Avatarnajmi542flipped into Stuff and ThingsAvatarAvatarAmong the UnvaccinatedSubstack - Chris ArnadeMeaning, Death, and Owning the Elites (In all of this I am talking about people over fifty, who have the biggest risk.) The first thing G told me, …
Avatarnajmi542flipped into Stuff and ThingsAvatarAvatarFacebook Is Weaker Than We Knew (Published 2021)verified_publisherThe New York Times - Kevin RooseListen to This Article Open this article in the New York Times Audio app on iOS. One possible way to read “The Facebook Files,” The Wall Street Journal’s excellent series of reports based on leaked internal Facebook research, is as a story about an unstoppable juggernaut bulldozing society on its way …
Avatarnajmi542flipped into Stuff and ThingsFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThe Strange Death of Conservative America | by J. Bradford DeLong - Project Syndicateproject-syndicate.org - J. Bradford DeLongBERKELEY – If you are concerned about the well-being of the United States and interested in what the country could do to help itself, stop what you …
Avatarnajmi542flipped into Stuff and ThingsAvatarAvatarOpinion | This Is How America’s Richest Families Stay That Way (Published 2021)verified_publisherThe New York Times - Robin Kaiser-SchatzleinMost people have probably never heard of a stepped-up basis, but it might just be the most important tax loophole in America — one that billionaires use to pass vast sums of wealth down to their heirs by avoiding capital gains taxes. This supremely obscure and yet wildly consequential rule concerns …
Avatarnajmi542flipped into Stuff and ThingsAvatarAvatarOpinion | Our constitutional crisis is already hereverified_publisherThe Washington Post - Robert Kagan“Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are in a wretched situation.” — James Madison The United States is heading into its greatest political and constitutional crisis since the Civil War, with a reasonable chance over the next three to four years of incidents of mass violence, a breakdown …
Avatarnajmi542flipped into Stuff and ThingsAvatarAvatarOpinion | The Economic Mistake the Left Is Finally Confronting (Published 2021)verified_publisherThe New York Times - Ezra KleinThe words “supply side” are coded, in American politics, as right wing. They summon the memory of Arthur Laffer’s curve, the history of Republicans promising that cutting taxes on the rich will encourage the nation’s dispirited John Galts to work both smarter and harder, leading economies to boom …
Avatarnajmi542flipped into IranAvatarAvatarMysterious Hacker Group Suspected in July Cyberattack on Iranian Trains (Published 2021)verified_publisherThe New York Times - Ronen BergmanAn investigation by a cybersecurity company has concluded that a little-known group opposed to the Iranian government was most likely behind the hack that caused chaos on the railway system. TEL AVIV — When a cyberattack on Iran’s railroad system last month caused widespread chaos with hundreds of …
Avatarnajmi542flipped into Stuff and ThingsAvatarAvatarMany Pandemic Retirees Weren’t Ready. How to Cope if You’re One of Them. (Published 2021)verified_publisherThe New York Times - Tammy La GorceA significant portion of workers who left their jobs since the coronavirus began surging were financially unprepared, research shows. Andrea Jones hadn’t yet settled on a date to retire from her customer service job at United Airlines when Newark airport started looking like a ghost town in March …
Avatarnajmi542flipped into Stuff and ThingsAvatarAvatarOpinion | Trump’s Cult of Animosity Shows No Sign of Letting Up (Published 2021)verified_publisherThe New York Times - Thomas B. EdsallIn 2016, Donald Trump recruited voters with the highest levels of animosity toward African Americans, assembling a “schadenfreude” electorate — voters who take pleasure in making the opposition suffer — that continues to dominate the Republican Party, even in the aftermath of the Trump …
Avatarnajmi542flipped into Stuff and ThingsAvatarAvatarBidenomics, explainedSubstack - Noah SmithIt's the end of the Age of Reagan, but it's much more than that “If the formula doesn’t work, you change the formula.” — Arin Hanson “The era of ‘big …
Avatarnajmi542flipped into Stuff and ThingsFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoDavid Solomon commits to Saturdays off for Goldman Sachs bankersFinancial Times - Robert ArmstrongJump to comments sectionPrint this page Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The chief executive of Goldman Sachs has praised the group of disgruntled junior investment banking analysts who presented concerns about …
Avatarnajmi542flipped into Stuff and ThingsAvatarAvatarInflation Isn’t Happening, and It Likely Won’t. Here Are 7 Charts Showing This.Barron's - Matthew C. KleinThe price spikes earlier in the pandemic have abated while other categories continue to experience only mild increases, writes Matthew C. Klein.