Migration Economist. Associate Professor at UTampa. Editorial Board member at Eastern Economic Journal. Contributor to econeveryday.com. www.michael-coon.com. Usual disclaimers apply.https://bsky.app/profile/mikecoonomics.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikecoonomics.bsky.social/post/3mwrihvbrm22xFWIW, I had to change my Gmail account back in 2006, (you know, when you had to be personally invited by someone to get a Gmail account?), because I kept getting email chains between a soldier serving in Iraq and his wife. [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Sep 2026 23:25 +0000at://did:plc:r4c5de3eux7d5cw4prevhgl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwrihvbrm22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikecoonomics.bsky.social/post/3mwgllmefmk2cThe cool thing about academia is that you can mostly create your own schedule. The bad thing is that sometimes you're working on Saturday morning.26 Sep 2026 15:21 +0000at://did:plc:r4c5de3eux7d5cw4prevhgl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwgllmefmk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mikecoonomics.bsky.social/post/3mw5lujfb4c22Loansharking... you invented loansharking. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Sep 2026 01:32 +0000at://did:plc:r4c5de3eux7d5cw4prevhgl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw5lujfb4c22https://bsky.app/profile/mikecoonomics.bsky.social/post/3mvoppwx2ds2jlnkd.in/p/eUci74hD https://lnkd.in/p/eUci74hD17 Sep 2026 03:31 +0000at://did:plc:r4c5de3eux7d5cw4prevhgl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvoppwx2ds2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikecoonomics.bsky.social/post/3mvdapzqpv22gTechnically, it was FDR. But, yeah. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DKz4V1GCF/12 Sep 2026 14:03 +0000at://did:plc:r4c5de3eux7d5cw4prevhgl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvdapzqpv22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mikecoonomics.bsky.social/post/3mv7mohm3t22gJust a friendly reminder... read the book "In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz." It's about Mobutu and the Congo. It explains how he ran his dictatorship. Spoiler alert: Paul Manafort, Trump's original campaign manager, was a lobbyist for Mobutu. They're running the same game plan. Read books, people.11 Sep 2026 03:27 +0000at://did:plc:r4c5de3eux7d5cw4prevhgl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7mohm3t22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mikecoonomics.bsky.social/post/3mv7gjdrus22fTeaching about opportunity cost tomorrow. Gonna share this. You're welcome. #TeachEcon https://www.facebook.com/share/r/19azCrSW47/11 Sep 2026 01:36 +0000at://did:plc:r4c5de3eux7d5cw4prevhgl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7gjdrus22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikecoonomics.bsky.social/post/3mv7cvjais22f$5,000 for someone working 40 hours/week is $2.50/hour. I bet if they found a way for hourly workers to get paid more for their work, they'd be much more inclined to vote for them. I guess Patronage is only Capitalism if it's from the Trump region of France. Otherwise it's just Sparkling Socialism.11 Sep 2026 00:32 +0000at://did:plc:r4c5de3eux7d5cw4prevhgl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv7cvjais22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikecoonomics.bsky.social/post/3mv5aicwto22oI think I'll just show up to class on Friday and say, "This has been the GREATEST FIRST TWO WEEKS OF CLASS EVER. You all have learned more in this first two weeks than anyone has ever learned. Nobody has ever learned anything like this before. The Dean came up to me this morning, and said, 'Sir..."10 Sep 2026 04:43 +0000at://did:plc:r4c5de3eux7d5cw4prevhgl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv5aicwto22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mikecoonomics.bsky.social/post/3mv56ng2go22o240 million x $5k = $1.2 trillion. Didn't know he was sitting on that kind of extra cash. Is he planning to liquidate all of Elon and the other billionaires' wealth and spread it around? Seems like a strange anti-socialist/communist strategy. But, they don't really know what those words mean anyway. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Sep 2026 04:10 +0000at://did:plc:r4c5de3eux7d5cw4prevhgl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv56ng2go22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mikecoonomics.bsky.social/post/3muv3s5zty22eI am really looking forward to reading the article/watching the documentary that, undoubtedly, some investigative journalist is working on to reveal the far-right GOP propagandists that are funding this 6th place swimmer's rise to stardom. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Sep 2026 22:58 +0000at://did:plc:r4c5de3eux7d5cw4prevhgl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3muv3s5zty22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mikecoonomics.bsky.social/post/3muppxtsz4s2xWell, if that's the case then I could to tremendously well for myself personally if I grew my own food, made my own clothes, built my own car and computer, etc. I can't belive I wasted all that time studying economics when I could've been out there shearing sheep. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 Sep 2026 19:43 +0000at://did:plc:r4c5de3eux7d5cw4prevhgl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3muppxtsz4s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikecoonomics.bsky.social/post/3mulk53n7ac2kTwo books that I think most people read as a playbook that should've been read as a warning: 1984 and The Communist Manifesto.03 Sep 2026 03:48 +0000at://did:plc:r4c5de3eux7d5cw4prevhgl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mulk53n7ac2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mikecoonomics.bsky.social/post/3muippexcis2kWhen I went to language school in Mexico many years ago, I learned my favorite phrase not from the school, but from the Spanish language SciFi channel: "Nada pasa hasta te pasa." Sorry, not sorry, you insufferable douche. May the rest of the architects of hate get a taste of it, too. