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Scott Lincicome
@scottlincicome.bsky.social
@CatoInstitute Vice President (Econ/Trade), @DukeLaw adjunct, @TheDispatch newsletter-er.
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🚨NEW🚨 The Cato Institute docuseries, Faces of Globalization, follows real people here and abroad whose lives depend on the global economy in ways that challenge the current conventional wisdom. You can watch all the videos here: www.cato.org/video-series...
"The ‘New’ Solution for the N.Y.C. Housing Crisis: Tiny Apartments" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/n...
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"The Trump administration is trading billions of dollars of taxpayer money for ownership stakes in companies. The unusual practice shows no sign of slowing." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...

Anti-socialism update:
November 25, 2025 at 12:53 PM
"A $100 Billion Chip Project Forced a 91-Year-Old Woman From Her Home" www.wired.com/story/micron...
A $100 Billion Chip Project Forced a 91-Year-Old Woman From Her Home
Azalia King was the last holdout preventing the construction of a Micron "megafab." Onondaga County authorities threatened to use eminent domain to take her home away by force.
www.wired.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:39 PM
"Ranked: Which Country Consumes the Most Coffee?" share.google/qhzhm2kr3c6r...
November 24, 2025 at 12:59 PM
New @nberpubs: "Shutting Down Japantown: The Effects of WWII Internment on Japanese American Enclaves" www.nber.org/papers/w34510
November 24, 2025 at 12:47 PM
New @nberpubs: "The Local-Area Incidence of Exporting" www.nber.org/papers/w34508
November 24, 2025 at 12:45 PM
New @nberpubs: "The Global Value of Cities" www.nber.org/papers/w34503
November 24, 2025 at 12:42 PM
New @nberpubs: "Tracking the Short-Run Price Impact of U.S. Tariffs" www.nber.org/papers/w34496
"Our results show that tariff costs were gradually but steadily transmitted to U.S. consumers, with additional spillovers to domestic goods."
November 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
"The Hidden Economy Behind Every Scam Email" www.aei.org/technology-a...
"If cybercrime were a country, it would be the fourth largest: closely following the United States, China, and India."
November 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
"EU and US to restart trade talks as sticking points on July tariff deal remain" www.theguardian.com/business/202...
November 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
"G20: Carney Says World Can Move on Without The US, Touts UAE Investment" share.google/FSJHXDzZLYoy...
November 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
"Enlightenment ideas and the belief in progress leading up to the Industrial Revolution" marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevo...
November 23, 2025 at 4:29 PM
"Superman edition found in mum's attic is most valuable comic ever at $9.12m" www.bbc.com/news/article...
November 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
"Trump Tariff Cut May Ease Pain for US Coffee and Beef Lovers" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
November 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
"Some second-order effects of unaffordable housing" marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevo...
November 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
"Forklift manufacturer Hyster-Yale lays off 575, including 37 in Oregon" www.oregonlive.com/business/202...

"The company reported a $2.3 million loss, including $40 million in tariff-related costs"

$40M / 575 = ~$70K
Forklift manufacturer Hyster-Yale lays off 575, including 37 in Oregon
The Ohio company says tariffs cost it $40 million last quarter.
www.oregonlive.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"To detain and deport Ventura Rubio, the US spent an estimated $25,700" www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
November 21, 2025 at 12:37 PM
"Over 150 people pack Clay hearing to fight eviction of 91-year-old widow for Micron project" www.syracuse.com/micron/2025/...
November 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
"Just Two Sectors Account for 100% of US Job Growth in 2025" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Health care/social assistance + leisure/hospitality: +690,000
All others: -6,000
Just Two Sectors Account for 100% of US Job Growth in 2025
If you’re looking for a job in health care or hospitality, the good news is US companies are hiring. But employers across the rest of the economy are scaling back.
www.bloomberg.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Reposted by Scott Lincicome
United Talent Agency has signed literal type of cheese Parmigiano Reggiano to its roster with the goal of finding product-placement opportunities for the brand in film and TV
www.vulture.com/article/parm...?
Beloved Cheese Parmigiano Reggiano Signs With UTA
The blonde Italian bombshell is about to be all over film and TV.
www.vulture.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
My new Capitolism @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social grumpily reviews the new federal law effectively banning 95% of the legal hemp industry - with no notice and for no good reason.

"How to Destroy a Multibillion-Dollar Industry at Lobbyists’ Request"

🎁: thedispatch.com/newsletter/c...
November 19, 2025 at 9:02 PM
"Ranked: Number of Trade Agreements Across 30 Economies" www.visualcapitalist.com/sp/hf07-trad...
November 19, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"Ranked: U.S. States by GDP Per Capita Growth (2000-2024)" www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-us-st...
November 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"Europe’s Chip Dreams Confront Business Realities" www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/t...
"It costs almost twice as much to build a factory in Europe as to build one in Taiwan, and the permitting process can add months to the process"
Europe’s Chip Dreams Confront Business Realities
European chipmakers need TSMC’s help to grow their own semiconductor supply chain, but the chip giant’s Taiwanese suppliers find Europe a tough place to do business.
www.nytimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
"The growing problem with China’s unreliable numbers" share.google/rWNOrmTQRcZ3...
"economists are increasingly relying on intuition to discuss how much the economy has really slowed" 🤔
November 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM