Category Archives: Guest Post
Beneath the Skin of CPI Inflation, March: Inflation Behaves Very Badly, Saga Far from Over
Ugly inflation in services drives up the 3-month “core CPI” for 7th month, to 4.5% annualized, worst in a year.
Read more...US Cities Struggling With Office Vacancies: St. Louis in Doom Loop, New York Eyeing Residential Conversions
Two snapshots of the impact of hollowed out office buildings on American cities and how they are trying to cope.
Read more...Nate Silver: Sotomayor Should Retire Before the Election
Why Sotomayor should, erm, take one for the team!
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 4/10/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics, two helpers, 1000 Boeing 787s could have potentially “catastrophic” manufacturing flaws, Civilization (the game) ~
Read more...Do We Really Need a Global Commission on Modern Slavery?
Theresa May’s [anti] modern slavery project serves as a point of departure for considering policy options.
Read more...Links 4/10/2024
On the Difficulty of Research in the Biomedical Sciences and Scientific Medicine
Why medical research is hard, and often path-dependent, which may not always be a good thing.
Read more...How Biden Can Win on the Economy: Stop Mass Layoffs
Why has Biden failed to add a clause to Federal contracts to protect workers from mass layoffs?
Read more...U.S.’s New Hopes in Iraq Are Dashed as It Signs Longest Ever Gas Deal With Iran
The US suffers yet another setback v. Iran.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 4/9/2024
~ Todays’ Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics, Bragg’s theory of the case, East Palestine settlement, anger ~
Read more...Diplomatic Blowback Begins in Latin America, As Ecuador Violates One of the Oldest Rules of International Law
As if by clockwork, diplomatic tensions intensify in Latin America as the US tries to reestablish its strategic stranglehold over the region.
Read more...Tilting at Windmills: Bernanke and Blanchard’s Obsession with the Wage-Price Spiral
The obsession of big-name economists with defending a bad model has consequences, here, a policy aim of whacking wages.
Read more...Real Energy Transition Costs Could Spell Danger for EU
The EU is belatedly confronting the costs of their much-touted energy transition. Pols and voters are balking at the bill.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 4/8/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics, Democrats and the working class, “Starry Night” updated, and P. Diddy: a second Epstein? ~
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