Demographics: The push for more immigrants to the U.S. has started
From the demographics, the U.S. fertility rate has been below replacement level for most of the years since 1972. We made up for that through immigration. Now we see news…
Crypto, Crime: FTX and “Effective Altruism”
Instead, MacAskill is the thinker perhaps most associated with the moral philosophy known as “effective altruism,” which was profoundly influential on Bankman-Fried, Alameda CEO Caroline Ellison and others in their…
Emerging Tech: Are we now “Beyond Beyond Meat”?
As noted here previously, they were marketing fake “meat” to meat consumers, in the meat department, at twice or thrice the price. Vegetarians are not generally looking for any meat,…
Demographics: Another look at the self correcting “baby boom” bulge of 1958-1961
The U.S. fertility rate has been below replacement level for most of the past 50+ years. The U.S. population increased because: Young cohort was yet to have their own kids…
Crypto: Just over half of Bitcoin addresses now at a loss
Just over 51%, or 24.6 million addresses of the total 47.9 million, are below purchase price on their investments, according to data provided by blockchain analytics firm IntoTheBlock. About 45%…
Finance: Who are the people behind the FTX collapse?
Bankman-Fried was worshiped by much of the media when skepticism might have been better: Is Sam Bankman-Fried, the disheveled, media-hungry founder, a sociopath, as some are beginning to say? Or…
Policy: Academic research finds the elite really do rule the world
Multivariate analysis indicates that economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on U.S. government policy, while average citizens and mass-based interest groups have little or…
Demographics: With low fertility rate leading to a labor shortage, immigration will become a big issue
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer made some startling admissions last week about his immigration views: “We have a population that is not reproducing on its own with the same level…
Climate: Bloomberg reports that “Carbon offsets” are still a big scam
For more than a decade, Credit Suisse Group AG has claimed to be “carbon neutral” in its operations. Every gleaming office tower, every flight by an executive — all the…
Demographics: Is there any field that doesn’t have a labor shortage?
The staffing shortages extend beyond physicians and nurses, and include technicians, respiratory therapists and other hard-to-fill jobs, Klibanski said. Source: Hospitals hitting capacity from RSV, flu, covid and staffing shortages…