September Real Median Household Income Estimated
Above Pre-Covid peak. From Motio Research: Source: Motio Research. Source link...
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2:00PM Water Cooler 10/15/2024 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. More on the election shortly; I felt I needed to catch up with this rest of the world. –lambert Bird Song of the Day Blue-and-white Mockingbird, Montaña de Izopo–Sector Las Moras, Francisco Morazán, Honduras. “Longer...
Inflation: A Discussion in Milwaukee
A Main Street Agenda town hall meeting on inflation to be held today, Tuesday, Oct. 15, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Clinton Rose Senior Center, 3045 N. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. Register here. American Press Institute/Milwaukee Journal...
Europe’s Blue Hydrogen Plans Risk Generating Annual Emissions on Par With Denmark
Yves here. Israel’s barbaric conduct of its wars, the deteriorating situation in Ukraine, and the hard-fought US presidential election have been dominating the news. That makes it way too easy for legitimately important stories to go by the wayside, particularly...
Nicaragua Severs Ties With Tel Aviv While Germany Creates “Genocide Clause” to Justify Sending More Arms to Israel
The title of this post may, at first sight, seem a little baffling. After all, what does the smallish Central American state of Nicaragua have to do with Europe’s largest economy, Germany? Well, as it turns out, quite a lot....
Links 10/15/2024 | naked capitalism
Kenya relocates 50 elephants to a larger park Associated Press (furzy) Scientists discover “negative time” in bizarre quantum experiment where photons exit atoms before entering ZMEScience (Dr.Kevin) When Did the Roman Empire Fall? Antigone #COVID-19 COVID-19 detection from exhaled breath...
What If There’s No Landing at All, But Flight at Higher Speed and Altitude than Normal, with Higher and Rising Inflation?
Yves here. Wolf’s scenario on inflation is interesting, but given the welter of data revisions and forecast surprises, it seems fair to question whether what official reports depict now is any more accurate than what they seemed to say a...
Is The West Prepared to Deal With Potential Iranian Sabotage of the Oil Market?
Yves here. We again feature Simon Watkins for his forceful oil-industry-connected neocon views. Watkins presents himself as having connections to industry insiders, so his commentary, even if readers correctly chose to dispute either particular purported facts or the analysis, nevertheless...
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/14/2024 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Blue-and-white Mockingbird, Antigua Guatemala–Cerro de la Cruz, Sacatepéquez, Guatemala. * * * In Case You Might Miss… Democrat bedwetting Kamala messaging disasters: Walz goes hunting, manly men, Obama and black...
Guest Contribution: “Social Security Reform: Between a Cliff and a Hard Place”
Today we present a guest post written by Lindsay Jacobs, Assistant Professor at the Robert M. La Follette School of Public Affairs, at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Since 2021, Social Security retirement benefits have exceeded the revenue generated by payroll...
