▽ John Quiggin ●11/27 12:19 Monday Message BoardNovember 25, 2024 John Quiggin4 CommentsAnother Monday Message Board. Post comments on any topic. Civil discussion and no coarse language please. Side discussions and idees fixes to the sandpits, please.I’m now using Substack as a blogging platform, and for my monthly email newsletter. For the moment, I’ll post both at this blog and on Substack. You can also follow me on Mas
▽mainly macro ●11/27 09:06 Tuesday, 26 November 2024Should governments protect citizens from external shocks to living standards?One of the themes inpost-US election analysis, including myown, has been the shock to real income caused byrecent commodity prices increases (energy and food). The idea is lessengaged voters (low information voters) blame thegovernment rather than Russia or the pandemic for these shocks, wh
▽naked capitalism ●11/27 06:45 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/26/2024 - 11/26/2024 - Lambert Strether2:00PM Water Cooler 11/26/2024 https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2024/11/200pm-water-cooler-11-28-2024.html2:00PM Water Cooler 11/26/2024~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; “Joy” at Bluesky; Trump team drags feet on signing ethics and transparency agreements; “Everyone is taking their skim” (of Democrat campaigns); Boeing 737
