| Title | Date | Im- press | En- gage | Ex- pand | URL- clicks | Like | Re- tweet | Link to Text | Link to Tweet |
| What goes up must come down. | 2022-12-31 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1609066021134143489 | 1609066021134143489 |
| How Silicon Valley technologists retire | 2022-12-30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1608905031549620224 | 1608905031549620224 |
| Signs of the times | 2022-12-30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1608903959271608321 | 1608903959271608321 |
| Market timing not Trump's forte. | 2022-12-18 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1604307989053087744 | 1604307989053087744 |
| "Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others | 2022-12-18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1604303147140231168 | 1604303147140231168 |
| It just gets worse for SBF - | 2022-12-13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1602694765736525824 | 1602694765736525824 |
| At least he will probably always be welcome on Twitter - | 2022-12-13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1602504857633464326 | 1602504857633464326 |
| Nothing like a little recession talk to motivate layoffs! | 2022-12-05 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1599912648736636928 | 1599912648736636928 |
| Competent leadership does make a difference. | 2022-12-01 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1598159667368075265 | 1598159667368075265 |
| FTX disease spreads! | 2022-12-01 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1598144850754695168 | 1598144850754695168 |
| Universal basic income may be an idea whose time is | 2022-12-01 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1598139477964500998 | 1598139477964500998 |
| Getting private equity and hedge funds out of the | 2022-11-29 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1597451606517088256 | 1597451606517088256 |
| Like all binges, over-hiring always comes to the same | 2022-11-26 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1596513402959953920 | 1596513402959953920 |
| Maybe multitaskers aren't really as effective as they | 2022-11-26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1596510097693233157 | 1596510097693233157 |
| Rich people think they are smart, but sometimes they | 2022-11-26 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1596345284887719936 | 1596345284887719936 |
| Fast fashion - fast trashing. | 2022-11-26 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1596336870325358592 | 1596336870325358592 |
| The sad fate of little island nations that let foreigners | 2022-11-24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1595863510939901952 | 1595863510939901952 |
| "collapses like these were already priced in" | 2022-11-22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1594934318941769728 | 1594934318941769728 |
| The debt limit should be repealed completely. And if | 2022-11-22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1594930916895633408 | 1594930916895633408 |
| Lost your retirement on a speculative gamble? Who do | 2022-11-22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1594895794317930496 | 1594895794317930496 |
| "The price of parenthood is the ultimate economic issue | 2022-11-20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1594240359638237184 | 1594240359638237184 |
| So did EVERYBODY in Ohio want to be like Silicon Valley? | 2022-11-19 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1593979608533151744 | 1593979608533151744 |
| The crypto industry has succeeded in re-inventing | 2022-11-19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1593825499054497792 | 1593825499054497792 |
| The Rust Belt used to have layoffs. In an economic | 2022-11-18 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1593736362775093248 | 1593736362775093248 |
| A million unsecured creditors? | 2022-11-17 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1593268259939237888 | 1593268259939237888 |
| Other crypto companies wouldn't do these things, right? | 2022-11-17 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1593257122451496961 | 1593257122451496961 |
| "When the music's over Turn out the lights" | 2022-11-12 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1591316072858542080 | 1591316072858542080 |
| There was no there, there. | 2022-11-12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1591307505585786880 | 1591307505585786880 |
| A lot of people think they are smart when they are really | 2022-11-10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1590562168461983744 | 1590562168461983744 |
| "Gravity still exists” | 2022-11-08 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1589847822169669632 | 1589847822169669632 |
| Everybody's worried about recession! | 2022-11-07 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1589519461450928128 | 1589519461450928128 |
| It's getting hard to believe that inflation can be stopped | 2022-10-31 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1586909324856545281 | 1586909324856545281 |
| Why won't the Democrats stop the horror show before we | 2022-10-28 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1585855718535573504 | 1585855718535573504 |
| Hazards of unfunded defined-benefit pensions - | 2022-10-26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1585274782907396096 | 1585274782907396096 |
| Californians losing population to Texas? It's more | 2022-10-23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1584067999887024128 | 1584067999887024128 |
| It's true! It's more profitable to operate in a red | 2022-09-23 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1573369553110843393 | 1573369553110843393 |
| Hazards of leveraging securities you can't sell - markets | 2022-09-23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1573366498747465728 | 1573366498747465728 |
| A house of cards is meant to fall - | 2022-09-22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1573045592401534976 | 1573045592401534976 |
| Universal basic income? | 2022-09-22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1572796526627557378 | 1572796526627557378 |
| What happened to the Misery Index? | 2022-09-14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1569887334317051908 | 1569887334317051908 |
| Out in the boonies, they think they'd like a lot of new | 2022-09-01 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1565138439598526464 | 1565138439598526464 |
| How not to change the world. | 2022-08-29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1564293339737833473 | 1564293339737833473 |
| In with the new, out with the old - including the old | 2022-08-29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1564126008805978112 | 1564126008805978112 |
| It's all right if YOU lost money on crypto! Others won | 2022-08-29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1564124308619743232 | 1564124308619743232 |
| As usual GOP claims to be defending the blue collar working | 2022-08-28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1564039080387624960 | 1564039080387624960 |
| Foreign money launderers rip off stressed American | 2022-08-28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1564038089198120964 | 1564038089198120964 |
| Market timing never works for long. Buy and hold a | 2022-08-28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1564033090246156289 | 1564033090246156289 |
| Bad times for would-be social media influencers who hugged | 2022-08-27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1563515438637559810 | 1563515438637559810 |
| Maybe cheating on emergency loans is not such a good idea. | 2022-08-26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1563276804848201728 | 1563276804848201728 |
| Crypto - an industry in search of new suckers. | 2022-08-26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1563044110977486848 | 1563044110977486848 |
| Too bad for the local people who can't afford to keep up. | 2022-08-17 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1559749200136376321 | 1559749200136376321 |
| Falling markets are hard on amateur tech founders. | 2022-08-11 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1557587338657554437 | 1557587338657554437 |
| When is economic warfare effective? | 2022-08-02 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1554606927618772994 | 1554606927618772994 |
| Income inequality moves from Silicon Valley and Beverly | 2022-08-01 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1553944500216537089 | 1553944500216537089 |
| Recession signals from the inverted yield curve. | 2022-07-28 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1552663536945336322 | 1552663536945336322 |
| It's very hard to achieve a soft landing. | 2022-07-11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1546319448566423553 | 1546319448566423553 |
| The wild west gig economy! | 2022-07-10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1546280084532707329 | 1546280084532707329 |
| It's still the same old story - public employee unions | 2022-07-10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1546279498697490432 | 1546279498697490432 |
| What's wrong with this picture? | 2022-07-04 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1543829667743875072 | 1543829667743875072 |
| "The actual status of the poorest and most unfortunate | 2022-06-20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1538892632092422145 | 1538892632092422145 |
| Always check that your gas cap is tight after somebody | 2022-06-18 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1538168851191345152 | 1538168851191345152 |
| What'll become of all those investors of billions of | 2022-06-18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1538160761314324480 | 1538160761314324480 |
| Crypto crash | 2022-06-17 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1537856617860825088 | 1537856617860825088 |
