Jack Gladstone5d ago

The myths that make me series is intended to make my philosophy more accessible. I'm starting with something people understand, or think they do anyways...

https://youtu.be/dxdglCgodto?si=MMJmQMM4xIBz10w0

#money #finance #microeconomics #civics #philosophy #law #vlogging

Is Money A Contract?

YouTube
SPQRMay 28

Concern about rising prices has reached a fever pitch. A majority of Democrats, Republicans and independents said that they had changed their purchases from grocery stores to stay within budget in the last several months, according to polling from CNN.

Another 59 percent of Americans said they had cut back on extras and entertainment.
#inflation #costofliving #Trumpism #economics #microeconomics #income
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/23/us/politics/americans-groceries-inflation-affordability.html

61% of Americans Said They Had to Cut Back on Groceries

More than three quarters of Americans, including 55 percent of Republicans, said President Trump’s policies have increased the cost of living in their community.

The New York Times
TinJarApr 16
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... This is just a remarkable change - #worldbank is now touting #industrial #policy instead of #markets Wow!! How the world has changed! #economics #politics #elections #democracy #macroeconomics #microeconomics

A Pillar of the Economics Esta...
A Pillar of Economics Admits That It Was Wrong

In a new report, the World Bank thinks better of its old free-market absolutism.

The Atlantic
TinJarApr 16

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/world-bank-industrial-policy/686820/

This is just a remarkable change - #worldbank is now touting #industrial #policy instead of #markets

Wow!! How the world has changed!

#economics #politics #elections #democracy #macroeconomics #microeconomics

A Pillar of Economics Admits That It Was Wrong

In a new report, the World Bank thinks better of its old free-market absolutism.

The Atlantic
Show threaddoboprobodyneMar 22

@azonenberg @gsuberland
I managed to pay £3.85 for a single can of coke in a Toby Carvery in Middlesbrough 😳 (this is probably because they want the punter to pay an extra 50p or so for their unlimited soft-drink refills; for example a normal pot of tea is still £1.85... Still, menu first *then* order drinks 🀦 )

Would love to see a spreadsheet of lifetime income/outgoings of one of those fancy coffee (starbucks/costa) vending machines. I reckon if there's a way to deliver a takeaway coffee cheaper, in a period of economic contraction, it's some kind of automat.

#coffee #economics #microeconomics #vending #automation #robotics

SPQRFeb 12
Sales of electric vehicles have plummeted since the end of September, when federal tax credits worth up to $7,500 ended. The Trump administration has cut subsidies and loans for clean energy projects, while seeking to eliminate regulations that encouraged automakers to sell low-emission vehicles.
#economics #cleantechnology #cars #sustainability #Ford #Trump #subsidies #microeconomics
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/12/business/energy-environment/ford-trump-electric-vehicles-kentucky.html
Laid-Off Battery Plant Workers Pin Blame on Ford, not Trump, for Lost Jobs

Ford Motor shut down a battery factory and laid off 1,600 workers after President Trump and Republicans gutted government support for electric vehicles.

The New York Times
SPQRFeb 9
There is a big hole in the seductively simple argument that Mr. Trump’s policy will push employers to hire Americans: For many jobs, the cheaper and more likely replacement is a robot. And the jobs that can't be done by robots? Many will simply leave the country.
#labor #employment #immigration #jobs #economics #microeconomics #Trump #policy #politics
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/opinion/immigration-farming-trump-robots-labor.html
Opinion | What Replaces Deported Immigrant Workers? Not Americans.

There is a hole in the argument that American workers will replace immigrants. For many jobs, the cheaper and more likely replacement is a robot.

The New York Times
DIGIBOKAFeb 3

πŸ“ˆ Think like an economist.
Microeconomics β€” 18th Ed.
Understand choices.

DM for info.

#EconLife #Microeconomics #StudentEconomist #DigitalLearning

SPQRDec 18
β€œOur projection is that we will be finishing in the 5,500 total units sold range for 2025, making it the worst year on record since Altus β€” and the predecessors to Altus β€” started keeping records back in 1981,” Sherwood said.
#housing #ontario #toronto #Canada #economics #microeconomics #costofliving #polycrises #recession
https://www.thestar.com/real-estate/condo-industry-expects-worst-year-on-record-with-only-165-new-condos-selling-in-toronto/article_e2d368b2-78db-4bcd-8617-2143e5db7306.html
Condo industry expects worst year on record β€” with only 165 new condos selling in Toronto area last month

BILD expects to end the year with around 5,500 sales for new homes, the lowest since record-keeping began.

Toronto Star
Dave Γ‘ JusDec 8, 2025

What UVM Students Learn Too Late

#CIVICS in #higherEd
#community #vt #vermont #society #civicEngagement #theDΔ“mos #pluribus #microEconomics #brainDrain #ruralLife #laborNews #educationNews #UVM #opEd

https://vtcommunitynews.org/2025/12/08/what-uvm-students-learn-too-late/

> Burlington has so much to offer. It is time students see it sooner.