David Mullin
@rdmullin.bsky.social
PhD Economist, Certified Public Accountant, Academic. My Service Dog is Wilson.
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I encourage you to consider that the @cato.org is right about this
The US immigrant population generated more in taxes than they received in benefits from all levels of government every year from 1994 to 2023.
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
The Cato study provides the first-ever 30-year analysis of the fiscal effects of immigration on government budgets.
https://ow.ly/jy8a50Y8kM3
February 4, 2026 at 1:52 AM
I encourage you to consider that the @cato.org is right about this
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Last week the U.S. dollar slid to a four-year low,” writes Jason Furman. It has risen a little since then, and “that could be good for the U.S. economy, though probably not in the way Mr. Trump wants.”
“Last week the U.S. dollar slid to a four-year low,” writes Jason Furman. It has risen a little since then, and “that could be good for the U.S. economy, though probably not in the way Mr. Trump wants.”
Opinion | Your Money Is Suddenly Worth Less. That’s Not Necessarily a Bad Thing.
Which way is up?
nyti.ms
February 4, 2026 at 4:00 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“Last week the U.S. dollar slid to a four-year low,” writes Jason Furman. It has risen a little since then, and “that could be good for the U.S. economy, though probably not in the way Mr. Trump wants.”
“Last week the U.S. dollar slid to a four-year low,” writes Jason Furman. It has risen a little since then, and “that could be good for the U.S. economy, though probably not in the way Mr. Trump wants.”
Walmart has high growth with e-commerce and cost savings from automation and AI usage. Consequently, its market capitalization has steeply risen over the past two years. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/b...
Walmart Joins Tech Giants With $1 Trillion Market Valuation
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2026 at 3:54 AM
Walmart has high growth with e-commerce and cost savings from automation and AI usage. Consequently, its market capitalization has steeply risen over the past two years. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/b...
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This is a problem:
February 3, 2026 at 5:20 PM
This is a problem:
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A car is one of the few purchases where negotiating is still possible. The problem is people don’t like doing it.
But avoiding a negotiation can be costly. Here’s how to make the best of an un-fun process: on.wsj.com/4abA5hQ
But avoiding a negotiation can be costly. Here’s how to make the best of an un-fun process: on.wsj.com/4abA5hQ
February 3, 2026 at 1:33 AM
A car is one of the few purchases where negotiating is still possible. The problem is people don’t like doing it.
But avoiding a negotiation can be costly. Here’s how to make the best of an un-fun process: on.wsj.com/4abA5hQ
But avoiding a negotiation can be costly. Here’s how to make the best of an un-fun process: on.wsj.com/4abA5hQ
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An experiment: A wonkish post that isn't emailed out to subscribers
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A Wonkish Note on Tariffs and Inflation
There isn’t really a puzzle here
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February 1, 2026 at 10:56 AM
An experiment: A wonkish post that isn't emailed out to subscribers
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paulkrugman.substack.com/p/a-wonkish-...
U.S. Trade Deficit Widens Despite Trump’s Tariffs www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/b...
U.S. Trade Deficit Widens Despite Trump’s Tariffs
www.nytimes.com
January 29, 2026 at 10:00 PM
U.S. Trade Deficit Widens Despite Trump’s Tariffs www.nytimes.com/2026/01/29/b...
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A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
January 28, 2026 at 7:09 PM
A retired Minneapolis couple who had guns pointed at them by ICE in a church parking lot.
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
"They were obviously not trained at all. I've known many police officers in my life. These people were right off the streets."
"They had the professional demeanor of criminals."
ht: @paulgraham.bsky.social
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1. We're going to see a big "drop" in household-survey employment levels, for both foreign-born AND native-born workers. Scare quotes because in reality we've just experienced much less growth over the past year than earlier estimates suggested. But it will LOOK like a drop.
January 28, 2026 at 4:45 PM
1. We're going to see a big "drop" in household-survey employment levels, for both foreign-born AND native-born workers. Scare quotes because in reality we've just experienced much less growth over the past year than earlier estimates suggested. But it will LOOK like a drop.
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I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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January 28, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.
Stay free
Stay free
New Video Analysis Reveals Flawed and Fatal Decisions in Shooting of Pretti www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
Video: New Video Analysis Reveals Flawed and Fatal Decisions in Shooting of Pretti
A frame-by-frame assessment of actions by Alex Pretti and the two officers who fired 10 times shows how lethal force came to be used against a man who didn’t pose a threat.
www.nytimes.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:31 AM
New Video Analysis Reveals Flawed and Fatal Decisions in Shooting of Pretti www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...
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After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
After being held in two of them as a boy, I fought for decades urging America to never again build concentration camps and put human beings in them. It breaks my heart to watch this happen twice now in my own lifetime.
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Big moment for Europe: in December, fully electric cars outsold petrol-only cars in the EU for the first time.
This shows that clear, consistent policy works. Which is exactly why backtracking now would be a mistake. Rolling back targets or creating uncertainty would slow investment and innovation.
This shows that clear, consistent policy works. Which is exactly why backtracking now would be a mistake. Rolling back targets or creating uncertainty would slow investment and innovation.