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Sep 2026 00:50 +0000at://did:plc:r4c5de3eux7d5cw4prevhgl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3muippexcis2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mikecoonomics.bsky.social/post/3mu6x6qrnek26More than half of both Congress and the Supreme Court are just totally cool with all of this.29 Aug 2026 03:37 +0000at://did:plc:r4c5de3eux7d5cw4prevhgl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6x6qrnek26https://bsky.app/profile/mikecoonomics.bsky.social/post/3mu3lriogac2tMan, if only someone could've predicted this would happen. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/world/canada/canada-universities-hire-us-researchers.html?smid=nytcore-android-share27 Aug 2026 19:35 +0000at://did:plc:r4c5de3eux7d5cw4prevhgl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3lriogac2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mikecoonomics.bsky.social/post/3mtzde4ncws2tThis is exactly what I claimed and showed in my JMHS paper 10 years ago. Agencies participating in the jail enforcement model can't inquire about immigration status until someone is being booked. So, overzealous officers will come up with any flimsy reason to arrest. https://share.google/MR2F3dfnHCACoxbtB [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Aug 2026 21:59 +0000at://did:plc:r4c5de3eux7d5cw4prevhgl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzde4ncws2thttps://bsky.app/profile/mikecoonomics.bsky.social/post/3mtriig7nrc2m"He didn't die in the car crash because he wasn't wearing his seat belt. He died because there were other cars driving on the road." The anti-indoctrination party really loves indoctrinating their voters [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 19:09 +0000at://did:plc:r4c5de3eux7d5cw4prevhgl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtriig7nrc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikecoonomics.bsky.social/post/3mtovlifl622uIf they're going to name any Naval ship after him, it should be a Destroyer, to remind everyone what he's doing to this country. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 18:26 +0000at://did:plc:r4c5de3eux7d5cw4prevhgl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtovlifl622uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikecoonomics.bsky.social/post/3mtkeocup6s2kMy latest column, with Abigail Hall, explains, yet again, how our immigration policies are hurting the US economy. New student-visa requirements earn an “F” in economics | Column https://www.tampabay.com/viewpoints/2026/08/20/student-visa-international-college-university/20 Aug 2026 23:12 +0000at://did:plc:r4c5de3eux7d5cw4prevhgl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtkeocup6s2khttps://bsky.app/profile/mikecoonomics.bsky.social/post/3mtfxl4wmnk2xI find it really annoying when political pundits tout the stat that there are 1.5 million more Republicans registered in Florida than Democrats, but then leave out the fact that there are 3.3 million voters in Florida registered with no party affiliation.19 Aug 2026 05:07 +0000at://did:plc:r4c5de3eux7d5cw4prevhgl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfxl4wmnk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikecoonomics.bsky.social/post/3mtbz4hbazk2cI met Ira in 2015 on an airport shuttle bus. We chatted and later coordinated many conference sessions. He later presided over my lecture for the GLO and said, "When I send my students to conferences, I tell them to do what you do." What's that? Talk to people. Ira Gang https://share.google/iiQeoITNxCqaoAdSK17 Aug 2026 15:24 +0000at://did:plc:r4c5de3eux7d5cw4prevhgl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtbz4hbazk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mikecoonomics.bsky.social/post/3mt7ikofocc2hI'd bet nobody in the Trump family is familiar with the history of the Batista, Somoza, etc. families, or, even Tsar Nicholas or King Louis. Yet, they are curious (oblivious?) to the reasons why people are starting to think socialism and revolution are a better alternative. Read books people.16 Aug 2026 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:r4c5de3eux7d5cw4prevhgl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt7ikofocc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikecoonomics.bsky.social/post/3msskali6kk26 [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Aug 2026 11:48 +0000at://did:plc:r4c5de3eux7d5cw4prevhgl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3msskali6kk26https://bsky.app/profile/mikecoonomics.bsky.social/post/3msnwwerwkc27I was emotional because very few people get a chance to destroy a country, and I was able to help do it [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Aug 2026 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:r4c5de3eux7d5cw4prevhgl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3msnwwerwkc27https://bsky.app/profile/mikecoonomics.bsky.social/post/3msnq2hxse227I'm not as mad at Bill Cassidy as I am at all the other Senators who were just willing to rubber-stamp this confirmation and every other thing he does. The rot is deep. It will be hard to fix.09 Aug 2026 13:49 +0000at://did:plc:r4c5de3eux7d5cw4prevhgl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3msnq2hxse227https://bsky.app/profile/mikecoonomics.bsky.social/post/3msnnek6l5k27Say what you want about the jobs numbers, but if we didn't host the World Cup, leisure and hospitality numbers would be much, much worse. Every sports economist knows this. Subsidize more stadiums!!!!! /s Leisure and Hospitality Has Lost Its Strength in the Job Market https://share.google/EQX1UtwCl6pL71KrY09 Aug 2026 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:r4c5de3eux7d5cw4prevhgl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3msnnek6l5k27https://bsky.app/profile/mikecoonomics.bsky.social/post/3msjomql3bs24The way he described the "ballrom" in this rant makes me believe even more that he's really just trying to build a Fuhrer Bunker to hide in when he refuses to leave office at the end of his term [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Aug 2026 23:13 +0000at://did:plc:r4c5de3eux7d5cw4prevhgl6/app.bsky.feed.post/3msjomql3bs24