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Peter Williams

@pd-williams.bsky.social

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Climbing, skiing, rates’ musing economist

Peter Williams was a prominent leader of Welsh Calvinistic Methodism in the eighteenth century, best known for publishing Welsh-language bibles and bible commentary.

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Peter Williams @pd-williams.bsky.social · 15h

Cash never lived in greater NYC therefor…

Peter Williams @pd-williams.bsky.social · 8d

In recent years yes

Haven’t had an electric setup since I first moved to DC 10+ years ago but happiness would be an ES-330 into a Fender

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Peter Williams @pd-williams.bsky.social · 9d

Also that video makes me want to get a 000-style quite badly

Peter Williams @pd-williams.bsky.social · 9d

I was thinking this more than radio country (agreed on how formulaic it is)

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Colter Wall - 1800 Miles (Live Performance Video)

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Peter Williams @pd-williams.bsky.social · 9d

The moment begs for a garage band punk (and country?) resurgence

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Peter Williams @pd-williams.bsky.social · 10d

Best of lucky buddy! Am sure you’ll crush it

Peter Williams @pd-williams.bsky.social · 10d

In fairness 90% of my exercise happens with running shoes or skis on so I very much am too

Peter Williams @pd-williams.bsky.social · 10d

I don’t see the words “deadlifting” or “carrying heavy crap a long way” anywhere in there. What gives?!??

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Peter Williams @pd-williams.bsky.social · 13d

I feel like having that thought suggests the personality type for whom it likely is irrelevant

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Peter Williams @pd-williams.bsky.social · 13d

This looks absolutely amazing Preston! Heck of trip and route. I have little urge to get into most forms of biking but then I see some awesome bikepacking like this and wonder…

Peter Williams @pd-williams.bsky.social · 15d

I see that and raise you ‘the chipotle by the Verizon center on a busy night’

Peter Williams @pd-williams.bsky.social · 16d

We live in a small boom town so big caver but within 1 mile radius of my house there are ~150 SF and a ton of multifam in various phases of construction

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Kathleen Bachynski @bachynski.bsky.social · 16d

This is huge: “A drug that provides near-perfect protection against H.I.V. with shots just twice a year will be made available at $40 per patient annually in low- and middle-income countries, offering new hope… making lenacapavir a realistic choice in countries with constrained resources.”

Philanthropies Strike a Promising Deal to Turn Back H.I.V.

www.nytimes.com

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Peter Williams @pd-williams.bsky.social · 18d

Oh so sorry buddy! I live in knee-related anxiety all fall for ski season’s sake

Peter Williams @pd-williams.bsky.social · 18d

I think most consider that a completely separate thing

“Structurally we’ve been screwed by (low rates leading to) expensive down payments, now we’re wrecked by the mortgage and the down payment. Job prospects only make that worse not better”

Peter Williams @pd-williams.bsky.social · 18d

www.theatlantic.com/family/archi...

Educated Americans Paved the Way for Divorce—Then Embraced Marriage

The countercultural revolution of the 1960s and ’70s didn’t get rid of the institution of marriage. It transformed it along class lines.

www.theatlantic.com

Peter Williams @pd-williams.bsky.social · 18d

I feel like the Atlantic has done some good writing on this, which is both my cultural prior and one that ties nicely into the story in a way

Source: The Atlantic share.google/A6U485SHqogM...

The New Divide in American Marriage

College graduates are marrying at high rates. Everyone else isn’t.

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Peter Williams @pd-williams.bsky.social · 18d

Well the answer for a huge swath of the people who are currently most animated on this subject is “I was in college and/or 26”

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Peter Williams @pd-williams.bsky.social · 19d

And it ties into other trends many people inclined to boost this consider negative such as later marriage, the skewed likelihood of marriage by edu & income, and the gap between fertility rates across married vs not couples

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 21d

Argentina spends $1bn to defend peso as Milei’s crisis spirals on.ft.com/4gtNFzW

Argentina spends $1bn to defend peso as President Javier Milei’s crisis spirals

Monetary authority intervenes in currency market for third time this week, selling $678mn on Friday

on.ft.com

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Wendy Edelberg @wendyedelberg.bsky.social · 22d

Since immigration’s effect on job growth is in the news:
@taraelizwatson.bsky.social & @stanveuger.bsky.social and I explain how breakevens are affected by current immigration policy. There’s lots of uncertainty but my preferred estimates from the paper are in this table.
www.aei.org/wp-content/u...

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Peter Williams @pd-williams.bsky.social · 26d

Without the prior history to add a bit more insight, I wonder if capex in America is more skewed to small but growing firms and the massive cycle winners/definers?

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Peter Williams @pd-williams.bsky.social · 26d

Chart 5 is by far the wildest to me. Despite the sluggishness it’s a better outlook than it had for almost all the post-GFC period!

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Peter Williams @pd-williams.bsky.social · 29d

There’s a couple of these in a group of boulders in the Firehole River in Yellowstone and they make me happy every time I see them

Peter Williams @pd-williams.bsky.social · Sep 5

I tend to be more of a slarver than a pretty carver and don’t a super “input required” setup, which is hard to find with mid to lighter weight touring skis

Peter Williams @pd-williams.bsky.social · Sep 5

Wanting a new steep/big touring days ski and really pondering a pair of Solis’

Peter Williams @pd-williams.bsky.social · Sep 4

Oh but don’t need those chonky sources of joy

Peter Williams @pd-williams.bsky.social · Sep 4

Also weaker productivity growth canonically raises the NAIRU (opposite in the late ‘90s), which would apply globally and to US in varying ways

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Jordan @gm-jordan.bsky.social · Aug 22

I’ve seen so many people spreading the misinformation that PBS is shut down or is shutting down.

The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has been shut down and PBS has been defunded.

HOWEVER!!! PBS still exists. It is more important now than ever that you donate to PBS if you can.

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Michael McKee @mckonomy.bsky.social · Aug 11

Great background on what power Trump has over DC: www.stevevladeck.com/p/172-federa...

172. "Federalizing" D.C.

Like any federal enclave, the federal government has plenary power over the District of Columbia. But Congress has delegated most of that power to local officials; it would take new laws to undo that.

www.stevevladeck.com

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