By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Northern Mockingbird, Miller Drive Roost (Brewer Park), Miami-Dade, Florida, United States. Very pretty! * * * In Case You Might Miss… H1B controversy rolls along. Norovirus surge Amazon attacks third-party...
By Joe Fassler, a writer and journalist whose work on climate and technology appears in outlets like The Guardian, The New York Times, and Wired. Originally published at DeSmog. Since winning the U.S. election, president-elect Donald Trump has been filling...
I had planned to write one of those year-end reviews for today on what Europe lost over the past year in its ongoing self-immolation against Russia, but that will have to wait for a later date. That’s because while much...
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Somebody tell Steve Bannon: Here is a strategy for MAGA to win on H1B. Congress is so closely divided that even a few members hold veto power over the House’s choice of a Speaker. Take...
By Jon Danielsson, Director, Systemic Risk Centre at London School Of Economics And Political Science. Originally published at VoxEU. Financial crises usually inflict the most damage when banks suddenly shift from pursuing profits to survival. This column argues that such...
1,329 tiny snails released on remote island BBC The 7 Coolest Mathematical Discoveries of 2024 Scientific American * * * America’s Problematic Policies (video) Ambassador Chas Freeman, Dialogue Works, YouTube Russia’s DECISIVE Offensive Has Been Launched! ESCALATING Confrontation (video) Scott...
From CBO, a working paper by Andre R. Neveu (FDIC) and Jeffrey Schafer (CBO) on the debt sensitivity of the interest rate (DSIR): Source: Neveu and Schafer (2024). Each percentage point of increase in debt-to-GDP results in 2 bps increase...
Oren Cass argues the idea of comparative advantage driving trade is outdated. I agree to a certain extent, but he doesn’t explain why. I’d say intra-industry trade (IIT) – a staple of academic research since the 1980s – is one...
Yves here. This post is a useful counterpoint to our piece today on rising levels of psychological distress….often for entirely rational reasons. Being in nature, even short walks in green areas, has been found to reduce anxiety and increase the...
