Cesar Martinez 🇲🇽🇺🇸🇮🇱🇺🇦
@cesarcme.bsky.social
Economist (@itam-mx.bsky.social), Public Policy PhD (UT Austin) | Trying to build a better, safer & more resilient future | Ordoliberal
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good news, we now officially measure the economy with the burrito taxi index
Trump admin Press Secretary citing DoorDash on local commerce price levels.
Quite possibly the most cursed ‘economic indicator’ I have ever seen.
Quite possibly the most cursed ‘economic indicator’ I have ever seen.
November 12, 2025 at 12:56 AM
good news, we now officially measure the economy with the burrito taxi index
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They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
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Listening to these pathetic rationalizations from King, Hassan, Shaheen, whoever else they have queued up.
Disappointed that they're not having windup speech by Sen. Neville Chamberlain.
Disappointed that they're not having windup speech by Sen. Neville Chamberlain.
November 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Listening to these pathetic rationalizations from King, Hassan, Shaheen, whoever else they have queued up.
Disappointed that they're not having windup speech by Sen. Neville Chamberlain.
Disappointed that they're not having windup speech by Sen. Neville Chamberlain.
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Listening to these 8 Dem Senators explain their vote convinces me that they are either idiots or liars. Either is plausible.
November 10, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Listening to these 8 Dem Senators explain their vote convinces me that they are either idiots or liars. Either is plausible.
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Imagine possessing both the arrogance and incompetence of Dick Durbin.
We understand how the Senate works, dude. That's the fucking problem.
We understand how the Senate works, dude. That's the fucking problem.
Durbin said critics of his vote “need to understand how the Senate works”
November 10, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Imagine possessing both the arrogance and incompetence of Dick Durbin.
We understand how the Senate works, dude. That's the fucking problem.
We understand how the Senate works, dude. That's the fucking problem.
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The Vienna Circle was not that coherent politically, but its one consistent theme is hostility to populism: "While positivism was ultimately unsuccessful as an antidote against metaphysics, it remains valuable as an antidote against anti-scientific politics." www.oxonianreview.com/articles/in-...
“In science there are no ‘depths’; there is surface everywhere”
The Vienna Circle was by all accounts a motley crew. As their manifesto states, “not one of the members [is] a so-called ‘pure’ philosopher; all of them have done work in a special field of science”. ...
www.oxonianreview.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
The Vienna Circle was not that coherent politically, but its one consistent theme is hostility to populism: "While positivism was ultimately unsuccessful as an antidote against metaphysics, it remains valuable as an antidote against anti-scientific politics." www.oxonianreview.com/articles/in-...
Ireland just elected a notorious antisemite, and an unapologetic supporter of terror groups as their new president. The world seems to be going down the extreme left & extreme right drains. Silver lining: most people didn’t vote or spoiled their vote.
Catherine Connolly: the outspoken leftwinger set to be Ireland’s next president
Catherine Connolly: the outspoken leftwinger set to be Ireland’s next president
Independent candidate’s smooth campaign has enthused younger voters but views on Nato and Hamas may concern European allies
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Ireland just elected a notorious antisemite, and an unapologetic supporter of terror groups as their new president. The world seems to be going down the extreme left & extreme right drains. Silver lining: most people didn’t vote or spoiled their vote.
Well, one is a very hard right conservative and the other one is an extreme antisemite leftist and openly supporter of terror groups. So I am not sure there’s much to celebrate.
Both Ireland and Japan have elected women presidents in the past week. What is wrong with us 🤦🏻♀️
October 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Well, one is a very hard right conservative and the other one is an extreme antisemite leftist and openly supporter of terror groups. So I am not sure there’s much to celebrate.
I am still completely flabbergasted about what NYC is about to do by electing this individual.
Harrington’s DSA was pro-Israel as well as anticommunist.Mamdani’s DSA is a very different organization. In 2017 the DSA broke with the ardent socialist Zionism of its founders and endorsed the BDS movement to chants of “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” www.wsj.com/opinion/has-...
Opinion | Has Mamdani Really Left His ‘Political Home’?
He has tried to play down his relationship with the Democratic Socialists of America, but he shares many of its radical views.
www.wsj.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
I am still completely flabbergasted about what NYC is about to do by electing this individual.
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Where have I heard that before
Rep. Carlos Gimenez: "ICE agents are just doing their job. They're following orders."
September 24, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Where have I heard that before
For those who quickly aligned themselves with one side because the most rabid antisemitism of the past 2 years has come from the extreme-left: told you so! Soon the extreme-right would do the same. Because both extremes are the same: both have historically fueled themselves with antisemitism.
They are not hiding it, people who don't see it at this point are choosing not to
September 22, 2025 at 2:29 AM
For those who quickly aligned themselves with one side because the most rabid antisemitism of the past 2 years has come from the extreme-left: told you so! Soon the extreme-right would do the same. Because both extremes are the same: both have historically fueled themselves with antisemitism.
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Rulli: "When you first get elected into office, everybody says 'all of the above' for natural resources, for energy. But in reality it's just natural gas & coal that can produce right now... you look at Russia, they're building coal plants left & right. We're closing coal plants... coal is the way."
September 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Significant, on many levels.
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 9:59 PM
Significant, on many levels.