January 27, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Big moment for Europe: in December, fully electric cars outsold petrol-only cars in the EU for the first time.
This shows that clear, consistent policy works. Which is exactly why backtracking now would be a mistake. Rolling back targets or creating uncertainty would slow investment and innovation.
This shows that clear, consistent policy works. Which is exactly why backtracking now would be a mistake. Rolling back targets or creating uncertainty would slow investment and innovation.
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FEDWATCH: “.. The share of Gold in global reserves has risen to 30 percent .. as the [US] deficit financed with T-bills increases the risk of the US’s insolvency, an outcome that was seen as impossible, but has become a scary reality.”
January 27, 2026 at 7:03 PM
FEDWATCH: “.. The share of Gold in global reserves has risen to 30 percent .. as the [US] deficit financed with T-bills increases the risk of the US’s insolvency, an outcome that was seen as impossible, but has become a scary reality.”
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DC has the highest job losses by % of any part of the US so far this year, due almost entirely to DOGE cuts—federal job losses reduced total DC employment by 3.19% over the last year, with Maryland losing 0.89% of its workforce & VA .56% in the same manner
January 27, 2026 at 7:06 PM
DC has the highest job losses by % of any part of the US so far this year, due almost entirely to DOGE cuts—federal job losses reduced total DC employment by 3.19% over the last year, with Maryland losing 0.89% of its workforce & VA .56% in the same manner
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January 30, 2026 at 9:20 PM
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed new legislation prohibiting law enforcement from being deputized by ICE for federal civil immigration operations on.wsj.com/3Zc9qMX
Hochul Seeks to End New York Law Enforcement Agreements with ICE
The Democratic governor proposes legislation to block state and local officers from aiding in civil immigration operations.
on.wsj.com
January 30, 2026 at 9:20 PM
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has proposed new legislation prohibiting law enforcement from being deputized by ICE for federal civil immigration operations on.wsj.com/3Zc9qMX
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Freddie Mac House Price Index Up 0.7% Year-over-Year in December
Punta Gorda House Prices Down 20% from Recent Peak, Austin Down almost 19%
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Punta Gorda House Prices Down 20% from Recent Peak, Austin Down almost 19%
calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/freddie-ma...
Freddie Mac House Price Index Up 0.7% Year-over-Year in December
Punta Gorda House Prices Down 20% from Recent Peak, Austin Down almost 19%
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January 30, 2026 at 3:39 PM
Freddie Mac House Price Index Up 0.7% Year-over-Year in December
Punta Gorda House Prices Down 20% from Recent Peak, Austin Down almost 19%
calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/freddie-ma...
Punta Gorda House Prices Down 20% from Recent Peak, Austin Down almost 19%
calculatedrisk.substack.com/p/freddie-ma...
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Structural change is associated with substantial declines in employment, from Franziska L. Ohnsorge, Richard Rogerson, and Zoe Xie www.nber.org/papers/w34718
January 26, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Structural change is associated with substantial declines in employment, from Franziska L. Ohnsorge, Richard Rogerson, and Zoe Xie www.nber.org/papers/w34718
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Gold rose beyond $5,000 an ounce for the first time, extending a breakneck rally fueled by US President Donald Trump’s reshaping of international relations and investor flight from sovereign bonds and currencies. bloom.bg/4pWKHHi
📷: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg
📷: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg
January 26, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Gold rose beyond $5,000 an ounce for the first time, extending a breakneck rally fueled by US President Donald Trump’s reshaping of international relations and investor flight from sovereign bonds and currencies. bloom.bg/4pWKHHi
📷: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg
📷: Akos Stiller/Bloomberg
My service dog, Wilson, listening to Cecile Chaminade’s Callirhoe Suite today.
January 26, 2026 at 12:52 AM
My service dog, Wilson, listening to Cecile Chaminade’s Callirhoe Suite today.
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“.. An even bigger worry for global markets over the long term is that the new normal of higher Japanese yields will prompt domestic investors to bring much more of their money back home. Some $5 trillion of the country's capital is deployed overseas ..” 🇯🇵
@bloomberg.com
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January 25, 2026 at 10:41 PM
“.. An even bigger worry for global markets over the long term is that the new normal of higher Japanese yields will prompt domestic investors to bring much more of their money back home. Some $5 trillion of the country's capital is deployed overseas ..” 🇯🇵
@bloomberg.com
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@bloomberg.com
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The New York Times analysis of videos documebting the shooting and killing of Alec Pretti. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Timeline: How the Shooting of Alex Jeffrey Pretti Unfolded (Gift Article)
A moment-by-moment analysis of video from the scene shows that Mr. Pretti was already restrained when fatal shots were fired, which appears to contradict the federal government’s account of the event.
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 3:25 AM
The New York Times analysis of videos documebting the shooting and killing of Alec Pretti. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.
January 25, 2026 at 1:18 AM
A video of Alex Pretti reading out the final salute of an unnamed veteran he cared for until the end of his life in the ICU, posted to Facebook by his son.