Post pandemic inflation expected
Increasing demand for gasoline will drive up prices Increasing demand for autos as people begin driving more miles again Increasing demand for restaurants, hotels, air travel and tourism Health care…
And now they say globalization does not work
I’m so old, I remember a year ago when global supply chains were the future. During the pandemic, the U.S. couldn’t import enough gloves. Recently, car makers ran out of…
EEOC finds Intel discriminated against older workers
The commission’s finding follows a five-year investigation triggered by employee complaints, which cited investigations by The Oregonian into Intel’s layoff practices. Source: Intel discriminated against eight older workers in 2015…
1 in 12 adults in the U.S. is a millionaire
And you know that many will spin this as a negative: Modern millionaires: How a percentage of Americans made their millions More than 8% of adults in the U.S. have…
Scientists warn over misuse of models
I’m so old, I remember Neil Ferguson’s projection of 2.2 million deaths in the U.S. by last spring, and Christopher Murray’s projection that NY would run out of ventilators (so…
Large international study finds lockdowns not effective
Locking people up like prison inmates was no better than less restrictive measures: The peer reviewed study, which was conducted by a group of Stanford researchers and published in the…
Not good for summer travel hopes: Harvard Cancels Summer 2021 Study Abroad Programming
“Harvard Summer School suspended all study-abroad programming for the summer of 2021, citing concerns over the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.” Source: Harvard Cancels Summer 2021 Study Abroad Programming | News |…
DJI can no longer buy components from the US for its drones
DJI products can still be sold in the U.S., but DJI is prohibited from buying parts from U.S. suppliers. Thus, this only hurts U.S. companies but ya know, we are…
Federal Reserve to embrace inflation; easy way to inflate our way out of the debt caused by printing trillions of $s
The Federal Reserve announced a significant change in how it manages interest rates by saying it plans to keep rates near zero even after inflation has exceeded the Fed’s 2%…
How inflation taxes cash
“If you take cash, on the other hand, and you think about it from a purchasing power standpoint, if you own cash in the world today, you know your central…