Harari and the Danger of Artificial Intelligence
Yuval Noah Harari, a historian, philosopher, and lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has an interesting article on AI in The Economist (“Yuval Noah Harari Argues that AI Has Hacked the Operating System of Human Civilization,” April 28, 2023). He presents a more sophisticated argument on the danger of AI than the usual Luddite […]
Investors bet on ‘great divergence’ between Federal Reserve and ECB
The Federal Reserve and the European Central Bank delivered interest rate rises this week, but investors now expect rate setters in the US and the eurozone to move in opposite directions. Following 10 consecutive rate rises, markets predict the Fed has finished its tightening cycle and could start cutting rates as soon as July, as […]
Unemployment rate sinks for Black, Hispanic workers, steady for Asians
The Good Brigade | Digitalvision | Getty Images The unemployment rate slipped for Black and Hispanic workers in April, but remained stable for Asian American workers. The U.S. unemployment rate inched down to 3.4% last month, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The number not only marked a decrease from 3.5% in March, […]
Market Talk – May 5, 2023
ASIA: High prices are starting to put pressure on small and midsize businesses in Japan, forcing a record number of them into bankruptcy as the country lags behind the West in passing along the increased costs to customers. Fiscal 2022 saw 463 companies file for bankruptcy over rising prices or an inability to pass […]
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Here’s where the jobs are for April 2023 — in one chart
Broad job gains across the economy helped the labor market show resilience in the face of a banking crisis and growing recessionary concerns. Nonfarm payrolls increased by 253,000 in April, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Friday. That’s more than the Dow Jones estimate of 180,000. Friday’s data bolsters the argument […]
Ideas and Consequences: Seeing Visions Everywhere
Without a vision, Solomon wrote 3000 years ago, the people perish. In a vastly different context, the economist Thomas Sowell explained how powerful and unavoidable visions are, and he gave labels to the two visions that each of us generally lines up with: constrained and unconstrained. You may think you know why your views on […]
Why is demand so strong?
Today, we received another jobs report showing that the labor market remains red hot. Unemployment fell to 3.4%, a 54-year low. Job growth was 253,000, which is well above trend and well above pre-report estimates. By the far the most important data point, however, is the growth rate of average hourly earnings. Nominal wages grew […]
