Median within-worker wage growth ticked up to 4.7%, per Atlanta Fed's Wage Growth Tracker. That's faster wage growth than anytime Mar 2001 thru Dec 2021. A typical American worker can buy 2.1% more now than a year ago. Consumer prices rose 2.6% over same period. #ļøā£#ļøā£ https://buff.ly/3A2IHJB
This one is pretty searing: www.jstor.org/stable/2121481tinyurl.com/y9jjetnd
fwiw the argument is not "conservative parties are good because of vibes" it's "strong internally cohesive conservative parties are important because otherwise monied elites will attempt to erode democratic systems and/or the conservative party will be captured by far-right extremists"fwiw the argument is not "conservative parties are good because of vibes" it's "strong internally cohesive conservative parties are important because otherwise monied elites will attempt to erode democratic systems and/or the conservative party will be captured by far-right extremists"
Bit of an aside (and also a bit of an indictment of the times) but reminded of a great question I heard a bunch of years back: "who was 'Hitler' before Hitler?". I.e. who was the "this is the worst person" quintessentially bad person before WW2. And turns out it's a super interesting question
I am the wind, I am the trees, I am John Podestaās risotto recipe.
In both cases cost-benefit analysis seems to turn into cost-hype.
I know weāve moved on to other topics but Iām still stuck on this insane graphic. The thing is that at some level itās not incorrectāthis has indeed been the Trump/Vance āpolicy proposalā. But itās like something out of the crassest possible satire on how deranged US politics has become.
On the echo chamber thing, I do feel sometimes like Iām holding down part of the right flank on crim legal reform (cops DO reduce crime, prison isnāt a TOTAL failure), and thatās sorta nuts. For both sides. I felt like Twitter was radicalizing the center-right moderates to the Manhattan Inst right.