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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Made in America returns! Consumer-goods supplier Reckitt Benckiser is looking to respond faster to shifts in demand for over-the-counter pharmaceuticals by moving more of its manufacturing to the U.S., its largest market. Reckitt is investing $200 million into a factory in Wilson, N.C., that it acquired last month, part of an effort to rewire its supply chain […] The post Coming to America . . . More Manufacturing appeared first on Angry...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]– Israel Agrees to Cease-Fire With Lebanon’s Hezbollah—But What About Gaza?, Common Dreams. After months of slaughtering those not responsible, then you ask for a truce? “A cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah appeared to be within reach on Monday amid reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeatedly scuttled diplomatic efforts in recent months. – The Global […] The post...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Back when Trump rebranded NAFTA as “USMCE,” here’s what he said about it: “We have negotiated this new agreement based on the principle of fairness and reciprocity…. This is a terrific deal for all of us….This new deal will be the most modern, up-to-date, and balanced trade agreement in the history of our country…. With […] The post USMCA used to be “a fair deal for everybody” appeared first...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Brief commentary by Dr. Kahn who is in the thick of the discussion on Medicare Advantage Costs. Health Justice Monitor, Medicare Advantage Overpayment >$100 Billion, Jim (James G.) Kahn, MD, MPH Summary: Physicians for a National Health Program released a valuable summary of Medicare Advantage overpayments. The scope and scale is breathtaking: $100 billion annual payoff […] The post Payments to Medicare Advantage Plans is More Than What is...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]I have begun a possibly long series on people’s heuristics and biases when we try to think about probability. I posted one explanation of the Allais Paradox. Click on the link for definitions as I go on assuming earlier posts have been read (this will create problems but I can’t avoid it). Briefly the Allais […] The post Allais Paradox II : Do Two Wrongs Make a Right? appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]November 25, 2024 By Heather Cox Richardson Letters from an American Today, President Joe Biden laid out very clearly the argument behind the economic policies his administration has put into place. He writes . . . “When I took office, the pandemic was raging and the economy was reeling. From Day One, I was determined […] The post Investing in People soon to be the One – Percenters appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Special counsel Jack Smith moves to drop both federal criminal cases against Trump, POLITICO U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan quickly granted the motion to dismiss Trump’s Washington D.C. case, in which he was charged with conspiring to subvert the 2020 election. A similar motion in the Florida case, in which Trump was charged with hoarding […] The post Federal Criminal Cases Against Trump Dropped for Now appeared first on Angry Bear.

[unable to retrieve full-text content]– by Steve Roth Originally posted at Wealth Economics This post is in response to a very brief Bluesky exchange I had with Dan Rohde and DT Cochrane about the origins of “The Dollar” (specifically U.S.). It led me to read about the U.S. Coinage Act of 1792. Here’s the Wiki, and the Act itself — which I can’t believe […] The post How Units of Account “Came About” appeared first...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Monthly Full Report on Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, & Orders – Press Release, Census.Gov, November 4, 2025. Briefly – New orders for manufactured goods in September, down four of the last five months, decreased $2.8 billion or 0.5 percent to $584.2 billion, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today. This followed a 0.8 percent August decrease. – […] The post Manufacturers’ Shipments, Inventories, & Orders...

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales: September 2024, Census.Gov Friday, November 15, 2024 Sales The combined value of distributive trade sales and manufacturers’ shipments for September is adjusted for seasonal and trading day differences but not for price changes. It was estimated at $1,881.2 billion, up 0.3 percent (±0.2 percent) from August 2024 and was […] The post Manufacturing and Trade Inventories and Sales: September...