Lucien Gross
@luciengross.bsky.social
Pro-market center-left, or pro-progress center-right, however you want to slice it.
I only wish Trump was in the pockets of Wall Street as much as some Democrats say he is; then, he’d have listened to them and avoided this disaster!
March 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I only wish Trump was in the pockets of Wall Street as much as some Democrats say he is; then, he’d have listened to them and avoided this disaster!
Jared Golden supporting a massive tax hike that will disproportionately harm his constituents. Unbelievable.
🧵It was never going to be easy or painless to overturn decades of free-trade policies that have failed working people, but we have to think in years, not days.
March 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Jared Golden supporting a massive tax hike that will disproportionately harm his constituents. Unbelievable.
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January 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Doing something solely because it is prohibited abdicates control over and responsibility for one’s own actions and decisions every bit as much as doing something solely because it is mandated does.
January 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Doing something solely because it is prohibited abdicates control over and responsibility for one’s own actions and decisions every bit as much as doing something solely because it is mandated does.
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The take I am most certain of that gets me in the most trouble is just "The reason homes are so expensive is because there are not enough of them, so we really really really need to build more of them."
January 13, 2025 at 8:30 PM
The take I am most certain of that gets me in the most trouble is just "The reason homes are so expensive is because there are not enough of them, so we really really really need to build more of them."
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congestion pricing is a policy miracle
January 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
congestion pricing is a policy miracle
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Ratio me away to Valhalla, but practically the entire developed world is experiencing a right-wing surge as progressives lose ground in country after country, in large part because of a unique global inflation crisis that many traditional economists, including the pictured Jason Furman, saw coming.
January 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Ratio me away to Valhalla, but practically the entire developed world is experiencing a right-wing surge as progressives lose ground in country after country, in large part because of a unique global inflation crisis that many traditional economists, including the pictured Jason Furman, saw coming.
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@crampell.bsky.social on Biden's legacy: "Despite the $7.5 billion allocated for EV charging stations, only 44 stations have been built nationwide so far. A $42 billion expansion of broadband internet service still has not connected a single household." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | The legacy of Bidenomics: Maybe not much at all
Biden struggled to implement economic policies that will endure past his presidency.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 7, 2025 at 9:59 PM
@crampell.bsky.social on Biden's legacy: "Despite the $7.5 billion allocated for EV charging stations, only 44 stations have been built nationwide so far. A $42 billion expansion of broadband internet service still has not connected a single household." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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where does the new york times even find these people
January 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
where does the new york times even find these people
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they don't believe dems are doing anything about it--and they're right!
"The post-election poll, conducted by Democratic pollster David Binder, found that affordability and high cost of living in the state were the preeminent concerns of California’s Latino voters — and they don’t believe the Democrats who run the government are doing anything about it."
‘You don’t get red-pilled overnight’: California’s political players explain what happened in 2024
The steep drop in turnout compared to 2020 is “in and of itself, a political statement,” said one analyst.
www.politico.com
January 6, 2025 at 2:44 AM
they don't believe dems are doing anything about it--and they're right!
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Most businesspeople are always going to prefer Republicans because of low taxes, but the post-2012 effort to *deliberately stigmatize center-left business people* was a disaster.
www.slowboring.com/p/liberalism...
www.slowboring.com/p/liberalism...
Liberalism not socialism
Democrats need to stop acting like business careers are immoral or corrupt
www.slowboring.com
December 23, 2024 at 3:55 PM
Most businesspeople are always going to prefer Republicans because of low taxes, but the post-2012 effort to *deliberately stigmatize center-left business people* was a disaster.
www.slowboring.com/p/liberalism...
www.slowboring.com/p/liberalism...
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Trump opposes using existing technology & automation to more quickly & efficiently process the goods entering & leaving our ports ... because the waste, inefficiency, cost overruns, and delays will require more jobs.
The short-sighted economic illteracy knows no bounds.
The short-sighted economic illteracy knows no bounds.
December 13, 2024 at 3:57 AM
Trump opposes using existing technology & automation to more quickly & efficiently process the goods entering & leaving our ports ... because the waste, inefficiency, cost overruns, and delays will require more jobs.
The short-sighted economic illteracy knows no bounds.
The short-sighted economic illteracy knows no bounds.
