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Money printing doesn't work like you think. A thread. 1/

Dan Ariely’s research on dishonesty presented an optimistic view of human behavior. But a group of behavioral scientists believes some of his findings were too good to be true. nyer.cm/K4dRgAF

A video-text summary of my argument that we now live in the age of TECHNOFEUDALISM (in 16', 2000 words): Wherever we turn, we witness the triumph of capital. Capital has prevailed everywhere: in warehouses, factories, offices, universities, public hospitals, the media – in

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This is by far the best thing I've ever written, and one of my favorites: Why the price of oil was controlled, how it lost control, and how the US came to terms with the ensuing volatility. phenomenalworld.org/analysis/price…

BREAKING: The cost of buying a home in the US rises to $2,750/month, the second highest ever recorded, according to Reventure. Prior to the pandemic in 2022, the average home in the US would cost $1,400/month. In other words, it is now 100% MORE expensive to buy a home in 2024

Shocking stat of the day: $2.1 TRILLION of excess savings have been wiped out of the US economy since August 2021. From March 2020 until August 2021, $2.1 trillion in excess savings were built up after $4 trillion of stimulus. Since then, US households have depleted these

The best 25 non-fiction books ever A thread full of wisdom 1. The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel

10 GPT-4o prompts that will probably make you smarter:

Stock markets around the world are crashing right now, but why? The answer to this question is the Yen carry trade, a term you'll probably hear many times this week. So what exactly is the Yen carry trade and why did it cause a market downturn? A thread to explain: (1/7)

Atomic Habits

1. Digitalização de documentos → Pressione e mantenha pressionado o ícone do aplicativo Notes até que um menu seja exibido. → Selecione “Digitalizar documentos”. → Digitalize seus documentos e pressione “Salvar”.

“Trump hasn’t just killed the OECD’s weak tax reforms, he’s effectively threatening to scrap everything built over the last century and to take the world back to ‘robber baron’-era tax policies." Fantastic analysis from Tax Justice Network Bsky: @taxjustice.net taxjustice.net/press/trump-de…

Dollar deja vu?

Cloud capital versus AI - What DeepSeek’s spectacular success means for technofeudalism & the New Cold War DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) company, this week changed the global AI landscape, not to mention caused $1 trillion losses in the New York stock exchange

Pres. Trump says China is a top priority, citing “national security” – but economist Yanis Varoufakis says that’s just a distraction and breaks down why the U.S. is really worried.

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You can’t make this up: The market now sees a 50% chance of a US Fed rate HIKE by the end of 2026. Just months ago, markets saw as many as four rate CUTS this year. As oil prices surge to $100+/barrel, inflation expectations are rapidly rising, with gas prices up nearly +50%

The Anxious Generation was published two years ago today, in a very different world. Back then, the most common objection I got was resignation: "The train has left the station." "You can't put toothpaste back in the tube." "It's how the kids connect today." Today, the world