| Most swing voters vote their pocketbooks. They reject | 2022-06-16 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1537287296646410240 | 1537287296646410240 |
| The incredulity factor - from the Big Short to the | 2022-06-10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1535246959044198401 | 1535246959044198401 |
| The party's about over! | 2022-06-10 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1535125079939371008 | 1535125079939371008 |
| There's no there there! The present value of future | 2022-06-03 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1532857144902447104 | 1532857144902447104 |
| It was just a matter of time! | 2022-06-03 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1532559101439320064 | 1532559101439320064 |
| The casino is closed for a while. | 2022-05-31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1531680873396940802 | 1531680873396940802 |
| Another idea that lost in Georgia - rejecting economic | 2022-05-30 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1531115110114111489 | 1531115110114111489 |
| Who's keeping an eye on the crypto store? | 2022-05-30 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1531062961288097792 | 1531062961288097792 |
| What inequality? | 2022-05-26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1529972709483982848 | 1529972709483982848 |
| What economic problems? | 2022-05-25 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1529507993061978113 | 1529507993061978113 |
| Crypto is good for criminals and scammers. | 2022-05-24 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1528914955537289217 | 1528914955537289217 |
| The great covid retirement might not last for the 55-65 | 2022-05-23 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1528576144391274496 | 1528576144391274496 |
| What recession? The big get bigger and the small get | 2022-05-23 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1528570485092384768 | 1528570485092384768 |
| Hedge funds win again? | 2022-05-19 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1527124717957574656 | 1527124717957574656 |
| The bloom is off technology startups. | 2022-05-13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1524948463040884736 | 1524948463040884736 |
| Want more workers? Provide more child care! | 2022-05-13 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1524946941708161025 | 1524946941708161025 |
| Oligolopy - the downside of index funds. | 2022-05-12 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1524898537430913025 | 1524898537430913025 |
| Crypto markets tank - | 2022-05-12 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1524894159387078656 | 1524894159387078656 |
| Lots of people are feeling no pain. | 2022-05-12 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1524583849715400704 | 1524583849715400704 |
| What crummy economy? Unemployment claims are lowest | 2022-05-02 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1520971647624224768 | 1520971647624224768 |
| Don't move to Idaho or Utah expecting relief from | 2022-05-02 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1520970975931551745 | 1520970975931551745 |
| Hazards of over-leveraging! Get rich quick, get poor | 2022-05-01 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1520786635822026757 | 1520786635822026757 |
| Can't ship FROM America because containers are going | 2022-04-29 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1520038374840565761 | 1520038374840565761 |
| Surprise! Major companies spent a lot more on share | 2022-04-29 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1519896070121082880 | 1519896070121082880 |
| California has a very volatile job market. Startups | 2022-04-29 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1519895318741069829 | 1519895318741069829 |
| Covid was a gift to the rich, making them richer. | 2022-04-19 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1516235790686187525 | 1516235790686187525 |
| Antitrust law to protect workers as well as consumers. | 2022-04-18 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1516087520265596932 | 1516087520265596932 |
| Dollar dominance likely to continue - it's the most stable | 2022-04-17 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1515590219570941963 | 1515590219570941963 |
| You wouldn't allow an individual in government that | 2022-04-15 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1514769655096696834 | 1514769655096696834 |
| It usually takes a recession to douse inflationary fevers. | 2022-04-14 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1514437015432925184 | 1514437015432925184 |
| Rising wages vs inflation - they go together. | 2022-04-12 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1513682887014453248 | 1513682887014453248 |
| Poor single mothers needs paid family leave and subsidized | 2022-04-12 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1513681594334162945 | 1513681594334162945 |
| A regular Sarah Palin of indecision! | 2022-04-11 | 69 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1513389347772329985 | 1513389347772329985 |
| Laws are for poor people! | 2022-04-09 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1512627886158536706 | 1512627886158536706 |
| Wyoming is the smallest state in population, but it's | 2022-04-06 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1511572848090918912 | 1511572848090918912 |
| Commodities - a good way to lose a nickel. | 2022-04-03 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1510635095819911174 | 1510635095819911174 |
| The end of globalization - the triumph of low-risk over | 2022-03-31 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1509561560573702147 | 1509561560573702147 |
| Catastrophic events motivate workers to organize. | 2022-03-31 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1509558898524516353 | 1509558898524516353 |
| An over-exuberant housing market about to bust? | 2022-03-31 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1509395217752887301 | 1509395217752887301 |
| The dollar is likely to remain almighty for a while. | 2022-03-22 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1506111249406255108 | 1506111249406255108 |
| Think gas prices are bad? Wait until food and fertilizer | 2022-03-22 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1506088721988276225 | 1506088721988276225 |
| How deregulation led to lower prices - and lower wages - | 2022-03-17 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1504319368708063233 | 1504319368708063233 |
| Don't let inflation panic US into a Putin recession. | 2022-03-17 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1504311140343377922 | 1504311140343377922 |
| Airline points, like other pseudo-currencies, are subject | 2022-03-15 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503556999904079873 | 1503556999904079873 |
| The DAO of pump-and-dump. | 2022-03-15 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503555714995744771 | 1503555714995744771 |
| How employers have been reducing workers' power by reducing | 2022-03-13 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1503150865607114754 | 1503150865607114754 |
| Why isn't crypto a useful hedge against uncertainty? | 2022-03-13 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1503117876458184710 | 1503117876458184710 |
| Elon Musk challenges UAW. | 2022-03-04 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499573200266489856 | 1499573200266489856 |
| Ever want to be a truck driver? | 2022-03-03 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1499532483921989649 | 1499532483921989649 |
| Bifurcated recovery - the rich get richer and the poor | 2022-02-21 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1495838482710863873 | 1495838482710863873 |
| Who would accept crypto assets as collateral? | 2022-02-18 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1494535922167148544 | 1494535922167148544 |
| Austin might or might not be able to import Silicon | 2022-02-17 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1494337225663807497 | 1494337225663807497 |
| It's hard to believe that something this complicated isn't | 2022-02-09 | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1491257392818192389 | 1491257392818192389 |
| Poor Elon Musk - the government just won't let him do it | 2022-02-08 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1491150126584569856 | 1491150126584569856 |
| The Great Reshuffle - not so much retirement as finding | 2022-02-08 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490900193587261442 | 1490900193587261442 |
| Reagan's new morning in America - "only 10.3% of workers | 2022-02-08 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490845393562714115 | 1490845393562714115 |
| The rules haven't really changed. | 2022-02-07 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490531572289662983 | 1490531572289662983 |
| Wealth inequality and income inequality - not the same | 2022-02-07 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1490499620849393666 | 1490499620849393666 |
| "What social problems do these blockchain-enabled | 2022-02-01 | 62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488341388668256261 | 1488341388668256261 |
| Slow service due to short staffs? Are you going to | 2022-02-01 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488329817514594305 | 1488329817514594305 |
| "This time is never different" And the rules never change. | 2022-02-01 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1488328963562754049 | 1488328963562754049 |
| Why eating out is getting more expensive. | 2022-01-31 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487982995055079425 | 1487982995055079425 |
| Is volatility an attractive nuisance? | 2022-01-31 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487978992837693440 | 1487978992837693440 |
