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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 6h

D’Angelo — the soul singer, songwriter and producer who died on Tuesday at 51 — released three studio albums of genre-crossing music. Here are 14 essential songs that show his extraordinary musical scope.

D’Angelo: 14 Essential Songs

The soul singer, songwriter and producer, who died on Tuesday at 51, released three studio albums of meticulously constructed, vocally ambitious, genre-crossing music.

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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 9h

''[...]a key concept in economics that refers to the process in which beneficial innovations replace – and thus destroy – older technologies and businesses. The concept is usually associated with economist Joseph Schumpeter, who outlined it in his 1942 book “Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy.”''

Nobel Prize in economics awarded to Mokyr, Aghion and Howitt for explaining ‘innovation-driven’ growth | CNN Business

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the Nobel memorial prize in economics Monday for their research into the impact of innovation on economic growth and how new technologies replace older...

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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 9h

''Talk therapy cannot cure these illnesses, but it can provide some relief. A number of evidence-based psychotherapeutic interventions have been found to help with both the emotional and physical distress of living with these conditions. For example, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT),[...]''

‘Invisible diseases’ burden both body and mind. Can therapy help? | Psyche Ideas

Hard-to-diagnose illnesses aren’t ‘all in the mind’. But recognising their links to mental health can help reduce the pain

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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 9h

''And I am proud to look out onto this crowd, at New Yorkers who, amidst this despair, have continued to believe in a world better than this. With every block walked, every petition signature earned, you have refused to normalize a politics of cruelty, of greed, of exploitation.'' #Mamdani #hopes

Zohran Mamdani: “Our Time Is Now”

Last night at a campaign rally, Zohran Mamdani addressed his supporters: “For too long, we have tried not to lose. Now, it is time that we win.”

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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 9h

''They can take in the received ideas without having to actively think them.That way ideology is reinforced as something that is just there to be seen,like sense perceptions—which must be gratifying for us on some level, a kind of relief that everything that we are supposed to accept is there[...]''

There are too many waterfalls here

Sora slop feeds

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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 9h

''The market for labor is increasing anemically after the significant downward adjustments to the earlier months of 2025 and the disappointing reports in recent months(July and August 2025) that showed small numbers of new jobs. The unemployment rate ticked up as did the jobless claims for August.''

The US Economy amid Rising Global Uncertainty – Levy Economics Institute of Bard College

Contrary to upbeat announcements on the prospects for the US economy from the current administration in Washington, economic conditions are softening for this year. The market for labor is increasing....

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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 9h

''Der Staat ist eben nicht mit einem Unternehmen vergleichbar, das in einer wirtschaftlichen Schieflage selbstverständlich versucht, seine Ausgaben zu reduzieren und seine Einnahmen zu erhöhen.Der Staat kann und muss die gesamtwirtschaftliche Schieflage dadurch beheben, dass er seine Ausgaben[...]''

Der Staat erhöht die Steuern nicht, um Schulden abzubauen, sondern um andere Ziele zu erreichen … - Relevante Ökonomik

Mehreren Lesern ist aufgefallen, dass ich in meinem Gespräch mit Markus Karsten gesagt habe, es bringe für Frankreich nichts, die Steuern zu erhöhen, weil das Problem die Nachfragelücke ist, die durch...

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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 10h

''What vanishes in these moments is more than discretion; it is the encounter in which one person acknowledges another as a decision-worthy being. In the late 20th century, Francis Fukuyama revived an argument ultimately owed to Hegel: Liberal democracy is the most stable form of government[...]''

Rescuing Democracy From The Quiet Rule Of AI | NOEMA

Our gravest AI risk isn’t runaway superintelligence but our cultural readiness to surrender collective judgment to algorithmic systems.

