Richard Florida

“So long as Maga dominates the US potential for unpredictable, irrational & pernicious behaviour will remain. That is, alas, a huge gift to China. But the worse it now gets, the more likely it is that Maga will be an interlude, not America’s destiny.” https://t.co/xa7lQvh8nV

Meanwhile Up North ... https://t.co/aP3S9NLO6S

Hmnmm ...

FORTUNE @FortuneMagazine

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent applauded President Donald Trump for his courage and “staying the course,” following his announcement of a 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs. https://t.co/YjG81BscsI https://t.co/gvnL4oe7ez

RT @JamesSurowiecki: They're doing it because Trump doesn't really care about any of that stuff. He cares about tariffs and stopping the U.…

RT @DKThomp: “We are under siege by hostile adversaries trying to erode our manufacturing and defense industrial base and disrupt our finan…

Fascinating. "Some YIMBYs were quite open to housing affordability policies that go beyond fostering new supply. A large faction of r/YIMBY commentators were open to rent control, while YIMBY organizational representatives were laser focused on repeating equity-based arguments

𝗰𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗺 @chrisbriem

A couple years later old, but something a colleague forwarded to me. Fascinating in its way: YIMBY divided: A qualitative content analysis of YIMBY subreddit data https://t.co/wGdLp48kXg

RT @chrisbriem: A couple years later old, but something a colleague forwarded to me. Fascinating in its way: YIMBY divided: A qualitativ…

RT @byHeatherLong: What a chart. Trump has managed to end the US status as the global "safe haven" in financial markets. (Investors are no…

This is very good. It shows the formation of regional blocs: US Bloc: Tied to Canada and Mexico, though Canada is upset. China Bloc: Includes Japan and South Korea (unfavorable for the US). Euro Bloc: Led by Germany, with France, Italy, and the Netherlands.

César A. Hidalgo @cesifoti

How will global trade rewire following "Liberation Day"? For the past few days, @ViktorStojkoski and I have been working on a new global trade simulation. This network shows our most recent run of the model. Our current forecast is that trade will hollow out around the https://t.co/EUSM81APKR

RT @nickgillespie: I'm 61 and over the past two months, my 401(k) has lost 25 percent of its value. I'm always happy to contribute to the g…

And ultimately paved the way for the "progressive era." ... https://t.co/MIxrUpckOr

Useful Thread ...

Kevin A. Bryan @Afinetheorem

I don't think this is right. Jennifer is a great historian of thought, and I agree that "negotiate Plaza II to reduce the strength of $ which is high bc of asset demand, harming exports" is what Steve and Scott Bessent want. But 1) it isn't what *Trump* wants, and 2) allies agree https://t.co/LKI1yNPHGs

RT @GZuckerman: Stan Druckenmiller almost never tweets, fewer than 5 times in his life. Today, he's making clear his opposition to the admi…

RT @florianederer: Not contained in this statement but during the Q&A: "The CEA was involved in calculating a variety of means of estimati…

RT @mattklewis: Trump's in a trap, and it’s one he built himself — brick by tariffed brick. If he barrels ahead with the tariffs, he’ll d…

RT @lisascherzer: Ken Langone told @FT that Trump was being “poorly advised”, the 46% tariff on Vietnam was “bullshit” and the additional 3…

RT @DelRey: Exclusive: The US Chamber of Commerce is considering suing the Trump administration to halt global tariff agenda As many big C…