| Need investment advice? | 2022-01-31 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487960113524527106 | 1487960113524527106 |
| Protect small business and consumers by protecting global | 2022-01-30 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1487899253296881668 | 1487899253296881668 |
| Who gets burned by cryptocurrency? The same kinds of | 2022-01-30 | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1487678139522158594 | 1487678139522158594 |
| West Virginia is a solid red state. Don't expect any | 2022-01-25 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485851640489861122 | 1485851640489861122 |
| What strong leaders do - make up economics as they go - | 2022-01-24 | 50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1485410500892495880 | 1485410500892495880 |
| Insuring economic democracy - | 2022-01-20 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1484015053749698562 | 1484015053749698562 |
| Nobody was ready to manage supply instead of demand. | 2022-01-17 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482957613834797057 | 1482957613834797057 |
| GOP is right! Inflation is rampant! | 2022-01-17 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1482887671378628611 | 1482887671378628611 |
| Forget "don't be evil"! | 2022-01-12 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1481281925000019968 | 1481281925000019968 |
| Smart investors don't seem to read Texas newspapers. | 2022-01-12 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1481281306436636677 | 1481281306436636677 |
| Do you really want to relocate to the boonies? Make sure | 2022-01-10 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1480376993224945664 | 1480376993224945664 |
| Flying to buy a car? | 2022-01-10 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1480331792074768388 | 1480331792074768388 |
| As long as GOP is out of power, they're free to criticize | 2022-01-07 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479549423902330882 | 1479549423902330882 |
| Inflation was better than another recession. | 2022-01-07 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1479524743392862210 | 1479524743392862210 |
| Can't buy a house? Maybe you'll have better luck | 2022-01-07 | 56 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1479449495293161473 | 1479449495293161473 |
| An aging population and a pandemic = too many jobs and | 2022-01-05 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478816632969457665 | 1478816632969457665 |
| Biden tackles meat prices. | 2022-01-05 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1478774004299141120 | 1478774004299141120 |
| Nashville confronts gentrification. | 2022-01-03 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1477857038340214784 | 1477857038340214784 |
| There are advantages to free trade and costs to | 2022-01-03 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1477852382516023298 | 1477852382516023298 |
| Poor California! Every Texas politician will tell | 2022-01-03 | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1477838575353798659 | 1477838575353798659 |
| Mixed signals in real estate! | 2022-01-03 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1477837541554278400 | 1477837541554278400 |
| One reason meat costs more - justice for workers. | 2022-01-01 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1477121595668037636 | 1477121595668037636 |
The table above has these entries:
========== What goes up must come down. https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/30/tech/silicon-valley-falls-back-to-earth/index.html Some of it will go up again, just as it did after 2008 and 2000 and other recessions. But some of it is down for good. #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 50% impress 2 time 2022-12-31 05:56 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1609066021134143489 ========== How Silicon Valley technologists retire https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/12/29/lawsuit-claims-oracle-fired-bay-area-man-because-of-his-age/ Somebody gets credit for "driving cost out of the system" by replacing expensive workers with cheaper ones. #PS1economics ===== impress 2 time 2022-12-30 19:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1608905031549620224 ========== Signs of the times https://news.yahoo.com/world-using-fewer-cardboard-boxes-150000421.html Good sign for inflation, bad sign for recession. #PS1economics ===== impress 3 time 2022-12-30 19:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1608903959271608321 ========== Market timing not Trump's forte. https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/16/investing/donald-trump-nft-trading/index.html #PS1economics ===== engage 5 engage-rate 38% expands 1 impress 13 time 2022-12-18 02:50 +0000 urlclicks 4 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1604307989053087744 ========== "Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful" https://apnews.com/article/tampa-bay-buccaneers-golden-state-warriors-miami-heat-carolina-panthers-sports-b85ddda713abbb7cc4acce36c56dfd3e #PS1economics ===== impress 3 time 2022-12-18 02:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1604303147140231168 ========== It just gets worse for SBF - https://www.aol.com/sec-charges-former-ftx-ceo-150848057.html not to mention his investors. #PS1economics ===== impress 7 time 2022-12-13 15:59 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1602694765736525824 ========== At least he will probably always be welcome on Twitter - https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-bahamas-united-states-government-1de16cdf7e6956b401e998c34ad1fd11 #PS1economics ===== impress 4 time 2022-12-13 03:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1602504857633464326 ========== Nothing like a little recession talk to motivate layoffs! https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/12/05/tech-workers-react-to-layoff-axes-with-shock-and-more-pain-is-coming/ Maybe the execs are hoping that tightening financials will improve the value of their stock options. It happens every time the economy appears likely to slow down. #PS1economics ===== impress 18 time 2022-12-05 23:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1599912648736636928 ========== Competent leadership does make a difference. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/29/business/sears-last-christmas/index.html #PS1economics ===== impress 2 time 2022-12-01 03:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598159667368075265 ========== FTX disease spreads! https://www.cnbc.com/2022/11/28/blockfi-files-for-bankruptcy-as-ftx-fallout-spreads.html It was all a house of cards. #PS1economics ===== impress 3 time 2022-12-01 02:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598144850754695168 ========== Universal basic income may be an idea whose time is coming - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-ubi.html It's getting another try, this time in Silicon Valley. #PS1economics ===== impress 3 time 2022-12-01 02:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1598139477964500998 ========== Getting private equity and hedge funds out of the residential real estate markets. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/05/bill-from-silicon-valley-rep-ro-khanna-would-crack-down-on-corporate-landlords/ #PS1economics ===== impress 9 time 2022-11-29 04:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1597451606517088256 ========== Like all binges, over-hiring always comes to the same layoff end. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/10/technology/big-tech-layoffs.html At the height of the 2000 dot-com binge, tech firms were hiring English majors to train to program. That didn't last either. #PS1economics ===== impress 15 time 2022-11-26 14:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1596513402959953920 ========== Maybe multitaskers aren't really as effective as they think. And maybe boards of directors should manage executives, not vice versa. https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2022/nov/22/musks-twitter-role-puts-tesla-board-under-new-scru/ #PS1economics ===== impress 5 time 2022-11-26 14:24 +0000 views 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1596510097693233157 ========== Rich people think they are smart, but sometimes they are just lucky. And sometimes they are just good at taking credit for others' successes and blaming others for their failures. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/19/business/media/att-time-warner-deal.html Too bad for the shareholders, employees, and customers. #PS1economics ===== impress 7 time 2022-11-26 03:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1596345284887719936 ========== Fast fashion - fast trashing. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/25/opinion/warehouse-fastfashion-return.html #PS1economics ===== impress 5 time 2022-11-26 02:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1596336870325358592 ========== The sad fate of little island nations that let foreigners run fast and loose with other people's money. https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/24/ftx-bahamas-albany-fried/ #PS1economics ===== impress 2 time 2022-11-24 19:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1595863510939901952 ========== "collapses like these were already priced in" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/21/opinion/business-economics/sam-bankman-fried-ftx-effective-altruism.html Can you really afford to play in this game? #PS1economics ===== impress 6 time 2022-11-22 06:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594934318941769728 ========== The debt limit should be repealed completely. And if that's not possible, it should be raised enough to carry America through the next two years. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/11/21/republicans-house-debt-ceiling-treasurys/ #PS1economics ===== impress 4 time 2022-11-22 05:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594930916895633408 ========== Lost your retirement on a speculative gamble? Who do you sue? Whoever has money! https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/21/warriors-face-second-lawsuit-in-wake-of-ftx-collapse/ "You don't sue poor people" - Steve Dallas. #PS1economics ===== impress 2 time 2022-11-22 03:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594895794317930496 ========== "The price of parenthood is the ultimate economic issue – and only one party is doing something about it." https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/19/opinions/whitmer-midterms-democrats-abortion-economy-saujani/index.html #PS1economics ===== impress 3 time 2022-11-20 08:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1594240359638237184 ========== So did EVERYBODY in Ohio want to be like Silicon Valley? When the gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers! https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-washington-columbus-f6fd8fc1c9210b1650cfc8cbad891f75 Jobs come with cars on the roads and rising real estate prices. And demand for better schools, and different politics. #PS1economics ===== impress 7 time 2022-11-19 14:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593979608533151744 ========== The crypto industry has succeeded in re-inventing conventional banking - as it was before government regulation. Caveat emptor! https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/17/opinion/crypto-banks-regulation-ftx.html #PS1economics ===== impress 6 time 2022-11-19 04:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593825499054497792 ========== The Rust Belt used to have layoffs. In an economic downturn, layoffs were in order of seniority. In a recovery, laid-off workers were rehired in order of seniority. https://www.firstpost.com/world/its-the-season-of-layoffs-in-silicon-valley-45000-employees-gone-and-its-not-over-yet-11595071.html Now "layoffs" just mean mass firings. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1806953216315856 #PS1economics ===== impress 17 time 2022-11-18 22:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593736362775093248 ========== A million unsecured creditors? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/nov/15/crypto-exchange-ftx-creditors-bankruptcy-filing-sam-bankman-fried #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 replies 1 time 2022-11-17 15:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593268259939237888 ========== Other crypto companies wouldn't do these things, right? https://apnews.com/article/technology-business-d2c2b881dc0eb0ec37b454674f446b52 #PS1economics ===== impress 5 time 2022-11-17 14:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1593257122451496961 ========== "When the music's over Turn out the lights" https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/11/business/sbf-wealth/index.html #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 14% impress 7 time 2022-11-12 06:24 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1591316072858542080 ========== There was no there, there. https://apnews.com/article/ftx-crypto-bankruptcy-filing-ed0f06c5db468e285f58af2d8766b51a #PS1economics ===== impress 6 time 2022-11-12 05:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1591307505585786880 ========== A lot of people think they are smart when they are really just lucky. Intelligence doesn't change, but luck does. https://apnews.com/article/cryptocurrency-technology-business-bitcoin-3b94bc0656a60a7b65fe532112c3279f If you don't understand what a Dutch tulip bulb is intrinsically worth, maybe you shouldn't speculate in them. #PS1economics ===== impress 4 time 2022-11-10 04:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1590562168461983744 ========== "Gravity still exists” https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/07/tech-biotech-job-layoff-facebook-twitter-lyft-oracle-bay-area-economy/ When enough companies start planning for recession - recession happens. Same as inflation. #PS1economics ===== impress 4 time 2022-11-08 05:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1589847822169669632 ========== Everybody's worried about recession! https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/11/06/facebook-meta-reportedly-to-start-laying-off-thousands-of-staff-this-week/ Inflation might not look so bad in another year, unless we get both at once - stagflation, as in the 1970's. #PS1economics ===== impress 4 time 2022-11-07 07:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1589519461450928128 ========== It's getting hard to believe that inflation can be stopped without a recession. People have to be too poor to bid up prices, and unemployment has to be too high for employees to bid up wages. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/28/business/fedeal-reserve-inflation-wages.html More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1792145167796661 #PS1economics ===== impress 2 time 2022-10-31 02:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1586909324856545281 ========== Why won't the Democrats stop the horror show before we all find out how it turns out? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/27/republican-debt-ceiling-threat-neutralize/ #PS1economics ===== impress 6 time 2022-10-28 04:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585855718535573504 ========== Hazards of unfunded defined-benefit pensions - https://www.political-scrapbook.net/controversial.html#defined%20benefit If there still unfunded when you retire, you might not get what you expected! https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2022/10/23/these-bay-area-cities-are-facing-the-greatest-financial-risk-state-auditor-says/ Local governments can go bankrupt to get out of those unpayable pension liabilities. #PS1economics ===== impress 4 time 2022-10-26 14:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1585274782907396096 ========== Californians losing population to Texas? It's more of a trade - and California is getting the better deal. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/10/22/opinion-are-californians-fleeing-to-texas-the-reality-is-complicated/ #PS1economics ===== impress 3 time 2022-10-23 06:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1584067999887024128 ========== It's true! It's more profitable to operate in a red state that deregulates companies and discourages unions. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/01/business/economy/smithfield-california-factory.html Too bad for the workers. #PS1economics ===== impress 8 time 2022-09-23 17:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573369553110843393 ========== Hazards of leveraging securities you can't sell - markets go down as well as up. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/20/technology/loans-startup-employees.html #PS1economics ===== impress 7 time 2022-09-23 17:39 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573366498747465728 ========== A house of cards is meant to fall - https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2022/crypto-exchange-bitcoin-history/ but if new players keep building new ones - the new ones eventually fall too. Greed overcame many celebrities who should have known better. #PS1economics ===== impress 7 time 2022-09-22 20:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1573045592401534976 ========== Universal basic income? https://www.political-scrapbook.net/2020-ubi.html It's already here in deep-red Alaska! https://apnews.com/article/inflation-alaska-anchorage-b084bb09ebe256c43a488c186b846c44 #PS1economics ===== impress 3 time 2022-09-22 03:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1572796526627557378 ========== What happened to the Misery Index? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/13/opinion/inflation-misery-index-economy-prices.html We'll find out in November! #PS1economics ===== impress 4 time 2022-09-14 03:14 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1569887334317051908 ========== Out in the boonies, they think they'd like a lot of new money flowing in, until they realize that the cost of living is flowing up. And up. And outsiders bring in new ideas, too. https://apnews.com/article/short-term-rentals-housing-crisis-38d45202f9bc92391b0418d8ad16734d #PS1economics ===== impress 1 time 2022-09-01 00:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1565138439598526464 ========== How not to change the world. https://www.seattletimes.com/business/how-wish-built-and-fumbled-a-dollar-store-for-the-internet/ Great advertising doesn't get you a pass on junk or non-existent goods. #PS1economics ===== impress 3 time 2022-08-29 16:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564293339737833473 ========== In with the new, out with the old - including the old families. https://apnews.com/article/silicon-heartland-homes-ohio-c5a49bc8bd0ef98ce31bd372b59e9ec7 They got a premium for their land at least. The real issue is when new people arrive with new ideas. #PS1economics ===== impress 1 time 2022-08-29 05:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564126008805978112 ========== It's all right if YOU lost money on crypto! Others won big! Aren't you happy for them? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/29/technology/crypto-crash-divide.html #PS1economics ===== impress 1 time 2022-08-29 05:34 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564124308619743232 ========== As usual GOP claims to be defending the blue collar working class - but as usual it means defending its megadonors from entitlement programs that might raise their taxes. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/27/opinion/republican-biden-student-loan-program.html #PS1economics ===== impress 1 time 2022-08-28 23:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564039080387624960 ========== Foreign money launderers rip off stressed American communities. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/28/opinion/ukraine-oligarch-cleveland-real-estate.html Will anything happen? The launderers probably invest in GOP senators, and Trump tried to veto a previous attempt to regulate. #PS1economics ===== impress 3 time 2022-08-28 23:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564038089198120964 ========== Market timing never works for long. Buy and hold a no-load index fund and tear up the monthly statements . https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/26/business/stock-market-bear-nothing.html #PS1economics ===== impress 4 time 2022-08-28 23:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1564033090246156289 ========== Bad times for would-be social media influencers who hugged the crypto tar baby too closely. https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-06-28/crypto-crash-influencers-lose-credibility-on-tiktok-twitter-instagram #PS1economics ===== impress 2 time 2022-08-27 13:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563515438637559810 ========== Maybe cheating on emergency loans is not such a good idea. https://apnews.com/article/covid-health-small-business-us-secret-service-ed482641a658543f4db9e2ec5121153e #PS1economics ===== impress 4 time 2022-08-26 21:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563276804848201728 ========== Crypto - an industry in search of new suckers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/08/24/cryptos-massive-marketing-efforts-have-drawn-few-new-investors/ It's an inherent problem of Ponzi schemes. #PS1economics ===== impress 4 time 2022-08-26 06:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1563044110977486848 ========== Too bad for the local people who can't afford to keep up. https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2022/08/16/ranch-land-west-billionaires/ #PS1economics ===== impress 6 time 2022-08-17 03:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1559749200136376321 ========== Falling markets are hard on amateur tech founders. Anybody can run a business during a bubble. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/10/business/silicon-valley-boy-boss.html #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 21 time 2022-08-11 04:38 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1557587338657554437 ========== When is economic warfare effective? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/02/opinion/russia-ukraine-war-embargo-gas.html Little has worked out the way that was expected. #PS1economics ===== impress 6 time 2022-08-02 23:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1554606927618772994 ========== Income inequality moves from Silicon Valley and Beverly Hills to Sun Valley. So much for lower living costs in Idaho! https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/31/us/sun-valley-workforce-housing.html People who can't afford to live there should move away. Let the idle rich clean their own toilets! #PS1economics ===== impress 24 time 2022-08-01 03:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1553944500216537089 ========== Recession signals from the inverted yield curve. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/21/business/yield-curve-inversion.html We were tired of inflation, right? Let's see how we like recession. #PS1economics ===== impress 7 time 2022-07-28 14:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1552663536945336322 ========== It's very hard to achieve a soft landing. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/07/opinion/inflation-recession-the-fed.html Rest assured though, that the Republicans can readily switch from blaming Democrats for inflation to blaming Democrats for recession, without having any better ideas for dealing with either. #PS1economics ===== impress 12 time 2022-07-11 02:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1546319448566423553 ========== The wild west gig economy! https://apnews.com/article/workers-rights-government-and-politics-8390362e0fed372432f95805f94ac994 If you do it the ethical way you'll never get to be a billionaire! #PS1economics ===== impress 4 time 2022-07-10 23:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1546280084532707329 ========== It's still the same old story - public employee unions get defined-benefit pensions without a sufficient stable funding mechanism. So they take investment risks to get better returns - and higher risks of getting bailed out by taxpayers. https://apnews.com/article/cryptocurrency-technology-blockchain-government-and-politics-bb0b28c277f078dc34d5bf90e36f91f7 #PS1economics ===== impress 2 time 2022-07-10 23:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1546279498697490432 ========== What's wrong with this picture? https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/26/business/retail-returns/index.html Maybe the future is no cash refunds - only store credits. And customers pay return shipping costs. #PS1economics ===== impress 5 time 2022-07-04 05:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1543829667743875072 ========== "The actual status of the poorest and most unfortunate woman in society determines the possible status of every woman" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/20/opinion/roe-heard-feminism-backlash.html Feminism can't avoid being about the economic and political status of poor women. And poor men. #PS1economics ===== impress 9 time 2022-06-20 14:32 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1538892632092422145 ========== Always check that your gas cap is tight after somebody else pumps your gas, lest you get a check engine light. Self-serve prohibitions are all about safety - income safety for full-serve stations and the politicians they support. https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/18/energy/new-jersey-oregon-pump-your-own-gas/index.html #PS1economics ===== impress 16 time 2022-06-18 14:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1538168851191345152 ========== What'll become of all those investors of billions of dollars in crypto mining data centers? Unlike the coin speculators, they can't bail out overnight. https://apnews.com/article/cryptocurrency-technology-financial-markets-bitcoin-873a92a17402bf1510755e3ad4901869 #PS1economics ===== impress 9 time 2022-06-18 14:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1538160761314324480 ========== Crypto crash https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/17/technology/tether-stablecoin-cryptocurrency.html Stablecoins can't redeem all their coins overnight because their assets are not all available overnight. Why would everybody bail out overnight? Don't be last in line at a bank run! More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/pfbid03XXQj6H59vL3rbaMwukq3aMomFcEWKEuA3hdNbArnUKCdQF9RhycN1EkPCDFEiKDl #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 17 time 2022-06-17 17:56 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1537856617860825088 ========== Most swing voters vote their pocketbooks. They reject the guys in charge without knowing whether the other guys could do any better, and without knowing what OTHER things the other guys would do. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/06/15/inflation-anger-could-sweep-election-deniers-midterm-victory/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/pfbid0ebZZA5JCX5AX3wLLuaRN2nnWjmkttVCtGxQatypDPtPJgugGh983ewPA78jNP35ol #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 likes 1 time 2022-06-16 04:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1537287296646410240 ========== The incredulity factor - from the Big Short to the Big Scam. https://energiesnet.com/from-the-big-short-to-the-big-scam-paul-krugman/ It's easier to believe a big lie than a small one. #PS1economics ===== impress 22 time 2022-06-10 13:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1535246959044198401 ========== The party's about over! https://apnews.com/article/cryptocurrency-technology-politics-sports-business-1cc246808911cc408186952d53db22ef #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 17% impress 6 likes 1 time 2022-06-10 05:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1535125079939371008 ========== There's no there there! The present value of future crypto dividends is... zero. The only hope for profit is to find a bigger fool than you who will pay more than you paid. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/06/03/crypto-scams-ftc/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/06/03/crypto-skeptics-growing/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/pfbid0cxS5mngtUgH7TmGABGzvvfSoB9iQpYLgdqsz79NdZZbbiiycfumeqn5qXGpsEvnZl #PS1economics ===== impress 4 time 2022-06-03 22:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1532857144902447104 ========== It was just a matter of time! https://apnews.com/article/technology-new-york-arrests-manhattan-a9de5a1cebeef9f1588f03dc0262aa57 Everything new... is not so new after all. #PS1economics ===== impress 5 time 2022-06-03 03:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1532559101439320064 ========== The casino is closed for a while. https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/31/investing/stock-market-investing-trading/index.html #PS1economics ===== impress 5 time 2022-05-31 16:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1531680873396940802 ========== Another idea that lost in Georgia - rejecting economic development. https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/29/politics/big-lie-georgia-republicans-rejection/index.html But as small red state towns discovered, economic development means new ideas, increased cost of living, and even harder lives for natives who can't compete. #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 likes 1 time 2022-05-30 03:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1531115110114111489 ========== Who's keeping an eye on the crypto store? https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/05/29/molly-white-crypto/ $10 billion lost so far. #PS1economics ===== impress 16 time 2022-05-30 00:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1531062961288097792 ========== What inequality? https://apnews.com/article/2021-median-ceo-pay-df8a253483aebd48be99f50826ef2b49 But they're not as bad as Russian oligarchs! #PS1economics ===== impress 4 time 2022-05-26 23:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1529972709483982848 ========== What economic problems? Not for the average American - https://apnews.com/article/politics-81e09f653235d730e6ead3602ebe6291 And not for billionaires - https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/22/economy/billionaires-poverty-oxfam-davos/index.html But Rick Scott's GOP has a plan - tax cuts for those poor billionaires, and entitlement reform for those lazy average Americans. #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 20% impress 5 likes 1 time 2022-05-25 17:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1529507993061978113 ========== Crypto is good for criminals and scammers. