Last week, after Hurricane Ian ravaged Florida, The New York Times ran this story by Matt Flegenheimer. The article opens with the following passages: As a freshman congressman in 2013, Ron DeSantis was unambiguous: A federal bailout for the New York region after Hurricane Sandy was an irresponsible boondoggle, a symbol of the “put it on the credit card mentality” he had come to Washington to oppose.
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Lots of commodities to or near pre-Covid levels: Still looking lower but still positive and not yet indicating recession:
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Developing a Black-focused birdwatching group for people of color in Michigan took a dogged willingness to bypass those standing "in the way."
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The legacy of redlining in Fresno isn’t just linked to housing access. It also has deadly effects on air quality and preterm birth.
As foreign patenting continues to grow, East Asia has become both the main origin of innovations and the main destination for patent protection.
When the HM Government buys anything, all the money to pay for it is automatically borrowed from the Bank of England, interest free and without limit
Since I’m actively trying to learn a second language, people often tell me
that watching Mexican TV can be a good way to learn Spanish. Your results
may vary, but I have not found that to be true at all for several reasons.
The first is that Mexican TV…
Tomorrow, I have the honor of speaking to a very large group of high-school students in the UK. I only wish there was something exciting going on in the world of finance and economics over there. 😉 I was invited to talk about my book, which I will do, but obviously we have to do it in the context of recent events. Fortunately, I’ve been following things pretty closely, so I can draw on what I’ve written in these posts:
I think this could be a 1 day exploration at least to figure out if it will work, but it is beyond my python ability. Idea: OCR the labels of our 78rpm records, then take an image of a new … Continue reading
Many of you know that I co-host a weekly podcast called the Best New Ideas in Money. Last week, Charles Passy (my co-host) and I got to do something we’ve never done before—record a live episode. You can click here to subscribe to the podcast or here
November 3, Denver, CO
For decades private renters in many countries have spent roughly the same share of income on housing.
by Omer Tekdemir* These days we are witnessing a growing interest in Karl Polanyi’s framework to explain the organic crisis of neoliberalism, including the populist reaction; while Antonio Gramsci has always been popular within a wide range of movement studies from different disciplines.My recently published monograph Constituting the Political Economy of the Kurds: Social Embeddedness, Hegemony, […]
I’ve been thinking about the events that unfolded after British Prime Minister Liz Truss and her chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, released their so-called “mini budget.” It seems that almost everyone has embraced some version of this explanation: Truss/Kwarteng: “Behold, our economic plan!”
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September 30, 2022 Is It Enough for Learners to Be “Engaged”? By Alfie Kohn “To enhance achievement, one must first learn how to engage students.” That challenge by Fred Newmann, emeritus professor of education at the University of Wisconsin,1 could serve as the motto for an entire movement by thoughtful theorists, researchers, and practitioners in the field. And it makes ... Read More
I recently sat down with New Zealand’s Minister for Climate Change, James Shaw. In addition to serving in parliament, Shaw hosts a podcast called What Comes After What Comes Next. We talked for nearly an hour and covered a a lot of ground: MMT, the policy response to the pandemic, inflation, the macro outlook, and, of course, the climate crisis. Our conversation will be released soon. If you’re interested can
Listen now (27 min) | A new Credit Suisse report says so. We discuss the many issues with this analysis, including ignoring the value of free public services. Also, the barney over Queensland's new land tax changes.
I owe enormous intellectual debts to Hyman Minsky and Augusto Graziani. But at one point, my “little knowledge” led me to believe, falsely, that they had both made a huge mistake in claiming that repaying debt destroyed money: Graziani: As soon as firms repay their debt to the banks, the money initially created is destroyed. … Continue reading "A Little Knowledge is a Dangerous Thing"
"We ask the simple question, what have we got to hide from public scrutiny?"
Today’s post will be short. I spent the day mostly doing interviews and ran short on time. I was planning to write about Turkey at some point, but Brian Romanchuk beat me to it. So I’m just going to set things up and encourage you to read what Brian has written.