
Connor Smith
52 posts



Are immigrants more innovative? Yup. Immigrants tend to 1.) make up a higher share of business owners and 2.) operate more innovative and productive firms. This "implies [immigrants make] large contributions to U.S. innovation and growth." osf.io/preprints/soca…



Every piece of info we have suggests that building housing reduces rents quick thread:


We shouldn’t measure the strength of the economy by the stock market. People work 2+ jobs to make ends meet. Housing is unaffordable. Student loan payments are back on. 100M Americans have medical debt—the leading cause of bankruptcy. And you can’t live on the minimum wage.

Central bankers around the world had begun preparing for rate cuts on the back of steadily weakening inflation. But as the US jobs numbers demonstrate, hot labour markets are the biggest potential barrier to them hitting their 2% inflation goals on.ft.com/486Pz3A




























