I’m fairly certain I picked it up this past Tuesday.   Wednesday night I had a slight throat-clearing cough.  Not sure if this was covid related or not.  Saturday I had…

…as they can to society. There is nothing odd about this – it follows from absolutely standard assumptions about market prices and simple utilitarianism – economists most standard approach to…

…QE 1 which consisted of purchases of mortgage backed bonds which no one else was buying and therefore at a price much higher than the market clearing price. This was…

…tendency of the rate of profit to fall was not Marx’s invention or discovery. Much of his discussion of the tendency elsewhere in the Grundrisse is aimed at clearing up confusions about…

…of the privileges that private banks already receive by banking at the Fed directly to individuals and families, including unlimited secure balances, instant payments clearing, and the Fed’s “interest on…

…the process of clearing their rolls on April 1, in what is sometimes referred to as “unwinding.” Federal lawmakers are giving states 14 months to redetermine the millions of people’s eligibility. An…

…and Joe Rennison of the New York Times today reported that companies raising their prices to “protect…profits” are “adding to inflation.” In other words, companies pushed prices beyond normal profit…

…infection than would be carried by most people. This could be someone who is immunocompromised, either by age, disease or medication, and thus (a) was delayed in clearing the virus…

…scrutinized patient medical records to come to the best decision. This took time. She was clearing fewer cases than many of her peers. Day acknowledged some of her colleagues quickly…

…their uniforms because they do not usually wear them, if you remember the concern over those nameless uniforms—arrived at the White House. Barr was in charge of clearing the streets,…