Mark Gibson

Economist, beer writer, COO, U.S. House also-ran, coach, lollygagger.

[Mark Gibson @Delmarkva]

Would never play poker with @kaitlancollins. #StoneColdKiller

[Kathryn Watson @kathrynw5]

TRUMP on a woman CNN journalist: "Never smiles. She never. A young, beautiful woman. Never smiles. I never see a smile off her face. I see her standing there with hatred in her eyes."

[Mark Gibson @Delmarkva]

Endless blue. Indian River Inlet DE

[Mark Gibson @Delmarkva]

"I'm 18 years old, and as an adult I'm entering into a legal contract with someone that values me and is willing to pay me. Eat it, old man."

[Rachel Bachman @Bachscore]

"I think name, image and likeness has become pay for play."

Nick Saban, testifying at U.S. Senate hearing on a bill on college sports.
https://t.co/ENu2HFS05X

[Mark Gibson @Delmarkva]

Kinda of the whole Federal budget, to be honest: instant gratification (payments now), the hell with posterity.

[Breakthrough @TheBTI]

Every $ the US invests in public agricultural research returns $20 in social value.

So, naturally, USDA R&D funding has declined by 1/3 since the early 2000s, a trend that will continue under the proposed Farm Bill. https://t.co/JoB0Kf67Vt

[Mark Gibson @Delmarkva]

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[Mark Gibson @Delmarkva]

Yes, "voters are consumers", but are constantly told that politicians are "creating jobs" and "business friendly". Instead, pols need to show their cost-conscious, consumer-friendly credentials. 👇via @TahraHoops

[Mark Gibson @Delmarkva]

Nor is it hippie/socialist to want a "piece of the action" when there are gates, scarcities, or restrictions (costs, favoritism, etc.). "Gen Z rejects the idea of America as morally special" b/c of their elders' special treatment and entitlement.

[Mark Gibson @Delmarkva]

@EdwardGLuce: "It is not hippie to wish for affordable housing or to fear AI’s impact on your earnings potential. Nor is it Stalinist to want universal health insurance."

[Mark Gibson @Delmarkva]

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[Mark Gibson @Delmarkva]

OK so I'm watching @AFL #BrisbanevFremantle replay and the crowd breaks into "Take Me Home Country Road". What the ... ?

[Mark Gibson @Delmarkva]

Or, perhaps, because employers haven't learned how to do so? "Employers may not want to hire fresh graduates onto distributed teams because it is more difficult to teach them the requisite skills from afar."

[Lydia DePillis @lydiadepillis]

The New York Fed thinks that **64%** of the rise in unemployment among young college graduates has to do with remote work. Seems like a lot, but worth thinking about. https://t.co/IAP5MHUiH5

[Mark Gibson @Delmarkva]

Someday a leader will stand up and say, "We wish Russians peace and prosperity. Its government? Not so much ..."

[Financial Times @FT]

Putin could pay a personal price for failure in Ukraine https://t.co/m5bHohvgkl

[Mark Gibson @Delmarkva]

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[Mark Gibson @Delmarkva]

What the transformation of Bedford Falls into Pottersville did to the American psyche ... sad. 👇

[Jeremy Horpedahl 🥚📉 @jmhorp]

The answer, of course, is that between 1900 and 1950, public policy allowed the supply of housing, doctors, and schools to increase along with a rising population. But especially for housing, and to some extent for doctors, policy has prevented that supply-side increase recently

[Mark Gibson @Delmarkva]

What a game! #WCWS @NCAASoftball #TTUvUCLA

[Mark Gibson @Delmarkva]

@FPWellman ACH is 40¢ per transaction. Credit cards are 3% of the transaction amount -- all of which gets passed on to consumers.

Fix that.

[Mark Gibson @Delmarkva]

But prone to favoritism and corruption? "The island’s small businesses could thrive, too ... Many operate outside the law ..."

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

The infrastructure to handle a surge in business, if the regime falls, already exists. The island’s small firms could thrive, too. But some industries would take longer to rescue https://t.co/V4iOgb2Yoe

Photo: Reuters

[Mark Gibson @Delmarkva]

"Weaponize" clean clothes? "... Coalition for a Prosperous America, which promotes domestic production, said the Chinese government could exploit GE’s Internet-connected appliances to access consumer data."

[Mark Gibson @Delmarkva]

"The equipment I need to put in that factory, it’s not made in America ... we’re paying #tariffs on it that are insane."

[David J. Lynch @davidjlynch]

Why a Chinese-owned company is bringing factory jobs back to the U.S. https://t.co/eHSgWn57TT

[Mark Gibson @Delmarkva]

So by "targeted tariff relief actions", the WH means favoritism?