Unprecedented? No. The ECB crippled and then effectively closed the central bank of Greece at the then-height of the Euro crisis. That crisis is far from over, btw.

NO BUYERS: Russian flagship Urals crude plunges to a fresh record large discount of **minus $22.7-a-barrel** to benchmark Dated Brent. Even at such a huge discount, oil trader Trafigura found no bidders | #OOTT #Ukraine

Oil Companies Lament Rising Price Of Joe Manchin bit.ly/3JeSmfv

if you're not giving your employees a pay raise beyond inflation/cost of living growth, you're giving them a pay cut.

If you have a problem with someone highlighting the culpability of the most powerful government on earth in giving rise to this war, it's because imperial propaganda has turned you into a power-worshipping bootlicker.

Happy St Pat’s day, it was.

The economics of cable tv: margins and incentives on TV, the dead medium, are so good they give away 1gb broadband to make you keep the damn cable channels. Does this help fund broadband development, or just keep it too expensive for many around the world?

.Kirsten Gillibrand resign.

Only really “conservative” friends need to hear this argument for making good homes for refugees (incl from Yemen, Syria, Palestine, etc.): The nations that bring these people in and give them safety and economic support will enjoy a strong economic boost for years ahead. Fact.

Why #Pride is important #Pride2022 #PrideMonth 🌈

SEC.gov | SEC Charges Former Indiana Congressman with Insider Trading sec.gov/news/press-rel…

My weekend extracurriculars for the book found me researching the social value of different types of economic activity and methods of measuring that social value. There is clearly a stark disconnect between the short-term economic rewards of some activiti…lnkd.in/efQwZh7t

Amazing how people like Larry Summers can bat .000 over their careers and still get called up to the “expert economists” league. Says something about our “free market of ideas” that only the ideas that work for the 1% get the brigh…lnkd.in/ec9zxaU2 lnkd.in/ewaHEvTH

What if… tech entrepreneurs and VCs really are as stupid and greedy as they seem to be? #theemperorhasnoclothes #techsploitation #techbroswillbethedeathofusall

A regulatory penalty for bad behaviour that does not result in wholesale change in management composition and behaviour is, by definition, inadequate. A $250k fine to Norfolk Southern is worse than nothing.

Many of us saw inflation and rate-stress coming for insurers over five years ago… 🤓 lnkd.in/ePArdYPT

One of the many reasons to love Japan. I once, in 1993–a few lifetimes ago—left a bag on a train between Kobe and Himeji which contained all the money I owned at that point in my life. Along with a 50-odd page paper written by hand…lnkd.in/e8Pi9gbJ lnkd.in/eTx5QxwD

This has been a long time coming! Why would anyone [anyone without a vested interest in ripping customers off, that is] object to making subscription cancellation a reasonably simple process? lnkd.in/dNxD-ZqK

Sounds right: Fraud involving #ai (or #blockchain , a P.O. box, etc.) is STILL fraud. lnkd.in/dWjyiASD

Here's hoping Powell will do the right thing and resign ASAP. #fed #deregulation failure lnkd.in/e-dvgyFW