Economists like to draw triangles. In trade, you cannot have high taxes, no retaliation, and fixed prices. In monetary policy,…
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Yves here. This short but very important article by Jomo explains how the Green Revolution eliminated food security as it…
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Yves here. This is a welcome downgrade of the notion that the Israelis and Russians are besties, since Putin is…
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THE EARTH THROUGH THE HOURGLASS: THE SINGING PHYSICS OF SAND Atmos Why People Are Too Obsessed With Numbers To Understand…
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Today, we are pleased to present a guest contribution of Dear Chen (University of Wisconsin). An inverted yield curve is…
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In 1998, Terence McKenna predicted that human civilization was speeding towards an endless state of chaos, a future he described…
Read More » Yves here. I’m sure we’ll have plenty of reporting and breaking news about the UK election results on the Links…
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Learning to Speak Owl Interlochen Public Radio No ‘Hard Problem to Know’ Noema “Are We Like Pricks?” Random Lines Climate/Environment…
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Yves here. John Helmer carefully reads Chinese media statements and concludes that Xi will not meet with Trump if the…
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From the Purdue/CME Ag Econ Barometer: Figure 1: Ag Econ Barometer Index (blue, left scale), Consumer Confidence (brown, right scale).…
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