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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 10h

''Meanwhile, the mainstream of the economics profession ignored the stagnation analysis and, instead, celebrated the “great moderation” of the period between 1984 and 2006, with special celebration of the low inflation, low unemployment period at the end of the 1990s.'' #stagnation #moderation

The Economics Profession "Discovers" Secular Stagnation - Monthly Review

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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 10h

''En las operaciones realizadas de manera presencial en sucursal,la TNA es del 34%, lo que genera intereses por $27.945,21 en un plazo de 30 días.Entonces al finalizar el período, el monto total acreditado va a ser de $1.027.945,21.
Por el otro lado, quienes prefieren hacerlo de forma digital[...]''

Banco Nación aumentó las tasas de interés del plazo fijo: cuánto gano si invierto hoy $1.000.000 a 30 días

La entidad bancaria actualizó sus rendimientos para los depósitos. Mirá cuánto se puede obtener con una inversión inicial.

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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 10h

''So the focus of traders will be whether Powell sticks with his ‘risk management’ approach to rate policy and highlights signs of slowing labor hiring as a cause for concern that outweighs ‘sticky’ inflation. Of course, the shutdown in Washington [...]'' #FED #VIX
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 10h

''The 19th-century Scottish physician and philosopher Robert MacNish thought of sleep as ‘the intermediate state between wakefulness and death:wakefulness being regarded as the active state of all animal and intellectual functions, and death as that of their total suspension.’'' #sleep #death #state

Two billion humans are doing something bizarre right now: sleeping | Aeon Essays

It is our biggest blind spot, a bizarre experience that befalls us every day, and can’t be explained by our need for rest

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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 10h

''The Labour Party is like the Democratic Party: It stands for nothing. And, you know,[former Labour Party leader] Jeremy Corbyn is now starting a new party. You’ve got similar things happening all over the world.[...]So you’ve got the Democratic Party, the Labour Party in England; in Germany[...]''

People Are Furious With Democrats. Bernie Sanders Knows Why.

Democratic Party leadership is way out of touch with where the American people are, and it’s almost frightening to see the kind of anger and contempt that people feel toward it.

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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 10h

''During the nineteen-twenties,Sorkin writes,“Wall Street became like a giant balloon floating above the common people, its self-mythologizing leaders enjoying the comforts of what felt like a privileged realm.”His leading characters include Charles Mitchell,the chairman of National City Bank[...]''

The A.I. Boom and the Spectre of 1929

As some financial leaders fret publicly about the stock market falling to earth, Andrew Ross Sorkin’s new book recounts the greatest crash of them all.

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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 10h

''Obwohl die argentinische Regierung bestreitet, dass der Swap eine neue Verschuldung bedeute, wiesen argentinische Medien darauf hin, dass die Vereinbarung eine neue Form finanzieller Unterordnung gegenüber Washington darstelle. Bessent soll als Gegenleistung gefordert haben, China aus [...]''

Trump stützt Milei in Argentinien mit 20 Milliarden Dollar

Rettungspaket soll Milei vor den Kongresswahlen stärken und Fonds wie BlackRock zugutekommen. Kritik auch aus der US-Landwirtschaft

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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 10h

''"The current administration's assault on higher education and scientific research may be the biggest own-goal in history, or at least the biggest self-goal since the Ming Dynasty in China essentially prohibited scientific research and exploration," he told Reuters. "It is self-destructive[...]''

Mokyr, Aghion and Howitt win 2025 Nobel economics prize for work on innovation and growth

Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt won the 2025 Nobel economics prize for "having explained innovation-driven economic growth", the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday.

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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 10h

''Es cierto que herramientas como ChatGPT crecen en usuarios, pero no lo hacen en proporción al aumento de los gastos por lo que cada vez más medios hablan de una burbuja pronta a explotar. Un reciente informe del Deutsche Bank señala que la enorme distancia entre ingresos y egresos no disminuye.''

OpenAI: la promesa para Milei floja de papeles | ¿Realmente se generará un data center para IAG en la Patagonia?

Con un video de dos minutos, el CEO de la compañía, provocó expectativas y pocas certezas. Anunció parece más una operación de prensa que una decisión de inversión.

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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 10h

''El argentino “busca que EE.UU. ratifique que Argentina va por buen camino y que, gracias a Milei, tiene una relación privilegiada con la principal potencia del mundo, con la expectativa de que esto beneficie a La Libertad Avanza en las elecciones al Congreso”, apuntó.'' #Milei #Trump #apoyo #ARS

Milei ya llegó a Washington para su esperada reunión con Donald Trump: qué busca cada uno en el encuentro

El libertario se reunirá este martes a las 14 de Argentina con su par estadounidense en la Casa Blanca.Las expectativas de Milei de cara a una cumbre clave a solo 12 días de las elecciones nacionales.

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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 10h

''En ese contexto aparecen Trump y Scott Bessent, interviniendo directamente en el mercado cambiario argentino desde el Tesoro y anunciando que van a intervenir también el mercado de deuda. Es un hecho absolutamente inédito que un gobierno tenga un ancla externa como tiene Milei.'' #Milei #Trump

Javier Milei y el ancla norteamericana

El desarme de Hamas: significados; la urgencia árabe por acordar con Israel; hipótesis de conflicto con China; las incógnitas del salvataje de Bessent; el raro papel del lobbista Barry Bennet: reunión...

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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 10h

''[...]die Chance, es aus eigener Kraft in höhere Einkommensschichten zu schaffen – ist in Deutschland dramatisch eingebrochen.[...]das Versprechen, es durch Leistung nach oben zu schaffen, ist entscheidend dafür, dass die Menschen den Kapitalismus akzeptieren.'' #Chancen www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...

Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 13h

Das fußt auf Arbeiten von Gustave Le Bon. Dieser war u.a. Inspiration für Edward Bernays. Und Edward Bernays hat u.a. dafür gesorgt, dass Speck ins amerikanische Frühstück gelangte. Massenpsychologie.

Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 1d

''[...] revealed things that were true. That I was clever. That I was worth listening to. That I could be more than the box my real accent put me in. Dropping the act didn’t mean I stopped wanting those things. It just meant I had to find another way to believe I deserved them.'' #deserving #ways

How my fake accent became a full-blown identity experiment | Psyche Turning points

When I spoke like someone I wasn’t, people listened more closely. What did that say about them – and me?

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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 1d

''Die Agenda-Politik staatlichen Lohndrückens hatte massiv negative Folgen für die Partner in der EWU und andere Defizitländer – und das für zwei Jahrzehnte.[...]Nur eine glasklare Analyse kann den Politkern auf der linken Seite des politischen Spektrums helfen, ihre Position[...]'' #Flassbeck #Horn

Die Linke scheitert analytisch, moralisch hat sie sowieso keine Chance - Relevante Ökonomik

(Dieser Artikel ist heute in einer leicht angepassten Form im Surplus-Magazin erschienen) Gustav Horn, der Vorsitzende des Wirtschaftspolitischen Beirats der SPD, hat in einer Stellungnahme zu den jün...

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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 1d

''Wichtig ist nun, dass die Politik jede weitere Belastung der Privathaushalte vermeidet. Wie das Jahr 2024 gezeigt hat, führt bereits ein realer Einkommenszuwachs auch dazu, dass die Wähler weniger zu rechtsextremen oder populistischen Parteien neigen [...]'' #CDU #Merz #SPD it's the #Realeinkommen

So könnte Schwarz-Rot endlich die Nachfragekrise im Inland beenden

Die Sozialbeiträge für die Beschäftigten in Deutschland steigen dieses Jahr in erster Linie krisenbedingt. Deswegen muss die Regierung hier entlasten, damit sie die Nachfrage im Inland nicht weiter ab...

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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 1d

''The IMF’s gap is one of accountability—it disciplines some but spares the most powerful—while the World Bank’s is one of representation, where voting power no longer reflects economic reality.Both express the same fault line: a governance order that distributes responsibility inversely to power.''

Bretton Woods: A System That Can’t Be Fixed—But Can Be Made Fairer and More Effective

The IMF and World Bank can no longer function as instruments that discipline some member countries while deferring to others. Their challenge is to transform the exercise of power among member countri...

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