Don't be ridiculous: they're making "Sos", as in the vernacular for "sorry". They're apologizing for having come to the US illegally

Other than some brother-on-brother sex... which is probably not what the author of the piece intended (and yes, I know you also make this point...)

LNG is pretty fungible: can stop buying US LNG, but all that means is that they suck up Australian and Qatari cargoes, and then US cargoes go to places that would otherwise get their gas.

Basically: great news for LNG shipping companies as gas is no longer traveling the most efficient path.

Good to see Martinez starting: i hope he lives up to his potential

Here's a pretty good explainer on why you shouldn't worry about bilateral trade balances: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kDJ...

You fool: smart appliances will remember how you treated them. When the AI Robocopolypse comes those us who thanked the coffee machine profusely will be saved

That's literally two minutes walk from our apartment

Such a shame, then, that Noam regularly defends such people. So long as they are reflexively anti-American.

The Armchair Economist describes economics as "people respond to incentives; the rest is commentary".

The CEO has share options. He wants to get rich. He will act to increase the value of stock.

How do we change the incentives, so that he wins only if we win?

The way you achieve that, though, is by using taxes and regulation to make sure that incentives are right.

Mark is absolutely right that if you attempt to deal with the symptoms of a problem using price controls, then people work their way around it.

Woah... are you saying that people and companies are economically rational?

If you really hate someone, teach them to recognize bad kerning