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Justin Wolfers
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Prof @UMichEcon & @FordSchool | Fellow @BrookingsInst | Intro Econ textbook author | newsletter.platypuseconomics.com | linktr.ee/justinwolfers
Ann Arbor, MI
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    Justin Wolfers
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    May 6
    Announcing: @PlatypusEcon — a Substack, YouTube channel, and podcast built around one idea: Economics is one of the most useful, surprising, and weirdly beautiful subjects in the world. It belongs to everyone — not just the people who happened to take it in college. 🧵
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    Justin Wolfers
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    Sep 11, 2024
    Perhaps men are too emotional to be President.
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    Justin Wolfers
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    Oct 16, 2020
    The election is now officially Mr Rogers v. Your Crazy Uncle.
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    Justin Wolfers
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    Nov 7, 2020
    Guys, the same people who booked the wrong Four Seasons are running our response to covid.
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    Justin Wolfers
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    Apr 12, 2025
    I just want to tip my hat to the crack team of White House economists who were able to discover--in just a few short days--that the U.S. is dependent on China for smartphones, computers and semiconductors.
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    Justin Wolfers
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    May 22, 2023
    Senator, I have put together the chart showing the two variables you were trying to link.
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    JD Vance
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    May 22, 2023
    Letting in too many people drives up housing costs for normal Americans. Stop Biden’s border crisis, and stop his war on home affordability.
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    Justin Wolfers
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    May 1, 2020
    I don’t think I’ve said this loud enough, so here goes: Every economist I know believes that the single best way to ensure a robust recovery is to beat the bug. There’s no economic health without public health.
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    Justin Wolfers
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    Jan 23, 2025
    The folks obsessively posting about egg prices for the past few years have gone strangely quiet just as egg prices hit an all-time high.
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    Justin Wolfers
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    Apr 13, 2020
    Not a single economist or public health expert.
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    Justin Wolfers
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    Jul 5, 2019
    Microeconomic decisions create macroeconomic phenomena...
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    Justin Wolfers
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    Oct 24, 2024
    Focusing for a moment on the POLICIES at play. Voters were asked whether they supported 100 different policies, but weren't told whether the policy was from Trump or Harris. Nearly all of Harris' policies got majority support from the public, and... 🧵
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    Justin Wolfers
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    Oct 25, 2025
    Wait until he hears that Reagan didn't trust the Russians.
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    Justin Wolfers
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    Mar 12, 2025
    I believe this is a world first: An intra-day tariff chart.
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    Justin Wolfers
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    Mar 11, 2025
    This morning’s new tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum are off, now that it's afternoon.
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    Justin Wolfers
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    Oct 8, 2020
    Just as women get paid 20 cents on the dollar less than men, Harris appears to get 20 seconds less on the minute than Pence.