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This is the End and a New Beginning
I’ve been thinking about this for some time.After 21 years of writing this blog almost daily, I’ve decided to stop writing the daily updates on the blog.However, the economic data “IV” is still in my arm, and I’ll be writing a weekly economic summary at the end of each week (via a newsletter – see…
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10 Thursday AM Reads
My morning pre-fishing reads: • Your phone is the most intricate machine you’ve ever held. Let’s take it apart.Fingerprint Resistant Coating, Chemically hardened glass armour, An invisible grid that senses your fingers, and Millions of lights forming everything you see… (Everything Machine) • The Investing Heavyweights That Backed Situational Awareness Before It Blew Up: The Wall Street Journal’s……
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Returning to Camp Kotok
I am up in Maine discussing economics and markets; bandwidth is hard to come by, as is reception. In the meanwihle, enjoy this 2019 Businessweek piece about the event Talking Rates in the Maine Woods With Economists Over Good Wine Taking place right before the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, the gathering……
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US Immigration Agency Asks Public To Report Fraud, Anti-Government Activities
US Immigration Agency Asks Public To Report Fraud, Anti-Government Activities Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, The federal agency that processes green cards, U.S. citizenship requests, and work permits this week called on people to report potential cases of immigration fraud through a newly created portal. In an Aug. 4 post on X,…
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Investigators Unveil Charges Against Dismissed Ukrainian Ambassador To The US
Investigators Unveil Charges Against Dismissed Ukrainian Ambassador To The US Another top level Ukrainian official has been booted from office over significant corruption allegations, which comes at a moment of a broad shake-up of military and cabinet leadership initiated by President Zelensky. Olha Stefanishyna was dismissed as Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States earlier this week,…