2:00PM Water Cooler 4/26/2023
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Links 4/26/2023
Income Tax Withholding Payments Stumble Again, Signaling Job Weakness. Will the Fed Start to Consider Backing Off?
Income tax receipts are a good proxy for jobs. That measure has suddenly gone wobbly. If that persists, will the Fed blink?
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 4/25/2023
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Read more...J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan, and the Defence of Russian Culture
J.M. Barrie’s attempt to increase acceptance of Russia in the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution says much about Russophobia then and now.
Read more...Is Zelensky’s International Charm Offensive, Backed Up With US Bullying, Finally Paying Dividends in Latin America?
Mexico’s Chamber of Deputies “hosted” a video conference with Zelensky last week, becoming only the second Latin American government to do so. But the event turned out to be a lot less than met the eye.
Read more...Why Regulators Can’t Curb Social Media Hype for Weight Loss Drugs
Weight loss is a fixation as people on average get fatter. Some diabetes drugs presecribed off-label promise help…if you keep taking them.
Read more...Global Shipping Is Under Pressure to Stop Its Heavy Fuel Oil Use Fast – That’s Not Simple, but Changes Are Coming
While proposals to curb shipping industry emissions are overdue, it would help to address the shippers too.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 4/24/2023
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Patient readers, Philip Zelikow and the Covid Crisis Group have undertaken a PR blitz for their forthcoming book, Lessons From the Covid War, for which I must devise a hasty prophylaxis, since the book is coming out tomorrow. Hence this Water Cooler is an open thread. –lambert P.S. I could […]
Read more...Links 4/24/2023
The New Mortgage Fee Structure
Clearing up misinformation about the new Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage fees, coming into effect May 1.
Read more...Why You Should Never Use an AI for Advice about Your Health, Especially Covid
Lambert chats with two AIs about Covid’s airborne transmission.
Read more...Links 4/23/2023
Do Dem Party Leaders Want to Increase Support from Independents?
The US is split between party loyalists and independents who don’t trust either tribe to watch their back.
Read more...Debt and the Collapse of Antiquity – Michael Hudson
Michael Hudson explains how Rome rejected debt forgiveness and nstituted a pro-creditor legal system, which our establishment defends today.
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