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1/ Neale Mahoney and I are back at it, along with our wonderfully talented colleague Giacomo Fraccaroli, examining Bad News Bias in gas prices. Using a dataset of over 1.1 million transcripts from 2004-2023, we make several new findings. briefingbook.info/p/bad-news-bia…

Great column by John this week examining bad news bias in the media, and thrilled my research (w/Neale Mahoney and Giacomo Fraccaroli) get a S/O! John extends some of our findings+makes a compelling case bad news bias might be affecting sentiment (also, see the big miss in UMich today)

You’ve probably heard over that last few years that more people are crossing the southern border than ever before. But that’s not quite right. More people are getting apprehended, but several prior years saw more crossings.

Great to chat w/ ⁦Joan Greve⁩ about my research (w/ Ryan Cummings⁩ ⁦⁦Giacomo Fraccaroli⁩) for her sweeping piece in ⁦⁦The Guardian⁩. Is the US economy doing well? It depends if you ask a Democrat or a Republican theguardian.com/us-news/articl…

How big is the subscription cancelation problem? We signed up for and canceled 47 newspaper subscriptions to find out. New Briefing Book piece with Giacomo Fraccaroli and Zahra Thabet Short 🧵👇 briefingbook.info/p/how-big-is-t…

Thrilled that FTC has finalized its click-to-cancel rule The rule will save consumers time and money by making it easier to cancel subscriptions we don't want Markets will function better, with the reduced lock-in forcing companies to lower prices and raise quality to compete

A+ detective work by Ernie Tedeschi and Ryan Cummings

One of the last things voters will see next Tuesday as they’re driving to the polls is the price of gas. @NealeMahoney and I dug into the numbers to paint a picture of what voters are seeing at the pump, and the answer is largely $3/gal gas! 🧵 briefingbook.info/p/gas-prices-h…