Yves here. Most people would disagree with the headline claim about the relative risks of pandemics and nukes. After all, as Scott Ritter points out, a nuclear attack (or even potentially a mistaken one) on a nuclear power would lead...
After five years of overseeing creeping digital censorship, corruption, economic decline, war and institutional support for genocide, Von der Leyen has been given five more years to do more of the same, or worse. In late October, I posited that...
Why Do Dogs Bark? Madras Courier What Lies Beneath bioGraphic. The deck: “With their astounding sense of smell and ability to find what humans can’t see, dogs are quickly becoming some of conservationists’ best friends.” Climate Scientists say they can...
This post on Trump and Ukraine launched early because reasons. Please come back at 7:30 AM EDT for a final version. * * * The question of “Whither the Ukraine conflict if Trump becomes President?” is, not surprisingly, far from...
La actividad económica creció 2,3% interanual en mayo de 2024 y 1,3% respecto de abri Here is the tweet, here is the pdf link. The post Argentina fact of the day appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Source link...
Yves here. As readers may have inferred, I am prejudiced against various climate change free lunches, where carbon generators act as if there are forms of techno-whizzery penance that will wash away their climate change sins. Biomass is on this...
From DWD today: Figure 1: Wisconsin nonfarm payroll employment (bold blue), Philadelphia Fed early benchmark series (pink), Wisconsin May Economic Outlook forecast (gray), all in 000’s, s.a. Source: DWD, Philadelphia Fed, WI DoR. Figure 2: Wisconsin civilian employment (black), Wisconsin May...
From Wells Fargo today, using Oxford Economics macro model, simulating out the effects of Trump’s trade policies (as stated thus far). Addendum to yesterday’s post “Vote Trump for Higher Inflation, Bigger Deficits, Higher Interest Rates”. Source: Wells Fargo Economics. Source:...
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day Common Nightingale, Бишкек — Жаштар паркы/Ганди паркы . Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. With a rooster! * * * In Case You Might Miss… (1) A former Navy SEAL takes a view. (2)...
WSJ July forecast relative to CBO, IMF WEO update, and GDPNow as of yesterday: Figure 1: GDP as reported (bold black), WSJ July survey mean (tan), CBO June projection (blue), IMF WEO July forecast (red square), and GDPNow of 7/17...
