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Ernie Tedeschi

@ernietedeschi
10 posts
2026-02-25
For @stripe's 2025 annual letter released today, we dug into a ton of macro data. One pattern jumps out: the economy is sorting winners and losers faster than before. As @collision put it—"the sorting machine is whirring faster". /1
2026-02-25 View on X
Financial Times

Stripe hits a $159B valuation after an employee share sale to investors like Thrive, Coatue, and a16z, a 70% jump from its $92B valuation in February 2025

2026-02-02
It is interesting that consumers are increasingly willing to pay for more leisure time (i.e. not making dinner or traveling to pick up a meal). Not necessarily irrational if people value their time more than we think!
2026-02-02 View on X
New York Times

How food delivery is reshaping US mealtimes, as some users spend thousands; NRA data shows nearly 75% of 2024 restaurant orders were not eaten in a restaurant

Almost three of every four restaurant orders in the U.S. weren't eaten in a restaurant, according to recent data.

2025-10-28
Just a reminder that last November there were **1.7 million** layoffs in the US in aggregate. And that was a relatively *low* number. But there were 5.3 million hires that month too. In a labor market as large as the US there's just an incredible amount of churn all the time. 1/2
2025-10-28 View on X
Bloomberg

Amazon says it will cut ~14,000 jobs from its corporate workforce, after cutting 27,000 across 2022 and 2023; the company had 1.55M employees globally in June

Amazon.com Inc. plans to eliminate roughly 14,000 corporate jobs just months after Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy warned that AI will shrink the company's workforce.

2025-10-08
@jasonfurman's charts correctly show that real business investment in info equipment & software has surged. Much of the IPE&S investment rise was imported (left). Must net these out to estimate IPE&S effect on GDP. Of 2025 H1 1.6% SAAR growth, 0.24pp due to net IPE&S (right). [image]
2025-10-08 View on X
Fortune

Harvard economist Jason Furman estimates that investments in data centers and information-processing software accounted for 92% of the US' GDP growth in H1 2025

U.S. GDP growth in the first half of 2025 was almost entirely driven by investment in data centers and information processing technology …

2025-04-13
Reupping this paper for no reason at all. Tariff exemptions, and rejection of exemptions, are correlated with firm-level political connections. https://papers.ssrn.com/... [image]
2025-04-13 View on X
Bloomberg

The Trump administration exempts smartphones, laptops, hard drives, processors, memory chips, and machines used to make semiconductors from “reciprocal tariffs”

President Donald Trump's administration exempted smartphones, computers and other electronics from its so-called reciprocal tariffs …

2025-04-12
Reupping this paper for no reason at all. Tariff exemptions, and rejection of exemptions, are correlated with firm-level political connections. https://papers.ssrn.com/... [image]
2025-04-12 View on X
Bloomberg

The Trump administration excludes smartphones, laptops, hard drives, processors, memory chips, and machines used to make semiconductors from reciprocal tariffs

President Donald Trump's administration exempted smartphones, computers and other electronics from its so-called reciprocal tariffs …

2024-10-25
Well now that's an October surprise.
2024-10-25 View on X
Bloomberg

Source: TSMC's US division president said during a webinar that production yields in Arizona are 4 percentage points higher than at similar facilities in Taiwan

Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg :

2019-09-12
I'd say the days of Uber profiting off of cheap labor are numbered, but Uber doesn't strictly “profit” does it https://twitter.com/...
2019-09-12 View on X
The Verge

Uber says drivers will remain contractors under AB5, as they aren't core to its business which serves as a platform for several types of digital marketplaces

The ride-hail company shrugs off a new bill in California, but legal challenges loom  —  Uber won't be reclassifying its drivers …

I'd say the days of Uber profiting off of cheap labor are numbered, but Uber doesn't strictly “profit” does it https://twitter.com/...
2019-09-12 View on X
New York Times

California passes landmark bill that requires gig economy workers to be treated as employees, going into effect Jan 1, affecting companies like Uber and Lyft

what's next? Mathew Katz / Digital Trends : Uber says drivers aren't an essential part of its business Danielle Abril / Fortune : Uber, Lyft, and Other Gig Economy Companies Push B...

2019-09-11
I'd say the days of Uber profiting off of cheap labor are numbered, but Uber doesn't strictly “profit” does it https://twitter.com/...
2019-09-11 View on X
New York Times

California passes landmark bill that requires gig economy workers to be treated as employees, going into effect Jan 1, affecting companies like Uber and Lyft

SACRAMENTO — California legislators approved a landmark bill on Tuesday that requires companies like Uber and Lyft to treat contract workers …