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EconReporter @econreporter.bsky.social · 17d

🚨🚨🚨 Lastest in my "Stats absolutely no one else care about; but if you do, you would find this a fun read" series 🚨🚨🚨

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EconReporter @econreporter.bsky.social · 17d

Did you know, Canada's upcoming "dollar for dollar" counter tariff... is not exactly tariffing the same import value as the US's one...

Canada actually tariff CAD 36 billion when it says CAD 27.6 billion...Why?

Let me explain....

Why Canada’s Counter-Tariff Is More Than ‘Dollar for Dollar’

Canada calls its counter-tariffs "dollar for dollar." Add up the actual tariff list, though, and the number lands billions higher — here's why.

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Premier League News

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Goalkeepers to assist a team's first goal in a Premier League campaign:
Carl Rushworth to Jay Dasilva, Coventry 2026-27
Peter Schmeichel to Mark Hughes, Man Utd 1992-93 (Opta)

September 19, 2026 at 6:43 PM

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Richard Jolly

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Everton are unbeaten in all competitions, with five clean sheets and fifth in the league. Whether or not he meant it, Thierno Barry got a winner for David Moyes' cut-price side. On Everton 1-0 Ipswich:
www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

Whether by accident or design, Thierno Barry is the face of the new Everton

Everton 1-0 Ipswich: While others in the Premier League confused themselves with spending sprees, David Moyes’ side are making the most of what they have

www.independent.co.uk

September 19, 2026 at 6:52 PM

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Win Monroe

@winmonroe.bsky.social

We should absolutely give zero ground to the folk economics of the "double taxation" argument. /rantover

September 19, 2026 at 5:38 PM

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Win Monroe

@winmonroe.bsky.social

We would probably be better off if we stopped calling it an inheritance tax all together and called in an income tax, because that's what it is. To argue against it is to argue against an income tax, which, fine, you can have that position, but I think people have a better intuition for its logic.

September 19, 2026 at 5:38 PM

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Win Monroe

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Returning to the inheritance tax, it is the same for people. Income is taxed and then people spend their income which is income to others and it is taxed again as it circulates because incomes have multiplied. An inheritance tax is taxing the income that is being received by the recipient.

September 19, 2026 at 5:38 PM

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Win Monroe

@winmonroe.bsky.social

There is nothing magic or nefarious about this. One person or company's expenditure is another's income. Money circulates in the economy and tax is levied each time it circulates. It's not like each dollar gets a badge that it's paid its dues and is free after the first circulation.

September 19, 2026 at 5:38 PM

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Win Monroe

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This is a very good thread with lots of thoughtful details and analysis. However, I want to take the opportunity to address this particular argument you hear often about inheritance tax being "double taxation." It is absolute nonsense. (rant incoming)

Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 11h

A common objection to inheritance tax is that it's double taxation. You earned the money, you paid income tax on it, you saved what was left, and now the state wants 40% of that.

September 19, 2026 at 5:38 PM

EconReporter

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Have they asked Bezos though 🫪

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1h

WaPo statement:

@washingtonpost.com

September 19, 2026 at 5:54 PM

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Carl Quintanilla

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WaPo statement:

@washingtonpost.com

September 19, 2026 at 5:47 PM

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Random paper from RePEc

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Introduction To The Special Issue On Global Supply Chain Management by Hau L. Lee & Shu Ming Ng (1997)

IDEAS/RePEc link

to RePEc:bla:popmgt:v:6:y:1997:i:3:p:191-192

ideas.repec.org

September 19, 2026 at 5:50 PM

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Duncan Lamont

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Today was a good day

September 19, 2026 at 5:05 PM

EconReporter

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Always look on the Brighton of life~~

Luke Kawa @ljkawa.bsky.social · 3h

This week's Brighton results are conclusive proof that Man U is better than Arsenal

it’s me, aubrey plaza accord @sellingtheta.bsky.social · 3h

prem managers should see this as a blueprint to play Arsenal. press and use a high line. Martinelli is gone, Saka has lost some of his power and physicality, and Arteta doesn’t trust Madueke (Dowman) came on instead. we don’t transition well. used to be we struggle against low blocks.