A big reason for the Weimar Republic’s fall was that the Empire was seen as a land of kings and knights, while the Republic was a land of bureaucrats and career politicians. To survive, liberal democracy needs heroes.
December 19, 2024 at 12:18 PM
A big reason for the Weimar Republic’s fall was that the Empire was seen as a land of kings and knights, while the Republic was a land of bureaucrats and career politicians. To survive, liberal democracy needs heroes.
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there was a good study out of germany that seemed to show that increasing national immigration generated backlash... but *local* immigration levels drove increasing acceptance of immigrants
the people who are most bothered by immigrants are least affected
the people who are most bothered by immigrants are least affected
To claim that somehow Americans all had some sort of widespread negative experience with immigrants is just beyond any possible comprehensible reality.
They are having negative experiences in their lives and are then being told immigrants are the cause.
Critically examining that is essential.
They are having negative experiences in their lives and are then being told immigrants are the cause.
Critically examining that is essential.
December 18, 2024 at 1:13 AM
there was a good study out of germany that seemed to show that increasing national immigration generated backlash... but *local* immigration levels drove increasing acceptance of immigrants
the people who are most bothered by immigrants are least affected
the people who are most bothered by immigrants are least affected
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New York City's outdoor dining saga is a cautionary tale for what happens when cities prioritize bureaucratic control over innovation. What began as a creative, organic solution to an economic and social problem has been stifled by overregulation.
The death and life of New York outdoor dining
What began as a vibrant, organic solution to a crisis has been stifled by overregulation.
reason.com
December 17, 2024 at 2:04 PM
New York City's outdoor dining saga is a cautionary tale for what happens when cities prioritize bureaucratic control over innovation. What began as a creative, organic solution to an economic and social problem has been stifled by overregulation.
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There is absolutely no way my tariffs video would already have nearly 75,000 views if not for Donald Trump wanting to raise tariffs. Tariffs are boring to most folks. The curiosity to learn about them was just not there before. I wish they were curious sooner. Now it's too late.
December 14, 2024 at 6:41 PM
There is absolutely no way my tariffs video would already have nearly 75,000 views if not for Donald Trump wanting to raise tariffs. Tariffs are boring to most folks. The curiosity to learn about them was just not there before. I wish they were curious sooner. Now it's too late.
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I became a Republican in the 1980s because I believed in markets, competition, and innovation - and ceased to be a Republican in the 2020s because I believe in markets, competition, and innovation.
December 13, 2024 at 10:45 AM
I became a Republican in the 1980s because I believed in markets, competition, and innovation - and ceased to be a Republican in the 2020s because I believe in markets, competition, and innovation.
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elite overproduction is so bad that ivy leaguers are now taking traditional working-class jobs like assassin
December 9, 2024 at 11:15 PM
elite overproduction is so bad that ivy leaguers are now taking traditional working-class jobs like assassin
That this predicts the election down to the state is crazy.
December 6, 2024 at 11:31 PM
That this predicts the election down to the state is crazy.
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NYC’s housing is so expensive because we don’t build nearly enough of it.
Tokyo and Jersey City are building far more housing per capita than we are. Whether it’s our local or global competition, we're falling far short.
It’s time to Rebuild NYC.
zellnor.nyc/rebuildnyc
Tokyo and Jersey City are building far more housing per capita than we are. Whether it’s our local or global competition, we're falling far short.
It’s time to Rebuild NYC.
zellnor.nyc/rebuildnyc
December 3, 2024 at 6:05 PM
NYC’s housing is so expensive because we don’t build nearly enough of it.
Tokyo and Jersey City are building far more housing per capita than we are. Whether it’s our local or global competition, we're falling far short.
It’s time to Rebuild NYC.
zellnor.nyc/rebuildnyc
Tokyo and Jersey City are building far more housing per capita than we are. Whether it’s our local or global competition, we're falling far short.
It’s time to Rebuild NYC.
zellnor.nyc/rebuildnyc
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I used to be a fan of presidentialism when I taught political science, but lately I'm, uh, having second thoughts
I am once again asking you not to set your country up as a presidentialist system
December 3, 2024 at 8:48 PM
I used to be a fan of presidentialism when I taught political science, but lately I'm, uh, having second thoughts