Economy: We already have universal basic income
It’s called transfer payments: A transfer payment is a payment from the government, to you, with no corresponding product or service delivered at the time of payment. Basically, “free money”.…
Business: Beyond Meat to lay off 1 in 5 workers
The business model never made any sense: Beyond lays off 19% of non-production workforce; reevaluates SKUs, China | Alt Meat (alt-meat.net) “Fake meat” sold at 2x to 3x the price…
Climate: We must put climate warning labels on meat
We must shame people against eating meat says a psyche study on propaganda effectiveness.
Economy: How to build personal wealth
Wealth is created by saving and investing: Wealth = Assets - Debts. Some confuse that and think it's W=A+D
Climate: Half the world is already past “peak fossil fuels”
"Half of the world’s economies are already at least five years past a peak in power generation from fossil fuels"
Public health: Lock downs were a global experiment that failed
Public health was incompetent. Lock downs failed but at least they caused great harm.
Follow up: Vanguard’s predictions for 2023
Here is their forecast for 2023: With that track record, they predict 2024: Vanguard heads say 2024 will be “below average” for stocks (cnbc.com)
Economy, Media: Time for the monthly “living paycheck to paycheck” stories
The media can’t even come up with a new angle. They run this story monthly. 62% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck amid inflation (cnbc.com) And it’s always around 60+%…
Climate, Public health: Eating meat will kill you and the climate
Widely reported junk science nutrition study says we must stop eating red meat to avoid T2D and save the climate.
Policy: Academics call for a global wealth tax
It would start with billionaires, and then, they say, expand downwards from there to tax “other rich people”: Billionaires Are Next Up in Crosshairs of Global Tax Architects (msn.com) After…