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Jonathan A. Parker @profjaparker.bsky.social · 2d

Awesome news, and congratulations and thank you to the four of them!

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Senator Sheldon Whitehouse @whitehouse.senate.gov · 3d

They took down the Klan.

FBI cuts ties with Southern Poverty Law Center after MAGA push

The SPLC is the second civil rights group to lose its affiliation with the agency this week.

www.politico.com

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Jonathan A. Parker @profjaparker.bsky.social · 4d

I just ate a PB&J on supermarket whole wheat, but I forgot to photograph it so no Tweet

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Catherine Wolfram @cwolfram.bsky.social · 5d

This is described as an "exemption" but since the UK and EU plan to align carbon markets so that UK and EU firms will pay the same price that's not quite right. It's instead aligned w the EU intent to credit domestic prices already paid. More a mini coalition!

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

UK and EU poised to strike deal sparing British business from carbon border tax

Exclusive: Temporary deal to shield UK exporters from levy’s impact is now viewed by both sides as likely

www.theguardian.com

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Jonathan A. Parker @profjaparker.bsky.social · 5d

Matt Levine has a way with words. One sentence can capture so much: "Buying lottery tickets is a popular hobby; selling lottery tickets is a profession."

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Jonathan A. Parker @profjaparker.bsky.social · 6d

This thread is just devastating for the current CEA. Where is DOGE when you need it?

Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 6d

Trump's CEA is circulating its estimate of the economic cost of the government shutdown.

But, BREAKING: It's wrong. It makes a simple arithmetic error. And it's dishonest.

Surprising, I know. 🧵

Jonathan A. Parker @profjaparker.bsky.social · 6d

Great piece!!! Like like like like like.

Yuriy Gorodnichenko @ygorodnichenko.bsky.social · 6d

Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh makes a strong case.

A rent freeze is not the answer to New York’s housing crisis

If he is elected mayor, Zohran Mamdani should concentrate on expanding supply

www.ft.com

Jonathan A. Parker @profjaparker.bsky.social · 9d

It’s gotten to the point where Trump can just drop by — without even a new policy, law, or executive order — and America loses

John Mullahy @johnmullahy.bsky.social · 9d

"Trump…was unable to inspire the USA team"

www.independent.ie/irish-news/a...

‘Are you watching, Donald Trump?’ – US president responds as Rory McIlroy taunts him over Ryder Cup victory

Donald Trump offered his congratulations to Europe’s Ryder Cup team after Rory McIlroy led a chant playfully taunting the US President after their victory over the USA at Bethpage Black.

www.independent.ie

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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 11d

Hegseth fires general officers and JAGs, cracks down on dissenting views in military, orders killing civilians at sea without legal rationale, calls generals to Quantico to demand loyalty.

Trump deploys troops to U.S. cities.

"What are Trump and Hegseth up to? It's a mystery!"

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Catherine Wolfram @cwolfram.bsky.social · 14d

U.N. General Assembly Updates: China, for First Time, Vows to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09...

U.N. General Assembly Updates: China, for First Time, Vows to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

www.nytimes.com

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Jonathan A. Parker @profjaparker.bsky.social · 14d

Science can be so crazy, in a good way.

“It starts with a safe virus that has been altered to contain a specially designed sequence of DNA.
This is infused deep into the brain…
The virus then acts like a microscopic postman – delivering the new piece of DNA inside brain cells…”

Patch Thompson @patchthompson.bsky.social · 14d

Anyway, here is some actually incredible news

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Guy Berger @econberger.bsky.social · 16d

Today we got a (very reasonable & completely warranted) explanation from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for why they are delaying publication of the annual Consumer Expenditure Survey (CEX) by about a month.

Transparency is good!

www.bls.gov/cex/notices/...

Consumer Expenditures 2024 News Release Rescheduled

Consumer Expenditures 2024 News Release Rescheduled (9/22/2025)

www.bls.gov

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Jonathan A. Parker @profjaparker.bsky.social · 18d

“When The Onion’s editorial board convened to discuss the tumultuous events of…For too long, our nation has tolerated the mewling and rambling of the confused public. For too long, we have watched the God-given right to suppress free speech slip away...”
theonion.com/in-defense-o...

