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Congress has justifiably been criticized for rolling over to the President. But how it actually uses its leverage involves genuinely difficult trade-offs
Here’s some good news that might have passed you by. UK productivity – how much the economy produces per hour worked – grew more in the past year than in the previous seven years combined. I know. It doesn’t feel like that. GDP per person has barely moved since before the pandemic – up just … Continued The post UK productivity grew more in the last year than in the previous seven combined appeared first on Resolution Foundation
Traditional Catholics are optimistic about their movement, and for good reason: It’s growing
Keir Starmer is historically unpopular. When he entered Downing Street, his approval rating stood around +10%. Now? The Prime Minister languishes around -50%. It's the steepest drop in support for any governing party still in its infancy. 8 out of 10 people say that Britain is getting worse as a place to live under Labour's watch. One poll conducted towards the end of last year suggested that even Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor had more public confidence than Keir Starmer's government. What on ea...
Gay marriage did not merely redefine an institution. It created child victims. After ten years, a coalition of Catholic and Protestant leaders has come together to say: no more. The post Christians Are Reclaiming Marriage to Protect Children appeared first on First Things
BART fare gates; AI and jobs, again; Tariffs and trade deficits; Jon Stewart vs. the economists; H-1Bs; Japan's fiscal position
The author is Brendan Greeley, and the subtitle is 500 Years of the World’s Most Powerful Money. A very well-timed book, excellent on the history of the dollar as it spans the centuries, I was happy to write a blurb for it. The post The Almighty Dollar appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. Related StoriesMy Conversation with Andrew Ross SorkinWhat should I ask Paul Gillingham?What should I ask Joel Mokyr?
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. A “QuitGPT” campaign is urging people to cancel their ChatGPT subscriptions In September, Alfred Stephen, a freelance software developer in Singapore, purchased a ChatGPT Plus subscription, which costs $20 a month and offers…
Israel’s war in Gaza has caused high numbers of maternal and neonatal deaths, say two reports