After a succession of crises, investors, economists and policymakers have begun grasping onto the brighter spots in Europe’s economy: a few weeks of warmer winter weather, lower natural gas prices,…
By Neall Pogue, Assistant Professor of Instruction at the University of Texas at Dallas. His research, which was recently published as a monograph by Cornell University Press in April of 2022,…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Or, to expand the acronyms in the family blog-friendly headline, “Artificial Intelligence[1] = Bullshit.” This is very easy to prove. In the first part of…
Kind readers, I hope that those of you have have constructed or encountered Corsi-Rosenthal Boxes will share your experiences here: “‘Look for the Helpers’: Corsi-Rosenthal Box Round-Up.” I’ve been very…
Lambert here: Thank heavens, somebody other than [makes warding sign] The Kagans reads Thucydides. By William J. Astore, a retired lieutenant colonel (USAF) and professor of history, senior fellow at…
Lambert here: I’d be shocked if that happened. By Fred Schulte, Kaiser Health News. Originally published at Kaiser Health News. Today, KHN has released details of 90 previously secret government…
Bears were mysteriously missing toes. These scientists cracked the case. WaPo Water As the Colorado River Shrinks, Washington Prepares to Spread the Pain NYT. “The crisis over the Colorado River…
Yves here. Another wide-ranging talk by Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson, here using the current inflation as a point of departure for discussing the considerable misunderstanding of what causes inflation…
By Conor Gallagher Elected officials continue to turn to draconian measures to disappear homeless people. In addition to passing a wave of laws across the country criminalizing homelessness, California is…
By Stephan Weiler, the William E. Morgan Endowed Chair as Professor of Economics at Colorado State University, and Tessa Conroy, an economic development specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison /Extension.…