Machinator
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The Top 1% of U.S. earners now have more wealth than the entire middle class
September 18, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The Top 1% of U.S. earners now have more wealth than the entire middle class
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I found the most incredible graph on the other site
April 13, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I found the most incredible graph on the other site
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The best thing EU diplomats can achieve now:
a) signal to China that a massive devaluation of the CNY would lead to EU retaliation - don't do it.
b) to pressure Beijing to lift consumption using the fiscal space in the central budget.
c) call the IMF for help on advice/coordination.
a) signal to China that a massive devaluation of the CNY would lead to EU retaliation - don't do it.
b) to pressure Beijing to lift consumption using the fiscal space in the central budget.
c) call the IMF for help on advice/coordination.
Afraid not. Both the EU and China are trade surplus countries who need buyers not sellers. The instinct of a Beijing-Brussels warm-up is understandable, but the economics don't make sense. The only question that matters here is whether China, like Germany, will boost demand, and they probably wont.
This is likely to strengthen the EU trading ties with China.
April 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The best thing EU diplomats can achieve now:
a) signal to China that a massive devaluation of the CNY would lead to EU retaliation - don't do it.
b) to pressure Beijing to lift consumption using the fiscal space in the central budget.
c) call the IMF for help on advice/coordination.
a) signal to China that a massive devaluation of the CNY would lead to EU retaliation - don't do it.
b) to pressure Beijing to lift consumption using the fiscal space in the central budget.
c) call the IMF for help on advice/coordination.
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The consensus on Wall Street among savvy people paid millions to predict things was exactly what very low-information voters thought: "Trump can't mean what he says because that's ridiculous, what he'll really do is what I personally hope he does."
April 6, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The consensus on Wall Street among savvy people paid millions to predict things was exactly what very low-information voters thought: "Trump can't mean what he says because that's ridiculous, what he'll really do is what I personally hope he does."
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Alan Beattie crisply outlines the dark clouds headed for the global economy.
“The trading system needs buyers not sellers”
Neither stagflation/recession-hurling tariff-fest USA, nor demand black-hole China will provide it.
There won’t be enough demand to go around.
“The trading system needs buyers not sellers”
Neither stagflation/recession-hurling tariff-fest USA, nor demand black-hole China will provide it.
There won’t be enough demand to go around.
April 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Alan Beattie crisply outlines the dark clouds headed for the global economy.
“The trading system needs buyers not sellers”
Neither stagflation/recession-hurling tariff-fest USA, nor demand black-hole China will provide it.
There won’t be enough demand to go around.
“The trading system needs buyers not sellers”
Neither stagflation/recession-hurling tariff-fest USA, nor demand black-hole China will provide it.
There won’t be enough demand to go around.
Tem aquelas contas que expõem o conteúdo de clickbait aqui? E para o Brasil? 🙏🏻
April 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Tem aquelas contas que expõem o conteúdo de clickbait aqui? E para o Brasil? 🙏🏻
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Michael McNair on trade and capital flows (and, most importantly, why they cannot be treated separately).
medium.com/p/the-sovere...
medium.com/p/the-sovere...
The Sovereign Wealth Effect: America’s New Tool for Rebalancing the Global Trading System
Intro
medium.com
March 16, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Michael McNair on trade and capital flows (and, most importantly, why they cannot be treated separately).
medium.com/p/the-sovere...
medium.com/p/the-sovere...
Queria entender pq cotam tanto o Dino como candidato.
Imagina que trocará a mordomia do STF, gravata personalizada, cafezinho, Vossa Excelência, concordo com o relator, pela bucha que é ser candidato a presidente:
MBL, imprensa, comício nos cafundós, militantes, negociatas...
Ele caiu é pra cima
Imagina que trocará a mordomia do STF, gravata personalizada, cafezinho, Vossa Excelência, concordo com o relator, pela bucha que é ser candidato a presidente:
MBL, imprensa, comício nos cafundós, militantes, negociatas...
