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Labor versus Market and Demand

…are the risks of it unraveling into a recession? Powell’s label of “curious” got me thinking about the other “curiosities” of the labor market during this cycle. The pandemic recession…

Blockading Oil

…The Trump administration also instituted other sanctions and restrictions, including some that took advantage of the “state sponsor of terror” label, to block Cuba from bank transfers, wire transfers and…

The Default Option

…as 4 consecutive terms for the Fernandez-Kirchner family, the worlds first openly gay head of government, and the ex USSR repeatedly electing an ex KGB agent (hey 2 out of…