In Defense Of Mass Censorship

When The Onion’s editorial board convened to discuss the tumultuous events of the previous month, one conclusion became evident: The world stands at a crossroads. Two visions of our collective future ...

theonion.com

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Jonathan A. Parker @profjaparker.bsky.social · 18d

Interesting to see the Onion not fearing censorship or cancellation.

theonion.com/trump-spends...

Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From

LONDON—Claiming that he recognized the member of the royal family, but his memory was hazy, President Donald Trump has spent his entire trip to the U.K. trying to figure out where he knows Prince Andr...

theonion.com

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Jonathan A. Parker @profjaparker.bsky.social · 18d

Wow. Concerned for the President. I hope the White House corrects this and gets him the care he needs.

Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 18d

POTUS repeatedly engages in dirty, white supremacist propaganda work of misleading Americans to think immigrants claiming *political asylum* from violence have anything to do with "insane asylums"

It's so illogical, most people miss the move

But it muddies the issue & scares millions of others

Jonathan A. Parker @profjaparker.bsky.social · 18d

Warning: I am being impersonated on X by @TheProfJAParker Do not be fooled!

My guess: DM scams, maybe crypto, maybe someone at X trying to get me to pay for blue check or to upload my face & id? Who knows?

Never trust anyone account on X, it’s a cesspool.

Jonathan A. Parker @profjaparker.bsky.social · 18d

From Cook to Kimmel to “lock her up” to charges of election fraud, who knew that the term “Trumped-up charges” would prove so prescient?

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The Onion @theonion.com · 19d

Fearful Americans Stockpiling Facts Before Federal Government Comes To Take Them Away https://theonion.com/fearful-americans-stockpiling-facts-before-federal-gove-1819579589/

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Jonathan A. Parker @profjaparker.bsky.social · 23d

Please send in your great JEP paper ideas: www.aeaweb.org/journals/jep...

JEP Guidelines for Proposals

www.aeaweb.org

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Jonathan A. Parker @profjaparker.bsky.social · 23d

And coming soon: Sovereign debt

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Jonathan A. Parker @profjaparker.bsky.social · 23d

And, somewhat finance, a great symposium on house prices: www.aeaweb.org/issues/814

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Vol. 39 No. 3 Summer 2025

www.aeaweb.org

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Jonathan A. Parker @profjaparker.bsky.social · 23d

And a great article on the Basel Endgame : (and www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

Basel Endgame: Bank Capital Requirements and the Future of International Standard Setting

(Summer 2025) - In 2023, US regulators proposed the "Basel Endgame," a long-awaited overhaul of bank capital requirements. The proposal aimed to bring the United States into compliance with internatio...

www.aeaweb.org

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Jonathan A. Parker @profjaparker.bsky.social · 23d

For those of you who follow me for financial economics, I have been getting some great finance into the JEP and I encourage you to read and recommend these great overviews of important parts of finance, such as our bond markets symposium: www.aeaweb.org/issues/803

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Vol. 39 No. 2 Spring 2025

www.aeaweb.org

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Jonathan A. Parker @profjaparker.bsky.social · 23d

Incredibly weak response from White House to the extremely damaging ICE actions.

Alan Beattie @alanbeattie.bsky.social · 24d

Is this a roundabout way of blaming someone else (ICE presumably) for locking up and deporting the Hyundai workers, or is he genuinely unaware of that story and this is just a random musing?

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Jonathan A. Parker @profjaparker.bsky.social · 24d

Wait, this isn’t an Onion headline?

FT Alphaville @alphaville.ft.com · 27d

on.ft.com/3VI92nt

AI can’t write good analyst research yet, says analyst

[FREE TO READ] Finbots make too many mistakes, lack predictive power and tend to miss the big picture, according to Bernstein Research

on.ft.com

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