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/05/20/crypto-bitcoin-dogecoin-ethereum-crashing/ For everybody else? Rank speculation, in a market that is very easily manipulated by big players. #PS1economics ===== impress 5 time 2022-05-24 01:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1528914955537289217 ========== The great covid retirement might not last for the 55-65 age group. https://rebel-locker.com/local/i-had-to-go-back-over-55-and-not-retired-after-all/600175067/ They need the money. #PS1economics ===== impress 6 time 2022-05-23 03:18 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1528576144391274496 ========== What recession? The big get bigger and the small get swallowed up. https://jacklimpert.com/2022/05/future-of-big-tech/ #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 7% impress 14 likes 1 time 2022-05-23 02:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1528570485092384768 ========== Hedge funds win again? "they could cash out on the backs of retail" https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/18/technology/terra-luna-cryptocurrency-do-kwon.html Too bad for retail speculators - as usual! #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 5% impress 19 likes 1 time 2022-05-19 03:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1527124717957574656 ========== The bloom is off technology startups. https://bdnews24.com/technology/2022/05/11/fear-and-loathing-return-to-us-tech-startups #PS1economics ===== impress 13 time 2022-05-13 03:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1524948463040884736 ========== Want more workers? Provide more child care! https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/11/business/child-care-work-force.html #PS1economics ===== impress 15 time 2022-05-13 02:57 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1524946941708161025 ========== Oligolopy - the downside of index funds. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/12/opinion/vanguard-power-blackrock-state-street.html If one person held all the stock of all the companies in the world, we'd agree that was bad. So how many such persons does it take before it's not bad? #PS1economics ===== impress 20 time 2022-05-12 23:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1524898537430913025 ========== Crypto markets tank - https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/12/investing/luna-terra-stablecoin-explained/index.html Even as crypto CEO's and investors spread cash far and wide in DC. https://apnews.com/article/cryptocurrency-technology-congress-b93f1f2dc4971a16af8133e24ebd9bb5 So far crypto is mainly useful for criminals and scammers. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/pfbid02zkCXwFftdSLAfwAvhTSmXtpARBFaGaYGT3AfqaM3TY24n9pdKDSdSaGKpX8mRwXfl #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 24 replies 1 time 2022-05-12 23:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1524894159387078656 ========== Lots of people are feeling no pain. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/10/business/economy-boom-times.html But the gap between the pain-free haves and the pain-ridden have-nots is wider and growing wider faster than ever. #PS1economics ===== impress 21 time 2022-05-12 02:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1524583849715400704 ========== What crummy economy? Unemployment claims are lowest since 1970. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/jobless-claims-another-184000-americans-filed-new-claims-last-week/ar-AAWq4DO #PS1economics ===== impress 23 time 2022-05-02 03:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1520971647624224768 ========== Don't move to Idaho or Utah expecting relief from rapidly-rising home prices. https://winnquick.com/index.php/2022/04/30/hiring-outpaces-homebuilding-orange-county-register/ Areas with thriving economies often hire faster than they build homes for the new hires. #PS1economics ===== impress 26 time 2022-05-02 03:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1520970975931551745 ========== Hazards of over-leveraging! Get rich quick, get poor quick, get indicted quick. https://apnews.com/article/business-new-york-arrests-manhattan-indictments-6f1334b24b3206535c7ab1b0d71a380e #PS1economics ===== impress 29 time 2022-05-01 15:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1520786635822026757 ========== Can't ship FROM America because containers are going back empty! https://www.yahoo.com/news/americas-farmers-got-cut-supply-183012199.html Will GOP blame Biden while they watch the market sort itself out? That would be the traditional GOP approach - until major donor farming operations start funding Democrats. #PS1economics ===== impress 39 time 2022-04-29 13:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1520038374840565761 ========== Surprise! Major companies spent a lot more on share buybacks than on improving employee compensation. https://www.brookings.edu/research/profits-and-the-pandemic-as-shareholder-wealth-soared-workers-were-left-behind/ GOP response - more tax cuts for billionaire "job creators" of course! #PS1economics ===== impress 38 time 2022-04-29 04:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1519896070121082880 ========== California has a very volatile job market. Startups explode or implode at random. Tourism fluctuates a lot. https://www.ocregister.com/2022/04/19/california-job-market-ranks-8th-most-volatile-in-us/ The most stable job markets include SD, AR, KS, WV. Not much startup action there. Not much other action at all. #PS1economics ===== impress 38 time 2022-04-29 04:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1519895318741069829 ========== Covid was a gift to the rich, making them richer. The poor, not so much. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/04/18/silicon-valleys-covid-windfall-raises-alarms-about-regions-economy/ #PS1economics ===== impress 9 time 2022-04-19 02:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1516235790686187525 ========== Antitrust law to protect workers as well as consumers. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/14/business/economy/wages-antitrust-law-us.html #PS1economics ===== impress 20 time 2022-04-18 16:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1516087520265596932 ========== Dollar dominance likely to continue - it's the most stable store of value. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/15/opinion/us-dollar-dominance.html #PS1economics ===== engage 2 engage-rate 11% expands 1 impress 18 time 2022-04-17 07:17 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1515590219570941963 ========== You wouldn't allow an individual in government that much power. Why anybody else? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/14/elon-musk-twitter-bid-peak-billionaire/ Orders of magnitude differences in wealth are inherently anti-democratic. #PS1economics ===== impress 31 time 2022-04-15 00:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1514769655096696834 ========== It usually takes a recession to douse inflationary fevers. https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/12/economy/recession-inflation-economy/index.html #PS1economics ===== impress 35 time 2022-04-14 02:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1514437015432925184 ========== Rising wages vs inflation - they go together. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/31/business/economy/inflation-rising-wages.html Counting on spending shifts to services to reduce inflationary pressure on goods? Ukraine war scuttles that. #PS1economics ===== impress 49 time 2022-04-12 00:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1513682887014453248 ========== Poor single mothers needs paid family leave and subsidized childcare. Congress has other ideas. https://www.bendbulletin.com/opinion/commentary-poor-single-mothers-need-money-not-husbands/article_2ea923fe-b440-11ec-a069-0378aff77736.html #PS1economics ===== impress 18 time 2022-04-12 00:53 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1513681594334162945 ========== A regular Sarah Palin of indecision! https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/11/tech/elon-musk-twitter-board/index.html #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 1% expands 1 impress 69 time 2022-04-11 05:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1513389347772329985 ========== Laws are for poor people! https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2022/04/07/elon-musks-missed-twitter-deadline-made-him-millions-experts-say/ Elon Musk is just a smarter, and thus more dangerous, Trump. The government should get out of the way of rich people getting richer! #PS1economics ===== impress 45 time 2022-04-09 03:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1512627886158536706 ========== Wyoming is the smallest state in population, but it's the biggest in pampering international criminal fortunes. There's a lot of money in that business - for a few people. