National average retail gas prices ⛽️ still rising up to $3.85/gallon Up nearly a dollar on a month since IRAN WAR started

It might feel hard these days to stay optimistic but please remember that global clean-energy investment is twice as high as new fossil fuel investments. Conservative leaning regions slowly clue on to the joys of locally produced energy giving you independence from the big cats in the capital.

Small price to pay to protect oil and gas company profits.

nobody does more brutal fashion reviews than the irish

This is very helpful and nuanced.

This is one of those “true statement, but not on the way he intended it to be” sort of statement, isn’t it? A govt by, of, and for the oligarchs probably doesn’t care that much for the plebeian consumers. And while I’m not a historian, I feel like that historically hasn’t worked out for them?

On 16th March, 1968 Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson Jnr was flying helicopter recon for a US attack on My Lai, an alleged Viet Cong-controlled village in Vietnam. But as the attack developed below, Thompson realised he was witnessing something something else: A massacre. He decided to act. 1/28

Hassett: "If the war were to be extended, it wouldn't really disrupt the US economy very much at all. It would hurt consumers, and we'd have to think about what we'd have to do about that, but that's really the last of our concerns right now."

“Siri, show me the opposite of making this more affordable „

Using tax payer dollars to accelerate the distribution from the bottom to the top — how populist.

Roman ruins in Switzerland and the Black Forest. These were the cold, distant outposts of the Roman empire constantly threatened by Germanic hordes. So, not fancy and not much left to see, but also no school.

I do have the best job in the world! Our “Mammutle” (little mammoth) is heading to a special exhibition at @landesmuseumhalle.bsky.social - what an incredible opportunity to take a closer look at this Ice Age masterpiece. Crafted around 40,000 years ago from mammoth ivory,it's one of the...🧵1/2

For a president who supposedly cares about lowering inflation, he sure does a lot to keep it high.

These are the things that have historically led to revolutions. Not sustainable.

What a paragraph. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Altos: Single family existing home inventory up 1.5% week-over-week. This is the time of year inventory starts to build - and it will be important to track.

My experience, fwiw: When people in authority yell at you not to panic...panic.

Nun will Trump also die Europäer in seinen Krieg hineinziehen, den er ja nach eigener Aussage bereits gewonnen hat, und doht dafür erneut mit dem Ende der NATO. Die Konsequenz muss sein: Beschleunigter Ausbau regenerativer Energien und rascher Aufbau europäischer Verteidigungsstrukturen.

I do not see how European democracies can survive being complicit in the war on Iran plus the escalation of the cost of living crisis this war causes. This is the perfect storm to bring the far right into power.

Admitting publicly that you only want this bill that is designed to disenfranchise voters is necessary to make sure your party wins is quite a choice. The GOP has done away with subtlety and euphemisms and is now all "we need to cheat because the polls say people don't like us."

But of course. 🤡 @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/u...

The two things are not mutually exclusive. It is entirely possible that Hassett is right, but it is also certain that average Americans will suffer from higher energy, food and other prices. The economy =/= average American families.

Another example of a situation that should have been foreseen... Massive forced deportation was going to lead to labor shortages, rising inflation, shortages and more... it was an obvious market outcome. Yet the administration seems flat footed on this.

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The latest White House thinking on the Strait of Hormuz.

As I’ve been writing for weeks, the paradox has arrived, Ukrainians are helping protect U.S. service personnel, while Trump rewards Russia with billions, the very ally of Iran helping them target American troops in the Middle East. You have to be kidding me, now the Russians are celebrating 🤬

CNBC Daily Open: Russian oil draws a crowd

overnight handover from Asia is equities ⬇️ (Japan, Korea); European and US equity futures ➡️; bond yields small ⬆️ (slight bull steepener); $ small ⬆️; oil small ⬇️; precious metals ➡️ macro today with US Core PCE and Michigan Sentiment & Inflation Expectations will take a back seat for obvious reasons:

Folks, 📅 2026 primaries are coming up fast. Check your state’s date. Make sure you’re registered. Make a plan to vote. Too much is riding on people sitting this one out. Stay ready so nobody decides the future for you. iwillvote.com

A new Department of Cognitive Science is being created at Bocconi University in Milan, Italy. Here is the call for a cluster hire (for around 10 faculty) in all areas of cognitive science, at both junior and senior levels: www.unibocconi.it/en/faculty-a... Deadline: May 4th, 2026

Last call for applications. Deadline is on March 15.

Horrible attitude to women. And insulting to men, who this man thinks are incapable of thriving in a fair environment.

Economic power of women is not equal to political power for working class people. Black women are often exploited but are a power to reckon with. I am also not sure about the gender dynamics of AI as it hits entry level tech jobs first.

Hey does anyone remember how we had like a decade of near zero interest rates? Thank god the USA spent that time investing in infrastructure! What a calamity if we had just squandered the last best chance of our lives

Ever since the US and Israel struck Iran, the jump in oil and gas prices has become a major focus for markets and consumers alike. But that’s only the top of a long list of goods that stand to get more expensive. https://cnn.it/4lpOE6D

Trump says when oil prices go up, “we make a lot of money.” Just to be clear: “we” is not you.

“We’re in a Schrodinger’s tariff right now.” One proclamation says “a 10% tariff on the rest of the world,” the next post says “a 15% tariff literally effective immediately,” then the White House pretends he never said it. The crack team who brought you the trade war are now in Iran.

Black workers and Black households disproportionately faced employment hardships in 2025 due to changes in the economy, namely a result of the Trump Administration's direct targeting of the federal government, CBPP's @gbenga-ajilore.bsky.social explains. Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUsD...

As millions of Americans were losing their SNAP benefits the Pentagon spent: 🔹️$6.9 million worth of lobster tails🦞 🔹️$15.1 million for ribeye steak 🥩 🔹️$2 million for Alaskan king crab 🦀 🔹️ and even $98,329 on a Steinway & Sons grand piano ✏️ by @newrepublic.com

The latest from @ymriofficial.bsky.social : Trump has lost ground among young men, but new message testing shows that if Democrats fail to aggressively refute Trump's misogynist vision of masculinity, Trump stands to win those voters back. youngmenresearchinitiative.substack.com/p/trump-has-...

I prefer commuting by public transit but @mbta-cr.bsky.social regularly makes it clear it's not a viable option for many. It runs too infrequently and delays are just always there. How can trains run behind when it's sunny and warm and there are few passengers?

Even though I'm an economist, I wish there was more focus on the human suffering from this war and less focus on the economic consequences. Hundreds of little girls are dead, and we're worried about oil prices.

When Massachusetts passed a "millionaires tax" in 2023, conservatives claimed the rich would flee. But two years later, they haven't — and MA has collected $5.7B for infrastructure and public education. A reminder that positive change can still happen at the state level.

That clears things up.

Unfortunately, Trump’s version of “crushing healthcare” involves historic gutting of Medicaid and pushing health plans with $31,000 deductibles.

Yes everything is terrible but let’s not lose sight of the fact that someone has written the Headline to End All Headlines.

as the old saying goes: drugs are cheap, patent monopolies make them expensive

Front-month WTI has traded in a *thirty eight dollar range* today. Markets have no idea how to price what's happening right now.

Apparently some people don't know that trains and telegraphs drove the development and adoption of what we think of as standardized/synchronized clock time, so here you go: blogs.loc.gov/law/2024/11/...