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Jan Schneekloth
@janschneekloth.bsky.social
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 1h
''Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said it is “much better
to form an economic bridge with our allies” and “end up
with people who want to do the right thing” than have to be
“shooting narco gunboats,” an apparent reference to the boats
that the U.S. has targeted [...]'' www.wsj.com/world/americ...
Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 2h
#Moodtrap #OutOfTime
Moodtrap - Out Of Time (Original Mix)
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 2h
''Thiel argued that critiques of technology and calls for stricter regulation by Thunberg and others appear to echo biblical interpretations of an Antichrist who will win power by offering the world “peace and safety” from apocalyptic destruction,[...]'' #Thiel www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 2h
''In its heyday, the Dyess project unquestionably had a positive impact on its cooperators. A 1939 study recorded high satisfaction with Dyess’s “school, health, and library systems.” The colony’s first farmer, Harve Smith, told a reporter in 1938: “It’s the best proposition a poor man ever had…''
Down in Dyess
Johnny Cash wrote in his autobiography, “I grew up under socialism—kind of.”
contingentmagazine.org
Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 2h
''For Schumpeter, as we have seen, it was the entrepreneur. For Sweezy, it was accumulation: a process that transcended the individual capitalist. For Schumpeter, all the specific economic characteristics of capitalism—profits, savings and investment[...]—derived from the entrepreneurial function.''
On the Laws of Capitalism - Monthly Review
1. Insights from the Sweezy-Schumpeter Debate John Bellamy Foster In February 2011, while I was drafting what was to become “Monopoly and Competition in Twenty-First Century Capitalism,” written with ...
monthlyreview.org
Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 2h
''[.] majorities of Republicans support increasing tax revenues by imposing tariffs on products imported from other countries (89%); making significant changes to Medicaid and food assistance programs (75%); cutting spending for programs other than defense, Social Security and Medicare [...]'' #USA
Americans Favor Spending Cuts Over More Taxes to Cut Deficit
Americans favor spending cuts over tax hikes to reduce the deficit, although a majority of U.S. adults support taxing the wealthy to raise revenue.
news.gallup.com
Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 2h
''Mamdani checks all of Trump’s boxes and, as such, had drawn the President’s wrath ever since his sweeping primary victory over a more compliant Democrat, former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who has frequently suggested that he could work with the immigrant-bashing, union-busting,[...]'' #NY
Zohran Mamdani and ‘Trump-Proofing’ Our Cities
The New York City mayoral candidate has a plan for assuring that his city and others do ‘more than simply survive.’
progressive.org
Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 2h
''In the U.S.,for example,a majority of Republicans and independents who lean toward the Republican Party(54%) trust the U.S. to regulate AI effectively, compared with a smaller share of Democrats and Democratic Party leaners(36%).[...] more people globally tend to trust the EU to regulate AI[...]''
How People Around the World View AI
Most adults across 25 countries are aware of AI, and people are generally more concerned than excited about its effects on daily life.
www.pewresearch.org
Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 2h
''The most stunning cover from D’Angelo’s comeback era is his Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon appearance in April 2016, after Prince died. It was a rough month; D had just delivered a rousing rendition of Carole King’s “You’ve Got a Friend” at the New York[...]'' www.vulture.com/article/dang...
Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 2h
''His early ’00s alcoholism saw personal relationships fall apart and his label cut off funding for a third album, and a stint in rehab following arrests for drug possession and DUI in 2005. Entirely solo work produced unfinished results and, though D’Angelo began making guest appearances [...]''
D’Angelo, 1974-2025: neo-soul trailblazer who made magic from the shadows
The enigmatic and reluctant star may have only released three albums in his lifetime, but through them, delivered genre-defining masterpieces of modern soul
www.nme.com
Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 2h
''La Libertad Avanza necesitó del auxilio de Trump y de Scott Bessent para llegar a las elecciones con oxígeno. Requerirá el acompañamiento aún después,en especial si quiere sostener el esquema cambiario hasta que el milagro argentino tenga una mínima revelación, lejana por ahora.[...]'' #LLA #Milei
Donald Trump se sube a la campaña, pero obliga a Javier Milei a ganar: cómo podría LLA mostrar una victoria aun perdiendo
Durante un almuerzo en la Casa Blanca, Donald Trump lanzó una advertencia que incomodó a la comitiva argentina e hizo reaccionar a los mercados. “Si pierde las elecciones no seremos generosos con Arge...
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Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 2h
''In the years ahead, Argentina must make more than $45 billion in foreign debt payments, including over $15 billion to the I.M.F. To do that, it must be able to borrow from global capital markets at reasonable interest rates —but that ability hinges on credibility.''
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/o...
Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 2h
''The first is whether existing studies measure a causal impact. One way to bolster evidence is to collect better data on when individual firms adopt AI [...] to track employment changes before and after at the firm level, hopefully improving upon the measures in Humlum and Vesterg [...]'' #AI #KI
AI and Labor Markets: What We Know and Don't Know
Postdoctoral Fellow Bharat Chandar writes about what we know--and don't know-- about AI and labor markets.
digitaleconomy.stanford.edu
Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 2h
''The description of this fairly conservative and affluent middle class semi-reformist as a “socialist” is a reflection of the very low level of political consciousness. [..] by the standards of Great Society Democrats and progressive Republicans [...] Mamdani’s program is rather conservative[...]''
