"the U.S. added 206,000 jobs in June, bringing the total number of jobs created under this administration to 15.7 million... 6.2 million more Americans are employed now than before Covid hit." HT: Letters from an American
R's complain that government should be run like a business - except when funding the IRS. 1st rule of business: hire a person if the cost (MC) is < the benefit of bringing that person on board (MR). Estimates of MR/MC are between 3 & 9, & they last for at least 16 more years!
@D_A_Irwin hard to argue American workers benefited given the stagnation of real wages and the hollowing out of manufacturing jobs, coincident with China's entry to the WTO
3 % inflation. NATO growing and more solid than ever. huge investment in tech and infrastructure. And Rs? Screeching about Hunter Biden's laptop and defunding the FBI. Simply pathetic.
PSA: Senate Republicans just blocked a vote to pass legislation to protect every American’s fundamental right to use birth control. Yes, birth control.
@SpeakerMcCarthy You say this stuff on Twitter where there are no penalties for lying, but just today, when Durham was under oath before Congress and thus in danger of perjury, he agreed that everything the committee established was true. This is the difference between propaganda and facts.
If you want to understand the economy of the 2020s, and in particular how it will differ from the 2010s, you have to pay attention to the manufacturing supercycle that looks to be getting underway.
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@joshua_t_white (1) Academia is not a team sport, e.g., drafts may lead to inferior outcomes, e.g., sabotage. (2) No playoffs, or rather the playoffs are very long term, as in Nobel. (3) outcomes aren't points (2 papers in same journal (a) aren't the same, and (b) peak on different timelines.
@garyleff@AmericanAir I guess I booked too soon (again). A week ago (3/30) I booked bna-mia-pty, RT business for my spouse traveling with me, and was charged 110,000 miles by EXP CS agent. Perhaps the posted mileage is for direct flights only?
I'm thrilled to be joined on the Science Committee by my Republican colleague Dr. George Santos, winner of not only the Nobel Prize, but also the Fields Medal - the top prize in Mathematics - for his groundbreaking work with imaginary numbers. https://t.co/RJQ7eP8n8x