Phil S
@phil-stokoe
British husband, father and economist. Likes football (Chester FC, DC United), trains, castles, travel and music. Born in England, living in USA
Oh no! What if there was a crazy regime, heading my a crazy guy or a dictator who was always happy to intervene militarily in other countries affairs, with long range missiles and nuclear weapons
This just taxied past at Dulles. Good to see Starsky and Hutch are moving up
I fucking hate people who just lie about easily provable data. MN DoH data shows that in 2009, before ACA, 10% of Minnesotans aged 0-64 were uninsured - its half that rate now
The period from March to September is also a choice, as eggs prices peaked in March (due to bird flu) and have dropped sharply since then tradingeconomics.com/commodity/eg...
But also, here is one of their sexy new trams that run at 5 minute or less intervals down the spine of the city for most of the day
This is the main railway station in Sarajevo. Fair to say it’s seen better days
and of course, its nuances still further. as exports are mainly certain types of crops (grains and feed, oilseeds and products, livestock, dairy and poultry, horticultural products), but imports are mostly horticultural products and sugar / tropical products
The deficit is also the net of the transactions by two different groups - farms exporting their produce, and American consumers and restaurants importing stuff to eat or sell - but what happened to exports? Well, basically they were climbing until 2022, then fell - while imports continued to grow
Interested to check the claim on the Ag trade deficit -this is on an AFBF website and sure enough, this is broadly true (but she exaggerated the size of the 2024 deficit - but theres lots to dig into there www.fb.org/market-intel...
If anyone is interested in the actual numbers for 2024, Nato publish them at www.nato.int/nato_static_...
@harvard.edu if you’re wondering how to respond to the latest letter from Linda McMahan, I got you covered