Category Archives: The destruction of the middle class

The Perceived Costs of Business Cycles and Inflation

Quelle surprise! People really hate the uncertainty that comes with business cycles. This bodes ill for the Trump regime.

DOGE: Chaos, Damage, Drama Not Enough to Cover the Stench of Corruption

DOGE is up to even more no good than you imagined.

Climate Change: Insuring the World of Tomorrow

Leading edge conventional wisdom on the role of insurance as climate disasters increase underestimates the severity of the problem.

Trump Presents the Gravest Threat to Social Security in Its 90-Year History

Cuts to the Social Security Administration are cuts to Social Security. Raise hell with your Congresscritters about this looting

‘We Know What It’s Like’: How Appalachian Towns Are Learning to Help Each Other After Floods

A meant-to-be-heartening story of post-flooding recovery efforts in Appalachia: is this the coming new normal in climate-change-exposed areas?

Checking In on the Democrats’ Search for the “Good Billionaires”

What role is elite reconciliation under Trump playing in the Democrats’ silence on the looting of country? And in the meantime, where shall the rest of us turn?

New York Fed’s Measure of “Inflation Persistence” Nixes Friday’s Idea that YoY PCE Inflation Cooled, Using Same Data

Inflation Whack-A-Mole: price pressures shifted from housing to non-housing services and core goods.

DOGE Taketh Away From the Many as Trump Pays Off Crypto Bros With New “Strategic” Fund, Above All, Crypto Czar David Sacks

We warned that crypto was closely aligned with criminal activity. The open grift of the new “strategic” Trump fund proves that case.

Trump and Wealth-Price Inflation: Still Running in the Background All the Time

Demand by America’s most affluent is driving consumer spending. That spending, in turn, is the main force keeping inflation so high