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unusual_whales<p>BREAKING: The House Oversight Committee has issued a subpoena to Ghislaine Maxwell for a deposition</p><p> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/stocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stocks</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/options" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>options</span></a></p>
💜Aaron Koek🏴<p>This Day in Anarchist History: The Attempted Assassination of Henry Clay Frick</p><p>So I consider this to be one of the stupidest actions in Anarchist history. With no connection to the striking workers, who mind you had *already* shot up Pinkertons in a shoot out, Berkman decided on their own to shoot Frick. Not only did they fail, the strikers condemned his actions.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Anarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anarchy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Anarchism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Socialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Socialist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Socialism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS582sNs4QM" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=OS582sNs4QM</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
bookandswordblog<p>Does anyone know anyone else who has fact-checked "Slouching Towards Utopia" by Brad DeLong? Most of the reviews just avoid asking "are the facts that support the grand narrative correct?" but "are the facts right?" and "does it provoke useful thinking?" are the two basic questions for a big ideas book <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/economicHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economicHistory</span></a> <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/worldHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>worldHistory</span></a></p>
unusual_whales<p>9 out of 10 teens say they use Youtube, $GOOGL, daily, per PEW</p><p> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/stocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stocks</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/options" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>options</span></a></p>
Wokebloke for Democracy<p>"It has been clear for a while that Trump and co. don’t understand or believe in balance of payments accounting, that they want both a smaller trade deficit and more foreign investment in America. Now their basic lack of understanding is embodied in a specific deal."</p><p><a href="https://substack.com/home/post/p-169036879" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">substack.com/home/post/p-16903</span><span class="invisible">6879</span></a><br><a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Krugman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Krugman</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://libretooth.gr/tags/Tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tariffs</span></a></p>
Gernot Wagner<p>Spot the difference?</p><p>Updated TX numbers for the full year: 27.5GW, up from 22GW.</p><p>more: <a href="https://gwagner.com/texas-solar" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">gwagner.com/texas-solar</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> (still with the old graph, I realize)</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/solar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>solar</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>texas</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a></p>
unusual_whales<p>Goldman Sachs, $GS, and BNY are set to announce that they’ve created the ability for institutional investors to purchase tokenized money market funds</p><p> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/stocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stocks</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/options" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>options</span></a></p>
Gernot Wagner<p>Ominous</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/bp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bp</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/shell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shell</span></a></p>
Eric Maugendre<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/economics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>economics</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/economics-that-works" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>economics-that-works</span></a></span> (1/5)</p><p>Ann Davis: “Radical Political Economy will make clear the political choices, while mainstream economics will claim that there are none.”</p><p>by Michael Roberts<br><a href="https://thenextrecession.wordpress.com/2025/06/25/ahe-2025-imperialism-china-and-financialisation/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thenextrecession.wordpress.com</span><span class="invisible">/2025/06/25/ahe-2025-imperialism-china-and-financialisation/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/marxistEconomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>marxistEconomics</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MarxianEconomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MarxianEconomics</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/economicTransfers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economicTransfers</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/imperialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>imperialism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MichaelRoberts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MichaelRoberts</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/wages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wages</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a></p>
RaymondPierreL3<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@RichardJMurphy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>RichardJMurphy</span></a></span> <br>Given your past toots regarding Govt budgets, debts and taxes, it seems strange that you would advocate for tax-funded pensions.</p><p>It also seems to me that the implementation of a UBI would solve the problem if we abandonned the discredited neoliberal idea of trickle-down economics. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Economics</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/UBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UBI</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PensionSchemes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PensionSchemes</span></a></p>
Emeritus Prof Christopher May<p>Interestingly yields on 'emerging economy' debt (both corporate &amp; private) have now returned (finally) to the level last seen before the 2008 global financial crisis.</p><p>But this closing of the spread with US T-Bills (a standard benchmark), may well be as much about increased trader perceptions of the risks ushered in by Trump's volatile economic policies &amp; their impact on US public debt, as any (slow) recovery of confidence in developing countries' economies.</p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a></p>
