ECONOMICS

Authored by Jeffrey A. Tucker via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours),

Elon Musk's photo through a Twitter logo on Oct. 28, 2022. (Dado Ruvic/Illustration/Reuters)

Commentary

No question that Elon Musk is a genius but his real power lies with his common sense. These days this is a rare quality in business. People in higher levels of corporate achievement today are so propagandized from college onward with newspeak and baloneythink that they cannot recall the basics.

That’s (more…)

While hiring rates for those in the bottom-third of US income distribution has been on a tear (and largely going to part time workers, most of whom are illegal immigrants), white collar jobs hiring is stalling out across much of the US, with industries such as finance, technology, media, and professional services such as law and accounting all suffering despite the national unemployment rate hovering near historic lows.

To wit, nearly 120,000 corporate positions have vanished (more…)

By Mish Shedlock of MishTalk

Why is the choice between shutting down the border and no controls at all? And what about demographics? Fertility rates?

Immigration Talks We Should Be Having

Eurointelligence discusses the Immigration Talks We Should Be Having.

The ideas also apply to the US.

US Fertility Rate

The lead image is from MacroTrends.

The following snip is from VOX.

The US numbers from VOX are a bit low. The lead chart is more current but I like (more…)