Adam S. Hersh, Ph.D.
@ahecon.bsky.social
Economist @EconomicPolicy. Frmr @PERIatUMass
@JECDems @Policy_Dialogue @CAPeconomy @rooseveltinst. #econsky #china #trade #industrialpolicy #manufacturing. 天下大乱，形势大好。
@JECDems @Policy_Dialogue @CAPeconomy @rooseveltinst. #econsky #china #trade #industrialpolicy #manufacturing. 天下大乱，形势大好。
Everything Trump touches dies, law and order edition: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u... #ETTD
Drug Arrests and Gun Seizures Fell as Homeland Security Pursued Immigration
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Everything Trump touches dies, law and order edition: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u... #ETTD
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Only someone this wealthy would so flippantly suggest you uproot your life, sell your house, pull your kids out of school, quit your job, request a transfer — all to save 50 basis points on CPI. 🤡
Bessent: "You know the best way to bring your inflation rate down? Move from a blue state to a red state. Blue state inflation is half a percent higher."
November 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Only someone this wealthy would so flippantly suggest you uproot your life, sell your house, pull your kids out of school, quit your job, request a transfer — all to save 50 basis points on CPI. 🤡
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Pretty well established finding that immigration raids of workplaces reduce student test performance for nearby schools, including for non-vulnerable students. The general DHS surge appears to be doing the same for student performance. www.nber.org/papers/w34452
November 22, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Pretty well established finding that immigration raids of workplaces reduce student test performance for nearby schools, including for non-vulnerable students. The general DHS surge appears to be doing the same for student performance. www.nber.org/papers/w34452
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ICE’s 2026 budget of $27.7 billion is just above Turkey’s military spending (US $25 billion) and just below Canada’s (US $29.3 billion).
Chart source: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Chart source: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
November 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
ICE’s 2026 budget of $27.7 billion is just above Turkey’s military spending (US $25 billion) and just below Canada’s (US $29.3 billion).
Chart source: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Chart source: www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
Everything Trump touches dies: Federal statistics: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/b... #ETTD
After Shutdown, Labor Dept. Says Some Data Is Gone for Good
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Everything Trump touches dies: Federal statistics: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/b... #ETTD
Tax the ultrarich www.epi.org/publication/...
November 19, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Tax the ultrarich www.epi.org/publication/...
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ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say.
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say
According to Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges, officers started the three-day sting on Nov. 5. They used several methods to find people who were attempting to solicit a 17-year-old girl for sex.
www.cbsnews.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
ICE employee among 16 men arrested in Bloomington sex trafficking sting, police say.
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
"When he was arrested, he said, 'I'm ICE, boys,'" Hodges said during a press conference Tuesday. "Well, unfortunately for him, we locked him up."
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One thing I learned from “The Wire” is that even professional gangsters have enough decency not to do hits at church newrepublic.com/post/203321/...
ICE Agents Raid a Church With No Explanation
Operation “Charlotte’s Web” continues.
newrepublic.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:56 AM
One thing I learned from “The Wire” is that even professional gangsters have enough decency not to do hits at church newrepublic.com/post/203321/...
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How big a piece of shit would you have to be to buy the confiscated jewelry of asylum seekers at a government auction?
November 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
How big a piece of shit would you have to be to buy the confiscated jewelry of asylum seekers at a government auction?
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Not that anyone has any free brain space to focus on the future of the Republic this morning. But I put together this short piece on how to figure out which Senators should be purged from Congress. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-s...
The Status Interview – Or How To Write Up a Senate Purge List
Over the last couple days I’ve argued both that the denouement of...
talkingpointsmemo.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Not that anyone has any free brain space to focus on the future of the Republic this morning. But I put together this short piece on how to figure out which Senators should be purged from Congress. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/the-s...
New research from @periumass.bsky.social documenting the top 100 greenhouse emissions polluters peri.umass.edu/index-editio...
Greenhouse 100 Polluters Index: 2025 Report, based on 2023 data
peri.umass.edu
November 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
New research from @periumass.bsky.social documenting the top 100 greenhouse emissions polluters peri.umass.edu/index-editio...
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Chinese goods dumping started before tariffs, ECB study finds reut.rs/4qQxgu6
Chinese goods dumping started before tariffs, ECB study finds
Weak domestic demand rather than U.S. tariffs is the main reason China is dumping surplus product on European markets at rock-bottom prices at the expense of domestic producers, a European Central Bank study argued on Tuesday.
reut.rs
November 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Chinese goods dumping started before tariffs, ECB study finds reut.rs/4qQxgu6
Despite decades of IT innovation and productivity growth, the retro Atari 2600 is more expensive today in inflation-adjusted terms than when my parents refused to buy it for me as a kid. OTOH, now it's Pac-Man yellow...
