2023-02-21

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Andreessen Horowitz and 'zero interest rate phenomena' | Hacker News
There Are More Hedge Funds Than Burger Kings
The Road to Disinflation - by Joseph Politano

Indeed, in terms of year-on-year contributions, only two major categories—food and core services—now make up the vast majority of inflation. Barring a large unexpected surge in gas prices, energy is likely to be a major negative contributor to headline inflation by March at the latest, as gasoline prices were so high this time last year that the fall in prices since then will pull inflation significantly downward.
Home sales sank in January for the 12th straight month

Rationing: A fairer way to fight climate change?
Just How Good for the Planet Is That Big Electric Pickup Truck?
The fiction of climate change - by Claudia Befu

From this initial reading, climate fiction emerges as a literary genre that has two daunting tasks: Making sense of the complex scientific, socio-political, cultural and regional aspects of climate change—the most urgent topic of our lives. Re-introducing fantasy as an acceptable element in the echelons of serious literature currently preoccupied almost exclusively with navel-gazing.
‘The beginning of the end?’: Antarctic sea ice hits record low 2nd year running