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2022/tax-havens-wyoming-pandora-papers/ #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 18 likes 1 time 2022-04-06 05:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1511572848090918912 ========== Commodities - a good way to lose a nickel. https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/02/investing/nickel-short-squeeze/index.html #PS1economics ===== impress 23 time 2022-04-03 15:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1510635095819911174 ========== The end of globalization - the triumph of low-risk over low-cost - https://us-global-law.net/images/Article.Sanctions_and_Global_Commerce_NYT_3.23.22_.pdf Thank Covid and Putin for making the risk manifest. It will take at least a generation to work out the consequences. #PS1economics ===== engage 2 engage-rate 5% impress 42 likes 1 time 2022-03-31 16:01 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1509561560573702147 ========== Catastrophic events motivate workers to organize. https://olxpraca.com/will-the-pandemic-change-the-workplace-like-triangle-fire-did/ #PS1economics ===== impress 29 time 2022-03-31 15:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1509558898524516353 ========== An over-exuberant housing market about to bust? https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/30/homes/us-housing-market-bubble/index.html #PS1economics ===== impress 41 time 2022-03-31 05:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1509395217752887301 ========== The dollar is likely to remain almighty for a while. Because everybody knows what it's worth, and that it won't change rapidly. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/20/dollar-dominance-currency-markets-here-to-stay-as-global-reserve-currency/ #PS1economics ===== impress 29 time 2022-03-22 03:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506111249406255108 ========== Think gas prices are bad? Wait until food and fertilizer shortages sink in. https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/ukraine-war-threatens-to-cause-a-global-food-crisis/articleshow/90349465.cms The population carrying capacity of the earth depends on global trade and stable global climate. Both are victims of war. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1625455817798931 #PS1economics ===== impress 36 time 2022-03-22 02:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1506088721988276225 ========== How deregulation led to lower prices - and lower wages - and a 91% turnover rate - and the trucker rebellion. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/15/opinion/truckers-surveillance.html It's a wonder that anybody is willing to do it. #PS1economics ===== impress 33 time 2022-03-17 04:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504319368708063233 ========== Don't let inflation panic US into a Putin recession. https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/paul-krugman-how-not-to-have-a-putin-recession/ar-AAV6MEV #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 42 time 2022-03-17 04:18 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1504311140343377922 ========== Airline points, like other pseudo-currencies, are subject to devaluation at any time. Better use them up. https://bdnews24.com/travelandtourism/2022/03/07/the-best-time-to-use-your-airline-miles-now #PS1economics ===== impress 34 time 2022-03-15 02:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503556999904079873 ========== The DAO of pump-and-dump. https://jaag.org/reality-intrudes-on-a-utopian-crypto-vision-the-new-york-times/ There MIGHT be something socially beneficial under development here. What's certain is that some people intend to benefit more than others. #PS1economics ===== impress 34 time 2022-03-15 02:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503555714995744771 ========== How employers have been reducing workers' power by reducing competition. https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/icymi-nyt-employer-practices-limit-workers-choices-and-wages-us-study-argues Real wages at the bottom have hardly changed in 50 years. Not so at the top! #PS1economics ===== impress 55 time 2022-03-13 23:27 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503150865607114754 ========== Why isn't crypto a useful hedge against uncertainty? Too much speculation! A bitcoin is only worth as much as a speculator will pay for it today - it has no intrinsic value. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/11/technology/bitcoin-ukraine-russia-roose.html But it seems to be helpful for funding Ukrainian defense. #PS1economics ===== engage 3 engage-rate 9% expands 2 impress 34 likes 1 time 2022-03-13 21:16 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1503117876458184710 ========== Elon Musk challenges UAW. https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/03/business/elon-musk-tesla-union-vote-offer-uaw/index.html Who knows whether he's serious. He assumes workers are only in it for the money now, rather than working conditions and job security. #PS1economics ===== impress 26 time 2022-03-04 02:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499573200266489856 ========== Ever want to be a truck driver? https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/09/business/truck-driver-shortage.html Many are called but few remain. #PS1economics ===== impress 16 time 2022-03-03 23:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1499532483921989649 ========== Bifurcated recovery - the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/02/15/silicon-valley-job-rebound-covid-economy-tech-google-apple-inflation/ #PS1economics ===== impress 13 time 2022-02-21 19:11 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1495838482710863873 ========== Who would accept crypto assets as collateral? https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-14/blockfi-to-pay-100-million-to-sec-states-over-crypto-lending #PS1economics ===== impress 14 time 2022-02-18 04:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1494535922167148544 ========== Austin might or might not be able to import Silicon Valley's startup culture. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/silicon-valleys-tech-monopoly-over-120019618.html But the refugees will certainly discover or import the problems that they wanted to leave behind. And old-time Texans will find that newcomers have new ideas. #PS1economics ===== impress 46 time 2022-02-17 15:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1494337225663807497 ========== It's hard to believe that something this complicated isn't a scam at some level. https://apnews.com/article/cryptocurrency-business-new-york-miami-coin-f076e0e8b80adf74fdeebaeae9188e70 The people pushing cryptocurrencies always seem to have an angle. #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 44 likes 1 time 2022-02-09 03:47 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491257392818192389 ========== Poor Elon Musk - the government just won't let him do it his way. https://bdnews24.com/technology/2022/02/08/tesla-faces-renewed-scrutiny-over-racial-bias-and-musks-tweets #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 42 replies 1 time 2022-02-08 20:41 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1491150126584569856 ========== The Great Reshuffle - not so much retirement as finding better jobs. The pandemic has rebalanced the power of labor vs capital. https://unitednewspost.com/news/us-news/jill-on-money-the-great-reshuffle/ #PS1economics ===== impress 41 time 2022-02-08 04:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490900193587261442 ========== Reagan's new morning in America - "only 10.3% of workers belonged to a union in 2021, down from 20.1% in 1983." GOP business groups promptly denounced unionization as an attack on wealth inequality. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-kamala-harris-labor-unions-5a0ff5316fc9f02b485cf832e25af952 #PS1economics ===== impress 39 time 2022-02-08 00:30 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490845393562714115 ========== The rules haven't really changed. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/19/technology/tech-startup-funding.html Lots of people thought the rules had changed in 2000. They were wrong. #PS1economics ===== impress 16 time 2022-02-07 03:43 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490531572289662983 ========== Wealth inequality and income inequality - not the same thing. Almost opposites at times. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/04/opinion/income-wealth-inequality-pandemic.html #PS1economics ===== impress 16 time 2022-02-07 01:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1490499620849393666 ========== "What social problems do these blockchain-enabled technologies solve? To understand blockchain-enabled technologies, realize that they are parking lots for venture capitalists." https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/31/opinion/crypto-nfts-inequality.html Reducing wealth inequality is a sales pitch, not a reality. #PS1economics ===== impress 62 time 2022-02-01 02:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488341388668256261 ========== Slow service due to short staffs? Are you going to do anything about it? Not if you're GOP, or Manchin, or Sinema. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/30/its-not-rocket-science-how-get-women-back-work/ #PS1economics ===== impress 58 time 2022-02-01 01:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488329817514594305 ========== "This time is never different" And the rules never change. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/31/speculative-frenzy-meme-stocks-crypto-is-coming-an-end-youve-probably-got-nothing-worry-about/ Start dollar-cost-averaging in a no-load target date fund when you are young, throw away quarterly statements, and you'll outperform almost everybody actively investing. #PS1economics ===== impress 60 time 2022-02-01 01:50 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1488328963562754049 ========== Why eating out is getting more expensive. