News & Musings
News & Musings
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Not to beat a dead horse, but the problem is that this man is a moron. He doesn't read, he listens to sycophants, and he is driven by narcissism, revenge, and the childlike fixation on who is getting "ripped off". This policy if kept will cause a recession.
It's remarkable that global FX markets are doing nothing in response to large reciprocal tariffs. This is basically a metric for how much credibility markets assign to such news at this point. All the back and forth on tariffs means no one is trading any of this in markets...
"To summarize, she is easily one of the best human beings ever to exist. The closest comparators are Abraham Lincoln, Jesus of Nazareth, and Isaac Newton. I recommend her to all economics departments outside perhaps the top 5."
Nice but remember: no reason to exalt exports for own sake. They are only a means to an end, which is... imports! Exporting per se is costly, the ultimate prize is imports!
So let us all come together and celebrate IMPORTS without remorse. 🥳 Ah, IMPORTS, such a beautiful word!
Șucăreală de luzăr ... etern: "Ce vreau să spun e că ne va sufoca Burduja, așa simt. Ridici capacul la gunoi, apare capul lui zâmbind, la toaletă la fel, unde intri dai peste mecla lui zâmbitoare, neobosită, trudind pentru viitor." ()
"Orice șut în fund e un pas înainte"🤣
("Mă rog, ce voiam să vă spun: va fi greu cu ăsta!" https://www.catavencii.ro/o-mecla-pe-o-coperta/)
"Dacă cineva ar face un studiu între membrii partidelor, [...] nici măcar unul dintr-o sută nu înțelege doctrina pe care o reprezintă și e acolo din orice alte motive decât crezul personal în liberalism, social-democrație, naționalism ori progresism."
Mersul după fentă, doctrina universală a partidelor carpato-danubiene - Caţavencii
Oficial, avem partide care acoperă întreg spectrul doctrinelor politice. Avem social-democrați, avem liberali, avem pro...
www.catavencii.ro
Cliché, certes..., mais toujours incontestable et incontournable: la France reste le pays à battre en matière de gastronomie.
La liste complète des Étoiles du Guide MICHELIN France 2025
Voici la liste complète des 654 restaurants Étoilés dans le Guide MICHELIN France 2025, classés par distinctions, ...
guide.michelin.com
Who benefits when platforms use historical consumer data for pricing? Total consumer surplus falls but most consumers benefit at the expense of those with the highest WTP. Platform sellers benefit even though they do not have access to consumer data. https://www.econometricsociety.org/publications/econometrica/forthcoming-papers/0000/00/00/Personalized-Pricing-and-the-Value-of-Time-Evidence-from-Auctioned-Cab-Rides/file/18838-4.pdf
.@realDonaldTrump's idea was to make America great again. The result in the quarter of President Trump taking office was the worst relative stock performance vs. Europe in the decades since they began collecting data.
