Todd Richard Yarbrough
@econotodd.bsky.social
Economist, Prof at Purdue University, Director of Student Experience/Business Partnerships for Purdue Econ, East Tennessean, Vol for Life, Tired Parent.
Reposted by Todd Richard Yarbrough
"About Those Trump Tariffs...." danieldrezner.substack.com/p/about-thos...
January 11, 2026 at 4:14 PM
"About Those Trump Tariffs...." danieldrezner.substack.com/p/about-thos...
Not sure when +50K jobs has ever been described as "solid gain" outside of maybe a post recession recovery.
Breaking news: Employers added 50,000 jobs in December, notching a solid gain for the economy but ending the worst year for the labor market since the pandemic-era recession.
Employers added 50,000 jobs in December, a solid end to a weak 2025
Last year, 2025, marked the fewest jobs gained for workers since 2020 and the highest unemployment rate since 2021.
wapo.st
January 9, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Not sure when +50K jobs has ever been described as "solid gain" outside of maybe a post recession recovery.
Nothing, I thought, could demolish my ego like graduate school. Then I became a parent, where the longer your string of successes the bigger the sense of failure when things go even just a little awry.
January 5, 2026 at 12:19 AM
Nothing, I thought, could demolish my ego like graduate school. Then I became a parent, where the longer your string of successes the bigger the sense of failure when things go even just a little awry.
Me at 16 years old: Hey, I better read John Locke, Thomas Paine, Thomas Hobbes, Jean Rousseau, Henry Thoreau.... because understanding the philosophical underpinnings and nuances of the new American democracy will be very important in the future!
Society in 2025: Get bent, NERD!
Society in 2025: Get bent, NERD!
January 4, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Me at 16 years old: Hey, I better read John Locke, Thomas Paine, Thomas Hobbes, Jean Rousseau, Henry Thoreau.... because understanding the philosophical underpinnings and nuances of the new American democracy will be very important in the future!
Society in 2025: Get bent, NERD!
Society in 2025: Get bent, NERD!
This headline is wild. Such passivity despite the words describing several constitutional and international crises.
The United States plans to administer Venezuela for an extended period of time as it rebuilds the country’s oil industry, President Donald Trump said Saturday, holding open the door to an extended occupation of a nearby nation.
🧵 Here’s the latest: wapo.st/3NsHBx5
🧵 Here’s the latest: wapo.st/3NsHBx5
January 4, 2026 at 2:58 PM
This headline is wild. Such passivity despite the words describing several constitutional and international crises.
You can tell the people who haven't had to deal with daycare pickup/drop-off by their response to the videos.
"Why wouldn't they LET HIM IN?!"
Bro, they don't even let parents inside the building without at least 24 hr prior authorization.
"Why wouldn't they LET HIM IN?!"
Bro, they don't even let parents inside the building without at least 24 hr prior authorization.
January 1, 2026 at 2:56 PM
You can tell the people who haven't had to deal with daycare pickup/drop-off by their response to the videos.
"Why wouldn't they LET HIM IN?!"
Bro, they don't even let parents inside the building without at least 24 hr prior authorization.
"Why wouldn't they LET HIM IN?!"
Bro, they don't even let parents inside the building without at least 24 hr prior authorization.
Watching my 5 year old eat a bowl full of raw carrot, a match light in our existential darkness.
December 30, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Watching my 5 year old eat a bowl full of raw carrot, a match light in our existential darkness.
I put in 8 years, and 2 years on am still recovering.
Sometimes I'm sad about leaving NYC, because this really is the place where I felt like I fit in: people here understand my dreams and ambitions. But it has also been a really challenging place to live and work for most of the last 10 years. I'm clearly very tired and need a longer break.
December 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I put in 8 years, and 2 years on am still recovering.
Reposted by Todd Richard Yarbrough
I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.
October 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.
Let them fight.
james cameron walks up to whiteboard with TOEJAM and EARL written on it. he erases the "and" and writes Vs.
September 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Let them fight.
Reposted by Todd Richard Yarbrough
The mortgage fraud claim against Lisa Cook is false, per documents obtained by Reuters.
Bill Pulte's accusation, the sole pretext Trump used to fire her from the Fed, was that she claimed two homes as primary residence.
These docs show she did not.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...
Bill Pulte's accusation, the sole pretext Trump used to fire her from the Fed, was that she claimed two homes as primary residence.
These docs show she did not.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...
Exclusive: Fed Governor Cook declared her Atlanta property as “vacation home,” documents show
A loan estimate for an Atlanta home purchased by Lisa Cook, the Federal Reserve governor accused of mortgage fraud by the Trump administration, shows that Cook had declared the property as a “vacation home,” according to a document reviewed by Reuters.
www.reuters.com
September 12, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The mortgage fraud claim against Lisa Cook is false, per documents obtained by Reuters.
Bill Pulte's accusation, the sole pretext Trump used to fire her from the Fed, was that she claimed two homes as primary residence.
These docs show she did not.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...
Bill Pulte's accusation, the sole pretext Trump used to fire her from the Fed, was that she claimed two homes as primary residence.
These docs show she did not.
www.reuters.com/world/us/fed...
Co-signed.
I signed an open letter from economists supporting Fed independence & Governor Lisa Cook
Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Add your name by Monday: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Letter: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Add your name by Monday: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Open letter
Click here to add your signature. An Open Letter from Economists in Support of Governor Lisa Cook and Federal Reserve Independence To the President, Members of Congress, and the American public: We wr...
docs.google.com
September 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Co-signed.
