Mike Norman Economics

 Prioritizing booster shots in wealthier nations heightens the risk of Covid-19 variants emerging in nations with lower vaccination rates, the World Health Organization warned. "We're in a very unstable situation," WHO Special Envoy for Covid-19 David Nabarro told Bloomberg Television. "Please let's slow down, look at the world as a whole, and develop a response plan for the whole world and do it properly[embedded content]Bloomberg - Booster Shots Raise Risk of More Variants, WHO Warns

 A new study commissioned by the ICC Research Foundation has found that the global economy stands to lose as much as $9.2 trillion if govts fail to ensure developing economy access to C19 vaccines, as much as half of which would fall on advanced economies.International Chamber Of CommerceICC - Study shows vaccine nationalism could cost rich countries US$4.5 trillion

Paradox is normal behavior for the Art Degree trained people …. I don’t see a problem here…Portnoy's wiki says he graduated from Michigan with a degree in education… Michigan’s website says you can go either Bachelor of Art or Bachelor of Science in the Education discipline…  wiki doesn’t say which one Portnoy was awarded with … but Portnoy obviously sees AOC’s Art Degree paradox as hypocrisy…“Tax the Rich”……But first I’m gonna go have the time of my life partying with them all at the most...

Union was carved up and privatized. On September 7, 2021, in his second mainstream editorial in a week, George Soros expressed his horror at the recommendation by Black Rock, the world’s largest asset manager, that financial managers should triple their investment in China. Claiming that such investment would imperil U.S. national security by helping China, Mr. Soros stepped up his advocacy of U.S. financial and trade sanctions.China’s policy of shaping markets to promote overall prosperity,...

Shift in sectoral demand away from services toward consumer goods owing to the pandemic. The new trend toward "nesting" will likely persist for some time owing to hysteresis.McKinseyShortages of everyday products have become the new normal. Why they won’t end soon.Jaana Remes and Sajal Kohli

Fed is falling behind on RRP activity, and reserves keep rising. Fed may pull the plug on asset purchases if the debt ceiling is not raised.

University of California, Davis study claims to be the first to document personality in golden-mantled ground squirrelsAnimal researchers in California have discovered human-like personality traits in squirrels that anybody watching one raiding nuts from a bird table could probably have guessed: they are bold, aggressive, athletic and sociable.The Guardian  Richard Luscombe - Squirrels have human-like personality traits, says studyBackyard Squirrel Maze 1.0- Ninja Warrior CourseSquirrels...

One of the reasons why so many people are antivax.Big Pharma is crooked and has been massively inflating prices, plus some of their drugs are dangerous, which they have been covering up.Many drug regulatory agencies have become corrupted by the pharmaceutical companies The pharmaceutical industry exerts a huge amount of influence on health policy. Some companies develop highly profitable drugs with public money, while others have been found to have covered up serious side effects.The fight...

Within a few months China was back to normal. Masks, social distancing, and mass testing.See how quickly China set up mobile testing Laboratories. Since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus epidemic, countries around the world have been working together to fight the epidemic in the face of the world’s biggest public health crisis in a century. The “fight against the epidemic” is like putting out a fire, providing a full range of services in response to the novel coronavirus epidemic, from...

 Modern China - It's space age! This is one of the biggest shopping malls in Suzhou! With many things to do, dinning options and stores of all kind! We also went to the 53rd floor of the Gate of the east building to enjoy a delicious drink in a very particular cafe![embedded content]Rafa Goes Around - This is the era of the new mega shopping malls in China