration are sure signs, as is reflexive caterwauling about inequality, greed, and monopoly.
He usually lies about the discipline, but it is not always easy to separate his dishonesty from his ignorance.
December 25, 2024 at 5:18 PM
He usually lies about the discipline, but it is not always easy to separate his dishonesty from his ignorance.
And the fact that he has lied about being one suggests that integrity is not one of his strengths.
December 25, 2024 at 5:06 PM
And the fact that he has lied about being one suggests that integrity is not one of his strengths.
Reich isn't an economist.
December 25, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Reich isn't an economist.
It was and it is funnier than ever now that people are taking it seriously on the internet. I might try to revive the macroeconomics of vampires, why does everything take e times what it should, growth and the voyage of Columbus, etc.
December 25, 2024 at 4:51 PM
It was and it is funnier than ever now that people are taking it seriously on the internet. I might try to revive the macroeconomics of vampires, why does everything take e times what it should, growth and the voyage of Columbus, etc.
We would have to declare war on ourselves.
December 25, 2024 at 1:38 AM
We would have to declare war on ourselves.