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/01/28/great-resignation-restaurant-perks/ Workers are finally starting to get just compensation for dealing with harsh schedules and increasingly unpleasant customers. It's not over. #PS1economics ===== impress 50 time 2022-01-31 02:56 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487982995055079425 ========== Is volatility an attractive nuisance? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/01/30/maybe-volatility-cryptocurrencies-is-feature-not-bug/ Is investing in cryptocurrency any different from a weekend in Vegas? #PS1economics ===== impress 59 time 2022-01-31 02:40 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487978992837693440 ========== Need investment advice? https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/30/investing/stocks-week-ahead/index.html You could do worse than invest in Berkshire Hathaway. A lot of new investors are about to learn a lot about market cycles as the Fed tackles inflation. #PS1economics ===== impress 58 time 2022-01-31 01:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487960113524527106 ========== Protect small business and consumers by protecting global megabusinesses! https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/28/opinion-antitrust-bills-threaten-california-businesses-and-economy/ It's straight out of the standard GOP playbook. #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 3% impress 30 retweets 1 time 2022-01-30 21:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487899253296881668 ========== Who gets burned by cryptocurrency? The same kinds of people who were burned by subprime mortgages. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/27/opinion/cryptocurrency-subprime-vulnerable.html There's still a sucker born every minute. #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 28 replies 1 time 2022-01-30 06:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1487678139522158594 ========== West Virginia is a solid red state. Don't expect any help for organizing labor. Union busting is part of the Trumpist Dixiecrat DNA. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-business-lifestyle-health-west-virginia-2668bb1208fca484e82b017f8b43de19 #PS1economics ===== impress 36 time 2022-01-25 05:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485851640489861122 ========== What strong leaders do - make up economics as they go - Trump take note. https://apnews.com/article/business-europe-turkey-middle-east-consumer-prices-19ea7eba8bb97ea53d07be4cd4648ac7 Interest is un-Islamic, but inflation is Islamic? #PS1economics ===== impress 50 time 2022-01-24 00:33 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1485410500892495880 ========== Insuring economic democracy - https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-business-federal-trade-commission-economy-92c9d29e42e8cbe5db46ce9815d5e062 All concentrations of power are inherently bad. Part of the job of government is to continually level the playing field enough for new competitors to thrive. GOP, of course, disagrees. #PS1economics ===== impress 23 time 2022-01-20 04:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1484015053749698562 ========== Nobody was ready to manage supply instead of demand. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/16/opinion/biden-obama-economy.html #PS1economics ===== impress 35 time 2022-01-17 06:07 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482957613834797057 ========== GOP is right! Inflation is rampant! https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/16/business/oxfam-pandemic-davos-billionaires/index.html GOP is rightly concerned about deficit spending. So which part of their 2017 billionaire tax relief do they want to repeal? #PS1economics ===== impress 34 time 2022-01-17 01:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1482887671378628611 ========== Forget "don't be evil"! https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/10/business/google-labor-union-ruling.html Now it's just another huge self-perpetuating bureaucratic money machine. #PS1economics ===== impress 24 time 2022-01-12 15:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1481281925000019968 ========== Smart investors don't seem to read Texas newspapers. https://www.siliconvalley.com/2022/01/07/silicon-valley-real-estate-office-google-facebook-amazon-linkedin-covid/ #PS1economics ===== impress 27 time 2022-01-12 15:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1481281306436636677 ========== Do you really want to relocate to the boonies? Make sure you add up all the costs and benefits! And that you'll fit in with the local culture. https://apnews.com/article/business-lifestyle-maine-tulsa-oklahoma-a3d6fc2fa4fcf861f925bff854131bb7 #PS1economics ===== impress 17 time 2022-01-10 03:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480376993224945664 ========== Flying to buy a car? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/22/business/economy/car-chip-shortage-pandemic.html Just as it was starting to look better - it's starting to look worse. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-health-business-thailand-beijing-01bf2ddae699f54cf009a6311d8389f8 Want to get back to normal? Get everybody in the world immunized. #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 6% impress 18 time 2022-01-10 00:12 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1480331792074768388 ========== As long as GOP is out of power, they're free to criticize the Democrats for not solving economy problems quickly. When back in power, though, it's back to slow free markets. https://apnews.com/article/coronavirus-pandemic-joe-biden-business-health-elections-7b9a7d40c53f94504f2bcec7e22d7cb0 More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1575793969431783 #PS1economics ===== impress 34 time 2022-01-07 20:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479549423902330882 ========== Inflation was better than another recession. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/06/opinion/inflation-unemployment-economy-growth.html But with unemployment at 3.9%, it's time to prevent wage-price-cycle inflation. #PS1economics ===== impress 38 time 2022-01-07 18:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479524743392862210 ========== Can't buy a house? Maybe you'll have better luck finding a rental. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-01-07/buying-starter-homes-gets-harder-as-wall-street-uses-zillow-to-buy-thousands Of course, nobody ever got rich in real estate by being a renter. Tucker Carlson is upset but he knows the GOP mantra is "let the free market work". #PS1economics ===== engage 3 engage-rate 5% expands 2 impress 56 time 2022-01-07 13:47 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1479449495293161473 ========== An aging population and a pandemic = too many jobs and not enough workers. GOP complains but won't support families needing childcare or permit increased immigration. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/12/29/job-market-2021/ Net result will be a declining standard of living. #PS1economics ===== impress 22 time 2022-01-05 19:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478816632969457665 ========== Biden tackles meat prices. https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-lifestyle-business-prices-inflation-78335dba9802d7eb727744301d4489df Standard out-of-power GOP response is to let the free market solve the problem - slowly. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1574403442904169 #PS1economics ===== impress 21 time 2022-01-05 17:02 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1478774004299141120 ========== Nashville confronts gentrification. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/01/us/nashville-bombing-recovery.html Not just a California problem. #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 43 time 2022-01-03 04:19 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477857038340214784 ========== There are advantages to free trade and costs to protectionism - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/29/business/uk-companies-brexit-trade.html The basic problem is that the advantages are spread out across the entire economy while the costs are concentrated in particular noisy sectors. It's a fundamental challenge. #PS1economics ===== impress 25 time 2022-01-03 04:00 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477852382516023298 ========== Poor California! Every Texas politician will tell you that California's economy is the pits. But LA County alone has a larger economy than Ohio, or Poland, or Walmart. https://www.ocregister.com/2021/12/28/california-has-11-economies-bigger-than-new-hampshire-luxembourg-or-pepsico/ #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 2% impress 46 replies 1 time 2022-01-03 03:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477838575353798659 ========== Mixed signals in real estate! NY - https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/31/realestate/a-frenetic-housing-market-in-the-suburbs-and-then-a-cooling-off.html Silicon Valley - https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/01/no-holiday-discounts-in-bay-area-real-estate-as-insane-market-continues/ #PS1economics ===== impress 36 time 2022-01-03 03:01 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477837541554278400 ========== One reason meat costs more - justice for workers. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/29/world/a-colorado-slaughterhouse-has-upped-vaccinations-but-workers-still-feel-fear-and-anger.html #PS1economics ===== engage 1 engage-rate 4% impress 24 likes 1 time 2022-01-01 03:36 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1477121595668037636