US Producer Prices Come In Hot On Heels Of Mysterious Energy Cost Surge
US wholesale inflation picked up slightly in November from a month earlier on a jump in energy costs, even as prices for services were unchanged.
The producer price index rose 0.2% after climbing 0.1% in the prior month, according to much-heralded BLS.
Ukraine Blocks Polymarket, Classifies Prediction Markets As Gambling
Authored by Amin Haqshanas via CoinTelegraph.com,
Ukraine has blocked access to the prediction market platform Polymarket, classifying its activities as unlicensed gambling under national law.
DOGE Cancels Or 'Descopes' Contracts Worth $1.5 Billion Over A 5-Day Period
The demise of DOGE has been greatly exaggerated.
California Restricts Free Speech
Authored by Kenin M. Spivak via RealClearPolitics,
California’s far-left Supreme Court has ordered restrictions on the speech and expressive conduct of California’s lawyers “at all times,” including during their unrelated business activities, political endeavors and personal lives.
RFK Jr. Alleges Germany Targeting Doctors For Legitimate Vaccine, Mask Exemptions
Climate Caused the US Civil War
By Tomas Pueyo.
The story people know about the US Civil War is that the South had slavery and the North was free. As each side expanded westward, they feared that the other side would prevail and force their solution on the other, and eventually they went to war over it.
Why Warm Countries Are Poorer
By Tomas Pueyo.
Today I bring you what I think is a ground-breaking article. I have never seen this theory anywhere.1 I hope you find it as exciting as I do!
Societies that live closer to the equator are warmer. Why are they also poorer?