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Welcome Stanford University’s Prof Neale Mahoney to SHoF’s seminar “Rethinking Household Debt Relief”. Mahoney is an expert on consumer financial markets, healthcare economics, and medical debt. More info & register: bit.ly/3Xz8S4d

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…

Important investigative journalism 👇🏻

More good news: A nice bounce in consumer sentiment in September, according to the University of Michigan Survey of Consumers. People are noticing lower prices and cooling inflation: 1-year Inflation expectations are down to the lowest since 2020.

Second straight FT-Michigan Ross poll showing Harris with an edge on the economy. Harris seen as best representing interests of middle class, small businesses, union members, and blue-collar workers by solid margins. Trump with large margins on corporations and the wealthy.

A piece worth everyone’s time: “the EU has failed to react…paralyzed by fractured governance, Germany’s corporatist interests in China and Russia… Draghi’s image as the ultimate technocrat gives him a shot at changing this, while avoiding a destructively protectionist turn”

Congrats to Kevin Rinz Gopi Shah Goda, Wes Yin, and Jeff Zhang on the one-year anniversary of Briefing Book. Briefing Book is a tremendous public service and well deserving of its rapid subscriber growth. (You should sign up if you haven't already.) open.substack.com/pub/briefingbo…