How Can We Restore Freedom and Sound Money in the US and the UK? Some Ideas

Jobless Claims Continue To Show No Signs Of Labor Market Stress Initial jobless claims continue to hover near multi-decade lows, refusing to show any signs of labor market stress. Last week saw 212k American file for jobless benefits for the first time (below the 216k expected). Unadjusted claims tumbled to the lowest since September... Source: Bloomberg Michigan and New York saw the largest drop in initial jobless claims last week while Rhode Island and Oklahoma saw the bigger rise in claims... The number of Americans filing for continuing jobless claims also dropped last week...

The Cheap Foreign Labor Regime Blocking Agricultural Intelligence Authored by RJ Hauman via American Intelligence, I grew up in Camarillo, California: fertile soil, Mediterranean climate, strawberries, avocados, lemons, citrus, and family farms passed down through generations. The kind of place that sells itself, and does. Read the city’s own description of its agricultural economy and you will find every word you would expect: rich agricultural legacy, farming passed down, agricultural education, sustainability, drip irrigation, precision sensors, AI-driven robotics, research partnerships, and a North American AgTech market projected to reach $16 billion by...

Will QatarEnergy's LNG Fiasco Derail Goldman's Prewar View Of A Mega LNG Wave Global energy flows are being rewired across Eurasia as the Russia-Ukraine war and the latest U.S.-Iran conflict disrupt Gulf energy flows in what may be the worst energy shock on record. One major new development is that roughly 20% of global LNG flows remain shut in the Gulf region because of the Hormuz chokepoint, with QatarEnergy warning last week that 17% of its LNG export capacity could be offline for three to five years. That brings us to Goldman commodities...