Worm reproduces by injecting sperm into its own head ABC Australia. Anthony L: “Old, but gives a whole new meaning to “‘dickhead'” World’s largest crocodile in captivity dies BBC (Robin K) Meta’s Plan For Nuclear-Powered AI Data Centre Thwarted By...
Yves here. Most Western governments like to pretend that that they are not in the business of industrial policy. In fact, they clearly are, in the form of numerous subsidies, like interest rate breaks, tax credits, subsidies, borrowing guarantees and...
Yves here. This post provides a much-needed departure from a lot of election-eve commentary. It focuses on root causes of American discontent and strife, which is inequality and rising economic stress and how neither major party has much interest in...
Impact on a typical family: Source: Brendan Duke, CAP. From McKibben, Hogan, Noland (2024), cost to US economy from 10% tariffs, in GDP and inflation (deviation from baseline): Additional 60% tariffs on Chinese imported goods. From Alec Phillips, David Mericle...
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Yes, I will do an Election Eve live blog tomorrow! –lambert Bird Song of the Day Returning to the Northern Mockingbirds. Love the binomial: Mimus polyglottos. Northern Mockingbird, 71 Maltby Road East, Wellington, Ontario, Canada....
From the National Corn Growers Association: U.S. soybeans and corn are prime targets for tariffs. As the top two export commodities for our country, together they account for about one-fourth of total U.S. agricultural export value. As such, a repeated...
By Bruno Baránek, who holds a PhD in Economics from Princeton University, and Vitezslav Titl, an Assistant Professor of Law & Economics at Utrecht University School of Economics. Originally published at VoxEU. No country is safe from the risks posed...
We’ve repeatedly chronicled increasingly visible and consequential examples of failures in organizational capabilities. The degree of institutional brain rot has become disconcertingly visible in recent years, particularly among top national officials and international institutions (we’re looking at you, Ursula). These...
And the Europeans are helping them do it. The Dutch government repeatedly goes along with demands from Washington that ASML, the most advanced chip making machinery company in the world, “de-risk” from China. The European energy crisis, fomented by Washington,...
