Liam Rice

bo nix, actual bronco

top 10 mormon moment for BYU

excited to sneak some time during the semester to read this (i somehow preordered two, you’re welcome robin wigglesworth)

indiana michigan has been absolutely disgusting (not laudatory)

Served as the moderator for the first round of the 2026 Fed Challenge for the Boston region today—nothing makes you more hopeful for the future than seeing a bunch of college students absolutely crush their presentations

brother if you can’t make BioWare make you money, idk what you’re doing

i’m running a live ultimatum game at our university’s Day of Understanding this week to explore concepts of reciprocity and fairness. hoping it doesn’t fly off the rails like most live economic experiments do lol

this georgia auburn game… no notes

I’m quoted in this NPR Ocean State Media article about Hasbro’s WARN notice for ~600 layoffs in Rhode Island later this year: www.oceanstatemedia.org/economy/2026...

I will destroy liberty biberty with my bare hands.

100 more years of forward guidance!! 🫡

texas-ou has been so stupid (complementary)

operator: 911, please state the nature of your emergency me: hey. why was liberty biberty beheaded operator: he constructed the forbidden fractal me: i don't know what that means operator: some 300 light-years from earth, there exists what you might describe as a "palace of time." the me: nevermind

do you think a rise in agentic consumer banking would make bank runs MORE or LESS likely?

The US is, or was, the world’s leading scientific power in economics. The Trump administration is inflicting extraordinary damage on what was once an infrastructure of excellence. The open question is how much of that damage will prove permanent.

labor force participation up!!

more of a movement along the curve rather than a shift i think

oh john mateer (derogatory)

ICE abducted a WBB player while she was traveling with her Kentucky State team in early August at Louisville airport. She has been imprisoned for 1.5 months and denied care for a serious ACL injury. It is the responsibility of universities and the NCAA to protect their players. They have failed.

oh lsu

immediately after “nice play call by chad morris”, clemson throws a disgusting interception lol

oh spurs ❤️❤️❤️

go, principle of insufficient reason!! someone tell me what the risk-dominant strategy is!

i do love me some good al roth! his latest book is a great read.

Jesus Christ they're giving a Q to the Washington Examiner (about tariffs and whether he'll meet the President). A: I'm not a Wall Street newsletter. We stay in our lane [by stuffing the briefing with right wing outlets].

warsh presser speaking cadence 😒😒😒

happy fed decision day, i can’t wait for the cosmic hell the warsh press conference will put me through!

a student in my intro to macro class last night asked me what’s going to happen in oil markets and i just had to stare him in the eyes and go “idk man, your guess is as good as mine”

imagining a factory manager having to cancel all export shipments and just frustratedly shaking his head muttering “beth hammack…” under his breath

bills/texans so far: stoppable force vs. movable object

Last time the Fed hiked before an election? 2022 midterm under Biden. From 1984 to 2024, the Fed adjusted rates (up or down) within 60 days of an election (43%) as often as in any other 60-day period (45%).

arch gotta make a better throw than that lol

signals and revealed preferences

pitt in the rain is a recipe for a silly, silly game

dear john mateer, never change, my chaotic king ❤️

(unsurprisingly) this oklahoma offense is…

im fully on board for hull city prem champions 🫡🫡

one of the best things is being in the faculty office the morning of the cpi report and suddenly everyone is running over into an office together to geek about it before class

enjoy this old picture of my two shih tzus as a timeline cleanse

candidate for the job of chief economist exposed as actually being an economist

they could never make me hate you drew lock 🫡

new mayor in pawtucket—excited for adam greenman!

Causal inference is the art of considering what you'd need to assume to identify your estimate as causal while slowly shaking your head and whistling through your teeth like the guy who came out to look at your boiler.

Ricardo (law of diminishing returns) always wins.

this was such a fun episode tbh, the time flew by listening

mason heintschel heisman campaign incoming???