Jeremy Horpedahl
@horp.bsky.social
Crime is one campaign issue where Trump is just barely treading water
October 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Crime is one campaign issue where Trump is just barely treading water
These were Trump's major campaign issues
October 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
These were Trump's major campaign issues
The increase in life expectancy is not solely a function of reduced child mortality. Life expectancy at age 15 has also increased dramatically in the past 100-200 years.
October 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The increase in life expectancy is not solely a function of reduced child mortality. Life expectancy at age 15 has also increased dramatically in the past 100-200 years.
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Here's a post that I wrote on the changing composition of spending
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Here's a post that I wrote on the changing composition of spending
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December 5, 2024 at 12:49 AM
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Here's a post that I wrote on the changing composition of spending
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Here's a post that I wrote on the changing composition of spending
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Has economic progress stopped since 1971? No. Most goods and services are more affordable for the average worker today than 1971. Housing is a notable and important exception
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December 5, 2024 at 12:48 AM
Has economic progress stopped since 1971? No. Most goods and services are more affordable for the average worker today than 1971. Housing is a notable and important exception
economistwritingeveryday.com/2024/12/04/t...
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People have long complained about the rising cost of food. And in the 1970s families were well within their rights to complain: grocery prices indeed rose much faster than wages!
Contrast that with the most recent decade...
Contrast that with the most recent decade...
December 2, 2024 at 8:45 PM
People have long complained about the rising cost of food. And in the 1970s families were well within their rights to complain: grocery prices indeed rose much faster than wages!
Contrast that with the most recent decade...
Contrast that with the most recent decade...
100 year standard-of-living comparison from Antony Davies. As he summarizes:
"the median US worker today has a quality of life similar to the top 1% in 1924, and a minimum wage worker today has a quality of life similar to the middle-class in 1924"
"the median US worker today has a quality of life similar to the top 1% in 1924, and a minimum wage worker today has a quality of life similar to the middle-class in 1924"
December 2, 2024 at 8:43 PM
100 year standard-of-living comparison from Antony Davies. As he summarizes:
"the median US worker today has a quality of life similar to the top 1% in 1924, and a minimum wage worker today has a quality of life similar to the middle-class in 1924"
"the median US worker today has a quality of life similar to the top 1% in 1924, and a minimum wage worker today has a quality of life similar to the middle-class in 1924"
It's fun to look at prices from the past, such as this 1899 Thanksgiving menu from the Plaza Hotel in NYC. But don't let those prices fool you: wages are over 200 times higher today: economistwritingeveryday.com/2024/11/27/d...
November 27, 2024 at 8:01 PM
It's fun to look at prices from the past, such as this 1899 Thanksgiving menu from the Plaza Hotel in NYC. But don't let those prices fool you: wages are over 200 times higher today: economistwritingeveryday.com/2024/11/27/d...
1. CPI inflation peaked in June 2022, 29 months ago: fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CPIAU...
2. Crime peaked in July 2022, 28 months ago: realtimecrimeindex.com
3. Wages rising faster than prices since March 2023, 20 months ago: fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1z5B5
4. S&P 500 up 43% in 18 months
2. Crime peaked in July 2022, 28 months ago: realtimecrimeindex.com
3. Wages rising faster than prices since March 2023, 20 months ago: fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1z5B5
4. S&P 500 up 43% in 18 months
November 6, 2024 at 5:42 PM
1. CPI inflation peaked in June 2022, 29 months ago: fred.stlouisfed.org/series/CPIAU...
2. Crime peaked in July 2022, 28 months ago: realtimecrimeindex.com
3. Wages rising faster than prices since March 2023, 20 months ago: fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1z5B5
4. S&P 500 up 43% in 18 months
2. Crime peaked in July 2022, 28 months ago: realtimecrimeindex.com
3. Wages rising faster than prices since March 2023, 20 months ago: fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=1z5B5
4. S&P 500 up 43% in 18 months
If you know, you know
November 5, 2024 at 4:43 PM
If you know, you know
Why are 7 million working-age men not in the labor force in the US? The biggest reason, and the primary reason for the increase since the 1960s: illness and disability
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October 17, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Why are 7 million working-age men not in the labor force in the US? The biggest reason, and the primary reason for the increase since the 1960s: illness and disability
economistwritingeveryday.com/2024/10/16/w...
economistwritingeveryday.com/2024/10/16/w...
