I would give the President the same advice that I give my mates who are single: If Xi won't call and you want to shoot your shot, it's time to pick up the phone.

Get a discount on my forthcoming boom with my wonderful co-author @kerryhannon.bsky.social !

PSA to business owners: Don't just pass on the tariff cost to your consumers quietly. Add a line on the bill and explicitly label it "Trump Tariff." Show people *why* it is costing more.

There are 33m companies in the USA. Only 21k employe 500 or more. And they only make up 23% of workers. Trump and Elon are ignoring the more than 32m entrepreneurs that can't afford to build a new factory or pay tariffs or absorb cancelled contracts.

Free trade would be the most effective retaliation against Donald Trump's tariffs. Countries could stop respecting U.S. patent and copyright monopolies deanbaker22.substack.com/p/ignoring-p...

I pitched my NYT editor that folks really need to understand that the deadweight loss of tariffs rises in the square of the tariff rate. Despite the wonkiness of it all, they said yes--as long as you can explain that intuitively. Lemme know how I did:

What stage capitalism is this?

Own goal does NOT mean your team gets the point. Seems relevant to clarify today for some reason.

Trump Says Recession Unfortunate But Necessary Step To Get To Depression

Roses are red Violets are blue

Tariffs are on/off/paused, and are targeted/universal, applied to our friends/foes/everyone, starting sooner/later. They'll be in place for the short/long run because they are a useful policy/bargaining chip, and will solve our problem with fentanyl/trade deficits/manufacturing/revenue.

It must be fun for Hassett that we might do Dow 36,000 on his watch.

I’d like to announce my forthcoming US history book, covering a decisive but tumultuous era in that country’s history, titled “The trade policies of the United States: 10:30 am to 1:30 pm on Friday, March 7, 2025” It will be 400 pages.

Oh, I get it. The first of every month is tariff week.

As Medicaid cuts become a possibility, it's key to understand the scope of the program and its many names. H/t to @jessicacalarco.bsky.social and @larivera.bsky.social for the idea and to Melissa Hafner at @airinforms.bsky.social for further context. finance.yahoo.com/news/medicai...

Federal layoffs, funding cuts, and tariffs are hitting across the board but especially in areas of the country that supported President Trump. finance.yahoo.com/news/comment...

WSJ: “The US Economy Depends More Than Ever on Rich People." “.. What this means is that the direction of the stock market .. will be the swing factor .. And you can be sure, this income cohort .. is most likely heavily invested in the Mag 7 ..” - Peter Boockvar www.wsj.com/economy/cons...

More than 75% of the federal civilian workforce lives outside the nation's capital and surrounding communities. finance.yahoo.com/news/how-tru...

Write every day for 1 hour. If you miss a writing day add 1 hour to the next. It’s incredible! Tomorrow I’m writing for 7 years.

Psyche!

“Front-loaded” washers take on new meaning.

A point I tried to make here: finance.yahoo.com/news/heres-w...