Jock O’Connell
@jockoconnell.bsky.social
Practicing economist. Old enough to have shaken hands with Alf Landon. Studied arithmetic at London School of Economics, UC Davis, College of the Holy Cross, and University of Vienna. Holder of Irish citizenship.
Talk about tariffs mangling supply chains, this tomato grown in a Canadian hothouse was purchased today in Sacramento, the center of the tomato-growing universe.
August 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Talk about tariffs mangling supply chains, this tomato grown in a Canadian hothouse was purchased today in Sacramento, the center of the tomato-growing universe.
Currently reading…
August 24, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Currently reading…
California checking in. Please note the horrible, unrelenting sunshine.
June 22, 2025 at 2:03 AM
California checking in. Please note the horrible, unrelenting sunshine.
A few cases of diverted trade? Here’s a can of California-grown tomatoes that normally would have been imported by Earth’s Choice, a Canadian food distributor in Vancouver, British Columbia…found on sale for 99 cents today in a Sacramento grocery store after Canada retaliated against U.S. products.
June 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
A few cases of diverted trade? Here’s a can of California-grown tomatoes that normally would have been imported by Earth’s Choice, a Canadian food distributor in Vancouver, British Columbia…found on sale for 99 cents today in a Sacramento grocery store after Canada retaliated against U.S. products.
Flags over California’s State Capitol on the first day of June.
June 1, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Flags over California’s State Capitol on the first day of June.
What pause? A roll of aluminum foil imported from Thailand has just been marked up 40% at a discount store in West Sacramento (home of the former Oakland A’s) because of “the tariffs” said the checkout clerk.
April 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
What pause? A roll of aluminum foil imported from Thailand has just been marked up 40% at a discount store in West Sacramento (home of the former Oakland A’s) because of “the tariffs” said the checkout clerk.
Apparently, watching “It’s a Wonderful Life” has become an international Christmas tradition. Here’s a screenshot of the film dubbed into Italian on television here in Tuscany yesterday.
December 29, 2024 at 9:54 AM
Apparently, watching “It’s a Wonderful Life” has become an international Christmas tradition. Here’s a screenshot of the film dubbed into Italian on television here in Tuscany yesterday.
My lunch Monday in Lucca, Tuscany.
December 24, 2024 at 10:53 AM
My lunch Monday in Lucca, Tuscany.
I love that the Food Channel on Italian television has a cooking show featuring nuns preparing gourmet meals in a convent kitchen.
December 20, 2024 at 11:44 AM
I love that the Food Channel on Italian television has a cooking show featuring nuns preparing gourmet meals in a convent kitchen.
Great to be back in Lucca for several weeks.
December 1, 2024 at 7:51 AM
Great to be back in Lucca for several weeks.
Thanksgiving in Tuscany.
November 30, 2024 at 8:48 AM
Thanksgiving in Tuscany.
NorCal expat here: Sunset last night looking out toward Majorca from the Spanish coast at Cambrils.
November 21, 2024 at 8:01 AM
NorCal expat here: Sunset last night looking out toward Majorca from the Spanish coast at Cambrils.
Sunset last night from the Spanish coast looking toward Majorca.
November 21, 2024 at 7:31 AM
Sunset last night from the Spanish coast looking toward Majorca.
Mediterranean sunset over Majorca right now.
November 20, 2024 at 4:52 PM
Mediterranean sunset over Majorca right now.
Sunrise at Cambrils, Catalonia this morning.
November 20, 2024 at 9:29 AM
Sunrise at Cambrils, Catalonia this morning.
Enjoying a sunny stroll along the Costa Daurada.
November 17, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Enjoying a sunny stroll along the Costa Daurada.