– by New Deal democrat Before I get to the main object of this post, there was a little kerfluffle in the financial markets this morning about a “hot” producer price index number. Specifically, PPI for final demand increased 0.5% in January. Commodity prices also increased 0.3%. The YoY% changes were 2.8%, although raw commodity […]

In that respect, the title is correct. Immigrants whether legal or not do not use more welfare than U.S. citizens. That they do use welfare benefits can be an issue to many. However, I believe we should look more at the economic impact immigrants have on the economy whether they are legal or not. As […]

A problem of ethical values when a person of power threatens a person or company to get them to do something they want done. Typically, it is an action by the weakest of people who by themselves can not stand alone. One company Takes a Stand Against Pete Hegseth, The Atlantic Anthropic PBC is an […]

Part Two of a commentary (broken into parts) about Social Security. Dale Coberly discusses with AI about how Social Security can be saved as it is today and without cuts to it. This is really hard to discuss with people. Many believe it would take a vast amount of money in the form of taxes. […]

then just kidnap their leader . . . Economist David Zetland presenting a way to solve economic and political problematic issues . . . kidnap the country’s president. David Zetland The one-handed economist Plot: Twist: Kidnapping a president So Trump and his fellow-geniuses appear to think they’ve “hacked” the dilemma of diplomacy: If you’re annoyed […]

Part One of a commentary broken into parts about Social Security. Dale Coberly discusses with AI about how Social Security can be saved as it is today. ~~~~~~~ This began as a conversation with AI on “the death of truth.” and evolved into a discussion of the death of truth about Social Security.  It has […]

 – by New Deal democrat As we move further into the calendar year, we are getting more clarity on what has been happening with jobless claims. As a reminder, I look at these because historically they have been a good short leading indicator for the unemployment rate and more broadly for the economy as a whole. […]

Started at the end rather than the beginning . . . Blocking Flu shots does not make much sense as Flu Shots are nothing new. The big issue is whether they chose the right vaccine for what will happen each year. “The Journal notes Moderna was one of nine companies to have received a surprise […]

Three in college and carrying student loan debt. There was no way Jan and I were going to leave this to them to pay it off by themselves. The debt was in the tens of thousands of dollars for their 4-year degrees. Between my wife and I we were able to whittle down to something […]

“Police arrested a man for a burglary in a city he had never visited after face scanning software deployed across the UK confused him with another person of south Asian heritage. “Alvi Choudhury, 26, a software engineer, was working at the home he shares with his parents in Southampton in January when police knocked on […]