VHG 🇪🇺🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@kottke" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kottke</span></a></span> American <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> is a form of organized crime and completely defunct <a href="https://nrw.social/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a>, it seems. Capitalism is a way to self-regulate markets, balancing between supply and demand. in the USA the only demand left is to make more money - whatever it takes.</p>
:rss: Hacker News<p>Americans are paying for tariffs, not foreign companies<br><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-22/us-companies-and-consumers-are-paying-for-trump-s-tariffs" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bloomberg.com/news/articles/20</span><span class="invisible">25-07-22/us-companies-and-consumers-are-paying-for-trump-s-tariffs</span></a><br><a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/ycombinator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ycombinator</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Donald_John_Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Donald_John_Trump</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/inflation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>inflation</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Consumer_Price_Index" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Consumer_Price_Index</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/GENERAL_MOTORS_CO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GENERAL_MOTORS_CO</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/DEUTSCHE_BANK_AG_REGISTERED" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEUTSCHE_BANK_AG_REGISTERED</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Philippines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Philippines</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/WELLS_FARGO_CO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WELLS_FARGO_CO</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Social_Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Social_Media</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Price_Index" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Price_Index</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://rss-mstdn.studiofreesia.com/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
everton137<p>Has Brazil Invented the Future of Money?, by Paul Krugman<br><a href="https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/has-brazil-invented-the-future-of" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">paulkrugman.substack.com/p/has</span><span class="invisible">-brazil-invented-the-future-of</span></a></p><p>"Most people probably don’t think of Brazil as a leader in financial innovation. But Brazil’s political economy is clearly very different from ours — for example, they actually put former presidents who try to overturn elections on trial."</p><p>😂</p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Brazil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Brazil</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Pix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pix</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/dollar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dollar</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/financial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>financial</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/money" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>money</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Bolsonaro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bolsonaro</span></a></p>
Frontend Dogma<p>The Hidden Cost of Poor Navigation: How Information Architecture Directly Impacts Business Metrics, by @uxmatters.bsky.social:</p><p><a href="https://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2025/07/the-hidden-cost-of-poor-navigation-how-information-architecture-directly-impacts-business-metrics.php" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2025</span><span class="invisible">/07/the-hidden-cost-of-poor-navigation-how-information-architecture-directly-impacts-business-metrics.php</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/informationarchitecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>informationarchitecture</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/navigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>navigation</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a></p>
Yogthos<p>China has continued its strategic reduction of U.S. Treasury securities for the third straight month, while significantly increasing its gold reserves, signaling a broader shift in its foreign exchange strategy. </p><p><a href="https://franknez.com/china-now-dumps-us-treasuries-for-the-third-consecutive-month/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">franknez.com/china-now-dumps-u</span><span class="invisible">s-treasuries-for-the-third-consecutive-month/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/china" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>china</span></a> <a href="https://social.marxist.network/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a></p>
unusual_whales<p>BREAKING: Mike Johnson shuts US House early to avoid Epstein vote, per FT</p><p> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/stocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stocks</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/options" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>options</span></a></p>
Ben Waber<p>Next was the first day of the NBER labor studies conference, with standout talks by Matthew Notowidigdo (labor market returns to permanent residency), Conrad Miller (labor market effects of a criminal record), and Jesse Bruhn (long-run effects of early career experience). Highly recommend the whole day <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5mY-bXh8Kg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=t5mY-bXh8Kg</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> (3/4) <a href="https://hci.social/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a></p>
Ben Waber<p>First were a pair of talks by Lucia Torres Frasele (menopause impact on health and employment) and Anne Katrine Borgbjerg (genetic predictors of cognitive decline and labor market exit) at the NBER <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/cI_JxjWNveU?si=dPjEW1FZJM6Fp_T6&amp;t=18737" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/live/cI_JxjWNveU?s</span><span class="invisible">i=dPjEW1FZJM6Fp_T6&amp;t=18737</span></a> (2/4) <a href="https://hci.social/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a></p>
unusual_whales<p>Bessent says Aug. 12 China tariff deadline likely to be extended, talks planned in Stockholm</p><p> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/finance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>finance</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/stocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stocks</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/options" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>options</span></a></p>