Climate Change: Insuring the World of Tomorrow
Leading edge conventional wisdom on the role of insurance as climate disasters increase underestimates the severity of the problem.
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As US Markets Look a Bit Wobbly, the Press Looks for the Next Crisis in the Rear View Mirror
The Wall Street Journal worried about the giddy mood at the annual structured industry conference. But is where to look for the next crisis?
Read more...“A Generational Loss of Talent” – Scientist Warns Funding Cuts in Science, Tech, and Health Undermine U.S. Leadership
Scientist and entrepreneur Phillip Alvelda explains how DOGE cuts threaten the innovative capacities that made America a powerhouse
Read more...“Might the US Be About to Fall Off an Economic Cliff?”
The respected Atlanta Fed NowCast is scary bad, as in economic shoes about to drop in a big way bad.
Read more...“SOTU” Reactions: Business Press Turning on Trump as Tariffs Whack Markets, Look Set to Increase Inflation, Approval Falls and Even Republicans Getting Restive
Despite the Republican applause during Trump’s State of the Union speech, the business press is sounding alarms.
Read more...New York Fed’s Measure of “Inflation Persistence” Nixes Friday’s Idea that YoY PCE Inflation Cooled, Using Same Data
Inflation Whack-A-Mole: price pressures shifted from housing to non-housing services and core goods.
Read more...The Empire Rebrands
Both Biden’s “Foreign Policy for the Middle Class” and Trump’s “America First” are packaged to solicit support from the American people for empire.
Read more...Trump and Wealth-Price Inflation: Still Running in the Background All the Time
Demand by America’s most affluent is driving consumer spending. That spending, in turn, is the main force keeping inflation so high
Read more...Trump Will End His Option of Walking Away from Project Ukraine with His Minerals Deal
The Trump-Ukraine minerals deal is on track, and with it, US commitment to continue to support Ukraine.
Read more...US Secondary Sanctions “Have Seriously Damaged” Russia-China Bilateral Cooperation
Russian experts say US secondary sanctions are damaging Russia-China commerce. But their solutions don’t seem to be close to implementation.
Read more...America First Deepens World Stagnation
Quelle surprise! America First is another leg down in the developing-country-unfriendly policies the Collective West has pursued.
Read more...Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Thirty-Five: What Drove Uber’s Recent $8 Billion P&L Improvement?
How did Uber achieved a $8 billion P&L improvement after losing $33 billion in its first 13 years? Misleading accounting plays a big role.
Read more...Can Europe Resist Concessions to Russia in Trump’s Ukraine Agreement?
An uber neocon contends that Europe has found substitutes for Russian energy and so can and will increase sanctions on Russia.
Read more...The Recent Weakness in the German Manufacturing Sector
A look at the fallen state of German manufacturing seems to understate the implications of the conditions it describes.
Read more...A Fiscal Crisis Is Looming for Many US Cities
US cities, which enjoyed a renaissance after the flight of the 60s and 70s reversed, now face a world of budget hurt.
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