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Trump's ending the $800 duty-free exemption on Friday but customs hasn't told postal services how to actually collect the tariffs. Germany and Singapore just said forget it and stopped shipping packages to the US entirely.
www.ft.com/content/43ae...
www.ft.com/content/43ae...
Donald Trump hits small packages with fresh tariffs as duty-free exemption ends
New levies on parcels worth less than $800 mark latest salvo in US president’s trade wars
www.ft.com
August 29, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Trump's ending the $800 duty-free exemption on Friday but customs hasn't told postal services how to actually collect the tariffs. Germany and Singapore just said forget it and stopped shipping packages to the US entirely.
www.ft.com/content/43ae...
www.ft.com/content/43ae...
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New piece in TIME this morning with Adam Shaw on tomorrow's closure of the de minimis exemption, which will raise tariffs on shipments under $800.
We write that the decision compounds one bad policy with another under the misguided notion that two wrongs make a right.
time.com/7312977/stan...
We write that the decision compounds one bad policy with another under the misguided notion that two wrongs make a right.
time.com/7312977/stan...
Economists: Trump’s New Tariff Rules Will Fuel Inflation
Economists from the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research explain the impact of Trump's tariff policy.
time.com
August 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
New piece in TIME this morning with Adam Shaw on tomorrow's closure of the de minimis exemption, which will raise tariffs on shipments under $800.
We write that the decision compounds one bad policy with another under the misguided notion that two wrongs make a right.
time.com/7312977/stan...
We write that the decision compounds one bad policy with another under the misguided notion that two wrongs make a right.
time.com/7312977/stan...
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"At no other time in modern history has a country so throughly turned its back on its core national strengths."— @vermontgmg.bsky.social
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August 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
"At no other time in modern history has a country so throughly turned its back on its core national strengths."— @vermontgmg.bsky.social
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Our statement on the divisive DNC resolution:
August 13, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Our statement on the divisive DNC resolution:
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Greg Ip: "Capitalism in America is starting to look like China."
The U.S. Marches Toward State Capitalism With American Characteristics
President Trump is imitating the Chinese Communist Party by extending political control ever deeper into the economy.
www.wsj.com
August 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Greg Ip: "Capitalism in America is starting to look like China."
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When phrases like "new and dangerous" and "crony capitalism state" appear in a Bloomberg story, you know there are alarms ringing among investors.
🎁 link www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump Bid for Cut of Nvidia, AMD Revenue Risks ‘Dangerous World’
Even in an administration that has repeatedly pushed the legal limits of using economic statecraft to reshape the global business landscape, a new deal with two tech giants is raising alarm bells amon...
www.bloomberg.com
August 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
When phrases like "new and dangerous" and "crony capitalism state" appear in a Bloomberg story, you know there are alarms ringing among investors.
🎁 link www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trump ha dado con sus políticas un duro golpe al apetito por visitar esta nación. Los extranjeros han preferido buscarse nuevos destinos para este verano, lo que ha provocado preocupación en algunos sectores y ha enfriado economías locales
Las políticas de Trump enfrían el verano turístico en Estados Unidos
Las Vegas, Miami y Houston son solo algunos de los mercados turísticos que se han visto afectados por la caída de los visitantes internacionales
elpais.com
August 11, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Trump ha dado con sus políticas un duro golpe al apetito por visitar esta nación. Los extranjeros han preferido buscarse nuevos destinos para este verano, lo que ha provocado preocupación en algunos sectores y ha enfriado economías locales
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And BTW, US manufacturing employment has fallen to new depths under Trump (see charts below on both absolute level and as share of total non-farm employment).
August 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
And BTW, US manufacturing employment has fallen to new depths under Trump (see charts below on both absolute level and as share of total non-farm employment).
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US deindustrialization was not result of trade deficits. It can no longer be reversed. Tariffs/investment promises will not do much for manufacturing. Bretton Woods was a global agreement not an extortion racket. Other than that, nothing wrong with this piece. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Trade Representative: Why We Remade the Global Order
www.nytimes.com
August 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
US deindustrialization was not result of trade deficits. It can no longer be reversed. Tariffs/investment promises will not do much for manufacturing. Bretton Woods was a global agreement not an extortion racket. Other than that, nothing wrong with this piece. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/o...
One more time: everything he does ends up benefiting China always.
India’s prime minister tried his best to be friends with Donald Trump. But the US president’s 50% tariffs on Indian goods has upended more than a decade of careful diplomacy, and handed a victory to China.
Trump’s Bullying of India Is Straight From Xi’s Playbook
By using tariffs as a foreign policy tool, the US president is legitimizing China’s own acts of economic coercion.
bloom.bg
August 9, 2025 at 7:19 AM
One more time: everything he does ends up benefiting China always.
Short answer: it is absolutely not worth holding that high ground.
“Is holding the moral high ground on gerrymandering worth handing absolute control of the levers of government to Trump and his confederates?”
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Maximum Political Warfare
Deeply hypocritical. Profoundly necessary.
open.substack.com
August 6, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Short answer: it is absolutely not worth holding that high ground.
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The guy who has been anti-vax for two decades without any scientific evidence to back it up, promised to Congress that he wasn’t anti-vax, got confirmed, and then immediately started doing anti-vax things
WASHINGTON (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces he will cancel $500 million in vaccine development projects.
August 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The guy who has been anti-vax for two decades without any scientific evidence to back it up, promised to Congress that he wasn’t anti-vax, got confirmed, and then immediately started doing anti-vax things