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Sanctions against Russia resemble boxing matches

First appeared at Policy Center for the New SouthThe economic sanctions against Russia announced last week by the United States and Europe following the...

Beware Last 2 Weeks Of December – Something Is Not Right

QUESTION: You said the computer does not support a bullish view of Trump taking office. Do you know why the computer is showing so...

WEEKLY BRIEFLY NOTED: For 2024-11-27 We

My weekly read-around...ShareONE IMAGE: Growing Zero-Sum Thinking:Share Brad DeLong's Grasping RealityANOTHER IMAGE: The Reset of the Non-Managerial Pay Discount:Leave a commentONE VIDEO: Sean Carroll...

Operators Of LAX Restaurants Face A $30 Hourly Wage

By Peter Romeo of Restaurant Business,The City Council of Los Angeles is scheduled to consider a proposal on Dec. 11 to raise the minimum...

War in Ukraine and Risks of Stagflation

Original at Policy Center for the New SouthAbstractThe war in Ukraine is bringing substantial financial, commodity price, and supply chain shocks to the global...

Market Talk – December 12, 2024

ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a mixed day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 476.91 points or 1.21% to 39,849.14 • Shanghai increased 29.01 points or...

Macro Briefing: 12 December 2024

US consumer inflation edged higher to a 2.7% year-over-year pace in November, marking a second straight month of slightly higher increases. Core CPI, which...

(Roughly) Seven Summary Bullet Points per Lecture

Econ 135 :: Fall 2024 :: What I think I tried to teach people this semester now concluding—a summary slide deck…From 75,000 years ago...

Trump Invites China’s Xi To Attend Inauguration In ‘Signal To The Planet’

In a huge and unprecedented overture, President-elect Donald Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to attend his inauguration on January 20, a move which...

The U.S. Dollar’s “Exorbitant Privilege” Remains

Original - Policy Center for the New SouthWhile we point out a relative decline of the U.S. dollar weight in those functions more recently,...

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Biden Admin Scrambling To Auction Off Border-Wall Sections Before Trump Takes Office

With Donald Trump set to retake office in January, the Biden administration is scrambling to auction off unused sections of Trump's border wall, the...

Do You Have a Passion for Political Solutions?

This week, as expected, the Federal Reserve did not hike nor cut the federal funds rate.  Instead, following the two-day FOMC meeting, the central...

MiB: Tony Kim, Blackrock Active Technology

     This week, we speak with Tony Kim, Managing Director and Head of the Fundamental Equities’ Global Technology Team at BlackRock. he is manager of...