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Near the start of the war I noted that the real issue with petroleum shortages wasn’t gasoline, it was diesel, bunker fuel (ships) and jet fuel. Diesel is, despite what many say, feasible to get off of: even some of the massive machines used for mining are already being switched over, and China is moving […]
Anthony Savagar, Misa Tanaka and Jagdish Tripathy With increased availability of big data and computing power, more firms are adopting algorithmic and AI-powered pricing to adjust prices rapidly in response to changing economic conditions over time and across consumers. This post reviews the existing research, draws implications for central banks, and identifies areas for further … Continue reading What machines taking over pricing means for central banks
Christopher Eccleston (Doctor Who) isn't thrilled with what's going on with TV: "a lot of people in television think the audience is stupid."
The evolution of Paris across millennia – from Celtic fishing village to world capital – in three animated minutes
- by Aeon Video
Peering into the origins of our Universe, astronomers found something that shouldn’t be there: what are those little red dots?
- by Jenny Greene
We fled war-torn Bosnia when I was three. Twenty-four years on, could I make my home there again?
- by Anja Jerkovic
There are many kinds of useless economics held in high regard within the mainstream economics establishment today. Few — if any — are less deserving than the macroeconomic theory or method — mostly connected with Nobel laureates Finn Kydland, Robert Lucas, Edward Prescott and Thomas Sargent — called calibration. In physics, it may not strain […]
It’s publication day for ‘How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside’. For those of you who preordered, I hope your copy has arrived and you enjoy reading it. For those of you who, for some strange reason, didn’t preorder, it should be out there in most bookshops for perusal and purchase. But only…
Boromeus Wanengkirtyo, Ivan Yotzov and Mishel Ghassibe Can tomorrow’s costs affect firm prices today? When a temporary tariff schedule on imported inputs was announced in March 2019, many UK firms adjusted prices in anticipation – despite the potential cost change being in the future. In a recent working paper, we use firm‑level survey data to … Continue reading Tomorrow’s costs, today’s prices: why expectations matter for inflation
The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released the latest labour force data today (APRIL 16, 2026) – Labour Force, Australia – for March 2026 – which showed that the labour market steadied after last month’s contraction. While employment growth remained positive and was dominated by full-time work gains (as part-time employment fell), the fact that…
Despite their defeat by Senate Republicans, bills seeking to block arms sales to Israel found widespread Democratic support.
The post The Dam Breaks: Democratic Senators Overwhelmingly Reject Arms Sales to Israel appeared first on The Intercept.
Trump and Israel’s war has already compounded the cost of living crisis and had a drastic effect on the world economy.
The post Rise up to punish Albanese for backing Trump’s murderous fiasco in Iran first appeared on Solidarity Online.
The new cost of living crisis triggered by Trump’s war on Iran means real wages are falling.
The post Strike for pay to beat war’s new cost of living crisis first appeared on Solidarity Online.
Workers will be feeling the impact of the oil crisis produced by Donald Trump’s attack on Iran for months yet—even if the ceasefire holds.
The post Price pain from Trump’s Iran war set to continue for months first appeared on Solidarity Online.
Forty thousand Victorian government school staff marched on 24 March, in a sea of red AEU shirts, with tens of thousands more out on strike. It was the first strike since 2013.
The post Capture the rage: Escalate the fight in Victorian schools now! first appeared on Solidarity Online.
NSW Labor Premier Chris Minns’ plans to ban the pro-Palestine phrase “globalise the intifada” appears to have stalled due to government concern over whether the attack on free speech would survive a constitutional challenge.
The post Palestine protest slogans target of anti-protest law push first appeared on Solidarity Online.
NSW and Queensland police are raiding homes and arresting anti-genocide protesters in the latest attempts to scare the Palestine movement off the streets. Queensland police raided the Dorothy Day House, run by a Christian charity in Brisbane, because the occupants hung a banner with the slogan “From the river to the sea, come and get […]
The post Cops aim to intimidate with wave of Herzog protest arrests first appeared on Solidarity Online.
The blanket ban on Iranian visa holders is an extension of the government’s ruthless practice of cancelling the visa on arrival of anyone they suspect might claim asylum
The post Open the borders, oppose Labor’s refugee visa ban first appeared on Solidarity Online.
Anthony Albanese and Labor are embracing so called “progressive patriotism” in response to rising support for One Nation and the far right.
The post Labor’s ‘progressive patriotism’ only feeds One Nation’s racism first appeared on Solidarity Online.
Recent months have seen a surge in the polls for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation. The South Australian election confirmed what these polls had suggested.
The post SA election confirms One Nation surge as Labor echoes its racism first appeared on Solidarity Online.
I sin biografi om Habermas skriver Felsch att han under den intervju han gjorde med Habermas bara några få år före hans bortgång blev undervisad om ”det dystra scenariot om Västs successiva nedgång” (2024:186) och att han nu såg allt det som han hade stått för under hela sitt liv gå förlorat. Och Felsch fortsätter: […]
While shutting down free direct filing for everyday taxpayers, the IRS is letting the ultrawealthy hide billions of dollars in foreign accounts.