The sad truth of Neo-Liberalism Capitalism is that if you are in a job that provides huge value to peoples' lives (like being a nurse) you are often going to be very badly paid.

If the interventionists own what happened to Iraq, the non interventionists own what happens to Syria.

"If it's too slow, you might just as well not do it all." This pertains, among others, to administering justice, digital transformations, infrastructure construction, and fighting wars.

#MMT

At this stage of his intellectual journey I wouldn't rule out the possibility that Elon Musk becomes a flat earther and space denier.

Meanwhile in Russia: state TV host Vladimir Solovyov and head of RT Margarita Simonyan rejoiced over Trump's picks. They were especially thrilled about Kash Patel and Pete Hegseth, predicting, "They will quickly dismantle America, brick by brick."
youtu.be/kYGSEFxPaLg

Ironically, a nation supports the US dollar by running a trade surplus/buying US dollars as foreign exchange reserves.

Every year, billions of vehicles worldwide shed an estimated 6 million tonnes of tire fragments. These tiny flakes of plastic, generated by normal driving, account for 28% of microplastics entering the environment globally.

Heavy vehicles eg SUVs/EVs especially.
theconversation.com/car-tyres-sh...

Behavioral economics: people cannot add or subtract

Macroeconomics: *maybe* people cannot deal with the fact that the entire cross sectional distribution is a state variable