Ele caiu é pra cima
March 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Queria entender pq cotam tanto o Dino como candidato.
Imagina que trocará a mordomia do STF, gravata personalizada, cafezinho, Vossa Excelência, concordo com o relator, pela bucha que é ser candidato a presidente:
MBL, imprensa, comício nos cafundós, militantes, negociatas...
Ele caiu é pra cima
Imagina que trocará a mordomia do STF, gravata personalizada, cafezinho, Vossa Excelência, concordo com o relator, pela bucha que é ser candidato a presidente:
MBL, imprensa, comício nos cafundós, militantes, negociatas...
Ele caiu é pra cima
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Worth taking a moment to mark how awful the FDP was for both Germany and Europe.
March 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Worth taking a moment to mark how awful the FDP was for both Germany and Europe.
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“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.
“lmao" said Gandalf, “well it has.”
“lmao" said Gandalf, “well it has.”
July 1, 2024 at 4:44 PM
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.
“lmao" said Gandalf, “well it has.”
“lmao" said Gandalf, “well it has.”
No futuro, ou já agora, o Lula vai ter se arrependido amargamente de ter concorrido de novo.
Perdeu toda a aura dele nessa.
Perdeu toda a aura dele nessa.
February 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
No futuro, ou já agora, o Lula vai ter se arrependido amargamente de ter concorrido de novo.
Perdeu toda a aura dele nessa.
Perdeu toda a aura dele nessa.
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1/7
This Reuters article describes a process that my friends and former students who own or run manufacturing companies in China have been telling me about for years.
www.reuters.com/business/chi...
This Reuters article describes a process that my friends and former students who own or run manufacturing companies in China have been telling me about for years.
www.reuters.com/business/chi...
Chinese exporters brace for 'rat race' in shift away from US
Jeremy Fang, a sales officer at a Chinese aluminium products maker, is trying to export more to markets in Asia, Africa and Latin America to offset the U.S. tariffs' impact. The problem, he says, is that his competitors have the same idea.
www.reuters.com
February 14, 2025 at 3:50 AM
1/7
This Reuters article describes a process that my friends and former students who own or run manufacturing companies in China have been telling me about for years.
www.reuters.com/business/chi...
This Reuters article describes a process that my friends and former students who own or run manufacturing companies in China have been telling me about for years.
www.reuters.com/business/chi...
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Interesting piece by Yanis Varoufakis, who is an opponent of Trump's policies in general but who nonetheless suspects that Trump has a more sophisticated understanding of global trade than most mainstream economists.
unherd.com/2025/02/why-...
unherd.com/2025/02/why-...
Donald Trump's economic masterplan
unherd.com
February 13, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Interesting piece by Yanis Varoufakis, who is an opponent of Trump's policies in general but who nonetheless suspects that Trump has a more sophisticated understanding of global trade than most mainstream economists.
unherd.com/2025/02/why-...
unherd.com/2025/02/why-...
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Fascinating detail in an otherwise ... slightly scary thread. #ozonelayer
Therefore, Boeing designed the Jumbo Jet so that it would be easy to convert into a cargo carrier, once the supersonic jets had replaced them in passenger transport.
So they raised the flight deck into the "hump" above the cargo area, permitting a nose door to be installed.
But I digress.
So they raised the flight deck into the "hump" above the cargo area, permitting a nose door to be installed.
But I digress.
February 12, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Fascinating detail in an otherwise ... slightly scary thread. #ozonelayer
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1/12
Interesting NYT article that suggests that much of the world will respond to aggressive new US trade policies by trading more with each other and less with the US. This may be partly true, but it is a bit more complicated than that.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/b...
Interesting NYT article that suggests that much of the world will respond to aggressive new US trade policies by trading more with each other and less with the US. This may be partly true, but it is a bit more complicated than that.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/b...
