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Platypus Economics

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Platypus Economics publishes a weekly newsletter covering macroeconomic policy, political accountability, and behavioral finance through data-driven analysis and interviews. The publication targets readers interested in the intersection of economics and public policy, featuring topics such as Federal Reserve decisions, poverty measurement, and the economic impact of press freedom.

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Recent content

Crony Capitalists Don't Want Reporters Around

Why Is the President Pointing Sanctions at America?

How Much Would You Pay to Prevent the AI Apocalypse?

What Economists Know About Kicking Out Reporters

Is Brooklyn a Luxury Good?

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Feelings Are Economic Data, Too

The Fed’s Most Powerful Tool Is Expectations

What If We Just Gave Poor People Money?

A Tale of Three Kevins

A Bond Is a Fancy Word for a Loan

What’s Bigger Than a 50% Tariff?

Is It Still a Bond Market If I Don’t Use Jargon?

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Federal Reserve policy economic policy Interest rates Tariffs economic policy

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Leading expert on economic growth; now on leave from Stanford, working at Anthropic.

Anthropic · 3d

Betsey Stevenson

Partner who frames UBI as payment for essential input rather than redistribution

5d

Stacey Vanek Smith

Economics expert and co-host of Off the Clock podcast

7d

Interviewer at Drop Site News who asked questions about the economy and policy.

Drop Site News · 26d

Host of The Trump Report podcast, interviewed the author about the trade war.

30d

Friend of the author; co-host on the emergency podcast episode about the bond market.

37d

Host of Slate's What's Next podcast who interviewed the author about the jobs report.

Slate · 40d