Patrick W. Watson

Economics journalist, editor @MauldinEcon. Opinions mine. Also on Bsky (patrickww). Once a soldier.

[Patrick W. Watson @PatrickW]

When everything is designed to provoke and enrage you, staying calm is a revolutionary act.

[Patrick W. Watson @PatrickW]

@RobertFKelly1 Grace wanted me to remarry. I think she knew I won’t do well on my own. But right now it’s really hard to imagine.

[Patrick W. Watson @PatrickW]

Some personal news...This week my life changed forever when I lost my wife, my soul mate and my best friend Grace. She was diagnosed with cancer in April. She fought for four months, enduring incredible pain with a smile. 1/

[Patrick W. Watson @PatrickW]

One of Grace’s last wishes was to know I will all right without her. I promised her I would. It’s going to be hard. But I know I’ll make it… because she’ll always be in my heart. 3/3

[Patrick W. Watson @PatrickW]

When it became clear treatment was futile, Grace faced death the same way she approached life: with love for everyone around her. She kept spreading joy to her final days. At the hospice I heard dozens of beautiful stories from people whose lives she had touched. 2/

[Patrick W. Watson @PatrickW]

The idea that Trump acts under normal political motivations will lead you wrong every time. He is something entirely different.

[The Editorial Board @johnastoehr]

1. The last round of tariffs was not only vastly unpopular but completely illegal, according to the US Supreme Court. A sane president would back off, vowing never to repeat the same mistake.

[Patrick W. Watson @PatrickW]

Wannabe caesars have been picking fights with popes for centuries. They and their regimes are all gone. The Holy See is still there.

[Democrats Abroad @DemsAbroad]

@RBReich @GemoFehr

[Patrick W. Watson @PatrickW]

@Noahpinion The COVID virus killed multiple millions and a bunch of people just shrugged. Not sure why AI killing a million would get a different reaction.

[Patrick W. Watson @PatrickW]

@scottlincicome Negotiating with proven liars is stupid. Anyone who trusted this administration to keep its word on anything at all deserves to lose all their money. 100% of it.

[Patrick W. Watson @PatrickW]

@PhilWMagness Shocked, shocked to see someone in this administration commit an ethical breach.

[Patrick W. Watson @PatrickW]

@knittingkris Nice to see you too. I’m fine. I’ve just retreated from social media while I work on some offline projects.

[Patrick W. Watson @PatrickW]

This matter *can't* be fully resolved as long as Donald Trump is still president. A dropped investigation can always be restarted. The threat will remain real until someone else runs DOJ.

Which means we won't know whether Powell's replacement is acting honestly or under duress.

[LoLNothingMatters @DastDn]

Like most statist initiatives, tariffs handicap small businesses much more than large corporations that have the resources (and direct access to the government) to game the system and buy exemptions.

[Mauldin Economics @mauldinecon]

Affordability isn’t only about inflation. @PatrickW shows how rising homeowners insurance is becoming a systemic risk.
https://t.co/VACLm1nQdQ

#HousingMarket #Insurance #Affordability #Economy

[Patrick W. Watson @PatrickW]

No idea why but I'll consider this an honor.

[Mauldin Economics @mauldinecon]

AI won’t kill your job today... but it might ruin your chances of getting one. @PatrickW unpacks the paradox of AI-written cover letters and why they’re backfiring for jobseekers.
https://t.co/XisRoCxObL

#AIJobs #ConnectingTheDots

[Craig Fuller 🛩🚛🚂⚓️ @FreightAlley]

Trump's efforts to reindustrialize the economy has been a disaster.

According to Southern Business & Development, project activity in 2025 has been the worst in its 31 years of covering manufacturing and plant expansion.

[Patrick W. Watson @PatrickW]

Yet 100% of his party will accept it.

[Jake Tapper 🦅 @jaketapper]

After a woman reporter asked about President Trump’s name being raised in emails sent by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, Trump snaps at her: “Quiet, piggy!”

Disgusting and completely unacceptable.

https://t.co/5NNaF86aEJ

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

I urge Heads of State and the leaders of nations to listen to the cry of the poorest. There can be no peace without justice. The poor remind us of this in many ways, through migration as well as through their cries, which are often stifled by the myth of well-being and progress, which does not take everyone into account.

[Patrick W. Watson @PatrickW]

This trend has yet to reach the Texas Longhorns at DKR. Maybe because we have no empty sections in which shirtless fans can assemble.

[College GameDay @CollegeGameDay]

"Everything is better shirtless. Faces get brighter, friends get closer, teams play better, it's science!"

@PatMcAfeeShow and @bertkreischer take a look at how one dare created a movement across college football.

[Patrick W. Watson @PatrickW]

If your movement needs more than one second of thought to choose whether it embraces an overt racist, maybe something is wrong with your movement.