Wealthy Enclaves Over Time Rise Against Mansions
The Wall Street Journal published a zeitgeist watch entry: America’s Cities Are Revolting Against Megamansions. It describes how some longtime hideaways for the rich, like […]
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Attackers exploit URL protection services to hide phishing links in emails
When users then click on the rewritten link, the server performs a check to see if the link points to a known phishing or malware […]
Why don’t they compose music like Bach anymore?
Yes, they do, or at least they did once. I’m thinking of Nikolaus Matthes’ latest recording, the Markus Passion, which fills 3 compact discs and […]
Be aware of tools that can introduce vulnerabilities into a Windows network
Limit access and organization between on-prem and cloud One should limit access and interoperability between on-premises and cloud assets where possible. Yes, we have built […]
Emergent Ventures 35th cohort – Marginal REVOLUTION
Luke Strathmann, Brooklyn, to pursue projects related to economics and comedy. Tanvi Reddy, Austin, neural tumors. Guillaume Blanc, Manchester/Provence, studying fertility and human evolution. Pedro […]
Vote Trump for inflation, high deficits, high interest rates
Messages from the July WSJ Poll: Source: July WSJ poll. Source: July WSJ poll. Source: July WSJ poll. Also, destroying the Fed and the […]
How to think about a supply shock
In a previous post, I argued that more than 100% of inflation since late 2019 was demand driven. There was a negative supply shock around […]
Trading Can’t Lose – Econlib
International trade, it is often said, has winners and losers. Consumers in the US benefit when they buy imported wine from France while California winemakers […]
Introducing Full Content Auditing: The New Standard in Network Security, and Why It’s Needed
Network security controls are no longer reliable or adequate. They are easily avoided, prone to false positives, and feed an expensive ecosystem for alert management […]
Business Cycle Indicators from Mid-July 2024
Industrial production at +0.6% m/m vs. +0.3% consensus (productivity +0.4 vs. + 0.2% consensus). Figure 1: Nonfarm Payroll (NFP) from CES (blue), employment (orange), industrial […]