Mamdani channels growing opposition into the dead end of the Democratic Party
Offering a reform program far more modest than those of garden-variety liberals in the 1960s, the Mamdani campaign serves to disarm working people in New York City—and nationally—in the face of the Tr...
www.wsws.org
Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 3h
''[...]it will become clearer that Trump’s ethos doesn’t address the real problems plaguing his working-class supporters: poor health outcomes, poor educational outcomes, low levels of social capital, low levels of investment in their communities, and weak economic growth.'' #movement #socialists
America Needs a Mass Movement—Now
Without one, America may sink into autocracy for decades.
www.theatlantic.com
Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 3h
''America’s banks had extended enormous loans to stockbroking firms, which in turn lent huge sums to new and exuberant investors, a chain of credit that came apart as stock prices went into freefall. A gaggle of banks,led by Lamont, burned through hundreds of[...]'' www.economist.com/culture/2025...
Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 3h
''Though technological innovation is undeniably reshaping industries and increasing productivity, there are good reasons to worry that the current rally may be setting the stage for another painful market correction. The consequences of such a crash, however,[...]''
www.economist.com/by-invitatio...
Gita Gopinath on the crash that could torch $35trn of wealth
The world has become dangerously dependent on American stocks, writes the former IMF chief economist
www.economist.com
Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 3h
''Bessent also said last week the U.S. directly purchased pesos, without specifying how much. [...]"The truth is clear: Trump put America second, bailing out another country while abandoning American farmers," the Democratic National Committee said in a press release Monday.'' #Milei #bailout #ARS
What to know about the Trump administration's $20B bailout for Argentina
The Trump administration's $20 billion bailout of the Argentine economy has raised questions given the scant details.
abcnews.go.com
Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 3h
''Trump has declared Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organisations and stated that the US is in a war against drug traffickers, moves that could provide a legal basis for drone strikes. The USMCA free trade agreement comes up for renegotiation next year [...]''
www.ft.com/content/4ca4...
Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 4h
''Social psychology was still in its infancy as a discipline,and Lippmann complained that “political science[is]taught in colleges as if newspapers did not exist.”The problem for a democracy under these new conditions,he wrote, was that “the real environment is altogether too big,too complex,[...]''
Walter Lippmann’s Phantom Publics
Arguably no American journalist wielded as much influence as Walter Lippmann did in the 20th century. But what did he do with that power?
www.thenation.com
Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 4h
''[...]sparten die Haushalte rund 300 Milliarden Euro und die Unternehmen rund 40 Milliarden.Demgegenüber steht[.]Defizit des Staates von[.]118 Milliarden.[...]zum Ausland ergibt sich ein Überschuss von 220 Milliarden.[...]Privatsektor[.]gespart [...]Staat sowie[.]Ausland haben[.]Schulden gemacht.''
Wie belastet oder fördert Sparen unsere deutsche Volkswirtschaft? – MAKROSKOP
Das einzige Magazin für Wirtschaftspolitik aus einer keynesianischen Perspektive in Deutschland.
makroskop.eu
Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 4h
''Entre las órdenes que Milei recibió de Trump está la renovación de la gobernabilidad y, sobre todo, el acuerdo con gobernadores. En general en la Rosada miran a los que integran Provincias Unidas y es probable que Defensa y/o Seguridad sea para alguien que definan estos gobernadores.'' #Milei #ARS
Oxigenar para no morir sofocado y cumplir con las órdenes de Trump | Milei y los posibles cambios en el gabinete tras las elecciones
El 26 de octubre se acerca. Mientras el gobierno de Milei se pasó todo el día intentando explicar lo que dijo Donald Trump sobre el apoyo a la Casa Rosada, en metálico, en Buenos Aires se especula sob...
www.pagina12.com.ar
Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 4h
''Por otra parte, según la misma agencia, el Tesoro norteamericano volvió a operar este miércoles en el mercado de cambios con compras de pesos y venta de dólares. Los bonos respondieron con marcadas subas apenas trascendió la noticia. [...]compras de pesos, [...] segundo día de intervención'' #ARS
Estados Unidos volvió a comprar pesos y Bessent anunció que el paquete de ayuda llegaría a US$ 40.000 millones
El secretario del Tesoro norteamericano dijo que habrá una línea de financiamiento adicional al swap con aportes de fondos privados y soberanos por otros US$ 20.000 millones.El Gobierno de EE.UU. volv...
www.clarin.com
Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 4h
''Según el funcionario de Donald Trump, el paquete podría alcanzar los US$40.000 millones, que comprenden US$20.000 millones del swap con el Banco Central (BCRA) anunciado días atrás, y otra línea de crédito adicional de US$20.000 millones.[...]“En el mercado hay extrema incertidumbre,[...]'' #ARS
EE.UU. volvió a comprar pesos: baja el dólar y suben las acciones tras una nueva declaración del secretario del Tesoro
La jornada arrancó con comportamientos mixtos, pero nuevas noticias de Bessent cambiaron la tendencia
www.lanacion.com.ar
Jan Schneekloth @janschneekloth.bsky.social · 4h
''Estados Unidos es el tercer socio comercial de la Argentina, detrás de Brasil y China. En la última década, las exportaciones hacia ese destino promediaron USD 5.700 millones anuales, alcanzando USD 6.464 millones en 2024.'' #Milei #Trump #Bessent #reunión #acuerdo #comercial #exportaciones #USD
Tras la reunión entre Trump y Milei, los gobiernos de Argentina y Estados Unidos anunciarán un acuerdo comercial
Fuentes de la Casa Rosada aseguran que podría comunicarse hoy. El presidente estadounidense terminó de rubricar las condiciones ayer en la reunión bilateral con su par argentino
www.infobae.com