One Response to Trump’s Tariffs: Trade That Excludes the U.S.
A growing number of countries, including American allies, are striking trade deals as the Trump administration erects a higher fence around its global commerce.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 6:53 AM
1/12
Interesting NYT article that suggests that much of the world will respond to aggressive new US trade policies by trading more with each other and less with the US. This may be partly true, but it is a bit more complicated than that.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/b...
Interesting NYT article that suggests that much of the world will respond to aggressive new US trade policies by trading more with each other and less with the US. This may be partly true, but it is a bit more complicated than that.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/b...
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Good points here. Sanction and penalize the personalities. Musk obviously. Trump's family themselves. Theil.
The tariffs are mad; but what’s equally mad is that they somehow come as a surprise, when Trump has campaigned non-stop on this and controls all branches of government
Precious time has been lost, but it’s not too late for countries to mount an effective response 1/x
Precious time has been lost, but it’s not too late for countries to mount an effective response 1/x
February 2, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Good points here. Sanction and penalize the personalities. Musk obviously. Trump's family themselves. Theil.
Amigo é coisa para se guardar do lado esquerdo do peito
January 31, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Amigo é coisa para se guardar do lado esquerdo do peito
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16/16
I would argue that if economists really are concerned about the fact that they have lost so much credibility, one solution might be to consider the conditions under which their Econ 101 models are wrong and "everyone else" with skin in the game might be right.
I would argue that if economists really are concerned about the fact that they have lost so much credibility, one solution might be to consider the conditions under which their Econ 101 models are wrong and "everyone else" with skin in the game might be right.
January 12, 2025 at 5:34 AM
16/16
I would argue that if economists really are concerned about the fact that they have lost so much credibility, one solution might be to consider the conditions under which their Econ 101 models are wrong and "everyone else" with skin in the game might be right.
I would argue that if economists really are concerned about the fact that they have lost so much credibility, one solution might be to consider the conditions under which their Econ 101 models are wrong and "everyone else" with skin in the game might be right.
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Case examples of Brazil over X and now Meta have shown that when judiciary and legislature show a firm hand, the rule of law, and threaten to take away these platforms user base which drive profitability - they soon buckle.
Contrast Brazil's preparedness to defend its sovereignty against X and Meta, with the UK.
BOOM: 💥
Brazil gives Meta 72 hours to explain new fact-checking policies
Brasília (AFP) – Brazil on Friday gave social media giant Meta 72 hours to explain its fact-checking policy for the country, and how it plans to protect "fundamental rights" on its platforms.
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
Brazil gives Meta 72 hours to explain new fact-checking policies
Brasília (AFP) – Brazil on Friday gave social media giant Meta 72 hours to explain its fact-checking policy for the country, and how it plans to protect "fundamental rights" on its platforms.
www.france24.com/en/live-news...
January 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Case examples of Brazil over X and now Meta have shown that when judiciary and legislature show a firm hand, the rule of law, and threaten to take away these platforms user base which drive profitability - they soon buckle.
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Não tem como achar isso normal, isso só é normal em Estado falido
Atualização: 489 mil imóveis sem luz em São Paulo (às 13:30); na região metropolitana são 559 mil casas sem energia, informa Enel
January 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Não tem como achar isso normal, isso só é normal em Estado falido
My controversial take: it is time to discuss seriously about banning social media that do not comply with standards set by law.
January 7, 2025 at 9:01 PM
My controversial take: it is time to discuss seriously about banning social media that do not comply with standards set by law.
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in the article of former North Carolina Congressman Patrick McHenry:
January 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
in the article of former North Carolina Congressman Patrick McHenry:
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That is some graph on bus usage outside London after deregulation
on.ft.com/49PfLlV
on.ft.com/49PfLlV
December 18, 2024 at 7:27 AM
That is some graph on bus usage outside London after deregulation
on.ft.com/49PfLlV
on.ft.com/49PfLlV
