Thursday, March 31, 2022

Wrap Up for March 2022

How will China face up to its many pressures? Indeed, it is at a crossroads.

What broke the nickel market on March 8th?

Job loss is experienced differently (less severely) by those holding bachelor's degrees.

How might the Fed best respond to supply side inflation? Housing is another thorny supply side problem.

Neon is part of a fragile supply chain.

"Washington ignored years of signals that the South's health care system was crumbling. When the pandemic began, it was too late to rebuild."

The chilling prospect of chemical weapons.

Oil producers now face considerable constraints. And, "In four of the past ten years, the oil industry lost money."

Can the Fed make a soft landing in heavy weather? "In fact the Fed is not reconciled with itself."

There are big changes in medical debt credit reporting.

What is happening to Ukrainian currency?

Price stability is especially important for public debt.

Housing suggestions from the CEO of Habitat for Humanity International.

Many laws adopted before the war were already killing economic growth possibilities in Russia.

Noah Smith is hopeful for Ukraine's future.

The Fed didn't stay with FAIT very long at all. And, why have inflation expectations been rising instead of falling?

Construction startups have recently gained traction.

Brian Albrecht takes a look at human capital and intangible capital.

When it comes to population density, aesthetics actually isn't the main point.

What are China's economic options for continued prosperity?

Defending intergenerational equity.

"Demand destruction" is also another way to say "hunger".

In Austria, the "right to repair" has gotten a boost.

NPR explains the home shortage.

Despite our current supply side woes, "100% of excessive inflation is due to bad monetary policy". Timothy Taylor also offers highlights from the relevant Larry Summers interview with Ezra Klein.

China may be better prepared for further losses of globalization, than the West.

Has the climate movement lost its way? Likewise for globalization.

In praise of maintenance.

"As Russia sees tech brain drain, other countries hope to gain"

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