Alexander J. SteinMar 9
Plant-based diets (PBDs) are often seen as expensive. Yet, a new #review finds that whole-food PBDs are linked to lower food expenditures than omnivorous diets because dropping expensive animal products drives costs down: www.doi.org/10.20935/Aca... #PlantBased #Diets #Costs #Expenditures #Meat >>

Cost and affordability of plan...
Cost and affordability of plant-based diets: global evidence from 2000 to 2025

Plant-based diets (PBDs) offer substantial health and environmental benefits. However, their adoption remains limited, partly due to perceived high costs. This narrative review synthesizes current evidence on the cost and affordability of PBDs

Joseph Lim Mar 5
What is worse than being told a #lie? Being told a #badlie
"how much of te ~THB70mil was necessary after te #SocialSecurity Ofc already reportedly devoted >THB800mil to launching an online application tt was supposed to connect users directly to their benefits but tt has been repeatedly & inopportunely taken offline for “maintenance”. These staggering #expenditures are fr an #agency tt expressed fears in 2024 tt it might not have te finances to handle all of its duties"🤦‍♂️
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/3209784/what-is-worse-than-being-told-a-lie-being-told-a-bad-lie
Show threadDon Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦Dec 10
2 Bloomberg: Today, #Oracle and many other #artificialintelligence companies are facing a wave of skepticism due to heavy #capital #expenditures and the #circular nature of some arrangements. 🧵
Show threadDon Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦Dec 2
3 Bloomberg: #Alphabet, #Amazon, #Meta Platforms and #Microsoft are expected to devote more than $380 billion combined to #capital #expenditures in their current fiscal years, with most going to #chips, #servers and other #datacenter expenses. 🧵
Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦Aug 7, 2025
“The #Magnificent7 have spent ‘more than $100 billion on #datacenters in the last three months alone” and ‘Morgan Stanley estimates that #capital #expenditures on #AI could exceed $3 trillion in the next three years’ according to Bloomberg.” open.substack.com/pub/kyla/p/h...

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Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELSJul 29, 2025
Important #update (by Jennifer L. Matjasko, PhD; Zhuo Chen, PhD; Geoffrey P. Whitfield, PhD; et al) on estimates of #healthcare #expenditures associated with #inadequate leisure-time #aerobic #physical #activity in a sample of noninstitutionalized U.S. adults. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/08901171251357128
Show threadDon Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦Jun 25, 2025
2 Desjardins: “However, the planned substantial increase in #defence #expenditures comes against the backdrop of similar plans among other #NATO members. With central #government #debtissuance expected to ratchet up globally over the next decade, notably in the US …” 🧵 #Canada #cdnecon #cdnpoli
Don Curren 🇨🇦🇺🇦May 30, 2025
StatsCan: In the first quarter, #finaldomesticdemand, which represents total final #consumption #expenditures and #investment in #fixedcapital, did not increase for the first time since the end of 2023. #cdnecon #GDP #growth
Show threadEric Maugendre about carbonMar 1, 2025

Can the president override Congress on spending? It depends on #impoundment

Listen or read three minutes at #NPR: https://www.npr.org/2025/02/27/nx-s1-5308583/can-the-president-override-congress-on-spending-it-depends-on-impoundment 🧵

#paymentSystem #default #Treasury #bankruptcy #sovereignty #money #currency #DOGE #economy #debt #USA #governance #compliance #responsibility #techCulture #techBros #manliness #masculinity #spending #expenditures #ruleOfLaw #Constitution #MMT #Constitution #USPol #USPolitics

Show threadEric Maugendre on collectivesFeb 3, 2025

#paymentSystem #default @economics 🧵

When will the markets acknowledge the breakdown in the USA governance and the elevated risk of voluntary defaults across the spectrum of government obligations?

Stephanie Kelton: https://stephaniekelton.substack.com/p/will-the-ratings-agencies-react-to

#Treasury #bankruptcy #sovereignty #money #currency #DOGE #economy #debt #Musk #ratings #agencies #USA #governance #compliance #responsibility #techCulture #techBros #manliness #masculinity #spending #expenditures #ruleOfLaw #lawAndOrder #Constitution #MMT

Will the Ratings Agencies React to the Breakdown in Governance?

It’s been three days since The Washington Post reported that “the highest-ranking career official at the Treasury Department [David A.

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