Open Thread February 21 2024 Is Late Economic Reporting the Cause of Bad Perceptions as New Deal democrat says?
Is Late Economic Reporting the Cause of bad perceptions by the population?
Open Thread February 13 2024 Inflation cooled again in January . . . Angry Bear
Are We in a Productivity Boom? For Clues, Look to 1994.
NY Times – February 21
Thirty years ago, the U.S. entered an era of productivity gains that enabled healthy growth. Experts are asking if it could happen again.
Many Americans Believe the Economy Is Rigged
NY Times – February 21
Katherine J. Cramer and Jonathan D. Cohen
Ms. Cramer is a co-chair of the Commission on Reimagining Our Economy at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Mr. Cohen is a senior program officer at the American Academy of Arts & Sciences.
Over the past two years, as part of a project with the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, we and a team of people conducted over 30 small-group conversations with Americans from almost every corner of the country.
Reimagining the Economy | New Economic Models | AMACAD
Boeing 737 Max Official Is Out as Questions Linger on Mishap
NY Times – yesterday
well, hell
i thought i wrote someting here about my grocery budget, and whether voters are “misinformed.”
ran across something today or yesterday, forget where but it sounded official, that said food takes a higer percent of your pay now that it has since 1970 [or so]. the people are not misinformed. the economists are uninformed.
Why does food cost so much?
CBS News – three days ago
(Found this by googling, so who knows if it’s true?)
@Fred,
Google is easy. Good judgement is hard.
joel
yes. what exactly is your point?
Why isn’t the Supreme Court moving faster on Trump’s immunity challenge?
CNN – February 24, 2024
(Because some conservative judge is writing a dissent?)
Dobbs
some suspect that if the court delays long enough Trump will win the election and pardon himself.
I wouldn’t bet against it.
The immunity claim is not a difficult question. Though it might take Alito a while to conjure a colorable dissent. [colorable: stays inside the lines].
Of course, that’s obviously been his strategy all along.
But he may be bankrupt (again?) by then.
However, there are other things to worry about.
Putin Says West Risks Nuclear Conflict if It Intervenes More in Ukraine
NY Times – just in
Pentagon Weighs New Plan to Ship Weapons to Ukraine Quickly
A short-term measure carries political and military risks as the Biden administration considers whether to tap into U.S. stockpiles again.