Robert was recently interviewed by Martin Burckhardt, the German cultural philosopher, about his new book The Machine Age in Germany. Below is a link to a video of the interview: Link: https://martinburckhardt.substack.com/p/talking-to-robert-skidelsky Share this:Like Loading...

And somewhat blind. Several months ago, I had an operation on my one eye to fix the retina. My eye surgeon and doctor was Derek Kunimoto. I was happy to have him as I know how thorough the Japanese can be having worked with them for years. I was Kunimoto-San’s last surgical patient. As he left and I was half doped up, I called out his name and he said “Yes.” I said “thank you.” WE had some good conversation about Asia and Japan. I have had...

 – by New Deal democrat AB: New Deal democrat reviews the Establishment Survey and again it differs from the Household Survey in a positive way. On Monday I wrote that the Household survey portion of the jobs report was recessionary for the second time in three months. But I pointed out that there was a very large divergence in jobs growth in the past 24 months, amounting to 1.7% of the prime age workforce, between that survey and the...

Perverted Economists

Το ψηφοδέλτιο της ΑΝΤΑΡΣΥΑ-Ανατρεπτική Συνεργασία στις ευρωεκλογές έχει ως εξής: Αγγελόπουλος Ιωάννης Σοσιαλιστικό Εργατικό Κόμμα Πάτρα Αναστασιάδης Αναστάσιος (Τάσος) Συντονισμός Εργατικής Αντίστασης Ασλανίδη Παρθένα (Θένια) γιατρός στο Αττικό νοσοκομείο, Συντονιστικό Νοσοκομείων Βαφειάδου Ελένη δημοτική σύμβουλος Περιστερίου, μέλος Δ.Σ. αρχιτεκτόνων Ν. Αττικής και αντιπροσωπείας ΤΕΕ, στέλεχος ΕΚΚΕ        Βουρεκάς Κωνσταντίνος αρχιτέκτονας, πρόεδρος τμήματος Αττικής...

I was right about China (2016)...

The Impact of Government Deficits

Planet is headed for at least 2.5C of heating with disastrous results for humanity, poll of hundreds of scientists finds 

McDonald’s and other fast-food giants are struggling in the inflation economy. qz.com The inflation economy has come for Fat Food. As I read this, I would look at their costs. They talk about their reductions in Labor. It looks more to me like inventory turns and their investment in it. That is itself could make them more competitive. I would have to take a deeper dive into the industry to figure it out. ~~~~~~~~ Inflation has fallen far...

CPI nowcast for May reporting low: