Yves here. As readers know well, on the one hand, services and not manufacturing dominate the US economy. But manufacturing jobs, even now, are relatively well paid and manufacturing growth is often seen as having spillover effects. By Wolf Richter, editor at Wolf Street. Originally published at Wolf Street US manufacturing took a turn from […]
Thursday, October 3, 2024
What if We Let the Oceans Into Our Cities?
Radical thinking for soon-to-be-waterlogged cities.
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/3/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: Polling, Biden, Buttigieg, Gabbard, Sanders, Williamson, Democrats and Iran, Kohler, KKR, Apple, AirBnB, Uber, facial recognition, global river ice, educational technology debacles, privatized military housing, inequality data, cellphones and academic achievement
Plastics Problem: Overview, Plus What YOU Can Do to Reduce Your Use of Plastics
Plastics Problem: how bad is it? Very. Steps to take, beyond low-hanging fruit, without despairing.
What Is Climate Change Adaptation, and Why Does It Matter?
Climate change reality is starting to sink in.
The Crapification of Mattresses and Retail Therapy (and an Iran Aside)
The sorry state of mattresses as a worthwhile distraction from the sudden US escalation against Iran.
Credit Cycles and Asset Returns
Yves here. I’m clearly not in touch. I am surprised that this finding, that credit booms predict equity busts, is novel. Of course, given that manias last way longer than cooler heads deem possible, judging the peak of a credit cycle is tricky business. Nevertheless, when a wee summer associate at bond trading powerhouse Salomon […]
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/2/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: Buttigieg, Castro, Sanders, Trump, impeachment, UPS, Amazon, van manufacturing, Australia bush fires, gardening, feral hogs, New Year’s post mortem, job cuts, Harvard grad students union, NY farmers union, Car Talk, visual snowclones
A Theory or Two of These Grim Times
A theory about why things are a mess.
We Broke Down the Last Decade of Climate Change in 7 Charts
Some key climate change factoids.
AI and the Productivity Paradox
AI has not delivered expected productivity gains. Some thoughts as to why.
FDA Failed to Police Opioids Makers, Thus Fueling Opioids Crisis
Johns Hopkins researchers document failure of FDA opioids regulation; maybe more effective regulation could have averted the opioids crisis.
