It's where discerning readers meat
11.03.2026 01:18
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It's where discerning readers meat
Yep
This cannot be real.
"Exports critical to U.S. beef industry" www.beefmagazine.com/market-news/...
"A furniture maker whose consolidation in North Carolina last year drew praise from the White House is laying off 200 workers at its Guilford County factory as it goes entirely out of business." www.newsobserver.com/news/busines...
"There's another big reason why shipping companies and insurers aren't willing to risk the Strait of Hormuz" www.cnbc.com/2026/03/09/o...
"Want More Babies? Abolish Commutes." www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/o...
"Oil Prices: Crude's Wild Day Has Trump Rethinking the Jones Act"
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/news...
For the record, it's technically not "trutherism" if it's - you know - the actual Truth.
Dematerialization: "MacBook Neo’s Manufacturing Involves A New Process That Saves As Much Aluminum As Possible, Now Apple Is Moving To The Next Step; 3D Printing The Same Metal" wccftech.com/apple-moving...
New @nberpubs: "'Feel' as a Determinant of College Choice: Evidence from Campus Tour Weather" www.nber.org/papers/w34944
"poor tour weather reduces participants’ likelihood of applying"
"The Effects of a Sudden Stop in Low-Skilled Immigration: Evidence from Korea’s Guest Worker Program" www.nber.org/papers/w34927
"the collapse in inflows led to a significant increase in firm exit.... Firms did not respond by expanding domestic hiring to replace missing guest workers."
New @nberpubs: "Pay Now, Buy Never: The Economics of Consumer Prepayment Schemes" www.nber.org/papers/w34918
"Using detailed transaction data from over 4 million consumers, we document widespread balance breakage: approximately 40% of prepaid value is never used." 😲
"Happy Birthday, Wealth of Nations" www.econlib.org/econlog/happ...
"Smith’s radical idea was to show how ordinary people, pursuing ordinary lives, could steadily make societies richer, fairer and freer — if powerful institutions like governments, guilds or large businesses got out of their way." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/o...
"Texas Feedlot Operators Explain Why U.S. Beef Supply Depends on Mexican Cattle Imports" share.google/NunWcgXqE7W2...
"SK Battery America lays off nearly 1,000 workers at Georgia plant" www.manufacturingdive.com/news/sk-batt...
"US Aluminum Buyers Hunt for Alternatives as Iran War Upends Global Supply" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
"Twenty-Four States Led by Oregon File Lawsuit Challenging Trump's Section 122 Tariffs" reason.com/volokh/2026/...
"This may be the first time a lawsuit filed by blue state governments quoted Milton Friedman" 🔥
"EU Expects Exemption From US Universal Tariff Boost to 15%" 🤷 share.google/kbTqLGx1Llaz...
"The Cost of Air Cargo Is Rising Amid Mideast War Disruptions" www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
This guy rules.
My latest @thedispatchmedia.bsky.social newsletter on the very good non-tariff news buried in the Supreme Court's tariff ruling:
thedispatch.com/newsletter/c...
"US to Pay Interest If Ordered to Pay Importers Tariff Refunds" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
It is the law, after all.
Question is: how many refunds actually get issued after a lengthy court/administrative battle.
The answer should be: all, now.
But...
"DOJ Probes US Fertilizer Market for Possible Price Fixing" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Meanwhile, in reality:
"Risks to Western aluminium supply rise as Iran war escalates" share.google/Eon9q4EHI9uy...
"India, Canada aim for trade pact by year end, agree uranium deal" www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/202...
"There is little US LNG producers can do to immediately replace lost Qatari cargoes" www.reuters.com/business/ene...
"American export plants are running nearly full tilt with most cargoes locked into long‑term contracts."
"Manhattan Institute’s Criticisms Vindicate Cato’s Report on Fiscal Effect of Immigrants: Part 1" www.cato.org/blog/manhatt... via @CatoInstitute @David_J_Bier
"America's average gas price saw its largest single-day jump in 4 years" www.businessinsider.com/average-gas-...
"Lawmakers demand Whirlpool CEO to answer to layoffs at Amana plant" www.kcrg.com/2026/03/02/l...