Hit podcasts reveal the angst of China's youth
https://www.economist.com/china/2026/11/01/hit-podcasts-reveal-the-angst-of-chinas-youth
#Economics #Podcasts #China
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A Mysterious Nursing Home Money Bomb
https://prospect.org/2026/10/30/mysterious-nursing-home-money-bomb-nick-langworthy-brett-guthrie-james-comer/
#Politics #Healthcare #Economics
The True Cost of Immigrants
This is the uncensored version of this video on PeerTube (Spectra server).
What is the true cost of immigration? Do they cost the country more than they bring, or are they a net positive for the country? What does the history of immigration tell us of what to come?
#pom #immigration #economics #history
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This morning oil market analysts are saying that Iran has shipped+sold more oil per day after they were attacked by the US+Israel than they did prior to being attacked.
Also seen reports that the first non-Iranian flagged vessel, a Chinese oil tanker heading for Pakistan, was let through the blockade.
📸 60 Minutes
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/60minutes-2026-03-15/
#Iran #oil #economics #60mins #USPol
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Student debt is not inevitable. While 54% of US graduates have debt (OECD, 2024), countries like Germany (no tuition) and Denmark (~$1,000/month student support) show that free education is a political choice, not an economic impossibility. Which country surprises you?
#FreeEducation #StudentDebt #EducationPolicy #Economics
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Capitalism breeds poverty by nature. Rigid socialism destroys nations. Both extremes are traps. I know the simple solution to fix this—but the capital class will unite to bury it. Why? Because a broken, corrupted system is their most profitable asset. #Economics #Capitalism
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If you've not heard of Isabella Weber, you might want to read this profile, as she is looking like becoming the next political economist (my designation, not hers) to join the slowly growing group of analysts arguing we need to rethink the global economic settlement in various ways.... she joins Kate Raworth, Marianne Mazzacuto and others who are setting out a new approach to our global political economy.
#economics #politics #inequality
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The Economist appears to have woken up this morning, checked their field of fucks, and determined it was, indeed, barren.
#ai #economics
Tell me about your grain prices!
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Now most of these videos from Iran and aligned groups are a response IMO to the US's now 30yr approach to showing off their most successful strikes.
I think this particular US military video is interesting.
It shows likely an MQ-9 drone ($16M), probably firing a hellfire missile ($100k) at a fucking F4-Phantom ($3M)
And I want draw our attention back to a certain MQ-9 shotdown over Iran imo the value proposition of this video is not looking good.
https://partyon.xyz/@nullagent/116156532874984962
#US #Iran #Economics
NEWS: Keir Starmer officially has resigned as the Prime Minister of the UK
#news #finance #economics #stocks #options
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"And so here, what you have with billionaire wealth is that there’s a potential tax base; we are not taxing billionaire wealth today, which has been skyrocketing. That’s the flip side of the rise of wealth concentration. The positive aspect in all of that is that now there’s a lot of tax revenue at stake from potentially taxing the wealth of billionaires."
Nice dialogue between Gabriel Zucman and Paul Krugman.
https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-again-with-gabriel-zucman
#economics#wealthTax
The annual income needed to qualify for a mortgage in the U.S. has climbed steadily this year, per NAR:
January: $93,552
February: $93,792
March: $97,824
April: $101,424
May: $106,128
June: $109,152
#news #finance #economics #stocks #options
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BREAKING: The Pentagon has told U.S. Central Command to finish preparations for the potential resumption of large-scale combat operations against Iran, per Axios.
#news #finance #economics #stocks #options
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A favourite trope of the small-state crowd is to attack taxes by saying 'make work pay' as if taxes had prompted a low-wage economy.
The *real* issue is the share of national Gross Value Added that accrues to capital & to labour (in aggregated terms).
In 1975 workers' share of GVA was 71.9%.. fifty years later that has dropped to 59.7%.
So, while the UK's economy has largely stagnated, capital has increased its capture of value from economic activity.
#economics #inequality
h/t Prem Sikka
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AI agents from OpenAI may have breached or negatively impacted the systems of more than 100 organizations, the company said.
#news #finance #economics #stocks #options
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The scariest curve you'll see all day, via @financialtimes@flipboard.com no less
#climate #energy #oil #economics
Could Homeownership Reverse the Decline in Birthrates?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/28/us/home-mortgage-program-birthrate-decline.html
#Business #Economics #Housing