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I am travelling a lot today so I am typing this up in between segments. I met a journalist in Tokyo on Friday and we discussed various matters relating to the current policy debate in Japan. In addition, we discussed the latest situation for the Japanese banking sector and the fact that they are recording…

Mainstream economists often hold the view that Keynes’s criticism of econometrics was the result of a profoundly mistaken thinker who disliked and largely failed to understand it. This, however, is nothing but a gross misapprehension. To be careful and cautious is not the same as to dislike. Keynes did not misunderstand the crucial issues at […]

Doctor Who's Paul McGann and Billie Piper, The Boys: Vought Rising's Jensen Ackles, and Avengers: Doomsday were the focus of a recent wave of AI-created "image leaks."

Billionaire, James ‘Don’t Call Me Jamie’ Packer, has appeared on a podcast to have a sook and attack multi-election winning Premier, Dan Andrews, after the Premier dare asked lil’ Jamie’s company, Crown, to pay a bit of tax. ”It’s a... Read More ›

Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – November 23, 2025 by Tony Wikrent   Trump not violating any law ‘He who saves his Country does not violate any Law’ Trump Stuns By Saying ‘I Don’t Know’ When Asked Directly NBC’s Kristen Welker ‘Don’t You Need to Uphold the Constitution?’ Joe DePaolo, May 4th, 2025 [mediaite.com] “Riots […]

In honor of Doctor Who Day, the BBC and English Heritage arranged for the TARDIS to materialize at UNESCO World Heritage Site Stonehenge.

Along with a new spinoff teaser, the cast of The War Between the Land and the Sea have a special message for fans in honor of Doctor Who Day.

Wall Street is icing out your kids, food poisoning in the shutdown deal, and more from The Lever this week.

Although discounting empirical evidence cannot be the right way to solve economic issues, there are still, in my view, a couple of weighty reasons why we perhaps shouldn’t be too enthusiastic about the so-called ‘empirical revolution’ that behavioural economics has brought about in mainstream economics. Behavioural experiments and laboratory research face the same fundamental problem […]

Daniel Sanchez is facing federal charges for what free speech advocates say is a clear attack on the First Amendment.

The post The Feds Want to Make It Illegal to Even Possess an Anarchist Zine appeared first on The Intercept.

The Democratic congresswoman was an early believer in Zohran Mamdani. His win showed her it was “the right time to pass the torch.”

The post Nydia Velázquez Hears Calls for Generational Change, Setting Up a Fight on the Left in New York appeared first on The Intercept.

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Landlords are defanged, another candidate wins on affordability, and oil changes stay cheap.

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Progressive Rep. Danny Davis rejected AIPAC cash at the end of his career. Now the Israel lobby is coming for his seat.

The post AIPAC Donors Back Real Estate Tycoon Who Opposed Gaza Ceasefire for Deep-Blue Chicago Seat appeared first on The Intercept.

The US is one big grift these days: the Trump Administration, traditional and social media, corporations, crypto, financial markets are all selling some kind of spurious promise. It’s hard to pick the most egregious example. But for me, it’s hard to go past Tesla. Having lost its dominant position in the electric car market, the […]