Greg Ip
Chief Economics Commentator at The Wall Street Journal
Chief economics commentator for The Wall Street Journal. A fox, not a hedgehog. On Blue Sky at https://t.co/6apJXzev2s
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1 day ago |
wsj.com | Greg Ip
Back in 2022, Austin, Texas, had a mayoral election that bore a superficial resemblance to New York City’s this week. The final runoff featured two Democrats, one an establishment candidate and former mayor, the other a lesser-known progressive. The main issue was a housing shortage that had sent home prices and rents soaring. There, the similarities end. Despite different backgrounds, the two candidates had the same approach to housing: Make it easier to build.
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4 days ago |
jp.wsj.com | Greg Ip
【ロサンゼルス】もし予算だけを考えれば、映画「ウェイ・オブ・ザ・ウォリアー・キッド」は、米ジョージア州アトランタやカナダ、オーストラリア、英国で撮影されていただろう。米海軍特殊部隊（SEAL）の元隊員がいじめに遭うおいを訓練し、成長させる物語だ。この作品のプロデューサー、ベン・エバラード氏（41）が人気俳優クリス・プラット氏に脚本を見せたところ、彼は出演を快諾したものの条件を一つ出したという。「撮影はロサンゼルスでお願いしたい。妻が妊娠中なんだ」 エバラード氏は自身の第二の故郷であるロサンゼルスにとってこれは勝利でもあり、警告でもあると受け止めた。純粋な経済的観点に立つと、別の場所での撮影が好まれるようになっている。ロサンゼルスを選ぶとすれば、妊娠中の妻を持つスターのように特殊な事情を抱えている場合が多い。エバラード氏は自身がプロデュースした映画7本のうち5本をロサンゼルスで製作した。うち3本はスターの家庭の事情によるものだった。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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1 week ago |
buff.ly | Greg Ip
如果预算是唯一重要的因素，那么讲述一名前海豹突击队队员帮助侄子应对霸凌的电影《少年作战指南》(Way of the Warrior Kid)，很可能会在亚特兰大、加拿大、澳大利亚或英国拍摄。但制片人Ben Everard说，他把剧本拿给《银河护卫队》(Guardians of the Galaxy)和《公园与游憩》(Parks and Recreation)的主演克里斯·帕拉特(Chris Pratt)看时，帕拉特同意出演，但有一个条件：“你必须在洛杉矶拍摄，因为我妻子怀孕了。”Everard认为，这对他视作第二故乡的城市来说是一次胜利，也是一个警告。从纯粹的经济角度来看，在其他地方拍摄项目越来越有优势。洛杉矶要想获得青睐，往往需要一些特殊情况，比如有位明星的妻子怀孕待产。41岁的Everard制作的七部影片中，有五部在洛杉矶拍摄，其中三部是因为明星家人的缘故。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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1 week ago |
wsj.com | Greg Ip
LOS ANGELES—If budget were all that mattered, “Way of the Warrior Kid,” in which a former Navy SEAL helps his nephew deal with bullies, would likely have been filmed in Atlanta, Canada, Australia or Britain.
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1 week ago |
wsj.com | Greg Ip
President Trump’s tariffs present the Federal Reserve with two conflicting challenges: First, they raise prices, which weakens the case for cutting interest rates. Second, they sap confidence and demand, which strengthens the case. To date, the Fed has focused on the first risk, keeping its interest rate target between 4.25% and 4.5% since December. It might soon have to pivot to the second.
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What have foreign students brought us? The USB port, invented at Intel by Ajay Bhatt who came here from India as a student. Plus countless other innovations and startups. Must-read by @pkwsj on the economic bounty of student visas. https://t.co/lFT3C92KOo
Hiring freezes and staff shortages have reduced how many prices and outlets the BLS can check, leading to a potentially less reliable consumer price index, @mattgrossman reports. https://t.co/OJO0jTfjsa
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Will the Milky Way collide with Andromeda or not?! A new study published in Nature Astronomy has shown that the probability of the Milky Way colliding with the Andromeda galaxy in the next 5 billion years is only about 2%. Scientists conducted 100,000 simulations using data from https://t.co/upk9PBGr7Z