I grew up in TN, I just counted from a simple scroll down my feed. 11 out of the first 25 were complaining about the rebrand on FB, most calling it woke.
Just like the jeans thing a few weeks ago, people are saying online that “everyone” is (something) regarding Cracker Barrel. A few loud people care and the rest are memeing to ride the “outrage” wave of social media clout. I think that “no one cares” is closer an approximation than “everyone cares.”
August 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I grew up in TN, I just counted from a simple scroll down my feed. 11 out of the first 25 were complaining about the rebrand on FB, most calling it woke.
I was born in 1985. I like to describe this experience as, "born in the 80s but remember the 70s."
I cannot fully explain it, but that description feels perfect. Black and white TVs, rotary phones, beta-max, drunk driving as socially acceptable behavior.
I cannot fully explain it, but that description feels perfect. Black and white TVs, rotary phones, beta-max, drunk driving as socially acceptable behavior.
August 22, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I was born in 1985. I like to describe this experience as, "born in the 80s but remember the 70s."
I cannot fully explain it, but that description feels perfect. Black and white TVs, rotary phones, beta-max, drunk driving as socially acceptable behavior.
I cannot fully explain it, but that description feels perfect. Black and white TVs, rotary phones, beta-max, drunk driving as socially acceptable behavior.
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi | Radiohead | From The Basement
YouTube video by From The Basement
youtube.com
August 22, 2025 at 12:59 PM
I saw this headline, and thought, "god, I hope they gave this to Katie."
Not thinking in a million years it was her!
Always in the thick of it, @katiehonan.bsky.social
Not thinking in a million years it was her!
Always in the thick of it, @katiehonan.bsky.social
BREAKING: Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips
www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...
Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips
THE CITY reported the incident to law enforcement and was promptly contacted by the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office.
www.thecity.nyc
August 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I saw this headline, and thought, "god, I hope they gave this to Katie."
Not thinking in a million years it was her!
Always in the thick of it, @katiehonan.bsky.social
Not thinking in a million years it was her!
Always in the thick of it, @katiehonan.bsky.social
I *finally* found my ASMR sound: the quiet rattling of a child silently putting away their toys.
August 16, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I *finally* found my ASMR sound: the quiet rattling of a child silently putting away their toys.
I needed an economic catharsis or otherwise the current era was going to drive me insane. I also will always and forever be completely devoted to educating anybody willing to listen to basic economics.
So, here I am discussing Monetary Policy and Fed Independence: youtube.com/watch?v=ZEer...
So, here I am discussing Monetary Policy and Fed Independence: youtube.com/watch?v=ZEer...
Back Porch Economics | Ep1: Should the US Federal Reserve Be Independent? +Monetary Policy Basics
YouTube video by Todd R. Yarbrough, Ph.D.
youtube.com
August 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I needed an economic catharsis or otherwise the current era was going to drive me insane. I also will always and forever be completely devoted to educating anybody willing to listen to basic economics.
So, here I am discussing Monetary Policy and Fed Independence: youtube.com/watch?v=ZEer...
So, here I am discussing Monetary Policy and Fed Independence: youtube.com/watch?v=ZEer...
I cannot imagine the degradation of content over there now. When I kicked off over a year ago it was already reading like an old Ebaum's World thread, with even more racism and misogyny.
you truly could not pay me to rejoin Twitter on any regular basis
everyone is insane now
July 30, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I cannot imagine the degradation of content over there now. When I kicked off over a year ago it was already reading like an old Ebaum's World thread, with even more racism and misogyny.
Reposted by Todd Richard Yarbrough
you truly could not pay me to rejoin Twitter on any regular basis
July 30, 2025 at 3:43 AM
you truly could not pay me to rejoin Twitter on any regular basis
Puff Daddy was so uncool he made Suge Knight (also a monster) seem palatable.
July 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Puff Daddy was so uncool he made Suge Knight (also a monster) seem palatable.
Watching all these Northeast liberal academic powers fold like cheap suits to Trump reaffirms my strong belief we need far more southerners getting PhDs.
July 24, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Watching all these Northeast liberal academic powers fold like cheap suits to Trump reaffirms my strong belief we need far more southerners getting PhDs.
Mark my words, Trump will rip the football away again very soon and Columbia will give more and Trump will move it again. Does nobody at Columbia understand game theory?
BREAKING: Columbia University agrees to pay more than $220 million in deal with the Trump administration to restore federal funding.
Columbia agrees to pay more than $220 million in deal with Trump to restore federal funding
Columbia University has reached a deal with the Trump administration to pay more than $220 million to the federal government to restore federal research money that was canceled in the name of combating antisemitism on campus, the university announced Wednesday.
bit.ly
July 23, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Mark my words, Trump will rip the football away again very soon and Columbia will give more and Trump will move it again. Does nobody at Columbia understand game theory?
One of the things I was not prepared for was extent simply holding to account a president over decorum would be considered silly political correctness, so much that a so-called hostile press seems to largely turn a blind eye. POTUS called the Fed Bank Chairman "stupid." And it wasn't even a story.
July 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
One of the things I was not prepared for was extent simply holding to account a president over decorum would be considered silly political correctness, so much that a so-called hostile press seems to largely turn a blind eye. POTUS called the Fed Bank Chairman "stupid." And it wasn't even a story.