What should I ask Tom Tugendhat?
My previously scheduled interview with him was postponed, and is now on schedule again. So what should I ask him? (Wikipedia page here, if you […]
VMware ESXi hypervisor vulnerability gives full administrative privileges
Security researchers at Microsoft have discovered a vulnerability in VMware ESXi hypervisors that has been exploited by ransomware operators to gain full administrative access to […]
The Pigouvian Tax Case
In a recent post, Kevin Corcoran expresses doubts about the desirability of Pigouvian taxes. He does the following about taxes aimed at curbing the consumption […]
Anticipating Depreciation in July (and June)
Michigan fell in July, and business unit costs rose slightly. Figure 1: Year by year actual CPI inflation (bold black), and expected inflation from University […]
Not too bad news… – A LITTLE REVOLUTION
We find that markups increased by about 30 percent on average during the sample period. The change is mainly due to lower costs, as real […]
Different links for Monday
1. Watch and the future El Salvador. Great piece, although I don’t agree with everything there. 2. Supreme Court of Ohio vs. Aristotle? 3. History […]
VoxEU: “Russian sanctions and dollar exchange zones”
From today’s VoxEU article, by Robert N. McCauley with Hiro Ito and Menzie Chinn: Will the freezing of foreign exchange reserves of the Bank of […]
Why I, too, am skeptical of Market Failure Corrections
Jon Murphy recently posted a letter definition why is he skeptical about the use of taxes to eliminate market failures. His thinking was that the […]
CrowdStrike wasn’t the only security vendor to come under immediate scrutiny
Some sellers are not protected It would be foolish to imagine a world without situations like CrowdStrike, especially in today’s age of communication and interdependence. […]
Links 7/29/2024 | bare capitalism
Dragonflies rock surfers at Rhode Island’s Misquamicut Beach WCBB. An annual event. Big problems on the horizon Splash 247 US consumers are showing warning signs, […]