Google eyes security startup Wiz for $23B in its biggest acquisition ever
Google’s main source of revenue has always been online advertising through Google search, YouTube, and other platforms, but for a long time, the company has […]
Month: July 2024
Can You Be Socially Responsible And Make More Money?
Making money and being socially responsible are not mutually exclusive. If you have a high level of ethics, that doesn’t mean you have to sacrifice […]
Highlights of My Weekly Reading for July 14, 2024
First, Happy Bastille Day. Now about the best pictures. Tracking WoodgrainsJuly 10, 2024. Quote: Unsurprisingly, Gerard’s slash-and-burn, no-questions-asked policy has led to more than a […]
Can We Talk Directly About Bubble Gum “Inflation”?
I The Wall Street JournalThe report of a reduced increase in the Consumer Price Index is confusing. Or so would an economist who understands the […]
Alan Reynolds on “Shelter Prices” and inflation
Alan Reynolds says: The inflation of the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has been zero for two months. Over the past 12 months, household food prices […]
Trendy Tables – Econlib
A report to New Yorker (also discussed in NPR Marketplace part) discusses restaurant table reservations, showing how third-party vendors make money by reserving tables at […]
Links 7/13/2024 | bare capitalism
Archaeologists Find Marble Statue in Ancient Roman Temple New York Times (Robin K) Barn Owls Have More Brains in Big UK Bloomberg Survey. Furzy quotes: […]
Exchange Rates and Interest Rates: Some Papers
I have spent the last week seeing many presentations on major and international finance. Of particular interest are some interest rate papers: Breaking the Exchange […]
AT&T confirms arrest for data breach of more than 110 million customers
In confirming details of a massive data breach of about 110 million customers, AT&T on Friday also revealed that it was the first company to […]
Four June Consumer Price Measures (and two in May)
In addition to CPI, we bound CPI, CPI-wage wages, HICP, PCE nowcast, and May PCE – based on the market. The four June price indices […]