That's quite a resumé
October 11, 2024 at 5:11 PM
That's quite a resumé
Perhaps per capita? Pretty close.
That latest GDPNow forecast is 2.5% also.
That latest GDPNow forecast is 2.5% also.
October 6, 2024 at 11:27 PM
Perhaps per capita? Pretty close.
That latest GDPNow forecast is 2.5% also.
That latest GDPNow forecast is 2.5% also.
The Employment-Population Ratio for prime age workers (ages 25-54) is at record highs (data back to 2007) for both native-born and foreign-born workers
No one is taking your jobs
No one is taking your jobs
October 4, 2024 at 3:13 PM
The Employment-Population Ratio for prime age workers (ages 25-54) is at record highs (data back to 2007) for both native-born and foreign-born workers
No one is taking your jobs
No one is taking your jobs
The latest Consumer Expenditure Survey for 2023 was released today. What does it show? Some highlights: consumers are spending less of their income on food and housing than 2022, and similar amounts compared with 2019
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September 25, 2024 at 3:56 PM
The latest Consumer Expenditure Survey for 2023 was released today. What does it show? Some highlights: consumers are spending less of their income on food and housing than 2022, and similar amounts compared with 2019
economistwritingeveryday.com/2024/09/25/c...
economistwritingeveryday.com/2024/09/25/c...
The homicide data the FBI reports is correct. It lines up with death data from CDC, and the trends follow exactly what police departments are reporting as shown in the Real-Time Crime Index sample of cities.
September 24, 2024 at 9:21 PM
The homicide data the FBI reports is correct. It lines up with death data from CDC, and the trends follow exactly what police departments are reporting as shown in the Real-Time Crime Index sample of cities.
September 23, 2024 at 8:26 PM
Because the data isn't seasonally adjusted, it may not look like native-born workers are at record levels (data back to 2007), but they are -- if you look just at August each year, 81.1% is the highest in this series (achieved in both August 2023 and 2024)
September 22, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Because the data isn't seasonally adjusted, it may not look like native-born workers are at record levels (data back to 2007), but they are -- if you look just at August each year, 81.1% is the highest in this series (achieved in both August 2023 and 2024)
People keep sharing this 1996 ad as if it correctly predicted the future. But it was obviously wrong!
September 21, 2024 at 4:02 AM
People keep sharing this 1996 ad as if it correctly predicted the future. But it was obviously wrong!
In 2021 the top 1% of households in the US paid 36% of federal taxes, while the bottom 60% of households paid just 1% of federal taxes
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September 19, 2024 at 2:50 PM
In 2021 the top 1% of households in the US paid 36% of federal taxes, while the bottom 60% of households paid just 1% of federal taxes
economistwritingeveryday.com/2024/09/18/t...
economistwritingeveryday.com/2024/09/18/t...
The best cure for poverty humans have discovered: Economic Freedom
www.fraserinstitute.org/studies/econ...
www.fraserinstitute.org/studies/econ...
September 19, 2024 at 2:48 PM
The best cure for poverty humans have discovered: Economic Freedom
www.fraserinstitute.org/studies/econ...
www.fraserinstitute.org/studies/econ...
From Baumol, Blinder and Solow textbook
September 15, 2024 at 3:37 PM
From Baumol, Blinder and Solow textbook
Here's homicide rates by county classification (2021)
September 14, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Here's homicide rates by county classification (2021)