Category Archives: Dubious statistics

Estimating the Short-Term Impact of War on Economic Activity in Ukraine

A rosy-seeming view of how Ukraine’s economy is faring.

Michael Hudson: The Fed’s Austerity Program to Reduce Wages

The Fed, following neoclassical orthodoxy, hates having ordinary workers properly paid.

Michael Hudson Talks About Almost Everything with Jonathan Brown

Another blockbuster interview with Michael Hudson.

100 Million People in America Are Saddled With Health Care Debt

An in-depth study reveals the scope and severity of medical debt in the US is much worse than previously thought.

Housing Market Takes Another Body Blow with Sharp Interest Rate Rise

A short update on the housing market.

Can the Fed Kill This Inflation Without Killing Too Many Other Things First?

Why having central banks as the inflation shock troops is not such a hot idea.

Race Is Often Used as Medical Shorthand for How Bodies Work. Some Doctors Want to Change That.

How race factors into medical assessments, often not properly.

Would A Price Cap On Russian Oil Help Curb Its Revenue?

Janet Yellen’s idea that Russia will sell oil to the collective West at a super duper discount looks pretty unhinged.

The Arm-Wrestle Over Opioids in the Operating Room

Some patients are opting out of opioids for operations. These anesthesiologists insist that’s a bad idea. But are they too dogmatic?

The US War in Europe Isn’t Hot Enough – Dropping the Climate Bomb on Russia

Thane Gustafson in Klimat, Russia in the Age of Climate Change, says a lot about Russian energy and metals despite not consulting any experts

What Is Really Causing Our Inflation: “Inflation in a Time of Corona and War”

Finally! Evidence-based answers to the main (policy) questions concerning the return of high inflation.

CalPERS Staff in Fury Over Covid Negligence, Regulation-Breaking Risking Staff, Seniors, and Day-Care Children; CalPERS Lies About Cases and Lack of Compliance

CalPERS has risen from being a risk to merely to the financial health of beneficiaries and taxpayers to being a bona fide health hazard.

Understanding the Global Rise in Inflation

How high demand for traded goods is generating inflation, and central banks hitting the brakes is likely to hit growth unnecessarily hard.

The EU Needs More Than $1 Trillion for Plan to Ditch Russian Oil and Gas

The EU will have to make very large expenditures to end its depencence on Russian energy. But does it also have the organizational chops?

Housing Bubble Getting Ready to Pop: Unsold Inventory of New Houses Spikes by Most Ever, to Highest since 2008, with 9 Months’ Supply, Sales Collapse at Prices below $400k

The housing market is starting to unravel at the lower end, with new home purchases taking the biggest hit.