Here’s where the jobs are for March 2024 in one chart — in one chart
The U.S. labor market surprised economists with its strength once again, adding more than 300,000 jobs in March, with a few key sectors continuing to fuel its growth. Health care and social assistance were the top sector for job gains — a common theme in recent years — adding 81,300 jobs. Government and leisure and […]
Biden’s Economists Are Pretty Decent on Free Trade
When economists are polled on whether free trade creates net benefits for an economy, the vast majority, sometimes over 90 percent, answer that it does. Politicians, though, are another story. In 2018, President Trump proudly called himself “tariff man” and was true to the label: he imposed many tariffs on imports, even though one […]
AI Opposition: Economic and Philosophical Sophistry
Owners and troops defend a textile factory in England from Luddites breaking down the door to destroy equipment. 1816 engraving with modern watercolor. In a bellicose op-ed, Andy Meek BGR’s trending news editor and a senior contributor at Forbes, takes aim at Sam Altman, OpenAI, and “late-stage capitalism” — whatever that means — for proliferation […]
The Fed and Political Independence: It’s Complicated
The pressroom podium for the Federal Reserve awaits leadership. Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Joseph Sternberg wonders whether the Federal Reserve is too insulated from politics. The Fed clearly failed by allowing the worst inflation we’ve seen in 40 years. Now, however, there are worries it’s veering too far the other way: “the central […]
PRIVATE BLOG – State Of The Union Into The Panic Cycle For April
Blog Geopolitical PRIVATE BLOG – State of the Union into the Panic Cycle for April Posted Apr 4, 2024 by Martin Armstrong | Private blog posts are exclusively available to Socrates subscribers. To sign-up for Socrates or to learn more, please visit Ask-Socrates.com. https://ask-socrates.com/
