Economist Writing Every Day

My Thanksgiving prices post is cited by the White House and Politifact: politifact.com/factchecks/202…

I saw the Barbie movie. Last month, I was so behind that I just put up links to @maiamindel's movie posts. Here I suggest further readings by @_alice_evans and @jmhorp @EconsEveryDay economistwritingeveryday.com/2023/09/02/the…

Is the Dodge Caravan harder for typical family to buy than it was in 1996? It certainly has a lot more features (but not heated seats). Even so, the 2020 Caravan was actually *more* affordable relative earnings Read the details @EconsEveryDay: economistwritingeveryday.com/2023/09/06/the…

How well are blue-collar production workers compensated? In my @EconsEveryDay post today, I try to look at the long run, and then again at the really long run data economistwritingeveryday.com/2023/08/16/man…

Most popular posts from @EconsEveryDay economistwritingeveryday.com/2023/08/26/top…

"Our blog has been cited by The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Reason Magazine, Marginal Revolution, and many others." Not bad for 3 years of blogging! Thanks @aboutJoy for starting @EconsEveryDay economistwritingeveryday.com/2023/08/26/top…

I have a new paper with @swinshi correcting errors in the American Compass "Cost of Thriving Index." I wrote a summary of the paper for the @EconsEveryDay blog. Bottom line: the American family *is* thriving! economistwritingeveryday.com/2023/06/21/the…

"more than 30% of the citations suggested by ChatGPT do not exist" Great new paper co-authored by @aboutJoy and summarized by her on @EconsEveryDay. We have seen lots of anecdotal examples of this, but great systematic analysis here economistwritingeveryday.com/2023/06/04/new…

With a link to @EconsEveryDay on the value of campus clubs for skill development.

Thanks to rising housing prices last year and rising interest rates this year, a mortgage payment on the median new home is now the highest since 1990 (relative to wages). But we also just lived through a decade of cheap housing (really!) @EconsEveryDay economistwritingeveryday.com/2022/10/19/mor…

How has freedom and liberalism in the world fared since 1947? While we still face challenges today, I would hope that the founders of the Mont Pelerin Society would be proud of the progress in the past 75 years @EconsEveryDay economistwritingeveryday.com/2022/10/12/the…

You can read more from my colleagues and I at economistwritingeveryday.com/2022/10/14/adv…, @EconsEveryDay Thanks to @bryan_caplan @ScottSumnerTMI @holly_noelb

My @EconsEveryDay post looks at the growth of household wealth during the pandemic. The big winner? In percentage terms, it is far-and-away the Bottom 50%. But what assets rose in value to cause this wealth increase? economistwritingeveryday.com/2022/09/21/wea…

Work-from-home has dropped a potentisl housing windfall in our laps, but cities need to move fast. economistwritingeveryday.com/2022/08/01/con…

What do the "Mom Life" comics tell us about the balance of childcare and housework among married couples? I dig into the data in my latest @EconsEveryDay post economistwritingeveryday.com/2022/08/03/mom…

Be nice, knowledgeable, and stay on track. economistwritingeveryday.com/2022/07/11/be-… @mikemakowsky

In an new paper, we find that job lock remains at least as high after the Affordable Care Act as it was before economistwritingeveryday.com/2022/07/07/job…

The degree of Market concentration doesn’t cause inflation. Oil and grain price volatility result in *less* consumer price volatility with monopoles.

I am on vacation this week, and despite high gas prices, Americans still seem to be taking to the road for vacations in large numbers. Does this mean the Law of Demand doesn't apply? economistwritingeveryday.com/2022/07/06/on-…

Demagoguery, budget incentives, collateral damage, and perp shaming. The third act of American Prohibition will play out a lot like the first two, only this time the victims will mostly be women. economistwritingeveryday.com/2022/07/04/pro…