Iterating toward new readings for Econ 442 (Macroeconomic Policy). Last year I added to the undergrad course climate change and r*. Thanks for suggestions I asked for in this post. Here’s this year’s additions: Source: Edelberg et al. (2024). For...
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Brown Thrasher, Powhatan State Park, Powhatan, Virginia, United States. “This bird was singing from the same perch at 7:00 when I arrived; this recording was made at 10:00. It was...
Western economists and financiers have so regularly predicted a crash or zombification outcome to China’s spectacular run of growth that it’s too easy to dismiss stories about deflation risk as yet more Chicken Littledom. But that would be a mistake....
The Heroic Industry of the Brothers Grimm Hudson Review (Anthony L) Scientists Find ‘Spooky’ Quantum Entanglement Within Individual Protons Space Cold weather alerts from New Mexico to Florida, with another winter storm expected ABC News (Kevin W) France sees temperatures...
There are increasing signs of a thaw between yesterday’s terrorists/today’s legitimate government in Damascus and the US/Israel-backed Kurds of northeastern Syria. That means that Türkiye and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan are either being sidelined or are party to the idea...
Yves here. Because there’s so much wild weather now, we’ve gone light on including the severity of winter temps in the UK and Europe in our Links. But a generally cold winter with some nasty frigid spells is leading to...
Yves here. This Tom Neuburger post finesses the question of “What is the Democratic Party?” and for good reason. Lambert gave the matter a fair bit of study and could not come up with much of an answer. We asked...
This forecast from the Wisconsin Dept of Revenue based on S&P Global national forecast finalized before the election. Figure 1: Wisconsin nonfarm payroll employment (black), Philadelphia Fed early benchmark (green), and Wisconsin Dept. of Revenue forecast (light blue), in 000’s, s.a....
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. More soon! –lambert Bird Song of the Day Brown Thrasher, Hammonasset Beach SP, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. * * * In Case You Might Miss… Trump to change “Gulf of Mexico” to “Gulf of...
Yves here. It is disappointing but predictable to see many of the Democratic Party aligned groups dedicate themselves to “fighting Trump” without concentrating their efforts on targets that pose high risks to many American citizens and have obvious vulnerabilities. I...
