Andrew Sprung is my go to guy when I need more information, I know Maggie Mahar would use him too. What you are going to read about is the impact come EOY 2025 or 2026 once the subsidies are eliminated from the Biden presidency. It will become much hard for the a family of 4 […]
by Paul Krugman Paul Krugman on E.J. Antoni taking over BLS if appointed by Pres, Trump. “there’s a good chance that Antoni will, in fact, take over the BLS. And the result will be the total destruction of one of the world’s greatest statistical agencies.” On Monday I wrote about Donald Trump’s disastrous press conference touting the […]
Teslas are pretty popular here in Rhode Island. While that appears virtuous, it’s important to recall that 95% of Rhode Island electricity comes from natural gas, so those Teslas are running on fossil fuel. EVs are proliferating all over the planet: “Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Car News China reports that in the first half […]
My little post on the warnings by Paul Krugman and others that the US economy might be entering a period of stagflation, was prompted by my experience as young man who finished his education, started in his career and got married in the 1970’s when “stagflation” was the buzz word and politicians kept pointing fingers […]
Part of a GALLUP report. A large percentage of Americans are changing their drinking habits. If you click on the link, you can read the rest of the report. Briefly, the opinion appears to be changing as many more are saying that even drinking in moderation or “one or two drinks a day” is bad […]
– by New Deal democrat In my note yesterday about the July CPI, I noted the transition from the trend where overall inflation ex-shelter was low, and shelter was high but disinflating, to a trend where inflation ex-shelter while still low was increasing, as shelter contributed the most to disinflation. The question was, and will be […]
Having lived near Ann Arbor, I know of University of Michigan, History Prof. Juan Cole. WE did exchange a few emails in the past. I was looking to talk with him and perhaps write about him in Angry Bear. It never came to pass. He is a trustworthy source of information if you are looking […]
Washington D. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser: “While this action today is unsettling and unprecedented, I can’t say that given some of the rhetoric of the past, that we’re totally surprised. I can say to D.C. residents that we will continue to operate our government in a way that makes you proud.” Fact checking Tr__P’s claim […]
– by New Deal democrat The story of this month’s CPI report is summed up in the first few graphs below: the shelter portion of the index continues its slow deceleration, while the non-shelter portion of the index appears to be in a slowly rising trend. This has resulted in headline inflation trending ever so […]
I am a licensed soccer coach who coached mostly teens and soon to be teens who could not make the upper level teams. In time they evolved into better players or just decided playing soccer would be an interest and not a goal. World Cup ended with Chelsea winning it all. Of course, Tr__p was […]