By SIMON CONSTABLE
It’s gonna get rough for wheat farmers and buyers this year. Suboptimal weather across key growing areas and potential disruptions emanating from the war in the Middle east are to blame. Read more here.
By SIMON CONSTABLE
Scotland’s government is at it again: Meddling with its absurd energy policies.
This time the ruling Scottish National Party wants to sell energy to Europe. It looks like a bright idea on the surface, that is until you look under the hood. Read more here.
By SIMON CONSTABLE
Getting a job as a Wall Street economist is supposed to require great skill. But apparently that skill doesn’t mean developing the ability to forecast big events like recessions.
A year and a half after the ‘recession call’ started and we still have no recession. In fact, the U.S. is now growing faster than it has in ages. It flies in the face of the collective message from Wall Street. And that has me wondering what’s up. Read more here.
By SIMON CONSTABLE
The BBC jumped on the trend, along with other news sources. So did TikTok. “Monk mode”—a term coined two decades ago by a computer program—has now become the latest social-media detox, one that experts say could help workers struggling to focus amid today’s incessant distractions.
But does it come with a cost?
Read more here.
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