September 19, 2026 at 4:15 PM

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The Athletic | Football

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The major talking points dissected as Mikel Arteta's side suffer a humbling defeat at the Amex stadium www.nytimes.com/athletic/759...

Brighton 3 Arsenal 0: How were the Premier League champions made to look so ordinary?

The major talking points dissected as Mikel Arteta's side suffer a humbling defeat at the Amex stadium

www.nytimes.com

September 19, 2026 at 4:04 PM

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Mike Goodman

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Extremely pumped for Roma-Inter.

Ask me where you can watch the match.

September 19, 2026 at 4:04 PM

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Luke Kawa

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This week's Brighton results are conclusive proof that Man U is better than Arsenal

it’s me, aubrey plaza accord @sellingtheta.bsky.social · 3h

September 19, 2026 at 4:01 PM

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adriana1o5.bsky.social

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I’m really glad they all kissed his ass and muzzled their reporters.

Hopefully it ups the anger and influences future reporting.

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 4h

POLITICO: “.. . A second person close to the White House said there’s already been discussions about adding more outlets to the ban. Trump himself on Friday cited The New York Times and The Washington Post as possible additions.”

@politico.com
www.politico.com/newsletters/...

September 19, 2026 at 4:08 PM

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graham steele

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The WH may well try to make the case, but it's not clear mere disagreement about some of the causes of SVB's satisfies the (admittedly vague) standard in Cook. Nor do the bank failures themselves suggest any "misconduct" warranting removal 3 years later.
www.yalejreg.com/nc/the-uncer...

The majority also addresses the specifics of Governor Cook’s removal by offering some high-level guidelines about the meaning of “for cause” in the FRA. The threshold, we are told, must be “substantial” and is based on the “seriousness of the alleged misconduct, and the extent of any nexus that may exist to the Governor’s professional duties,” but ultimately “cannot be reduced to a precise set of rules.” Unsurprisingly, given the underlying facts in Cook, the Court cautioned against “naiveté,” noting that, without meaningful substantive protections, a “perceived or alleged misstep (past or present) could provide a ready pretext” for removal—and this Sword of Damocles would likely hang over each policy decision made by the members of the Board of Governors. The Court also held that Governors subject to a removal determination are entitled to some “explanation of the evidence at issue, some avenue for a response, and a deadline by which a response would be due.”

September 19, 2026 at 3:42 PM

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graham steele

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To the extent SCOTUS is concerned about pretextual firings, Barr is in a strong position, since it's been an open secret the administration wants him gone so the president can have more influence over the board of governors.
news.bloomberglaw.com/banking-law/...

SVB’s failure occurred less than a year after Barr became the Fed’s top bank cop and critics have said that a pullback in oversight before he joined contributed to the lender’s problems.

Some senior Trump administration officials and allies for months have been laying the groundwork to argue that at the time of the 2023 regional banking crisis, Barr and others at the Fed were distracted by issues not within the central bank’s main purview, according to people familiar with the matter.

Similarly, some Republican lawmakers have argued that, in recent years, Fed officials were too focused on issues like climate policy and matters related to diversity, equity and inclusion – and should have been more focused on core issues at the central bank, including bank supervision.

September 19, 2026 at 3:55 PM

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Robin Wigglesworth

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A Fabulous Debt is out soon, but for the champs that preorder I have a tiny little extra gift chapter. Details below.

Robin Wigglesworth @robinwigglesworth.ft.com · 8d

Happy to say that I have a small but hopefully fun incentive for people that pre-order my new book A Fabulous Debt (a history of the bond market) before it goes on sale — a bonus chapter on the oldest bonds ever traded.

Literal Ur bonds! x5h4gde8rss.typeform.com/to/ZTLyVeMY?...