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Bite-sized, no-nonsense economic insights from John Cochrane, the Hoover Institution’s “Grumpy Economist”. Each week, he tackles a hot topic—from taxes and tariffs to inflation and climate policy—cutting through the jargon to reveal the practical truths about how the economy really works. Sharp, witty, and always grounded in real-world logic.

John Cochrane, micro and macro.