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• Disposable time as a common-pool resource I — Introduction
• Open thread Dec. 3, 2021
• Clear signs of *deceleration* in house price increases, but no sign of actual declines yet
• The Return of FDI
• Omicron at Slow Boring
• Boring post on “Slow Boring”
• Borges, Berkeley, Tlon, Uqbar, Orbus Tertius, and all that
• The Debut of the Deranged DOOOMers, 2021 edition: No, the strong advance of the Index of Leading Indicators is not forecasting a recession
• The libertarian dilemma and the politics of outrage

Disposable time as a common-pool resource I — Introduction Posted: 03 Dec 2021 07:18 AM PST Disposable time as a common-pool resource I — Introduction About a decade ago, I wrote a short piece about “labour power as a common-pool resource” that got picked up by Michel Bauwens of the P2P Foundation and led to me being invited to a conference on the commons in Berlin put on by the Heinrich […] The post Disposable time as a common-pool resource I — Introduction appeared first on Angry Bear.

Open thread Dec. 3, 2021 Posted: 03 Dec 2021 07:15 AM PST The post Open thread Dec. 3, 2021 appeared first on Angry Bear.

Clear signs of *deceleration* in house price increases, but no sign of actual declines yet Posted: 02 Dec 2021 03:59 AM PST Clear signs of *deceleration* in house price increases, but no sign of actual declines yet The veritable explosive increase in house prices has been one of the biggest economic stories of the past year. And because it feeds into "owner's equivalent rent" with a lag, is likely to have a big effect on consumer inflation […] The post Clear signs of *deceleration* in house price increases, but no sign of actual declines yet appeared first on Angry Bear.

The Return of FDI Posted: 02 Dec 2021 02:46 AM PST by Joseph Joyce The Return of FDI Last year's collapse in foreign direct investment was seen by many as the first stage of a period of retrenchment. Political pressure to "reshore" production, particularly of goods of national importance such as medical equipment, would cause multinational firms to rearrange their global supply chains to minimize foreign […] The post The Return of FDI appeared first on Angry Bear.

Omicron at Slow Boring Posted: 01 Dec 2021 03:51 PM PST I think every word of Matthew Yglesias’s post on Omicron, Omar Bradley, and why the hell aren’t we investing in pandemic prevention is brilliant. I think it is publicly available (I didn’t pay) and advise just clicking the link. For those who ignored the above advice, I would like to focus on two main points […] The post Omicron at Slow Boring appeared first on Angry Bear.

Boring post on “Slow Boring” Posted: 01 Dec 2021 02:22 PM PST “Slow Boring” is Matthew Yglesias’s substack. I don’t subscribe. It’s about the money. I can afford it, but I don’t like the fact that Matthew Yglesias makes so much money. I am extremely envious. I admit it. I think this is a very very common problem. Many people have asked Matthew Yglesias how he makes […] The post Boring post on “Slow Boring” appeared first on Angry Bear.

Borges, Berkeley, Tlon, Uqbar, Orbus Tertius, and all that Posted: 01 Dec 2021 12:20 PM PST “tlon Uqbar orbus tertius” is an excellent story by Jorge Luis Borges. In it, he imagines a world in which all that exists are minds and ideas. He refers to the assertion that we live in such a world made by the Reverand George Berkeley. In Borges’s wonderful Obis Tertius, objects can be multiplied if […] The post Borges, Berkeley, Tlon, Uqbar, Orbus Tertius, and all that appeared first on Angry Bear.

The Debut of the Deranged DOOOMers, 2021 edition: No, the strong advance of the Index of Leading Indicators is not forecasting a recession Posted: 01 Dec 2021 05:46 AM PST The Debut of the Deranged DOOOMers, 2021 edition: No, the strong advance of the Index of Leading Indicators is not forecasting a recession Five to ten years ago, I used to have a lot of fun taking the hide off DOOOMers. You know, the pundits who always find some new statistic or other that absolutely […] The post The Debut of the Deranged DOOOMers, 2021 edition: No, the strong advance of the Index of Leading Indicators is not forecasting a recession appeared first on Angry Bear.

The libertarian dilemma and the politics of outrage Posted: 01 Dec 2021 03:50 AM PST If you want to understand libertarian politics and messaging, the starting point is to recognize that libertarian ideology is very unpopular.  They want to end child poverty – but only through deregulation.  They support good education – but only through vouchers or privatization.  They want to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.  Well, o.k., not really.  They […] The post The libertarian dilemma and the politics of outrage appeared first on Angry Bear.

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