#rentseeking
#rentseeking
November 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Despite decades of IT innovation and productivity growth, the retro Atari 2600 is more expensive today in inflation-adjusted terms than when my parents refused to buy it for me as a kid. OTOH, now it's Pac-Man yellow...
#rentseeking
#rentseeking
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Gifting this article from The Atlantic by a judge appointed by Reagan, who is resigning so he can speak out about how Trump is destroying the rule of law. Must read.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why I Am Resigning
A federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
www.theatlantic.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Gifting this article from The Atlantic by a judge appointed by Reagan, who is resigning so he can speak out about how Trump is destroying the rule of law. Must read.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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46 Years Ago
1979 was also a year with great punk rock, post-punk, and ska albums.
Here's a selection—is your favorite among them?
Mine is definitely Ramones - It's Alive
#punk #punks #punkrock #postpunk #ska #vinyl #legends #musiclegends #history #punkrockhistory
1979 was also a year with great punk rock, post-punk, and ska albums.
Here's a selection—is your favorite among them?
Mine is definitely Ramones - It's Alive
#punk #punks #punkrock #postpunk #ska #vinyl #legends #musiclegends #history #punkrockhistory
November 9, 2025 at 5:28 AM
46 Years Ago
1979 was also a year with great punk rock, post-punk, and ska albums.
Here's a selection—is your favorite among them?
Mine is definitely Ramones - It's Alive
#punk #punks #punkrock #postpunk #ska #vinyl #legends #musiclegends #history #punkrockhistory
1979 was also a year with great punk rock, post-punk, and ska albums.
Here's a selection—is your favorite among them?
Mine is definitely Ramones - It's Alive
#punk #punks #punkrock #postpunk #ska #vinyl #legends #musiclegends #history #punkrockhistory
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#OtD 9 Nov 1938 a pogrom occurred against Jewish people throughout Nazi Germany carried out by the fascist Brownshirts and antisemitic civilian supporters. Nazis dubbed it "Kristallnacht". 30k Jews were arrested and hundreds killed in the coming weeks stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1094...
November 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
#OtD 9 Nov 1938 a pogrom occurred against Jewish people throughout Nazi Germany carried out by the fascist Brownshirts and antisemitic civilian supporters. Nazis dubbed it "Kristallnacht". 30k Jews were arrested and hundreds killed in the coming weeks stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1094...
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Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Your cat when you're choking to death in your apartment
Actually, a bunch of countries have higher GDP per capita than the US. Some are a lot higher.
The United States has been running trade deficits since 1976, and in that half-century, it has achieved the highest per capita GDP on the planet. Some emergency! www.thebulwark.com/p/which-cons...
Which Conservative Justices Will Fall for Trump’s Tariff Power Grab?
Emergency powers “tend to kindle emergencies,” as a great justice of yore once observed.
www.thebulwark.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Actually, a bunch of countries have higher GDP per capita than the US. Some are a lot higher.
Trade diversion.
Makita to build more tools for US in Thailand, Romania instead of China
https://asia.nikkei.com/economy/trade-war/trump-tariffs/makita-to-build-more-tools-for-us-in-thailand-romania-instead-of-china
https://asia.nikkei.com/economy/trade-war/trump-tariffs/makita-to-build-more-tools-for-us-in-thailand-romania-instead-of-china
Makita to build more tools for US in Thailand, Romania instead of China
Japanese manufacturer's proactive stockpiling helps performance
asia.nikkei.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Trade diversion.
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IEEPA was enacted in 1977 during the Tokyo Round trade talks. We were joined by Members of Congress in both tariff and non-tariff negotiations. I never saw any indicaton that they planned to give up their powers to control tariffs.
Trump’s Tariffs Might Have Gone Too Far Even for This Supreme Court
The justices have been friendly to the president, but on Wednesday a majority of them took a dim view of his claims to widespread power to impose tariffs on American importers.
newrepublic.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:58 AM
IEEPA was enacted in 1977 during the Tokyo Round trade talks. We were joined by Members of Congress in both tariff and non-tariff negotiations. I never saw any indicaton that they planned to give up their powers to control tariffs.
Happy SCOTUS IEEPA tariffs hearing day! We won't know for a while how justices will split the conservative baby between MAGA and Koch Brothers laissez-faire, but my guess is Trump will keep custody.
a fireworks display with purple and green fireworks exploding in the night sky
ALT: a fireworks display with purple and green fireworks exploding in the night sky
media.tenor.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Happy SCOTUS IEEPA tariffs hearing day! We won't know for a while how justices will split the conservative baby between MAGA and Koch Brothers laissez-faire, but my guess is Trump will keep custody.
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."