What people recommend, in their own words, with the receipt.
by Joseph Politano
5 people
One of the best macroeconomic newsletters I follow. Seriously just knows how to lay the logic out in charts and graphs.
Doug O'Laughlin's Substack recommendations page (no publication date shown on page; date is fetch date, 2026-09-25) — he personally blurbs newsletters he recommends to his subscribers (undated page)
One of the best econ data blogs out there. By Joey Politano.
Noah Smith's own recommendation blurb for the newsletter Apricitas Economics, on their Substack's recommendations page.
noahpinion.blog ↗·2023-10-19
Joey Politano clearly explains the latest current economic discussion with lots of data and charts.
Claudia Sahm's own recommendation blurb for the newsletter Apricitas Economics, on their Substack's recommendations page.
stayathomemacro.substack.com ↗·2022-06-13
Joey is one of my favorite econ writers. His content is always topical, thoughtful, and ties application and theory together really well.
Kyla Scanlon's own recommendation blurb for the newsletter Apricitas Economics, on their Substack's recommendations page.
kyla.substack.com ↗·2022-04-12
If you want a deep, data-driven understanding of the economy, you need to be reading this newsletter.
His Substack's 'Recommended by Understanding AI' page listing newsletters he endorses (page carries no publish date; retrieval date used) (undated page)
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The verdict is what they actually said: loved and liked are explicit; recommended means they told others to get it; uses means they only say they use it; read is a book on their public shelf with no verdict; mixed and disliked are kept too.
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